St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-14

tumultuous shout, and the Wabasila
statesman WINGED. However, the reSo-
luton was read and then referred to the
committee on resolutions after q
wrangie. The purport was to demand
that the board of prison managers re-
duce the price of binding twlne to nlne
cents pound. and Rahilly was permit
ted to take the floor to advocate the
measure. He declared that he had been
assured by member of the board who
is now in st. Paul that if the convention
take pronounced stand the board will
make the reduction asked in the resolu-
ton. The twiIe, said the Wabasha man,
can be imported at that price, but the com
mon sentiment of the farmers of the
state favors purchasing from the prison
board. When Miller, of RenvIlle
county, moved to refer to the committee
| on resolutions, Rahilly interposed an
other protest. He asserted that if the
convention did not adopt the resolution
no relief would be afforded by the
prison board. Mr.. Cosgrove moved as
an amendment that all resolutions be
referred to the committee Oh resolu-
tons, but Smith. of Dakota, faucied
that this particular resolution should
not relate at all to the platform OF the
party and therefore, should not go to the
committee OH platform. However. this
course was taken. and G. p. Carpenter,
of Dakota. came forward with the re-
port Of the committee on credentials,
and this was read and adopted, and the
delegates were declared entitled TO the
right of seats in the convention.
There was temporary lull in the
proceedings. and delegate cried loud
and vociferously for Il speech from Rob-
| ert Schilling. the Milwaukee radical.
| This proposition was we'll received, and
| a sensation was created. Mr.. Schllling
has reputation that the mention Of his
name always arouseS wave of enthu-
| slasm in the gatherings of the Peoples
| party. The delegates in the rear pro-
| tested that they wanted to see as well
as hear, and called for the removal of
"the flags" as the speaker saw tit to
denominate the county signs that were
| posted along the seats in the auditOri-
UNI; and down went the cards with
common consent. Mr.Schilling thought
| it unfair to interrupt the business of
the convention by outsiders. but the
shouts of speech" that went through
| the hall brought him - the platform.
| MIR. Schilling said that he was sur
priSed at the greeting rendered him, in
view Of the report that had gone abroad
that he had been literally annihilated
Oh Friday evening by Republican con-
| gresham.
But Schllling hobs up serenely every
time he is annihilated." he cried, with
| fervor, and then heproceeded to caus-
tic arraignment of plutocracy and the
money power. He reclted StanZa of
the song, The Alliance of 90" and
| asked, "If the ninety-nine labor in hun
ger and want and cold that the one may
wear silk, who in thunder is to blame?"
He required to the events at Home
| stead, and said that while the bloodshed
was to be Deprecated still he held that it
was deserved. land Mr.Schilling believed
with Dom Piatt that scratch the gild-
| ing from our civilization and we will
ind that we are cannibals still. when
men resort to violence to find redress
for wrongs and grievances under Re-
publican form of government, it proves
that the nation has not developed out
of barbarism." The speaker then de-
nounced the Pinkertons as thugs and
hired murderers. He was not ashamed
to say that if he lived in Russia he
would be nihilist, and if in
Ireland he would be an advocate
Of home rule. he knew he was going
to create sensation when he divulged
the fact that the leaders at Homestead
are as familiar with the principles of
the Peoples party as are the members
of the convention, and as We'll as Rob
ert Schiliing. The party had labored
with these leaders to organize and to
unite with the movement, but in vain.
While he deprecated the violence that
had been resorted to. he would frankly
say that he believed the course vas de-
served. The leaders and the wOrkmen
are now getting their StomachS full of
the fallacieS of protection to American
labor, and he argued that they will cut
loose from the catamaran party. If the
principles of the platform adopted at
Omaha were followed there will
never be recurrence of the dread
full scenes of Homestead and
Idaho. Mr.. Schilling went largely
into the financial questions that agitate
the Peoples party movement. and he
argued that money is only tool in the
hands of the laboring men, and he
wanted to effect compromise, showing
that while the increase in wealth Is 20
per cent. the growth of the country is
only per cent. He would not concede
that it is equitable, yet as a compromise
he would divide the capital increase
half and half between the monopoists
and the labOrerS. But the monopolists
do not want to divide at all. "They are
hogs; they want it all,'' cried the
speaker.
The following were appointed COM
mlttee on permanent organization and
rules:
Pat Rahilly, W. r. Hally, J. P. Vermiilyea,
G. F. sh, A. S. Edwards, f. Il. Gilbert, j. j.
Mooney. Thomas Lucas, Mr.. Lowe and Z.
Ringdal.