The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-03-05
NDUSTRlALCONFERENCE
Loving Fraternization Of the Blue
and the Gray.

The Report Of the Committee on Plat
form and an Address to the People
Of the United States Presented
b. Ignatius Donnslly.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. e1-An Of the dele
gates and over LOCO of the general pub
lie were in their seats at Q O'Clock
when President Polk resumed control
Of the gavel.
Then the patriotic proceedings were
inaugurated 10y Ben Terrell, of Texas
He said that he was not ashamed Of the
fact that he was one of the men tina,
wore the gray. He wore it honorably
and the Union boys honored him for II
just as he honored and respected them;
but the time had come when all sec.
tional strife and enmity should be
buried and the north and the south be
united under the grand old Stars and
Stripes In that spirit and with that
view he would present to them the
ex-commander-in-chief Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Paul Wander.
WORT When the robust Nebraska
man, with the grand army badge on his
breast made his appearance under the
nag, he received a terrific welcome.
Without preface he proceeded to read
the following resolution:
We, the representatives Of the blue and gray,
oeleve that the day has come to bury in one
common tomb the dissensions. malice and sec
tional hatred remaining from the war, and
mdrpn nndRr tho am a.. .~l ~ ,,<,-o-. -
one grand nation we gladly join hands to eman-
cipate the homes we cherish from the tyran-
meal oppression Of the money power of the
land.
When the enthusiasm that this reso-
luton evoked had in a measure sub
sided, Vandervoort made an earnest
address in its support
Delegate Branch, of Georgia, cast q
fire brand into the gathering in the
shape of a resolution protesting against
the condition of the comman people of
this country and holding the republican
and democratic parties responsible for
existing conditions. There was a spirited
debate, but the resolution was adopted
by a vote of 40 TO 139. Later it was
declared to have been irregularly
proposed, and was ordered stricken
from the minutes until after the report
Of h committee on platform was
heard. Then there was a tremendous
row over the eligibility of n colored
delegate from Georgia, which was
Quoted only by the entrance of thu
committee on platform, which reported
as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
l. We demand a national currency. safe.
sound and flexible, issued by the general gov
eminent only, a full legal tender for all debts
public and private, and that without the use of
Ranking corporations a just. equitable and ef-
ficient means of distribution direct to the peo-
pie, and not to exceed q per cent. to be pro-
vSed as set forth in the sub-treasury plan of
the Farmers Alliance. or some better system;
also by payment in discharge of its obligation
for public improvements.
We demand a free and unlimited coinage Of
silver.
We demand that the amount of circulation
medium be speedily increased to not less than
$50 per capita.
We demand a gradual income tax.
We believe that the money Of the country
should be kept as much rs possible in the hands
of the people. and We demand that all state and
ohaL iV Allt W IUt ICES
sary expenses OF the government economically
and honestly administered.
We demand that postal savings banks he es-
tabiished by the government for the safe deposit
Of the earnings Of the people, and to facilitate
exchange.
TIN land including all the national sources of
wealth is the heritage of all the people ami
should not be monopolized for special purposes
while alien ownership Of land should be prohib-
tied All lands now held by railroads and other
corporations in excess of their natural needs
and all lands now owned by aliens should be re-
claimed by the government and held for actual
settlers only.
Transportation being a means of exchange
and a public necessity, the government should
own and operate the railroads in the interests of
the people. The telegraph and telephones, like
the postoffice system being a necessity for the
transmission OF news, should be owned and
operated by the government in the interests of
the people.
We demand that the government issue legal
tender notes and pay the union soldiers the diff
ference between the price Of the deprecated
money in which he was paid and gold.
R~esoired. That we hail this conference on the
contamination OF a perfect union of hearts and
hands of all the sections OF our common coun-
try. The men who wore the gray and the men
who wore the blue were here to extinguish the
last smouldering embers of civil war in the
tears of joy OF united and happy people,: and
weagree to carry the Star and Stripes forward
fOreyert TO the highest point of national great
ness.
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
PRESENTED BY IGNATIUs DoSNELLY.
This. the first great labor conference of tho
United States and of the world-rerresentlpg
all divisions Of urban and rural organized in
dusty, assemblelin national congress, invok-
inc rIrAnp ftG action tho h1aoe,n-- -l
OF Almighty God, puts forth to and for the pro-
ducers of this nation this declaration of union
and independence. The conditions which sur
round US best Justify our cooperation. VIC
meet in the midst of a nation brought to the
verge of moral political and material ruin. Cor
ruption dominates the ballet box, the legisla-
lstures. the ongress, touches even the
ermine of the bench. The people are
demoralized. Many Of the states have been
compelled to Isolate the voters at the polling
places in order to prevent universal intimida- |
ton or bribery. The newspapers are subsidized
or Euzzled, public opinion silenced. business
FRUSTRATED, our homes covered with mortgages,
labor impoverished and the land concentrating
IN the hands of capitalists. The urban work. |
men arc denied the right of organization for
self protection; imported, pauperized labor |
keeps down their wages. A hireling standing |
unrecognized by our laws, is established
to shoot them down, and they are rapidly |
degenerating into European conditions.
fruits of the toll Of mill |
ions are boldly stolen to build up
fortunes, unprecedented in the his
tory of the world, while their possessors de-
spise the republic and endanger liberty. From
the same prolific womb of governmental injus-
we breed the two great ~classes-paupers
and millionaires. The national power to create |
money is appropriated to enrich bondholders; |
silver, which has been accepted as coin since the |
dawn Of history, has been demonetized to add |
to the purchasing power Of gold, by decreasing |
the status of all forms Of property, as well
as human labor; and the supply of
currency is purposely abridged to fat
ten usurers. bankrupt enterprise and
enslave industry. A vast conspiracy |
against mankind has been organized on two
continents and is taking possession OF the world.
If not met and overthrown at once 1t orebode
terrible social commissions, the destruction Of |
civilization or the establishment of an absolute
despotism. In this c.1sis of human affairs the
Intelligent working people and producers Of the
Uuited States have como together in the name
Of peace, order and society, to defend liberty,
prosperity and justice.
We declare our union and Independence. We
assert our purposes to vote with that polite or
ganizat!on which represents our principles.
We charge that the controlling influences
Illuminating the old ~Dolitiral narfiaa b,va al. Il