Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-28
CRANKS CONFERRING.
Various Reform Parties to
Amalgamate.
They Try to Meet on a Com
mon Platform.
The Planks Proposed Refuse to Fit
Snugly Together.
Prohibition Pure and Simple Does Not
Suit the Peoples Party-An
Address to the
Country.
Associated Press Dispatches.


CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-Today national
conference of representatives of the va
rious political reform movements now ex-
listing in this country, including pro-
hibitionists. farmers, laborers, green
hackers, general reformers, etc., was
held in secret session. Miss Frances E.
Willard presided; and stated that the
object of the conference was to devise
ways and means for electing a pres j.
dent of the United States who will with
one blow kill the rum traffic. Ignatius
Donnelly was down for the opening
speech but failed to appear. The idea
is to unite all these elements on one
candidate for the presidency, in the be-
lief that they will outnumber either of
the regular parties.
1t was decided that the representa-
tives of the various movements should
hold separate meetings, and decide upon
the planks which they would insist on,
respectively, in the joint platform.
When the meeting re-assembled and re-
ports were made, it was found that
many things were insisted on by one
party not to be tolerated by another.
Members of the Peoples party labored
in the general meeting and in committee
Tor the adoption of a plank demanding
that the exclusive importation, manu-
facture and sale of Intoxicating LIQUORS
be conducted by the government or
state, at cost, under conditions and re-
strictions which may be adopted
by the various states. Their
work was largely Intellectual, as the
plank found no place in the address
brought in by the committee to be pre-
sented to the coming convention of the
Peoples party.
Ignatius Donnelly, HI. E. Taub eneck
and others have expressed the opinion
that the address in it's present form will
not be acceptable to the Peoples party.
They say the prohibition clause should
be modified 80 as to save to foreigners
the idea of individual rights in the mat
ter of drinking. a
The address referred to, makes the
following suggestions to, The people of
the United States: "To favor the consoli-
dation of all political elements in behalf
of these issues, money should be issued
by the general government without the
= intervention of private institutions, in
sufficient quantity to carry on the busi-
ness of the country, and such money
should be full legal tender for all public
and private debts.
'The saloon is great enemy of reform,
and we denounce its pernicious influence
and demand its suppression"
The address also favors government
control of railroads, telegraphs and
telephones; opposes speculation in land
and alien ownership of the same; de-
mands a reasonable limitation of the
amount of land that can be owned by
corporation or individual, and favors
municipal suffrage for women, with an
educational qualification.
1t is signed by Ignatius Donnelly,
Frances E. Willard, Gen. J. B. Weaver,
E. ]. Wheeler, G. M. Miller, E. Evans
and H. S. Taylor.
In the Farmers Alliance meeting to-
day, most OF the time was occupied in
the appointment of committees and the
settlement of lively dispute over the
seating of seven more delegates from
Nebraska, than the constitution was
said to permit. The Iowa delegation
particularly opposed the admission of
additional Nebraskans. The Nebraska
men finally triumphed by guaranteeing
all delinquent dues. The session will
continue tomorrow, and probably the
day after.