Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-08-17
POPULISTS AND MBRIDES PARTY.
The Two Organizations Now In sess'0n
At Columbus, Ohio, Join Hands anu
win Work Iogether.

At Columbus, Ohio, Join Hands ana
Will Work Together.
COLUMBUS, ONO, August 16.-the
popu.ist State Convention was called 10
order at 10 o'clock to-day in q grove
three miles west OF the city. Ihere
were not fewer than /, 500, the largest
gathering ever held by the party IN
Ohio, ia attendance.
General Coxey, the originator OF the
COmmonweal army movement, was the
lion of the occasion. After affecting
temporary organization by the election
OF Hugh Cavanagh, OF Cincinnati, as
chairman, and c. p. Martin as secre-
tary aud the appointing OF the usua'
committees, Coxey spoke for an hour
and half. He condemned the present
financial system OF the country, attrlo-
uted the panic 10 contraction OF the
currency aud the repeal OF the silver
purchasing clause.
His road i'm provement bills and issue
OF $500 600, 600 legal tender, was pre-
Sentsd as the safeguard against oepTes-
sion. The committee on resolutions
was authorized to confer with the new
labor party on the subject OF coalition.
At the afternoon session Hon. John
S. Seitz, Of Seneca, was made perma-
nent Chairman, and Thomas Butter
worth, of Cincinnati, Secretary. The
Committee on Credentials reported a
full representation from every dis
trict, the total number OF
delegates being 7le. Nearly
the entire afternoon was consumed In
waiting for the report OF the Com
mittee Oh Resolutions. The Committee
on Resolutions reported in favor OF ac-
cepting the platform of John McBrlde's
labor convention with additional planSS
favorng liberal pensions to all honor
ably discharged disabled soldiers, and
endorsing Coxey's good road and non
interest bond schemes. The report OF
the committee was adopted and 1t was
voted unanimously 10 seat the labor
delegates.
The platform Of John McBride's new
labor party is as follows:
ResolUed, That we, the representa-
tiveS Of organized labor in Ohio, in con.
vention embed, declare in favor OF
cutting loose from the Republican anc
Democratic parties and joining forces
with the Peoples Party as the most Ell
fectve and speedy way OF securing such
reforms as are needed, conditioned,
however, upon said Peoples Party
agreeing to place in their platform the
following declaration OF our political
belief:
I'VE declare that this republic can
only endure as free government while
81, l., ha trh
each for the other aud for the nation;
that it cannot be pinned together while
Injustice rules the land; that we must
be- in fact as we are in name one united
brotherhood. The power OF the gov
eminent should be expanded as rapidly
and as far as the good sense OF an In
telligent people and the teaching OF
experience shall justify, along the line
OF collective ownership ty the peopie af
ai'va sh means OF production aud dis-
trIbution as the people may elect to
operate.
"We demand national currency,
safe, sound and flexible, issued DY the
government only, a full legal tender
for all debts, public and private, and
that without the use OF bank
Ing cOrpOTdblOnS. we Ncmduu llSo
and unlimited coinage OF silver
and gold at the present ratio OF
l6 to l. We condemn the policy of
Issuing interest bearing bonds in time
of peace. We demand immediate ma
tionalization OF the telegraph and tele-
phone TO be followed by government
ownership Of the railways and mines,
street RAILWAYS, gas, water and electric
light plants for public distribution.
I'VE condemn the fallacy Of protect
ing American labor under present sys-
tens, which opens the ports to pauper
and criminal classes of the world. We
favor absolute prohibition OF child labor
in mines, factories aud workshops. We
favor an eight-hour work day; the abol-
ition OF the contract system in all pub
lie work; the abolition of the sweating
system. We further declare that the
right 70 vote is inherent in citizenship,
regardless Of sex"
The adoption of this platform and the
admission of the Mcbride delegates
means the uuifcation of the two parties.
Tonight there was a parade and mass
meeting at the Capitol, at which Coxey
told his experience in jail at Washing
ton.
The State Central Committee OF the
new party tonight organized with Hogo
Pryor, of Cleveland, chairman and NJ.
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