BIRTH OF THE NEW NATIONAL PARTY THE machinery of a new political party has baa been set act in motion the convention held hald in cincinnati a few days ago and which claims cialle to have represented the political reform forms forces of the united states gave birth to this new party in that gathering were men representing various shades of opinion mr donnelly of minnesota met senator of kansas greenback weaver and A schilling of milwaukee stood upon a common platform illinois was represented by Taul benech one of the immortal three or of illinois legislature who maintained the deadlock for U 8 senator during several months it was wab he who wept it ic is said mid when his two iwo colleagues voted for palmer for senator he is now chairman of the national executive committee of the new party in his bis speech accepting the place half humorously half pathetically he be said mid you see before you all that is left of the celebrated Inde independent pende dt party of the illinois legislature so often called the big three further on in his speech he alluded to the great conflict that was close at band between capital and labor saying our politicians might as well try to top atop a cyclone or the movement of the stars as to evade this issue Taul beneck did certainly hold out as he be said mid according to his pledge not to vote for either a democrat or a republican for united states senator but the two others claim that they voted for palmer bemuse because they feared Taul beneck would vote for a republican however the latter takes taken his chair in the new party as one with a record of fidelity to his bis principles though the convention was a clamorous one and in many particulars a one yet it steered cleor clear sectional notional shoals it was feared that a conflict between north and south would be precipitated and that lia lla proceedings would be indulged in on that issue those fears feare were not realized in I 1 n fact sectionalism did not even lift its hydra head and this is the most significant feature of the whole affair conjoined with the fact that the platform was unanimously adopted by over 1100 members the absence of sectionalism means something it means harm to one of the old parties the platform asserts that the time to is ripe for a fusion of the political reform fore forces rn in this country and for the for mation of the peoples peopled party of the united states it endorses the tit st louis platform of 1889 the ocala fla one of 1890 and the omaha one of 1891 the abolition of national banks is demanded and as a substitute for their notes legal tender must be issued in 13 sufficient volume to transact the business of the country notes thus issued must be legal tender in the payment of all debts public and private these notes when demanded by the people must be loaned at 2 per cent per an annum num on the security of nonperishable products in addition to this the free and unlimited coinage of silver is demanded A alien litin proprietorship I 1 p of land is in to be prohibited congress is a asked to take action relating to existing alien owner ship and to the control of lands by syndicates and railroads and to confiscate the land in both cases except in that of railroads where the land is actually needed equal rights for all and privileges to none are demanded the abolition of all taxation except what is in needed for honert government to also demand ed and a just and equitable system of income t tax to be adopted government ownership of transportation and facilities is 18 favored under certain contingencies the election of president tp vice president and of united states senators by direct vote of the people is demanded steps were taken to perfect and set in motion the machinery of a now new party entitled the peoples People Ps party of the united states what this new birth will develop into it to Is not easy to conjecture it has performed a wonderful task already it swallows the platforms of ocala omaha and st louls though these in many particulars are am as different from each other as any of them is from either the democrat or republican publican Ke platforms of 1888 the new party might as aril have absorbed the platforms of the two old parties and tb abue us bl bid for voters of 01 all we shad