The advocate., 1891-05-27
made perfaotly eISAr for the birth Of Eli.

| If we do mot capture this country In 1892 We
win be like Jim Robinson when he told the
boys he Copla jump forty-Ave feet, he said
he could jump very near ii. [Cheers.]
Iwish TO thank you profoundly for your
confederation. ann not as strong as when
/ was younger, but il you will help me l
win manage to get through with this work
to the very best of my ability. [CheerS and
spplause.l
Mrs. Marion Todd. Of Chicago, in an
eloquent address on behalf Of the con-
vention, then presented Senator PETER
with basket Of beautiful flowers.
After the permanent organization was
effected the convention received the re-
ports Of the committees on order of busi-
ness and resolutions and platform. Hon.
lgnatius Donnelly Of Minnesota, chair
man Of the committee, spoke rs follows
Introductory to the report:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the Con-
ysntion:--As the chairman of the committee
on resolutions, will state that this COM
mittee has adopted the following platform
unanimously; and under the Instructions of
the committee ] desire to say few words
before the reading of the resolutions. They
will be read by the secretary of the COM
mittee, Mr.. Schilling of Wisconsin. desire
to say that upon the question of the neces-
sity for the organization of new and dis
tinCt political party in these United States
the committee was unit. Applause.
The only differences Of opinion that
existed in the committee were as to some
subordinate matters. The committee have
performed will pardon the chairman
Of the committee for saying so--a great
work. We felt the Importance of it; we
believed that upon our workmanship, if it
met with your approval, depended the poll
tics Of this country for the next fifty years.
[ChCe ers and applause. We saw the sun
rise this morning upon our deliberations,
and trust greater sun -Victory--will rise
upon the result of our deliberations. Ap-
plause.
After we found that we were united in
favor of independent action we had pre-
sensed to US two alternatives; one was for
this convention to proceed without any re-
gard TO any previous movements to the same
end that have been made in this country, and
to build party upon entirely new founda-
tions. [Applause.l The other proposition
was that we should not divide the friends Of
reform. Applause.
That We should place this great gathering
in harmony and in sympathy with that vast
army of people which is to center in that
convention which is to be held on the I'D
day of February, 1892.
That we should say to those who had called
that convention that our hearts and sym
pathies are with them, but at the same time
that We should so ground our action upon
the foundation Of certainty that if there was
any failure upon the part of that convention
on the 22d day of February, 1892, to place
presidential ticket in the field that the ma
tional committee emanating from this con-
ference should take steps that would lead
TO that result. Cheers and applsuse.l
We apologize TO the convention in some
sense, knowing how many devoted hearts
and souls there are in this gathering, that
we have not been able to cover all the in
terests that are at issue in the minds of men
to-day. We believed thatwe had better con-
centrate upon few planks of an invulner-
able platform, rather than to spread our
selves upon that which might be doubtful.
Loud cheers and applause. We believe
that the party that, in such crisis as this,