Show I 1 convention A A they chose gen john bid well for president 11 I 1 i AWHILE SECOND PLACE IS FILLED abw ac 4 6 4 cranfill Cran r a giuli full of texas A broad but rad iloa Pat platform form which caused a fight L ata 4 SAnf tf june 30 the platform was atone at one time to party but tonight to night the national sparty is united and to all ap ais the zhe platform i h ia caused a tue trouble is a broad roda rada V bent the absence of shefree the free a arid anden is note poto ephr however for the convention ro re 11 f lo 10 0 4 accept the plank of odthe the rna j ont of I 1 the resolutions ona committee and it from the platform without replacing it I 1 with wilh any declaration on the silver question ti cincinnati jane june 30 the friends of cold water go alenty plenty of it today to day there I 1 tac TOIS 8 a terrific downpour of rain and arid the hd I 1 negates e ates to the national prohibition con t it n straggled bedraggled into the fiti V I 1 I 1 this 11 is looming morning the platform comme S i s still in session when the convention 1 was na c aile d to order the committee subcommittee sub made its I 1 rt to the full committee at 3 S a in mi an and a it light ll 11 at once ensued over the silver and t wi riff T planks which had also orn om up lip tn tb a subcommittee sub committee the free coinage men mer were defeated in the sub committee and aie ie plank submitted to the tile full committee i t ais g antagonistic to absolutely free coinage the tariff plank as reported report lj bv the sub c ct I 1 waa was the same as that 0 of the ohio I 1 l party it declared for a graduated income tax and a tari tariff 0 ily ly where foreign nations bar out our prod tc acts ta the revenue to be only incidental tho he prohibition plank was made as stron iron g and clear cut cat as possible 1 and a liberal I 1 ibor bor plank waa was inbert inserted ed a repression of monopolies is demanded ais ione one I 1 term e r of lo 10 iger period for the president eni adf derild is f favored n al 0 o t the arbitration of labor I 1 disputes and the government control of 1 i transportation the fusion question was I 1 lanord ignored the he re farenc ferenci to the slave auction block in the speech h mrs cougar gougar last night led I 1 delegate del gibbs of virginia to 0 offer a reo lution soon the tile opeal opening this morn morning i ng that it was th tate e sanse of I 1 the e convention references to the late u unpleasantness 1 be avoided by speaker ako cro the besolt resolution tion t was adopted there was a ackill for miss willard and in res response use to urge urgent pt demands ane she came forward ward her first words were a denial that she favored or e el er bad favored a fusion with the cople i party or any arty other she ex explained lain her ac actions long at the aples peoples party convention on ti tle e a ground that hat she waa was wil willine linse to accept all air the aid possible from the farmers and or kingmen bhe she closed by pledging hers ers if and the W 0 T U to 1 stand by the pro party I 1 arv dr Q G U kvant van of abington ill pre scented etc I 1 a plea for funds subscript t b of f am each were made I 1 b by ll 11 t the lie voice lic the organ and aud N W N 17 fisar nse we I 1 ew york atu pennsylva aa 1 varAK I 1 lr I 1 lr ill illinois 1000 I 1 liliar I 1 I 1 ifon is 4 n ff wisconsin wisconsin each t ti uth i er erub tn no brought the total up 0 04 owoola 20 lt 1 I 1 r u co re tr y us A took a 2 f t clock I 1 tho ri io plan la orm was completed by lop k th the e ru majority rity report being as f allows follows I 1 i the prohibition party part Ini national convention appet aspet assembled aled ac acknowledging bowle the lAl AIn mighty lightY godas the tile source 0 or delno at all iru true 0 and ilia law as a standard to P which all human enactments must conform b to secure the blessings of peace and g 75 prosperity presents the following declara aln fallon of principles y first 1 tho he liquor traffic I 1 Is a foe to civil nizU ori the tile arch arch enemy of popular gov arii t and a public nuisance it is the tile kote JCL de 0 of f corces that corrupt politics polities pro mota poverty and crime degrade the na lions home life thwart the will of odthe the people ale and deliver ithe the country into the 15 land n of capacious class interests all J law abc tl at finder the guise of regulation I 1 e 7 g alli p um hect this traffic or make in its ill gotten a I 1 n a and nd power ake 1 k el idel declare I 1 0 ar anew for 21 of ilie manufacture e ap or tAtion and trans 11 ii r aa a beverage bation on and the ament nt n I 1 should be qu t n y p party arty t I 1 th b dominant 0 I 1 nant na c is iloff capt Ne people ild 6 tie denied the 0 P 1 I 1 0 I 1 a alo U 8 wn dinac XAM e d t ai adl ams T on I 1 leoyd y d as 4 1 a orel 6 ie I 1 ngo bo i r ame p 0 ar ont our products e 1 la pk k the I 1 re venue eln 9 in it in t I 1 r ich rest 94 U ue of means necessary i all 1 economical 9 1 I administration of odthe aly r r 0 lia t h ld t be raised by levying asb t b r i i up oil w wit what hat people possess inin illin r ead 1 f U what we consume axi 4 broad telegraph and other rl be co controlled strolled trolled by the tho Int inherit erit of the people charges allowed than feces 1 capital actu fedj te dJ 0 1 lorgion lorg ar 0 r ign fir migration has be ell agn pon industries ati one of bell I 1 wages nid caus kh fore ration used M i ly cn deacy deur for na natural U aed el and no natu nata allowed to vote 41 becomes eco ipes a citizen eng should not be dand a 1 I iri ili this country and tian of individual at and d hilj of land all unearned I 1 ito rill road coin companies I 1 allies or r P C aorl should be reclaimed a inaction and trea treachery ebery ame republican publican Ke and demo ati partes have resulted in the arese prese present it 9 and we demand that i g ofir nob law protected in the right of pry s Is I 1 tribuna teays I 1 by constitutional 0 be protected b 7 should lenthall ren men rest in a ayin kin their right to one days fen tho lie wisest and seventh arbitration is I 1 gt and humane method of I 1 jast ecknor economical n teal Ilat ional differences A speculations in margins con t thill and pro ducts at id 1 riling gri 18 trusts and coin of p the arbitrary n r A a 9 u asu the that ri cent c e will ever ei 10 w er 1 art 4 ato I 1 a I 1 veterans yet erans of no 10 t r 0 ephano and ad are 1 ok i mor moneys ey a for sectarian schools Wede wo declare claro that tha only y by tho the united support of such an ch common schools taught in fit the english english language can we hope to become an and a remain a homogenous and harmonious people fifteenth e 1 1 th we arraign tha the republican and 1 democratic e mo cratic parties as false standards reared by their founders a aa faithless to the principles of of ts tho illustrious Ilustr ious leaders of the past to whom they do homage with theirly their lipa as recreant to the higher law which is as ibia in political i tl affairs aa as in ili personal life and as no longer embodying the aspirations of the american people or inviting the confidence of enlightened progressive patriotism their protest against the admission of moral issues into politics is a confusion bonfe confos si ion 0 n of their own degeneracy the declaration afan of an eminent authority that municipal misrule ia Is one of the conspicuous a failures of american politics c s follows as a natural consequence of s such u c h de degeneracy gen e ricy and is true alike of cities under 1 republican p 1 ic all and democratic control each accuses the other of extravagance in congressional appropriations and both are alike guilty each protests when cut ent of power against against the infraction of civil ervice laws aw and each when in power violates M es those laws in letter and spirit kach each proposed r op d fealty I 1 to 0 the interests of the toiling ang rn masses asses but both covertly trucks to them the money opey power in their administration of public affairs I 1 ven the tariff issue as represented in it the democratic mills bill and Ite republican publican mckinley Sic Kinley bill is no longer treated by them as an all issue upon the great and divergent principles of government ern ment but is a mere cateri mr nir to different sectional and class interests tile attempt in many states to wrest the australian ballot system from front its true tnie purpose and so deform it as to lender render it extremely difficult for new parties to exercise the rights of suffrage is an all outrage u upon pon popular government the competition I 1 i on 0 of both parties for the vote of the slums and assiduous courting of the tile liquor power and the to the money power have re resulted salted in placing those powers in the tile position of practical arbiters arb itera of the destinies of tho the nation we renew our protest against these perilous tendencies and invite all citizens to join us in up building a party that as shown in five national campaigns campaigns prefers refers a temporary defeat to I 1 the e abandonment abandonment of the claims of justice sobriety personal rights and arid protection of american homes MINORITY the minority composed of almost half the members ol 01 of the resolutions committee through wheeler new york offered tu the following otin g as a substitute for the financial and silver ile r na and nd tariff planks the issuing of national currency belongs to congress alone as representative of the sovereign n power ower of the nation and should not te be relegated Se delegated legated to private individuals or corporations corpora a the insufficient production of gold and the variance of the ills relative values of cold gold and silver render it impracticable to rely upon either gold or silver for safe sound and sufficient currency we favor therefore the issue of legal tender treasury notes in ili gold or silver bullion on a plan similar to that which now floats greenbacks green backs on oil gold old reserve and makes them more acceptable and convenient than either gold or sliver silver coin in the extension of this plan rather than in the coinage e of gold or silver lies the solution of I 1 the le monetary problem that is disturbing all na nations tiow VOT for the tariff plank tile minority has offered the following our tariff should bo be so levied as to furnish a revenue forthe for the needs of government economically a administered d relieving the necessities used by the masses of the people and for tho the benefit of labor and und protecting american productions and manufactures against the competition of foreign nations the details of our tariff flaws laws hailing become the football of party politics to tho the great disturbance s tur bance and damage of our protective industries I 1 dus tries and com commerce mere wo we belief such details could be better adjusted suited by a tariff commission to recommend reco lamend to Ulon congress gress the duties to meet the wants of government so graduated as to protect american skill skill and labor against the competition of the world the following was offered by bv the minority as an additional plank to the file platform recognizing and dee declaring larin that the prohibition hibi tion of the liquor traffic baa has become a dominant issue in national politics we invite to full fall party fellowship all those who on thia this one dominant issue aredith are with us agreed in full belief that this party can and will remove sectional differences promote national unity and insure the ero best est welfare of our entire land the minority report wa was taken u up section by section and no seno serious us brou trou trouble b e occurred until the financial a and nd silver plinks were reached tho the effort made to substitute the minority plank caused a parliamentary tangle which was further campli bated by the amendment offered by hartz of illinois having in view a substitute for both the declaration for free coinage of american products under condition professor dickie endeavored to cut off debate but ex governor st john demanded that it continue the chairman recognized dickie but on appeal from a the decision of the chair chairit it was reverse reversed 1 by by a kte of arz to chere there was war warm in uis 81 astori on the silver a and d 01 california championing free coin coin re nd carskaddon opposing it finn finally lly I 1 IL va amendment was beaten and th the e minority report was defeated by a vote of I 1 11 t to 0 plank no 3 relating to fi finance age e was wag then adopted willious willi without out division 6 ahe the votes by states was then taken I 1 0 sn a tm tile fourth plank it being rejected by a 4 1 x ote of W W aft after th the a free coinage c ailen v were beaten an effort was made to strike out unlimited and adopt a resolution for free coinage but it wag was ruled but of order tho the tariff fight followed but it took only a few ew minutes to defeat defeat the minority plank and adopt chenta alie ma 3 arit otar other planks went through without amendment though meeting with opposition 11 rev bev george tho the colored delegate from nebraska offered in fit addition to th tho a mob rule plank the following believing in the purity of tho the ballot and freedom in elections elec tiona we denounce the tile two old parties for the tile purchasing of voted fraud and intimidation the amendment was defeated the passage of the public school plank lank was greeted with vociferous cheering ng the consideration of the platform having boon been ci completed the minority resolution intended as an addition to tho the platform inviting into the party all persons who were with the tile prohibitionists on the tile question as its a dominant issue then came up and precipitated the fight mrs goffar gougar st john and the strong anti fu sion stomata I 1 ats opposed it and it was defeated the financial ana and other economic planks were extremely distasteful and the minority resolution making prohibition the only test twit of party fealty was the principal C im I 1 tie still binding them thein to the party I 1 its defeat waa was taken hard and acknowledged that some a associates were thinking of leaving the convention th tha trouble waa was known only to the tile leaders and stevens of pennsylvania saw sa a alf light ht oat out of the storm and moved to take the lie fealty resolution from the table and add it to the platform of nebraska opposed it while chairman dickie defended rosed it I 1 mrs gougar amid a scene of yelling yellin and disorder asked wardwell treasurer teas tea uror surer 0 of the standard oil company if he lie had made a statement that unless the convention adopted the plank lie would walk out of the tile convention and desert the prohibition k party when tho the uproar subsided wardell denied the statement which was greeted with great enthusiasm after borne some farther further debate and amid con eldera ble disorder tho resolution was added to the plat platform forin flud and the star of peace once again shone on the party the ille platform as a whole waa was then adopted and after wards the following resolution offered by rev J 0 evans abbington allo waa was carried 1 w 0 A resolved Ke Ite solved that we favor liberal appropriations privations I 1 br by the federal government for the tile worlds Coluni biart exposition but only v on condi condition tiou that the sale of intoxicating drinks upon the exposition exposition grounds be prohibited and that the exposition be kept closed on sunday on motion of st johnet john it was ordered that the convention reassemble at and proceed eed to ballot for candidates for aresi dent proceed ent of the united states the evening session opened with prayer myer p after which ex governor st john jo in of 0 kansas at the request of the california delegation was given the floor to placebo place be fore the convention general john EL bidwell of california he ile assailed the |