Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-25
PEOPLES PARTY SUPPORTERS.
Platform Of the Industrial Conference 1t 3
Louis.

PEOPLES PARTY sUPPORTERs.
Plxtform Of the Industrial Conferences Ut 81.
| Louis.
The blue and gray incident in the st. Louis
convention yesterday ended picturesqusly by
. delegate ON the platform putting up big
American flag and waving its folds high in
front of the assemblage. After wraugling over
a few minor points Of order the platform was
introduced and the real fight of the day began.
THE PLATFORM.
In long preamble the platform recites the
many grievances and unjust burdens under
which its trainers declare they and the country
at large are suffering, saying that they meet
''in the midst Of q nation brought to the verge
Of moral, political and material ruin" the peo-
pie of which are demoralized
Among the principal ''demands' made bv
tne platform are free and unlimited coinage
| OF silver, a national currency. safe sound and
flexible, issued by the government only a full
| legal tender for all debts az set forth in the
Farmers Alliance subtreasury plan, graduated
! income tax, that the amount of circulating
medium be speedily increased to not less than
800 per capita and that postal saving banks be
established by the government for the safe
deposit OF the earnings Of the people and to
facilitate exchange.
The subcommittee on the land plank was of
lized for speculative purposes, and alien own
ership OF land should be prohibited All lands
now held by railroads and other CORPORATIONS
IN excess OF their actual needs and all lands
no" owned by aliens should be reclaimed by
the government and held for actual settlers
only. 1t II also recommended that the gov
eminent own and operate the railroad and
telegraph and telephone systems Of the
country.
WILD EXCITEMENT.
Tho ~ilIas%
reading of the platform. One of the suspected
vampires Of the corporations on the floor
attempted to edge in u motion amending the
riot.
Il was requested by o delegation to make
that notion" stubbornly returned the dele
gate. who proved to be Fred Wayne. an ex-
| forcibly elected.
On motion of Mr.. Powderly the delegates,
without taking vote the adoption OF the
platform, adjourned for two hours
FIGHT FOR PROHIBITION.
tight for the recognition of the prohibition
issue in the platform was started Immediately
upon the reassembling of the convention. Miss
| Frances Willard presented minority report.
| which she moved be adopted Immediately as
| an amendment to the majority report. The
minority report favored woman suffrage and
demanded the suppression of the liquor trafic.
strong speech opposing dragging in outside
Issues by A. S. Mann of Florida answered
| by Miss Willard in spirited address.
Congressman Jerry Simpson declared him
| sell satisfied with the majority report They
| must cure poverty before they could intemper-
| ance.
Coached by Mr.. Powderly Miss Emma Curtis
OF Colorado, a handsome young woman with
swapping black eyes, captured the floor and
proposed the following substitutes:
we demand that the question OF universal
suffrage be submitted to the legislatures of the
different states and territories for favorable ac-
ton"
Jerry Simpson shouted "She has solved the
problem! and some one Immediately de-
mandIng the previous question, the substitu-
ton was made by a crushing jority amid
volleys of cheers. Miss Willard, however, re-
| sented this treatment, and Powderly hurried to
the platform and held hasty conference with
her. a result of which it was announced that
Miss Curtis resolution had been withdrawn.
Whereupon Miss Curtis declared that she had
done no such thing, much to the chagrin of
Powderly and other leaders.
1t was now apparently the purpose of Pow
derby. having kept Miss Wizards minority
report out of the platform, to placate her and
her friends by having the convention adopt
the Willard plank a resolution in place of
that of Miss Curtis. When the roll call was
finally reached the vote was taken by states.
MISS WILLARD PLACAIED.
Secretary Hayes declared the minority re-
port carried-254 to 246, counting the knights
organization as voting solidly aye Unofficial
tally keepers now seemed to be lifted to the
roof in the enthusiastic cheering that broke
forth at every hand. Hats, papers, umbrellas,
flags, everything portable within reach was
flung into the air, the applause stopping only
with five minutes more of tremendous GLORY
glory, hallelujahr'
Powderly now had another surprise He
shouted to all knights of Labor present to fol-
lou h. Il ~ Al. 4 NJ
They did SO, and the Farmers Alliance. at the
call OF McCune, also temporarily withdrew.
notwithstanding the loud protests Of their
national lecturer, Willets Of Kansas. that the
action amounted to breaking up the conven-
tion In a row.
WILL ACT WITH THE PEOPLES PARTY
After half hours painful uncertainty the
convention slowly got together again. Igna-
titus Donnelly granted three minutes. and
| to the somewhat general surprise declared all
the business of the convention could be finished
up within half an hour. Defer by unanimous
consent the little woman suffrage matter, he
urged adopt the noble majority platform re-
port, appoint committee to act with the
national committee Of the people party to call
a national convention to nominate a President
and Vice President of the United States and the
thing is done.
The idea took like wild fire among the har-
assed hungry delegates. Two minutes later
the majority report had been swallowed at one
guip being adopted without solitary vote Of
dissent.
With General Weaver in the chair the follow
ing committee was appointed: General Van
Wyck of Nebraska. c. ". McCune OF Texas, NJ
l. Branch of Georgia, ]. NJ. Powers of Ne
braska, I. u. Mcguire of New York, l.. l.. Polk
OF North Carolina. j. II. Willets of Kansas
President Humphreys of the National Colored
Alliance, Pierce Hackett Of Missouri, H. NJ
Barnett of Illinois (F. u. b. A. }, L. z. Morrill,
OF Louisiana, John Zeitz of Ohio. Mrs Mary T.
Lees OF Kansas, Mrs. DIR. Dabbs Of Texas, Ben
jamin Terrili Of Texas.
A Blow at the Cordage Trust.
Chancellor McGill Of New Jersey has granted
a temDorary iniupction restraipipo fha C,;,o