The state capital., 1892-02-27
lNDUSTRIALCONFERENCE
Loving Fraternization Of the Blue
and the Gray.
Ihe Report of the Committee on Plat.
form and an Address to the Peonte
oil the United States Presented
by IEnatius Donneliy,

OF the United States Presented
by ICnatius Donnelly,
ST. Lofts, Feb. 5.-All Of the dele
gates and over 900 of the general pub
llc were In their seats al o'clocl
when President Polk resumed contro
of the gavel.
Then the patriotic proceedings wer,
inaugurated by Ben Terrell, of Texas
lie said that he was not ashamed of tht
TACT that he was one of the men tha
wore the gray He wore it honorably
and the Union boys honored him for il
just as he honored and respected them
put the time had come when all sec
tlonal strife and enmity should be
buried and the north and the south be
united under the grand old Stars anG
stripes. In that spirit and with that
view he would present to them the
ex-commander-in-ch of the GranC
Army of the Republic, Paul Wander
WORT. When the robust Nebraska
man, with the grand army badge on his
breast, made his appearance under the
nag, he received terrific welcome.
without preface he proceeded to read
the following resolution:
we, the representatives Of the blue and gray
believe that the day has come to bury in one
common tomb the dissensions, malice and sec
tloha hatfed remaining from the war and
iharch under the same flag, and as citizens oi
one grand nation we gladly join hands to eman-
cipate the homes we cherish from the tyran
\ cal oppression Of the money power of the
land.
when the enthusiasm that this reso-
luton evoked had in measure sub
sided, Nandervoort made an earnest
address in its support
Delegate Branch, of Georgia, cast a
ire brand into the gathering in the
shape of resolution protesting against
the condition of the comnaah people of
this country and holding the republican
and democratic parties responsible for
existing conditions. There was spirited
debate, but the resolution was adoptcd
Ply vote OF 40 to 139. Later it was
declared to have been irrcgularly
proposed, and was ordered stricken
from the minutes until after the report
o1 the committee on platform was
heard. Then there was a tremendous
row over the eligibility Of colored
delegate from Georgia, which was
qnieted only by the entrance of the
committee on platform, which reported
as follows;
THE PLATFORM.
T. We demand national currency. safe,
sound and flexible issued by the general gov
ernment only, full legal tender for all debts
pubic and private, ana that without the use of
ranking corporations q just, equitable and eff
nclent means of distribution direct to the peo-
PIE, and not to exceed % per cent, to be pro-
vided as set forth in the sub treasury plan of
the Farmers Alliance, or some better system: ::
also by payment In discharge of ita oblisation
for public improvements,
We demand free and unlimited coinage of
silver
we demand that the amount Of circulation
medium be speedily increased to not less than
$50 per capita,
We demand a gradual income tax
We believe that the money of the country
should be kept as much as possible in the hands
p the people and we demand that all state and
national revenues shall be limited to the neces-
sa!y expenses Of tho government economically
ana honestly administered.
We demand that postal savings banks be eg-
tablished by the government for the safe deposit
Of the earnings of the people, and to facilitate
exchange.
The land including III the national Sources of
wealth is the heritage of all the people and
should not be mohopolized for special purposes
while alien ownership of land should be prohib-
tied All lands now held by railroads and other
corporations in excess Of their natural needs
and all lands now owned by aliens should be re-
claimed by the government and held for actual
settlers only.
Transportation being a means Of exchange
and public Necessity, the government shonld
own and operate the railroads in the interests of
the people. The telegraph and telephones. like
the postoffice system being neces sty for the
of news, should be owned and
operated by the government in the interests of
the people.
We demand that the government issue legal
tender notes and pay the union soldiers the diff
ference between the price of the deprecated
money in which he was pai,. and gold.
ResoIred, That we hail this conference on the
of perfect union of hearts and
hands of all the sections of our common coun-
try. The men who wore the gray and the men
who wore the blue were here to extinquish the
last smouldering embers of civil war in the
tears OF JOY of united and happy people: and
we agrce to carry the Star and Stripes forward
forever to the highest point of national great
ness.
ADDRESS, TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
PRESENTED BY 1GNATIUs DoNNELLY
This, the first great labor conference of the
United states and of the world-representin
III divisions of urban and rural organized in
iustry, assembledin in national congress- invok-
ng upon its action the blessing and protection
# Almighty God, puts forth to and for the pro-
lucers of this nation this declaration of union
nd Independence. The conditions which sur
ound us best justify our co operation We
meet in the midst of nation brought to the
erge of moral, political and material ruin. Coz
uLtion dominates the ballot box the legisla-
atures. the congress, touches even the
rnine of tho bench The people ara
emoralized. Many of the states have been
compelled to isolate the voters at the polling
'laces i'll order to prevent universal intimida-
ion or bribery. The newspapers are subsidized
II muzzled, public opinion silenced, business
our homes covered with mortgages.
abor impoverished and the land concentrating
n the hands Of capitalists. The urban work
nen are denied the right of organization for
elf protection; imported, pauperized labor
ieeD5 down their wages. hireling standing
rmy, unrecognized by our laws is established
Q shoot them down, and they are rapidly
Iegeneratlng INTO european conditions.
The fruits Of the toll of mill
ons are boldly stolen to build up
olossal fortunes, unprecedented in the his
DRY of the world, while their possessors de
pise the republic and endanger liberty From
he same prolific womb of governmental injus-
ice we breed the two great classes-pauDars
nd mlllionaires. The national power to create
money is appropriated to enrich bondhoIders;
liver, which has been accepted as coin since the
avn Of history, has been demonetized to add
Q the purchasing power of gold, by decreasing
he status of all forms of property as well
5 human labor: and the supply of
urrency is purposely abridged to fat
en- usurers. bankrupt enterprise and
nslave industry. vast conspiracy
gainst mankind has been organized on two
ontinents and is taking possession of the world
I not met and overthrown at once it forebodes
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