Telegram-herald., 1891-12-30
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Cole Of tho fzrmers' alliance of Mich
nan. was Chairman, and Master Work
nan Allen Of the knights OF Labor
MAS secretary Of the convention of the
representatives OF ths industrial aud
reform Organizations which met here
>oday to form peoples party. Two
dirds OF tho go delegates present rep
resentsd the petrsns OF industry.
farmers alliance, and indastrialisss.
but the eltizens' alliance, prohibition
Ats. grange and peoplss' party were
also represented, The grange. how
ever. has but three delegates, aud the
pfohsb.iioaIsts bot . comparatively
email numbeE.
All the oii-tine agilators, including
pf. Waters OF Graad RapiIs, j. {.
blanchard OF lonls. jim Nnnie of
ttrahd Ledge. - :. Partridge cf Flush
fag, Ben Gown 81 81. Charles, Ill. &.
he1ge OF Jaeksoa. Paul Marr OF Mid
ispt. Mrs. :. l.. Emery OF IAns.ns.
Ihss:.as Mora Cf Eay City. Jahn III .
Dennis of liasungs, aud score OF
others We're on baud with their moss
covered schemes for rrcsolntionizsEg the
world. The state administration was
represented by Vice President Bel
dea of the Worlds Fair &C n
MISSION, who acted as cnalrs
man of The committee on resolutions.
and Iand Commissioner Shaffer, who
Wa u delegate from Cass county
while Labor Commissioner Robinson
olsook his of,ieial duties long enough
tc run IA sqd endorse the movement.
The first six planks Of Vice President
Esiden's platform were adopted With
out much opposition. save as 70 the
silver plank. They demand : per cent.
government loans on land or It's p.o-
duets. Tho increase OF tue circulating
medium to $3.50 per capita, tie
ysss asd Unsimitsa coinage Of silver.
the Abolition OF monopolies, trusts and
combinations. their rlgid cootroi bv
state and nat;pp, and that all railroad,
telephone and telegraph lines that can
not be 20 controlled shall be owned by
the government; the repurcnasc or
isnsis held by foreign syndicates. and
that ali iisI,ti, iIcii tby grant TO railroad
and other corporations IN excess of
s1cn ~ = actually used and needed by
them. DC reclaimed by the gov
erumcnt and held for actual set
tiers. and that all duties en- the
necessary Of life be abolished. The
eighth. ninth and tenth planks as
rdup.td favor q per diem pension, q
graduated income Tx and universal
= suffrage. An exceedingly bitter Tight
lasting over two hours followed the
reading Of tina seventh plank, which
demanded: ''tne naturalization OF
t1e LIQUOR traffic." The prohibtlonists
led bJ ID. p Sagenlorph oE Jackson.
Jssmaci Ctute Of Lorna, A.. =. Fartridye
OF FIusnsnr. and }. g. RussoIiof ksia-
mazoo, ssseceeded ia carrying by q two
70 one vote substitute providing for
the Suppression OF the liquor traffic for
beverage purposes. Winnie OF Grand
Iesixe, III. g.. Loennecksr OF Jackson,
Ben Colvin, Paul Marin, Frank De
Bsar and George Dean OF Grand Rapids
and others waged bitter warfare
axains, the substitute. declaring that
IT'S adoption won d aIerato the for
elgners. sni thcsa Delegates. together
with Chairman Cole and Vice Presidcn,
Essden. were frantic HHcu tie result
was announced. a PRACTICAL papdcmo-
mum ensued ana after an hour oil
pleading for harmony by Cole. Part
ridge. blanchard and others a motion
40 reconsider tte vote by which a snb-
stItute was passed. was declared carried
although there were many who he
Ils7ed tnst sich was not tho ease. and
the Temperance plank wts Tscorimitted
~ the ccmmlttee on resolutions.
They Try te Dodge.
The committee after three hours
wrsngling reported plank demanding
ssthe NATURALIZATION of tho liquor
traffic locking towar,ls its ultimate
supprVssiOn', tut the rrohlbitIorsfs
insisted upon their former substitute rs
the only tning they wouil accept rni
after aa hours hght dnrirg which they
were branded as iasfuders and iavne,i
to leave tho hall by the GrEnd Rapids
delegates, they carried tSe day,
and their substltats wi4ich demand.
z ''tho suppression ot tire liauor tfst..e
for Beverage purposes was adopted by
y vote of 100 10 a.. Thiswas a esusher
for Winnie. Bcldcn. Cole. I.ocnnecker
and the Grand Rapids men. and 10 was
cpiY bY earnest piesdlug that the lat
ter we're induced to remain IN the con-
vennon. Winn'e informed the pfoAi
bstionists that il they eid not all par
tscpate IN next years conycutlon oi
the peoples party. winch nanic wa'
sdopsed tonight. thev would be branded
as traitors. +. n. DeIdsn was elected
chairman. and NJ. !. Allen. of schao.
craft. secretary OF the state central
committee, when consists Il one faenl'
Der from each congFess onal district
Frank De Basr Of Grand Rapids con
sented - represent the Fifth dlstrect of
ATE coraun,tee, providing the organiaa
ton which he represented Nonft
swslos the temperancs plank whsel