St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-21
REF0RMERSPL PLANNING
The st. Louis Gathering Is
Likely to Witness Stormy
Scenes.
Donnelly, Taubeneek, Miss
Willard and Gen. Weaver
All in Line.
Friends of Prohibition Are in
the Humop to Make
Trouble.
Citizens Industrial Alliance
Has But One Demand to
Support.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 20. R epresenta-
/. tiges of the different reform parties,
including the Peoples party, Prohibit
bition party, Citizens Alliance, Knights
Of. Labor, Greenback party. Farmers
Alliance, and others of more or less
prominence, had joint conference at
the Linden hotel this afternoon. Many
LADIES were present, including repre-
sentatives of the Press Reform party
and the w. G. T. U. Among the ladies
in attendance were Miss Frances E.
Willard, president of the Worlds W.
c. L. o.; Lady Henry Somerset, presi-
dent of the British W. c. T. u; Mrs.
Clara c. Hoffman, president of the
Missouri w. Z. L. u, and many other
weIl-known advocates of temperance.
The object of the conference was to
discuss what action the different rgani-
cations would take toward securing the
insertion of planks expressing the prin-
ciples of the organization represented
in the conference. After considerable
discussion and many speeches it was
finally decided to ask the Farmers In
dustrial convention to embody in their
platform the resolutions adopted at
a meeting of the different reform par
ties at Chicago on Jan. 81. The resolu-
tions are to the effect that the govern
ment should issue money in sufficient
quantities to carry on the the business
of the country; denounce the liquor
traffic: declare that the government
should control public transportation
and communication; oppose alien OWL
ership of land. and favor woman
suffrage.
1t is understood that the liquor plank
will be met in the conference with
counter proposition to the effect that,
when a state legislates upon the Ques-
ton, legislation shall be regarded by
other states and the federal govern
ment and the state protected in the en-
forcement of the law on the ques-
ton. A lively time is promised
in this matter when the full
conference comes to consider it.
as one wing of the industrial
people, led by Gen. Weaver, are practi-
cally in favor of straight prohibition.
and an alliance with the Prohibitionists,
while another. headed by G. E. Wash
burne and II. +. Taubeneck, insist
that economic reforms are sought by
the bodies now gathering, and that the
liquor question shou Id receive conSid-
Grafton later.
Still it is growing evident from some
expressions let fall that the prevailing
oCH6ilucuG Will Uc III ldNOE III SOtllC dCtiOu
touching the liquor question, though the
conferences plank will be more likely
to favor the naturalization of sthe traffic
than the immediate absolute sup preston
thereof. If the issue on prohibition is
closely drawn in the Industrial confer
ence there promise to be some interest
ing developments. disclosing to what ex-
tent the Prohibition party has made its
way into the ranks of the reformers.
The executive committee of the Peo-
ple's party held short session this
! morning, but attended only to routine
matters. At today's gathering of the
National Citizens Industrial Alliance,
athe first held here, twenty-five dele
gates to next weeks conference were
chosen. These delegates were instruct
ed to support independent political ac-
ton. An adjournment was then had
until evening, when the election of
national officers was held.
The following were chosen: Presi-
dent, Noah Allen, Wichita, Kan; vice
president. E. Gerry Brown, Boston,
Mass; secretary, Mrs. Anna L. Diggs,
Washington, ID. c.; treasurer, P. B.
Maxom, Emporia, Kan; executive
committee, j. S. Coke. MassiIlon, O.. :;
MIR. Branch, Georgia; Mr.. Linholm,
Chicago; j. W. Hines, California; j. c.
Kelly, Missouri.
A Single Demand
4 1t was learned tonight that the Ma
/ tional Citizens Industrial Alliance dele
gates VIII enter next weeks conference
instructed, in addition to their support
of an independent movement, to pre-
sent only one demand to the conference,
and that Is the constitutional right of
the government to coin money shall be
recognized, and that the government
alone shall issue money to the people,
taking away from monopoly the right
now existing so to do. The committee
reporting this single demand was unan-
imous in its favor, and also in favor Of
adding nothing more to 1t.
The reason for the strong efforts Of
the prohibitionists to secure the adop-
ton by the Industrial conference of a
strong prohibition plank, to the ex-
elusion Of the naturalization plan, sup
ported by the Washburne-T aubeneck
element, is shown IN the concluding
sentence of the following circular, which
was marked confidential, sent out by the
prohibition leaders.
1t reads: 1t looks quite probable that
the conference held In st. Louis Feb. %
win evade the liquor question by adopt
ing. the naturalization scheme regard