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which he and his followers will be the

words caused whirlwind of excitement.
The declaration from Donnelly, which set
the convention wild, was to the effect
that he was there to report that
unit for the organization of a
third party. Donnelly evidently felt that
his moment of triumph had come in the
struggle which he himself so deity began
Just twenty-four hours before and for
which ne had been so publicly castigated
by Gen. Weaver. Two alternatives were
presented, he said either TO ignore third
then gave way 10 Robert Schilling of
Wisconsin, secretary of the committee, who
read the platform as follows:
Your committee on resolutions begs leave
TO submit the following:
That in view of the great social. indus
trial and economical revolution now dawn
ing upon our civilized world, and the new
and living issues confronting the American
people. we believe that the time has ar
rived for a chrystiiization of the political
reform forces of our country and formation
of what should be known as the peoples
party of the United States of America.
=. That we most heartily indorse the de-
mands of the platform as adopted at St.
Louis. Mo, in 1883; Ocala, Fla, in 1892
and Omaha, Neb., in 1891, by the industrial
organizations there represented, summarized
as follows: The right 10 make and issue
money is sovereign power, 10 be main
tanned by the people for common benefit,
hence we demand the abolition of national
banks as banks OF issue, and
as substitute for national
bank notes we demand that legal tender
treasury notes be issued in sufficient vol
umc to transact the business Of the country
on a cash basis without damage or especial
advantage to any class, or cause such notes
to be legal tender ii payment OF all debts,
public and private, and such notes when de-
manded by the people shall be loaned 10
them at not more than per cent per annum
upon non-imperishable products, as indi-
and also upon real estate with
proper limitation upon the quantity Of land
and amount of money.
g. We demand free and unlimited guam
tity of silver.
/ We demand the passage of law pro-
hibiting alien ownership of land, and that
congress take prompt action to devise
some plan TO obtain all lands now owned by
aliens and foreign syndicates, and that all
lands held by railroads and other corpora
tionS, III excess Of such as is actually used
and needed By them, be reclaimed by the
government and held for actual settlers
only.
5 Believing the doctrine of equal rights
to al and special privileges 10 none, we de-
nicpal shall not be used to build up one in
terest or class At the expense OF another.
g. We demand that all revenues, national,
state or county, shall be limited to the nee
essary expenses Of the government, eco
nomically and honestly administered.
:. We demand just and equitable system
Of graduated tax on income.
5. We demand a most rigid, honest and
Just national control and supervisor of
means OF public communication and
TRANSPORTATION. and if this control
and supervision does not remove
the abuses now existing, we demand
government ownership of such means of
Communication and trans Portation.
g. We demand the election OF president,
vice-president ana United States senators
BY q direct vote OF the people.
10. That we urge united action of all pro
gIessiVe organizations Ill attending the
conference called for February -, 1892, by
six of the leading reform organizations.
II. That a national central committee be
appointed by this conference to be COM
posed of Z chairman to be elected by this
body ana of three members, ii. e. from
each state represented TO be named by each
state delegation.
70. That this central committee shall rep
resent this body, attend the national con-
ference on February ~, 1892, and, If posi-
bic, unite with that and all other reform
OfEllllLollOUS lIltIt I.SStiilbtttl II NJ 9illS-
factory arrangement can be effected, this
committee shall call national convention
not later than June l, 1882. for the purpose
of nominating candidate Tor president and
vice-presiGent.
"A. That the members of the central COM
mittee for each state where there Is no in-
dependent political organization conduct an
active system of political agitation III their
respective states.
Additional resolutions, not part Of the
platform. were presented. They recon-
mended favora bic consideration of universal
suffrage, demanded treasury notes TO pay
soldiers equivalent to coin, favored the
eight-hour day move, condemned the action
of the Worlds fair commission with refer
encc to wages.
1t was no accident that the new party en-
Enthusiastically scored heavily on the adop-
ton of the report of the committee on
rules.
The Massachusetts delegation, which
controlled the rules committee, fearing that
the platform committees report would be
adverse to immediate action for their party,
conceived the idea of providing in the rules
committee on report for national commit
tee and delegates. Brown of the Bay state,
in explaining the rules TO the convention,
gave warning that the adoption OF the
report meant the birth of q new party, his
idea being that there could be no executive
committee without q thlrd party. Inc re-
port was nevertheless adopted, and the re-
suit is that while the committee on reSolu-
tons was Juggling away, some OF It's mem
bers being the brainiest opponents Of third
partyism ut this time. their action, should
il be adverse, was practically tUrestalled
by the adoption of the report Of the COM
mittee on rules.
The name of-the new party, the ''Peo-
PIES party of the United States" elected
a magnificent outburst Of applause and as
each plank was read the cheering was re
uewed so frequently that the great hall
seemed to reverberate continuously.
4 plank recommended universal suffrage
to favorable consideration and another
demanded the payment of pensions on gold
basis, The former met with rather 4
chilly reception; but the latter was roundly
cheered.
At this iuncture delegate objected that
the platform was one-sided for the Farm
erS' Alliance, but he met with little encour-
agement, and Schiliing declared that the
convention was here for harmony, and for
a new Declaration of Independence. - He
announced that the pension plank was left
to the soldier member on the committee
with the inquiry whether il was satisfac-
tory, and on his acquiesence it was adopted
unanimously.
DAVIS OF TEXAS,
the lank six-footer in the light suit, who
had electrified the convention as 10 Don
nelly'S speech with 3 long whoop of eXulta-
ton, was conducted to the platform, and TO
the intense delight Of the convention re-
peated the uuearthly Indian-liSe yell
crate and declared himself for the platform,
rlar1L- and av,.ry- resolution