Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-28
POOLING ISSUES"
Move at Chicago to Organize a
New Party.
THREE REE,RM BODIES TO COMBINE

The Peoples, National Reform and Pro-
hibition Parties Trying to Flap Toaeth-
er on a Brief PIatform-National Farm
ers' Alliance in Session-Somc Com
ments on Hill by New York Papers and
EN-Speaker Keifer-What the Demo-
Gratis in Congress May Do.
CHICAGO, Jan. &S.-Responsive to the
call OF Frances Willard there was meet
ing at the Sherman house yesterday of
representatives of the Peoples. the Ma
tlonal Reform and Prohibition parties. \
triple alliance is contemplated. Among
those present We're General J. B. Weaver,
OF Iowa; George f. Washburn. Boston, sec
retary of the Peoples party: Mrs Anna
Diggs, Kansas, Prohibitionist: Gilbert
Delamater. Akron, O., Greenbacker; f. J.
Wheeler, editor of The Voice; II. Z. Tau
Deneck, chairman of the national commit
tee of the Granger political organizations;
Ignatius Donnelly, of the Farmers ALI
ance.
lgnatius Donnelly presented constitu-
ton for new political party, which he had
prepared. This was approved, and will be
presented as an address to the meeting of
the Peoples party to be held at St. Louis
Feb. % No one in the conference consid-
cred himself bound by the address. There
seemed to be Il strong belief however
among the delegates that a new political
party will result from the labors of Mr..
Donnelly. The propositions laid down in
the address are these:
l. That money should be issued by the
general government, without the interven-
tion of any private institutions, in suf-
ficient quantity to carry on the business of
the country, and such money should be a
full legal tender for all debts, both public
and private.
Prohibition and Woman Suffrage.
:. That the saloon is the great enemy of
reform in these matters. As the chief
fountain Of corruption in our politics, we
denounce its pernicious influence upon our
country and demand its suppression
8. All means Of public transportation
and communication should be controlled
by the government to obtain for all the
people equal and suitable advantages in
such services; and, if the effort to so con-
troll said means Of transportation and COM
munication shall prove impracticable. then
we favor government ownership of the
same.
4. That we are opposed to speculation in
land, and alien ownership of same and we
demand a reasonable limitation of the
amount of land that can be owned ny any
corporation or individual
D. That we favor municipal suffrage for
women with an educational qualification.
The foregoing was signed by a commit
tee composed of Ignatius Donnelly Frances
Willard, ]. b. Weaver. +. J. Wheeler, G. NJ
Miller, E. Evans, and H. :. Taylor, and
it was passed without dissenting voice.
Taubeneck and Washburn refrained from
voting saying that they were confident
that the plank on the prohibition question
| would not he acceptable to the Peoples
party. They favor plan of Matchmaking
| the liquor traffic. The following were APP
pointed TO present the address to the st.
Louis convention: DR. q. DeIamater.
Frances Willard, q. W. Miller. j. r.
| Weaver, lgnatius DOnnelly, Samuel Dickie
and Z. j. Wheeler.
Miss Willard's Idea.
According to Miss Willard the time for
political action is ripe. Alone, the Prohi-
bitiOn party and the Women's Christian
Temperance union cannot elect president
of the United States. Prohibition, how
ever allied to all the other isms of the
| country, can go into the fight with hopes
! OF success. So said Miss Willard, and it
| IS her scheme to affiliate all these conflict
ing elements, marshal them under one ban
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