The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-28

CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-lt is safe to say
that such Il gathering rs that which as
sembled here this morning has seldom,
II ever, been seen before
1t was Il national conference OF repre-
scntatives OF the various political re-
form movements now existent in this
country, including prohibitionists, far
mcrs, laborers, GrecnbackcrS, general
ref ormcrs, etc. Miss Frances J.. Viii
lard presided, and stated the object OF
the conference TO be to devise ways and
means OF clecting President Of the
United States who will with one blow
kill the rum traffic.
Among those present at tho meeting
were Lady Somerset, George A. Wash
burn, OF Boston, secretary OF Peoples
party; Gilbert Dolamatcr, OF Akron, o.,
who led some al his c6untrymen Il wild
chase after greenbacks; Mrs. Anna NJ.
Digss, OF Kansas Gen. Weaver, OF Iowa;
A.Wardcll and II. L. Loucks, .oi Huron,
S. D., and Prof. Samuel Dickcy, OF Al
bion College, Albion, Michigan.
lgnatius Donnelly was down for an
opening speech, but failed to appear.
The central idea is to unite all OF these
elements on one candidate for the Pres
idency in the belief that they outnum-
Der either OF the regular parties. The
meeting was held with closed doors
G. I. Washburn, national secretary
OF the Peoples party, and the other
members OF his organization present,
labored in the general meeting and al
tcrwards in committee for the adoption
of the following:
"We believe the principal solution OF
tho liquor problem lies in abolishins
the clement OF profit, which is a source
OF constant temptation, evil and corrup-
ton. We therefore demand that tho
exclusive importation, manufacture and
sale OF intoxicating liquors shall be con-
Quoted by the government or state at
cost, under conditions and restrictions
which may be adopted by tho various
states. In adopting this as national
plank. We give no onense 10 either the
personal liberty man or TO the prohibi-
ZIONIST. We merely declare for the
principle, and leave the restrictions for
adoption to the.various states, accord
ing to the temperance sentiment in each
state"
Tho fight for "nationalizing the liquor
traffic" was largely Intellectual, how
ever, for it found no place in the ad-
dress brought i'll by the committee, to
be presented TO the coming convention
OF tho peoples party in st. Louis. Ig-
natlus Donnelly, in reporting the result
OF the committees labor, noted the
omission, and expressed tho opinion
that the address in its present form
would not be accepted by the Peoples
party.
He referred to the number OF foreign-
ers in the party and said the prohibi-
ton clause should be modified so as to
save to them the idea Of individual
right in the beer drinking held by them
SO tenaciously. In the committee room,
he said, he had, though himself be-
liover i'll Temperance, advocated the sub
stitution OF the phrase i"abatoment OF
the liquor trrflic" as being more accept.
able to the Peoples party, but he had
been ovcrruled by the rest OF the COM
mittcc.
Mr.. Taubencck, OF Illinois, moved to
accept Donnelly's suggestion OF slbsti-
tuting word abatement" for "annihila-
tion," but L. J. Wheeler suggested that
Suppression" would be better word,
and in that form the address was
adopted.