St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25
Democratic Thunder.

Seventh-We believe that the money Of the
country should be kept as much as possible
in the hands of the people, and hence We de-
mand all national and state revenues shall
be limited TO the necessary expense OF the
government economically and honestly ad-
miniStered.
Eighth-We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the government for
the safe deposit of the earnings of the people
| and to facilitate exchange.
Ninth-Your subcommittee upon land
| plank beg to submit to your approval the fol-
| lowing: The land, including all the natural
| resources of wealth. is the heritage of all
| people and should not be monopoiZed for
| speculative purposes, and alien ownership OF
land should be prohibited. All lands now
! held by railroads and other corporations i'll
excess of their actual needs and all kinds
| now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by
| the government and held for actual settlers
| only.
Tenth-Transportaton being means of
exchange and public necessity the govern
ment should own and operate tine railroads
| in the interests of the people.
Eleventh-The telegraph and telephone.
| like the postoffice system, being a necessity
for transmission OF news, should be owned
and operated by the government in the inter
! est of the people.
Twelfth-We demand that the government
| issue legal tender notes and pay the Union
| soldier the difference between the price of
the deprecated money in which he was paid
and gold.
| Resolved, That we hail this conference as
| the contamination of the perfect union of
| the hearts and hands of all sections of our
common country. The men who wore the
| gray and the men who wore the blue meet
| here to extiuguisn the last smouldering en-
| bers of civil war in the tears of joy of
united and happy people and we agree TO
carry the stars and stripes forward forever TO
the highest point of national greatness.
An Objector Fired.
The widest excitement took place
after the reading of the platform. One
of the suspected vampires of the cor
porations" ON the floor attempted to
edge in motion amending the docu-
ment, and almost instantly there was a
| riot. II was requested by delegate to,
make that motion" Stnbborniy returned
the captive. The man, who proved to
he Fred Swayne, am eXmember of the
Missouri legislature, was forcibiy
| elected. On motion of Mr.. POwderIy
he delegates, without taking'a vote OH
the adoption of the platform, adjourned
| for two hours. - -s
A fight for the recognition of the pro-
hibition issue in the platform was.
| started Immediately upon the reaSSeul-
bling of the convention. Miss Frances
! Willard presentedcCa minority report
| which she moved be adopted immedi-s
| ately, as an amendment to the reports
| The minority report favored woman
| suffrage and demanded the suppression
| of the liquor traffic. Coached by Mr..
Powderly, Miss Emma Curtis. of Colo
RADIO, handsome young woman with;
swapping black eyes and dashing
| GainsbOrOugh hat, captured the floor
and proposed the following substitute:
| We demand that the question of unlversals
| suffrage be submitted to the legislatures of
the different states and territories for favor
able action.
Miss Curtis made very clever
speech, Jerry Simpson shouted: "She
has solved the problem" and the sub
stitutiOn was made by a crushing ma
ing like rose and laughing heartily at
the success that had crowned her effort.
Miss Willard mounted upon the plat
form and looked as sober as if attend
ing funeral.
Miss Curtis Spunky.
POwderly hurried to the platform and
held hasty conference with Miss Will
lard. Soon afterward, before roll call,
which was demanded, could be
taken, announcement was made in
Powderly's name that Miss Curtis
proposition, as part of the platform,
was withdrawn, to be offered later as
simple resolution. TO the surprise of
everybody and the chagrin of P0wderly,
Gen. Weaver and other leaders, Miss
Curtis arose and declared she had done
no such thing.
When roll call was finally reached.
on what had now become Miss Curtis
minority platform report, it looked as
if the POwderly-Weaver following were
resentiug the ''spunkIness'' of Miss
Curtis. buG Powderly systematically pro-
ceeded promptly to counteract this i'm
preston by attempting after the roll
call ended to add the vote of the Knights
in body in favor of the minority re-
port. Secretary Hayes declared the
minority report carried, 254 to GAG.
counting the Knights organization as
voting solidly aye.
Powderly now had another surprise. :
He shouted to all Knights of Labor
present to follow him and go outside of
the hall for a caucus. They did so like
magic, and the Farmers Alliance, at.
the call of McCune, also temporarily
withdrew, Notwithstanding loud pro-
tests of their national lecturer, Willets.
of Kansas, that the action amounted to,
breaking up the convention in row. .
Donnelly's Fine Work.
After half hours painful uncertain;
ty the convention slowly got together.
again. Ignatius DonnelIy was granted
three minutes, and TO somewhat general
surprise declared all the business of
the convention could easily be finished.
up within half an hour. 'Defel by unan-;
imous consent the little woman suffrage
matter" he smoothly urged, "adopt the :,
noble majority platform report, appoint
committee to act with the national
committee of the Peoples party to Gala
national convention to nominate pres
ident and vice president of the United
States, and the thing is DONE"
The idea took like wildfire among the
harassed, hungry delegates. Two min
utes later the majority report had been \
swallowed at one gulp, being adopted
without a solitary voice of dissent. A
geat pent-up volume Of doubt and
despair now seemed to be lifted to the
roof in the enthusiastic cheering that
broke forth at every hand. Hats. pa
pers. umbrellas, flags-everything port
able within -reach-was flung into the
air, the ten minutes of continuous APP
plause stopping only for five minutes
more of tremendous "Glory, glory,
hallelujahv'
The woman suffrage resolution as a
substitute for prohibition was lost sight 4
of in the excitement, and the conven-
rlon instead took up collection to pay
expenses, Endorsed laws forbidding OPP
ton dealing, Endorsed the stand of the
Rochester, N. Y, Knights of Labor
against clothing combine, threatening
boycott, if necessary. and indorsed ali
goods bearing the Knights of Labor
label. When the woman suffrage reso- ]
luton did at last Come up, the previous
question was called. and Miss Curtis
resolution, now thoroughly separated