Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-25
Of the deprecated nonsy h which y sss
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Of the deprecated money IN vhich ~ ~
r. Bssoiusd. ODE siii That ws hail tbis conference =
the consummstion Of the .peffect UNION o
the hearts and hands Of oli sections ot our
common country. The mon Who wore the
gray and the men who wore tho blue meet
here TO oxtinguish the lnst smouldering
embers of civil war 10 the team OF Joy o. :
united and happy people, ana We a9fes 20
carry the Stars and stripes iofwn,o Iot-
ever to the highest point OF nationAi grsst-
ness.
THE wrLDEsr KxCrTEn@T
arose after the reading OF the platform.
One Of the suspected /" vampires OF the
corporations" on the floor attempted to
edge in a motion amending the document,
and almost instantly there was RIOT.
was requested by delegation 10 make tnat
notion" he stubbornly returned.
The man proved to bs +: bveyne, an ex-
member of the Missouri Legislature. Re
was forcibly elected. :, =.
On motion of Mr.. Powderiy. the dele
gates. without taking vote on the soop-
tion OF the platform, adjourned for Two
hours.
PROHIBITION.
A fight for the recognition OF tho prohi;;
bition issue in the platform was started
Conventions Miss Frances Willard pre-
sented Q minority report, which she moved
should be adopted immediately - An
amendment to the majority report. Inc
minority report favored woman suffrage
and demanded suppression !" OF the liquor
traffic. Attempts to head on Miss VIII
Iard's reading of the minority report with
points of order were Intellectual: A strong
speech opposing dragging In outsida
issues" by Mr.. Mann, OF Florida, was
answered by Miss Willard IN Spinted
address. She charged that the full Plat
form Committee was not present when the
Temperance plank was omitted.
Coached by MIR. Powderly. Miss Emma
Curtis, of Colorado, handsome young
woman with swapping black eyes and q
dashing Gainsborough hat, captured the
floor and proposed the following substi-
tute for the minority report: I'VE de-
mand that the question OF universai SUI.
frags be submitted to the Legislatures OF
the different States and Territories for
favorable action"
PROBLEM SOLVED.
Miss Curtis made clever speech. Jerry
Simpson shouted: "She has solved the
problem " and some one Immediately de-
manding the previous question the substi-
tuition was made by crushing majority
amid volleys OF cheers.
When roll-call was finally reached on
what had now become Miss Curtiss MI
nority platform report the vote was taken
by States. Secretary Hayes declared the
minority report carried-2s4 to 246-count-
ing the Knights organization ss voting sol.
idly aye.
Unofioial tally keepers, however made
the totals very different-to wit, 352 noes
to 238 ayes, defeating the minority report,
hA MI q
ayes. Meantime Miss Willard and Lady
Somerset had slipped out of the hall un-
observed and did not again return.
Mr. Powderly now had another surprise.
He shouted to all Knights of Labor present
to follow HIM and go outside of the hall
for caucus. They did so like magic, and
the Farmers Alliance. at the call OF Mr.
Macune. also temporarily withdrew, not
wthstsnding loud protests OF their ma
tionsl lecturer, Mr.. Willets. OF Kansas. that
the action amounted to breaking up the
convention in q row.
THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
After half-hour's painful uncertainty
the convention slowly got together again.
Ignatius Donnelly was granted three min
utes, and, to somewhat general surprise,
declared that all the business OF the con-
vention could be finished up within half an
hour. "Defer by unanimous consent the
little woman-sufrrage matter" he smooth
ly urged, adopt the noble majority
platform report. appoint committee TO
act with the National Committee of the
Peoples party to call a,national convention
to nominate President and vice-Presl'
dent of the United States and the thing
is done" The idea took like wildiire
among the harassed, hungry delegates
Two minutes later the majority platform
l. or
adopted without solitary voice OF dissent.
Enthusiastic cheering broke forth OF
every hand. Hats, papers, umbrellas
flags, everything portable within reach
was flung into the air, the ten minutes Of
continuous applause stopping only with
five minutes more ofa tremendous Glory
glory, hallelujah!
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
The woman suffrage resolution as sub
stitute for prohibition was lost sight OF IL
the excitement, and the convention instead
took up a collection to pay expenses. en-,
dorsed laws forbidding option-dealing, but
did not specifically mention the proposec
Hatch statute, endorsed the stand OF tine
Rochester IN. " Knights OF Labor against
q clothing combine and threatened boy
colt if necessary. and endorsed all goods
bearing the Knight of Labor label. Wher
the woman-suffrage resolution did at last
come up, Acting Chairman Terrill, in re-
Spouse to an inquiry, announced that il
had nothing to do with prohibition. Mr.
Washburne, of Massachusetts,, insisted
that the resolution was substitute
for both Of Miss Wizards minority
planks, prohibition ard woman suf
frage. the idea being that wherever
throughout the nation woman suffrage
was secured prohibition would soon fol
low. The previous question was called
and Miss Curtis's resolution, now tho
roughly separated from the platform, wa
adopted without further opposition. :.
Numerous efforts to have the convention
proceed to appoint the committee sug
eested by Mr.. Donnelly to act with the
Peoples Party National COMMITTEES were
wholly Intellectual under the ruling OF
Acting Chairman Terrill and the insist
ence OF National-Lecturer Willetts, of the
Farmers Alliance, upon motion to ad'
journ sine die.