The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-02-24
ALL THE "ISMS'
Are Represented at the Meeting
in st. Louis Of the
INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE
Preparations Being Made for a oOnven
ton to Nominate
A PRESIDENTIAL TICKET

Efforts to Reconcile the Divergent Flo |
ments Represented, OF Whom Th6B ar, |
Nearly n Dozen.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb 22.-There will be a
peoples or third party presidential
ticket in thefeld in the coming cam.
paign. The nominating convention
will be held prior to the first week in
June, when the republicans will as.
semble In national convention in Minne-
apolis The location of the gathering
will be either this city, Birmingham,
Ala, or Atlanta, Ga. The presidential
timber will be confined to l.. l.. Polk,
OF North Carolina; Congressman Tom
Watson, of Georgia; ex-Congressman
Featherstone, Of Arkansas; Col r. M.
Humphreys, of Texas and Ii. c. Taube-
neck, of Illinois
The choice for vice president will
rest between George f. Washburne, Of
Massachusetts,; Congressman John
Davis, of Kansas, and Marion Cannon,
of California. Present Indications favor
the somewhat euphonious ticket of
"Tommy and George" This is the
barometer of the delegates to the "Con-
federated Industrial Conference" which
assemblies in the exposition building to-
day. Fifteen hundred of them have ar.
rived and five times that number is ex.
pected. Delegate Washburne, of Bos.
ton. who was secretary OF the peoples
party convention held in Cincinnati last
February, says that to-day's assemblage
will be the biggest industrial confer
ence ever held on earth; that the dele
gates will represent organizations with
an actual membership OF seven mil
lions, and that majority of the actual
voters of the south will be represented.
Present appearances apparently favor
the claim Certain it is that all the po-
litical isms that have ever been given
birth in America will have voice. The
spokesmen OF the single tax theorists,
of the grangers, OF the prohibitionists,
the greenbackers, the bi-metallists, the
sub-treasuryites the antis, the Knights
of Labor, the anti-monopolists and the
woman suffragists are here in force.
Frances Willard, accompanied by Lady
Somerset, was first on the field Fol-
lowing in her wake cam A. j. Streeter,
Of Illinois, the peoples party candidate
for the presidency four years ago;
Jesse Harper, OF the same state, who
boasts of having placed Abraham Lin
coin in nomination; Ignatius Donnelly,
of Minnesota; Gen. Weaver, of Iowa;
Col. Humphreys, of Houston, Tex, su-
perintendent OF the Colored Alliance;
Representative Taubenecls, of Illinois;
Robert Schilling, Of Milwaukee; L. L.
Polk, OF North Carolina; and Congress-
men Otis and Davis. OF Kansas.
General Master Workman Powderly
and Secretary Hayes, of the Knights of
Labor, came in late last night Senator
PETER and "SoclSless" Simpson will be
here to-day, and according to the dis
patches received there will be belated
delegates sufficient in number to fill the
exposition hall to oyerAowing
How TO reconcile tht divergent ele-
ments was one Of the problems that
confronted the leaders already on the
ground, aud to consider 1t seven hours
conferences wGa held with closed doors.
At the outset IL was announced that
the peoples party, as an organization,
would no: be officially represented in
the convention, although all Of its Off
GERS and most OF the members OF its
executive committee would have seats
upon the floor as delegates from other
organizations. II the platform adopted
proved to be In consonancc with Its
declaration Of principles then 1t would
coalesce with the movement Other
wise II would 60 alone and call ma
tional convention Of its own and place
ticket In the field. A majority OF those
present were In favor Of confining the
platform to three points-land, trans
portation and money
On the first question II was agreed
that the declaration should be in favor
of the adoption OF laws prohibiting
alien ownership; the purchase or con.
fiscation by the national government oi
all lands held by alien and foreign syn
dicates, and the reclamation by the gov
ernment for ultimate distribution
among actual settlers of all lands held
by railroads and other corporations In
excess of what may be In actual use,
There was uuanimity In sentiment in
favor of free and unlimited coinage OF
silver, and then the issue between the
sub-treasury advocates and their oppo'
nents was forced 10 the front Botf
sides had their say and finally a resolu
ton was agreed TO declaring in favor oi
a government issue Of treasury notes OF
sufficient volume to properly transact
the business Of the country; such issue
TO be distributed 10 the people in lin.
tied amounts upon land or other ap
proved securities, TO quote the resolu
tion: "A tax not to exceed the natural
increase OF wealth"
The transportation plank demands
the most rigid, honest and just national
control and supervision Of the means Of
public communication and transporta
ton, and the government ownership Of
such means Of communication anc
transportation, should adequate control
and supervision fail to remove the al
legged abuses