Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-14

the preamble WHICH was
The platform was then redu
and nearly every plank greeted
with the most enthusiastic cheers.
A number of delegates seized the
uprights used to hold placards des-
ignating the place Of state delega-
tions. and rushed them to the plat
form, forming a Gordon about the
whole platform. The banners were
also born there. Frontier county,
Nebraska, bore a placard inscribed:
oWhat is home without a mortgage!
Don't all speak at once!" Tennessees
banner pledged 10000 votes to n
new party, and Virginia had George
Washington for its exemplar. Ban
ners and placards were rushed down
from the stage and an impromptu pro.
cession started around the body oil
the hall in which the delegates sau,
drummers heading the marchers.
Connecticut's banner said, Congress,
and not the people be damned" shy
locks twins-Groyer and Ben Inc
women Joined in the movement, and
getting in line marched with thelr
male associates, men not In line
shouting encouraging cries OF Right,
sister" After twenty-five minutes OF
this sort of thing the leaders con-
cluded to stop the tide; but 1t was
hard work. Finally TaubenecK, tele-
| gram in hand, was at last accorded a
hearing. ~ have" said he, lust
! received a telegram from DR.. Hauser
! Of Indiana. In oder that YOU may
know what credit to place in it, L Will
tell YOU who he is. He is the present
candidate for lieutenant governor on
the peoples party ticket, and author
of the celebrated work, ''Is Marriage
a Failure" TLaughter.l "This is the
telegram: Il have seen Gresham. III
unanimous he will not decline"
More enthusiasm. Brown OF Massa-
chusettS, took the stage and read a
telegram from Chairman Page of Nir-
ginia, announcing him as candidate.
Paul Vanderyoort of Nebraska,
assumed the role of a Gresham
enthusiast. "If it is true" said he,
that Walter @. Gresham will accept
on the platform of the peoples party,
| will support him with all my heart
and second his nomination in this
convention" 1t was moved to
adjourn until sever p. m. Another
delegate wanted a recess until eight
o'clock. A motion to adjourn until
nine o'clock, being a substitute
motion, prevailed.
IN THE EVENING.
: The delegates were prompt in arriv'
. ing for the night session and all were
nervous and expectant, owing &c lacB
! of positive and final information as tC
f to possibility of nomination of Judge
Gresham. A supplement resolution
to the platform was adopted. A
, lively discussion followed, Ignatiu'
t Donneliy taking an active part. The
I following dispatch was read:
+ CHICAGO, July Al. B. Weaver
IgDatius Donnelly, Ben Terrell, Johr
, w. Hayes: / have just returned ant
find your dispatch of the LIST. | mus
stand by my dispatch to Mr.. Orr o
A the I'd. Accept my grateful acknowl
= edgement. w. Q. GRESHAM.
"That settles it," said Ignatiu
DOnnelly, Gresham will not accept.
: Powderly, Hayes, Terrell and other
: expressed the same opinion. A reso
= %lrtion declaming against the presenc
of public officers at conventions wa
adopted with a whOop. Then tn
q roll of state was called for the pre-
= sentatiOn of candidates for the presi
= dency.
Alabama presented Gen. Jas. b
- Weaver of Iowa; c. +. Norton O
Illinois placed Senator Kyle, of Soutl
~ Dakota, in nomination; Connection
. presented the name OF Gen. Jas. L
Field, of Virginia; Georgia seconds
q kyle's nomination.; Illinois wanteu
Senator Van Wyck; and an indians
y man seconded Kyle's name ito ge
: new blOod;" Mann Page of Virgins
was also nominated.
When nominations were complete,
p call of the roll for voting began an,
. resulted In the choice of James Il
Weaver of Iowa on the first ballot, h
receiving 995 votes to 265 for Kyle
When the convention ceased it's dis
play Of enthusiasm it did not tax
long to nominate J. b. Field of Vii
glnla for vice president, only on
< ballot being necessary.
X The platform proper is as follows: "
demand a national currency, safs, sound an
flexible, issued by the general governmen
: only, full legal tender for all debts publ
and private, and without use of banking col
porations; a just, equitable and eficier
means Of distribution TO the people; a Ia
not to exceed : per cent. per annum, TO b
provided as set forth in the subtreasur
; plan of the farmers alliance, or a better sys
u TEN; also by payments ia discharge of II
v obligations for public improvements.
II Ca We demand free and unlimited coinas
Of silver and gold at the present legal rati
d OF IS TO 1.
Oh We demand that the amount OF cirru
|. lating medium be speedily increased TO nc
less than so per capita.
t) We demand a graduated income tax.
~ ID We believe the money of the countr
should Ia kept as much as possible in III
hands of the people, and hence demand tina
n all state and national revenues shall b
limited to the necessary expenses Of III
y government, economically and honestl
o administered
It t) We demand that postal savings bans
be established by the government for tn
/, safe deposit of the earnings of the people an
= to facilitate exchange.
Transportation being a means of cxchanC
h and a public necessity, The governmeu
should own and operate railroads in III
interest Of the people.
, C) The telegraph and telephone, like tn
postofice system, being a necessity for trans
l. mission Of news, should be owned and opei
Is ated by the government i'm the interest Of tn
|; people.
Land, including all natural sources G
wealth, is the heritage of the people an
n should not be monopolized for speculativ
Il purposes, and alien ownership of land shouI
he prohibited All land now held by rail
u roads and other corporations in excess @
their actual needs, and all lands now owne
z by aliens should be reclaimed by the govern
q ment and held for actual settlers only.
Resolved, that this convention sympathize
" with the Knights of Labor in their righteou
contest with the ~tyrannical combine of cloth
e ing manufacturers of Rochester and declare
d to be the duty of all who hate tyranny an
oppression to refuse TO purchase goods mad
y by said manufacturers, or to patronize an
merchant who sells such goods.