Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-28
Proposed by a Conference at
Chicago of ALI Odds and
Ends of ISmS.
TEMPERANCE A TOUGH NUT
But Some Sort of Prohibition Plank
Necessary for Dry Voters.
wOHANsUFFRAGE SHOW, TOO
Irving to Frame a Platform That Will
Catch the Peoples Party.
An ADDRESS TO AMERICANS ISSUED

CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-Every ''ism" in the
country which favors kicking over the traces
of the two old parties is represented here
to-day. The idea of the great reform con-
ference is the amalgamation of all third
party men of whatever prediction into a
party which in numbers can hold its own
with Republicanism or Democracy.
1t includes Alliance men, labor agitators,
Prohibitiorists, woman suffrsgists and many
others. All will strive to unite on a COM
mon platform and nominate a Presidential
ticket
Among those present at the meeting were
Lady Somerset, George F. Washburne, of
Boston, Secretary of Peoples party, Gil
bert De La Matyr, of Akron, O., who led some
of his countrymen a wild chase after
greenbacks; Mrs Anna NJ. Diggs, of Kan
sas; General Weaver, of Iowa; A. Wardell
and H. L. Loucks, of Huron, S. D., and
Prof Samuel Dickey, of Albion College,
Albion, Mich.
Uncle Sam the Sole Saloon Keeper
G. f. Washburne, National Secretary of
the Peoples party, and the other members
of his organization present, labored in the
general meeting and afterward in committee
for the adoption of the following:
We believe the principal solution of the
liquor problem lies in abolishing the element
OF profit which is source of co instant temp
tation, evil and corruption. We, therefore,
demand that the exclusive importation,
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors
shall be conducted by the Government or
State at cost, under conditions and restric-
tions which may be adopted by the various
States. In adopting this as nationalplank,
we give no offense to either the personal
liberty man or to the Prohibitionist. We
merely declare for the principle, and leave
the restrictions for adoption to the various
States, according to the temperance senti-
ment in each State.
The fight for ''nstionalizing the liquor
traffic was largely Intellectual, however, for
it found no place in the address brought in
BY the committee to be presented to the
coming convention of the Peoples party in
St. Louis
Why the Plank Wasn't Nailed.
Ignatius Donnelly, in reporting the re-
suit of the committees labors, noted
the omission and expressed the opin-
ion that the address in its present form
would not be acceptable to the Peoples
party He referred to the number of for
eigners in the party, and said the prohibi-
tion clause should be modified so as to
save to them the idea of individual right in
the matter of beer-drinking held to by them
so tenaciously.
In the committee room he said, be had,
though himself a believer in temperance,
advocated the substitution of the phrase
abatement of the liquor traffic as being
more acceptable to the Peoples party, but
he had been overruled by the rest of the
committee.
Taubeneck, of Illinois, moved to accept
Donnelly's suggestion to substitute the
word abatement" for s'annihilation," but
Z. J. Wheeler suggested that 'isuppres-
sion" would be better word, and in that
form the address was adopted. After the
vote Taubeneck announced that he had
neither voted for nor against the address,
because he was confident that it's statement
of the prohibition question would not be
acceptable to the Peoples party.
The Address TO the Country.
The following committee was then ap-
pointed to present the address to the st.
Louis Convention February %: DR.. G.
DE La Matyr, Frances E. Willard, G. W.
Miller, General j. B. Weaver, Ignatius
Donnelly, Samuel Dickie and L. J.
Wheeler. The following is the address in
full:
The undersigned, expressing the con-
sensus of opinion of an informal voluntary
gathering of members of the Peoples party,
the Prohibition party and the National Re-
form party. arrogating to themselves no
right TO speak authoritatively for anyone but
themselves. or to dictate the future course
or platform of any organization, but per-
ceiving the absolute necessity which exists
that the people, rising up in their primal
capacity as citizens and voters, would wrest
the government of the State and nation
from those who have so long misgoverned
both, hereby put forth the following sugges-
fions to the people of the United States upon
which We ourselves are substantially
agreed. We are in favor of a consolidation
of all political elements in behalf of these
issues to wit:
First-That money should be issued by
the general Government, without the inter
vention of any private institution, in suffi-
cient quantity to carry on the business of
the country, and such money should be a
full legal tender for all debts, both public |
and private.
The Prohibitionists' Clause.
Second-That the saloon is the great enemy
OF reform in these matters. As the chief |
fountain of corruption in our politics, we |
denounce its pernicious influences upon our |
country and demand its suppression.
Third-All means of public transportation 1
and communication should be controlled by |
the Government to obtain for all the peo- |
pie equal and equitable advantages in such |
services and effort so to control said means, |
and II the effort TO so control said means of |
transportation and communication shall /
prove impracticable, then we favor Govern
ment ownership of the same.
Fourtn-Ihat we are opposed to specula- |
tlon IN land and alien ownership of the ?
same, and we demand a reasonable iimita-
tion OF the amount of land that can be
owned by any corporation or individual.
Fnth-Ihat We favor municipal suffrage
for women with an educational qualifica-
tion.