The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-03-04

Loving Fratornization OF the Blue
and the Gray.



ST. Louis. Feb. 25.--All % the dele
gates and over 1000 Of the general pub
lie were in their seats al o'clock
when President Polk resumed control
Of the gavel.
Then the patriotic proceedings were
inaugurated BY Zen Terrell. OF Texas
lie said that he was not ashamed Of the
fact that he was one OF the men that
wore the gray. He wore IL honorably
and the Union boys honored him for II
Just a. he honorcd and respected them;
but the time had come when all sec
tional strife and enmity should be
buried and the north and the south be
united under the grand old Stars and
Stripes In that spirit and with that
view he would present to them the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the Grand
Army Of the Republis Paul Wander
WORT When the robust Nebraska
man. with the grand army badge on his
breast, made his appearance under the
| flag. lie 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 70 bury in ono
common tomb the di-sensons. malice and sec
| tional hatred remaining from the war. and
| march under the same flag, and - citizens Of
| one grand nation We gladly join hands to eman-
| clip te the homes We cherish from the tyran-
| meal oppression Of the money power Of the
| land.
| When the enthusiasm that this rcso-
luton evoked had in measure sub
sided, Vandervoort made an earnest
address in its support
Delegate Branch, Of Georgia. cast a
Ore brand into the gathering in the
shape OF a resolution protesting against
the condition Of the com man people of
this country and holding the republican
and democratic parties responsible for
existing conditions There was spirited
debate. but the resolution was adopted
BY = vote Of 40 TO l39 Later IL was
declared 10 have been irregularly
proposed, and was ordered stricken
from the minutes until after the report
of the committee on platform was
heard Then there was a tremendous
row over the eligibility Of colored
delegate from Georgia. which was
quietcd only by the entrance of the
committee on platform, which reported
as follows:
THE PLATFORM
l. We demand . national currency, safe
sound and flexible. ISSUED by the general gov
eminent only. full legal tender for all debt,
public and private. and that without the use d
banking corporations . just. equitable and Fl
hcienf means Of distribution direct 70 the PEG
pie. and not to exceed - per cent. to be pro
vided IS set forth In the sub treasury plan Of
The Farmers Alliance. or some better system
alfc by payment in discharge Of its obligation
TO- public improvements.
We demand free and unlimited coinage o
silver
We demand that the amount Of circulatio,
medium be speedily increased 70 not less thai
- per capita
We demand gradual income tax.
We believe that the money Of the cVuntr.
should be kept IS much q possible in the hand
Of the people. and We demand that all state an'
national revenues shall be limited to the neces
sary expenses Of the government economical,
and honestly administered.
We demand that postal savings banks b e.
tfblished by the government FOR the safe deposi
Of the earnings Of the people. and to facilitat
exchange.
The land including Al the national sources o
wealth il the heritage q AL the people an
should not be monopolizcd for special purposes
while alien ownership OF land should b prohib
tied All lands now held BY railroads and othe
corporations in excess Of their natural needs
and al lands now owned by aliens shos1ld be re
claimed BY the government and held FOR actus
settlers only
Transportation being means Of cxchang
and public necessity the government shout
own and operate the railroads in the interests Q
the people The telegraph and telephones. lilE
the postofhce system being necessity for th
transmission Of news. should be owned an
operated By the government In the interests 9
the people.
i We demand that the government issue legal
tender notes and pay the union soldiers the dill
ference between the price OF the depreciate
| money In which be WAS paid and gold.
R<solsed. That we hail this conference on III
| contamination OF perfect union OF hearts an
hands Of all the sections Of ourcommon cour
try. The men who wor the gray and the me
who wore the blue were here 90 extinguish III
last smouldering embe-s OF civil war in th
We agree 10 carry the star and Stripes forwar
forever to the highest point Of national great
ness
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE or THE UNITED STATE
IL PRESENTED ~ IoSArIUs poxxELLy
This. the farst great labor conference Of III
United States and Of the world-rcprcsentln
! | ali divisions Of urban and rural organized IL
| dustry. assembleliu national congress-, invOi
| Ing upon it, action tho blessing and protectio
| or Almighty God puts forth 90 and for the PR
| ducers Of this nation this declaration 81 unio
| and independence The conditions which sui
round us best jrstify our cooperation. W
, | meet In the midst OF nation brought 10 n
Verge OF moral.poiitical and material ruin. Coz
rupfion dominates the ballot box. the legisll