Iron County register., 1892-03-03
Observation-Disclosures
Loving Fraternization of the Blue
and the Gray.
The Report of the Committee Plat
form and an Address to the People
of the United States Presented
by Ignatius Donnelly.

gates and over 1. 600 of the general pub
Ac were in their seats at o'clock
when President Polk resumed control
of the gaveL
Then the patriotic proceedings were
f1naugurated by Ben Terrell, of Texas.
He said that he was not ashamed of the
Fact that he was one of the men that
wore the gray. He wore it honorably
and the Union boys honored him for it
lust as he honored and respected them;
but the time had come when all Sec
taonai 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
~ex-commander-in-c of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Paul Wander
WORT When the robust Nebraska
man, with the grand army badge on his
oreast made his appearance under the
nag, he received a terrific welcome
without preface he proceeded to read
She following resolutions:
We the representatives of the blue and gray
oeheve that the day has come to bury in one
common tomb the dissensions malice and Sec
t'onal hatred remaining from the war; and
march under the same flag and as citizens of
one grand nation we gladly join hands to eman-
cITate the homes we cherish from the tyran-
meal oppression Of the money power of the
Land
When the enthusiasm that this reso-
tuition evoked had in a measure sub
sided, Vandervoort made an earnest
address in it's support.
Delegate Branch, of Georgia, cast a
hre brand into the gathering in the
shape of resolution protesting against
the condition of the comman 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 n vote of 40 to 139. Later it was
declared to 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
qWieted only by the entrance of the
committee on platform, which reported
as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
l. We demand a national currency, safe
sound and flexible, issued by the general gov
STnment only, a full legal tender for all debts
public and private, and that without the use of
Ranking corporations a just equitable and eff
ffrient means of distribution direct to the peo-
pie, and not to exceed % per cent to be pro-
Vlded as set forth in the sub treasury plan of
the Farmers Alliance, or some better system:
aAso by payment in discharge of its obligation
Tor public improvements.
We demand a free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
We demand that the amount of circulation
1E1lGdIum be speedily increased to not less than
so Per capita.
We demand gradual income tax
We believe that the money of the country
should be kept as much as possible in the hands
of the people, and we demand that all state and
national revenues shall be limited to the neces-
>saIy expenses of the government economically
and honestly administered.
We demand that postal savings banks be es-
tabhshed by the government for the safe deposit
of the earnings of the people, and to facilitate
exchange.
The land including all the national sources of
wealth Is the heritage of all the people and
should not be monopolized for special purposes
while alien ownership of land should be prohib-
ited 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
sSettlers only.
Transportation. being a means of exchange
and public necessity, the government should
own and operate the railroads in the interests of
the people. The telegraph and telephones like
rhe postofice system being a necessity for the
Transmission 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 paid and gold
Resoired, That we hail this conference on the
consummation of perfect union of hearts and
hands of all the sections of our common coun-
S<y- The men who wore the gray and the men
who wore the blue were here to extinguish the
Last smouldering embers of civil war in the
tears of Joy of united and happy people; and
we eagree to carry the Star and Stripes forward
forever TO the highest point Of national great
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
PRESENTED BY IGNATIUs DoNNELLY.
This, the first great labor conference of the
United States and of the world-represent1ng
all divisions of urban and rural organized in
-s1ustry, assembledin national congress- invok-
xng upon it's action the blessing and protection
of Almighty God, puts forth to and for the pro-
sdDccrs OF this nation this declaration of uuion
and Independence. The conditions which sur-
Tround us best justify our CO. operation We
s1eet in the midst of nation brought to the
verge of moral political and material ruin Cor
ruption dominates the ballot box the legisla-
tatures. the congress, touches even the
ermine of the bench The people are
'demoralzed Many of the states have been
competed to isolate the voters at the polling
sttActS III OIuer TO prevent universal lntlmida-
eaoUa or bribery. The newspapers subsidized
or muzzled, public opinion silenced business
prostrated, our homes covered with mortgages
labor impoverished and the land concentrating
IN the hands of capitalists The urban work.
men are denied the right Of organization for
self protection; imported, pauperized labor
keeps down their wages. A hireIing standing
army, unrecognized by our laws, is established
to shoot them down. and they are rapidly
degenerating into European conditions.
The fruits of the toll of mill
sons boldly stolen to build up
colossal fortunes, unprecedented in the his
tory Of the world, while their possessors de-
spise the republic and endanger liberty. From
the same prolific womb of governmental injus
.fiee we breed the two great casses-paupers
and mlllionaires. The national power to create
money is appropriated to enrich bondhoIders;
silver, which has been accepted coin since the
dawn Of history has been demonetized to add
TO the purchasing power of gold. by decreasing
ethe status of all forms of property well
rs human labor: and the supply Of
>cnrrency is purposely abridged to fat
tEn usurers, bankrupt enterprise and
sssiaye industry. vast conspiracy
Against mankind has been organized two
scuntinents and is taking possession of the world.
If not met and overthrown at once it forebodes
terrible social convulsions, the destruction of
civilization or the establishment Of an absolute
xiespotism. In this crisis of human affairs the
Intelligent working people and producers of the
United States have come together IN the name
of peace, order and society, to defend liberty,
prosperity and justice.
We declare our union and independence. We
.,sse,5 our purposes to vote with that polite