San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-02
Third Party Convention.

OMAHA, July 1.-The new party is
taking on the semblance and the
characteristics of both of the old time
organizations. At nine clock this
morning every State was busy with
it's caucus and the Nationel Commit.
tee was listening to q thousand de-
mands for admission to the hall, sug-
gestiens for temporary organizations,
and ideas for conveD tion action. The
great men of the party are all here
and are attracting no end ofattention.
Ignatius Donslly of Minnesota is per-
haps most generally sought for by the
curious, although Il. V. Powderly
Senator Kyle and Senator PETER are
the centers of many an interested
group. The program for the day
Is as follows. Eleven O'Clock; called
to order by Chairman X r. Tauber-
neck of the National Committee.
Prayer will be followed by address
OF welcome from Mayor George w.
Bemis of Omaha. To this United
States Senator J. II. Ayle will re-
spond. Then will come the an
nouncement of temporarily officers,
the call of States for the announce
ment of Committee. The remainder
of the sessions will be devoted to
speech-making, and among those who
have consented to address the gather
ing are T. V. Powderly, Ignstius
Donnelly, Jerry Simpson, J. B.
Weaver, Ben Terrill and H. F. Taube
neck, Special resolutions will be
adopted during the day lamenting
the death of l.. l.. Polk, late president
of the Farmers Alliance.
No nominations will be made today
for 1t Is the intention Of the leaders
to announce their candidates on the
fourth of July. AS to nominations
little can yet be said. The leaders
here claim that they have available
material within the ranks of the par
ty, and that they will find some one
to suit the western States and to
catch the vote of every freesilver
Democrat or Republican. Judge
Gresham's candidacy is no longer
talked of, as he has absolutely declin
ed to allow his name to go before the
Convention.
The platform will be q reiteration
of the st. Louis resolutions, favOring
strongly the Sub-Treasury plan, the
free coinage of silver, tariff reform on
q basis OF free trade and government
ownership of the telegraph and the
railroads.
The convention is held in the
Coliseum building, not very large
structure but capable of holding four
Thousand people comfortably.
The Reformers are also represented
here today by q committee whose
duty 1t is to seek for coalition be-
tween the Prohibition and the Labor
parties. AS an initiative in their
programme they will today present
to the platform committee an out and
out Prohi bition plank, but its adop-
ton by the convention is very much
in doubt as the Peoples Party leaders
propose to make the fight on indus
trial and financial issues and on no
pu rely moral movement such as that
advocated in the Prohibition plat
form.
1t looks now as though one of the
strongest plsnks on the platform
will be the demand for Women's
Suffrage. Among the prominent Ia
dies here today is Mary B. Lease. the
famous woman orator of Kansas.
She Is likely to secure q place on the
platform committee, and her ideas on
this and other topics will in all likeli-
hood be brought to the attention OF
the convention.
1t lis estimated that fully fifty thous-
and visitors have been attracted to
the city by the convention.
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