The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-05

WAN MOSES.
Tne Third Party Necessary to Break
the Solid South---The Entering
Wedge in Georgia.
Charles L. Moses, Congressman
from the Fourth Georgia district, and
leading Alhanceman, has written a
very long letter to the Southern All |
once Farmer. In it he exposes the St.
Louis Third party convention and the
Third party itself. Heasays he was re-
quested to, make aoreport on what was
done at the St. Louis conference,
and declares that when he arrived in
st. Louis he learned that the repre- /
sentatives of the Peoples party had
been on the ground two days working
and plotting to capture the conference
1t was apparent that the. Third party
ties had but little opposition except
from the Southern Alliances; and the
Southern delegates did finally force
them to adjourn the conference with
out directly endorsing the Peoples
party. The thought uppermost in the
minds of these ''nen- partisan" seemed
to be how to destroy the Democratic
party and how to build up the so-ealled
Peoples party: To do this it was con-
ceded that the solid South must be
broken. One enthusiastic delegate e&-
pressed it in this. way: eve already
have an entering wedge in Georgia; we
will break the back of the damn DEM
ocraey in that State, and other States
will follow" =. o.. u,
AS to the report Of the committee
on platform, Mr.. Moses says: 81 was
sitting on the second tier of seats in
front near the de-k. Perfect silen e
reigned in the hall, and / heard dis,
tinctly every word that was spoken,
The first part, consisting of the pream-
BILE or address was read by Donnelly;
and was received with the widest en-
thusiasn. He then announced that
:, Chairman Cavanaugh would read the
platform. The president requr sted
that there be no applarse before the
entire platform was read, which request
was complied with Chairman Cav
anaugh then read the platfol m, In
the platform there were twelve planks
and the last one was as follows: " w j,
: DEMAND THAT THE GOVERN
a MENT ISSUE LEGAL-TENDER r
NOTES AND PAY THE UNIO y
; SOLDIERS THE DIFFERENCE
i BE TWEEN THE PRICE OF THE
! DEP PRECIATED MONEY. IN
= WHICH THEY WERE PAID AND
u GOLD.'" r. r. '..'.....
> .Now as to the different reports as
to what the platform is. The plat
= form was reai and adopted as given
>, above. copied it from the knghts
}, of Labor .Iourmol, of March 3, pub
D lished ten days after the NEE eting. The
II secretary of the knights of Labor wa,
L the st cretary of the convention. j
. was so published in nearly all the Al
: lance papers in the country. have
i letter before me, written by Mis-
!. Willard, the president of the Woman
u Christian Temperance Union, whose
Il reputation for truthfulness is recog
N nized throughout Christendom. Sh,
: was a member Of the platform com
l. mittee.+ In this letter she states tha
Il the pension plank was adopted in th'
n committee and in the conference as Z
"a part of the platform. Jerry Simpson
l. has said repeatedly, that not onl,
IS is it part of the platform, but that i
- has been in every greenback platform
y since the war. The editor of tn
Sc National Economist, in the issu
Us of March 18th, admits that 'th
Is division (of the platform) int
re re three. planks has been don
Ill since the adjournment of the conven
Is tion,' and that he did it at the sug
Us gestion of Marion Butler, of Mort
n: Carolina. The truth of the matter i
al when they saw the South would nc
III accept it, the bosses here in Washing
.e- ton patched it up and issued a specis
s. edition for Southern consumption
mt They don't deny the pension plank
OF the North and West. Mr.. Turner, II
w secretary, says he favors it. Why
or they want to deny it? The third pa
gh ty congressman favor it. just Il
IN other day eight of them voted to az
U.s. about twelve millions more to
yes pension bill that was already tt
,o 20 large" =:
;. ~ l warn the people against tt
lor Peoples party. 1t is pregnant wi
ase unseen dangers. Beware of ex-R
Dr. publicans and missionaries from O
Ills enemies, who are persuading US
oro pull down the walls of Democracy.
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