The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-06
State Convention Has Grievance
Against John Sherman.
A TENNESSEE WHEAT CORNER.
Republican Lieutenant Governor of
Nebraska Holds State House.
Diaihe's Name Loudly Cheered in the
New York Club Convention-Ouay Is
for Biaine-Kentucky Election Re-
turns-Nebraska Prohibitionists.

SPRINGFIELD, O., Aug. 5.-The Pe6pIe's
party state convention was called 10 or
der this afternoon by II. +. Barnes. of
Tifin, chairman of the state committee.
There are about 400 delegates present.
After prayer the chair read letter from
George Gather, chairman of the Alabama
state committee, promising to carry that
state in 1892 Another from Senator Pef
fer. advising adoption of the Cincinnati
resolutions and a plank advocating honest
money, was greeted with cheers. The
chair introduced as temporary chairman,
Hugh Cavanaugh. He said in part:
Too long have the farmers observed the in
junction: ''You tin the soil and we will man
age public affairs" They have become tired of
IT, and that Is the reason of the meeting here to-
day.
He treated finance, tariff and other
questions in the manner set forth in the
Cincinnati resolutions. Cavanaugh added:
This movement viii rslegate John Sherman TO
the political oblivion that 10 enjoyed by his
friend Ingalls,
II. B. Hinchman. of Urbana, was chosen
temporary secretary and committees ap-
pointed. While the committees were out,
Robert Schiiling, the national secretary,
addressed the convention. He prescribed
the platform of the Peoples party as
panacea for all the evils wrought by both
home and foreign capitalists. He de-
nounced the misrepresentation Of the old
party organs, and said il was not the OBJ
ject of the party to have unrestricted
loans. 1t would restrict them TO the
needy, fixing the maximum loan TO
any one person at 5000. The party
leaders are not crazy yet, and would so
regulate the supply of currency that the
country would not be flooded with an
over-supply of irredeemable currency, as
is charged by the harpies of the old par
ties. The Peoples party have declared in
favor of free coinage of silver. The major
ity of the members are not In favor of it,
but tolerate il as the entering wedge by
which they hope to oyerturn the present
monetary system Schilling said il is
just as safe for the government to loan
money on the products of the farm,
taking first mortgages, as for it to loan on
gold and silver, which it is now doing
when it issues silver and gold certificates
Senator Sherman and other great men
who oppose loaning money to the farmer
on good security had raised their voices
in favor of the government loaning money
to miilionaires, as when Warner Miller
and his colleagues had asked an enormous
sum to dig . ditch in Nicaragua. The
national banking system he de-
nounced as infamous, and said
the cry "honesE money" makes
him mad. He devoted much time to a
comparison of the old parties on the tariff
question, and found the difference when
divided among the members of them
amounts to just Is cents apiece. He
felicitated the party on its success in Ne
braska, Kansas and other states, and then
urged them to stronger efforts in Ohio.
Coagressman-Elect Otis, of Kansas, spoke
briefly. The committee on device reported
q arm and hammer for the state party
The convention adjourned until tomorrow
without adopting the report.
The committee on resolutions has been
wrestling with the platform since p. m,
and st 1 a. m. adjourned. The sticking
points are prohibition, land tax and farm
product loans. The city districts insist
that prohibition plank would lose the
party thousands of votes, and they will
tight it TO the bitter end. Regarding the
ticket everything is chaos tonight. There
are dozen candidates, and prospects are
for lively time tomorrow.