St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-25
Democratic Thunder.

| SeNentll-NS DelleN6 mat the money OF the
| country should be kept as much as possible
| IN the hands OF the people, and hence we de-
| manG all national and state revenues shall
! be limited TO the necessary expense OF the
| government economically and honestly adj
| miniStered.
Eighth-We demand that postal savings
| banks be established by the government for
the safe deposit of the earnings of the people
| and to facilitate exchange.
Ninth-Iour subcommittee upon land
| plank beg TO submit to your approval the fol-
| lowing: The land, including all the natural
resources of wealth. is the heritage of all
! people and should not be monopoliZed for
| speculative purposes, and alien ownership Of
| land should be prohibited. ALI lands now
held by railroads and other corporations in
| excess of their actual needs, and all kinds
now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by
| the government and held for actual settlers
| only.
Tenth-Transportation being means of
| exchange and public necessity. the govern
| ment should own and operate the railroads
| in the interests of the people.
Eleventh-The telegraph and telephone.
like the postotiice system, being necessity
| for transmission OF news. should be owned
! and operated by the government in the inter
! est of the people.
Twelfth-We demand that the government
| issue legal tender notes and pay the Union
soldier the difference between the price of
| the deprecated money in which he was paid
and gold.
Resolved, That we hail this conference as
/ y
| the hearts and hands of all sections of our
! common country. The men who wore the
| gray and the men who wore the blue meet
here to eXtinguish tine last smouldering EN-
| bers OF civil war in the tears of JOY of
united and happy people. and we agree 10
! carry the stars and stripes forward forever TO
the highest point OF national greatness.
An Gbjector Fired.
The widest excitement took place
after the reading of the platform. One
of the suspected vampires of the cor
pOrations" on the floor attempted to
edge in motion amending the docu-
ment, and almost instantly there was a
riot. Il was requested by delegate to
make that motion" Stubbornly returned
the captive. The man, who proved to
be Fred SWayne, an eX-member of the
Missouri legislature, was forciniy
| elected. On motion of Mr. POwderly
he delegates, without taking=a vote on
| the adoption of the platform, adjourned
| for two hours.
A fight for the recognition of the pro-
| hlbltlon issue in the platform was
started Immediately upon the reassem-
bling of the convention. Miss Frances
Willard presented "a minority report
which she moved be adopted immedi-l
ately, as an amendment to the report
The minority report favored woman
suffrage and demanded the suppression
OF the liquor traffic. Coached by Mr..
Powderly, Miss Emma Curtis. of Colo
RADIO, handsome young woman with
swapping black eyes and a dashing
Gainsborough hat, captured the floor
anu proposed the following substitute:
We demand that the question of universal
suffrage be submitted TO the legislatures of
the different states and territories for favor
able action.
MISS Curtis made very clever
speech, Jerry Simpson shouted: .She
has solved the problem and the sub
StitutiOn was made by a crushing ma
jority amid cheers. Miss Curtis blush
ing like rose and laughing heartily at
the success that had crowned her effort.
Miss Willard mounted upon the plat
form and looked as sober as if attend
Ing funeral.
Miss Curtis Spunky
Powderly hurried to the platform and
held haSty conference with Miss Will
lard. Soon afterward. before roll call,
which was demanded, could be
taken, announcement was made in
Powderly's name that Miss Curtis
proposition. as part of the platform,
was withdrawn, to be offered later as q
simple resolution. TO the surprise of
everybody and the chagrin of Powderly,
Gen. Weaver and other leaders, Miss
Curtis arose and declared she had done
no such thing.
When roll call was finally reached
on what had now become Miss Curtis
minority platform report. it looked as
If the Powderly-Weaver following were 4
resentiug the 'spunkIness'' of Miss.
Curtis, buG Powderly systematically pro-
ceeded promptly TO counteract this i'm.
preston by attempting after the roll
call ended to add the vote of the Knights
in body in favor of the minority re-
port. Secretary Hayes declared the
minority report carried, 254 to 246
counting the Knights organization as
voting solidly aye.
Powderly now had another surprise
He shouted to all Knights of Labor
present to follow him and 20 outside of
magic, and the Farmers Alliance, at
the call of McCune, also temporarily
withdrew, Notwithstanding loud pro-
tests of their national lecturer, Wilets.
OF Kansas, that the action amounted to
breaking up the convention in row.
DOnnelly's Fine Work.
After half hours painful uncertain
ty the convention slowly got together,
again. Ignatius Donnelly was granted
three minutes, and to somewhat general
surprise declared all the business of
the convention could easily be finished
up within half an hour. 'Defel by unan- |
lmOus consent the little woman suffrage
matter" he smoothly urged, "adopt the |
noble majority platform report, appoint |
a committee to act with the national |
committee of the Peoples party to Gala |
national convention to nominate pres |
ldent and vice president of the United |
States, and the thing is DONE" i
The idea took like wildfire among the
harassed, hungry delegates. Two min
utes later the majority report had been /,
swallowed at one gulp, being adopted |
without solitary voice of dissent A |
geat pent-up volume of doubt and |
despair now seemed to be lifted to the /
roof in the enthusiastic cheering that |
broke forth at every hand. Hats, pa |
perS, umbrellas, flagS-everything port |
able within -reach-was flung into the |
air, the ten minutes of continuous ap- |
plause stopping only for five minutes |
more of tremendous "Glory, glory, |
hallelujahp'
The woman suffrage resolution as a |
substitute for prohibition was lost sight |
of in the excitement, and the conven- |
rlon instead took up a collection to pay |
expenses, Endorsed laws forbidding op- |
ton dealing, Endorsed the stand of the |
Rochester, N. Y. knights of Labor |
against clothing combine, threatening |
a boycott, if necessary. and indorsed all |
goods bearing the Knights of Labor |
label. When the woman suffrage reso- 1
luton did at last come up, the previous
question was called. and Miss Curtis !
resolution, now thoroughly separated |