The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-21
THE THIRD PARTY CONVENTION.
Ignatfus Donnelly. Gen. Weaver, Miss
Willard and others Confer.

willard and Others Confer.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2o.-The principal event today
among the delegates to the industrial conference
was the meeting of the representatives of the
Prohibition party, the Peoples party and the
National Reform party in an endeavor to reach
some common ground upon which they could
support a single ticket. Among those present
were General J. B. Weaver, Ignatius Donneily,
Miss Frances E Willard, E. J. Wheelock and
G. NJ. Miller.
No decision was reached beyond the con-
frmation OF the action of the conference held
at Chicago recently, at which it was determined
that q committee having among its members
several of today's conferces, should present the
industrial conference with a series of resolu-
tons declaring in favor of issue OF
money by the general government in SUI
fcient quantities to prevent the Intervention
OF private institutions; the suppression
OF saloons; favoring government control OF
transportation; opposing alien ownership OF
land with limit on any ownership, and favor
ing municipal suffrage for women, with educa-
tional qualifications The COMMITTEES will,
therefore,p present these issues to the conference
with a request that they be Endorsed in the plat
form.
1t is understood that the liquor plank will be
met in the conference with q counter PROPOSE
ton to the effect that when state iegIslates
upon the question that legislation shall be re-
garded by other states and the federal govern
ment and that state protected in the in
forcement Of its law. A lively time
is expected over this prohibition question.
One wing OF the industrial people, led by Cen
eral Weaver, is said to be practically in favor of
straight prohibition and an alliance with the
Prohibtionists, while another, headed by Wash
burn and Taubeneck, insists that economic re-
forms are what the conference is after, and the
liquor question should receive consideration
later.
At the first meeting of the National Citizens
Alliance today, the delegates to next weeks
conference were instructed TO support independ-
ent political action. At tonights meeting OF
the alliance, Noah Allen, of Wichita, Kan. was
chosen president; Mrs. Anna L. Diggs, OF Wash
ington City, secretary; P. z. Maxom, of En-
porfa, Kan, treasurer. In addition to support
ing the independent political movement in next
weeks conference, the Alliance delegates will
present demand that the government alone
shall issue money to the people, taking away
from monopoly the right now existing to do so
The explanation OF the strong Prohibitionists
to secure a prohibition plank is found in
secret circular recently sent out by the Prohi-
bition leaders, copy of which was secured to-
night. 1t states that there is probability that
the ST. Louis conference would evade the liquor
question by adopting q national scheme, and
urging that the leaders endesvor to prevent the
success of the movement. This national
scheme is practically government control OF
the liquor traffic, and the liberal clement in the
1ndustrials think they can carry it.