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Show z z 1 Till: IAKMH1S' aiiiimi: MOM-JIIM. MOM-JIIM. Tiik National 1',-irntcro' Alliance Is linw asMimbleet In convention nl Omaha. Itliasadop'esla plvtform that mutt of litcestlty bring consternation to old conservative llttclans. An amendment to tho constitution of the Alliance providing for Iho exclusion of women deligites was voted down. And an amendment tnaklrg ull taboi-en taboi-en eligible to uiembrrthlp In the Alliance Alli-ance was tabled by a large maj rlty. At tho evtnlng rrsslon, yesterday, tlio lalform was adOlcd. It Is a re-nnrkable re-nnrkable document. In many Itu lancet It hits the nail on thu litad, but In others, It strikes with DontiyLrook rrcklosnesp, and tmlttt both friend ltd foe. Thn preamble very properly denounce! de-nounce! moiuiolh, tnitU and com bines. It declaims agaluit tho pre-ent s) tie m of govermuent, as tnanl ulalt-il by tho Congriss of the United Htalen and the legislatures of tho Individual Htsl.s. Ildeclartslu favor of au Al llance Convention to Iwlirld February 'l, I'M, (oflxndalo and Uce for hoMlngaconviiitloi' to nonilnaU) can-ill can-ill lates for I'resldetit and Vlce-Trrsl deiitof tho Unlte-1 hUe. Theplillorm demands Iho abolition uf national banks, and tho tlettlou of rittldellt and Vice- 1'reslleutby ioU-lar ioU-lar vole. It advocatis tho Atittrallin lllots)stouior voting, the loaning of surplus funds on land security, foreclosure fore-closure of tho mortgages on railroads held by (Jovernuient, an 1 the discontinuance discon-tinuance of gambling In stocks auJ shares. It favors thn eiteiis'on of the su(T-rage su(T-rage to women, and tho establishment of agricultural colhgus, one In isich Hlate, Iheelee'tliu of Unlleil rilnU Kcriators by jiopiiUr vote, and thu regulation of thu liquor tralllc, so that the morals of Iho community will not bvendatigered. A m-Jorlty of the demands aro In harmony with good government, w Isa legislation an I superior statesmanship. Tho llUorquesllon It uno that requlrco thn ronsldrratlon of tho wisest and best I ole of the nation. The categorical categor-ical demiud for abillshlng mllonal banks Is, Iudiwd,yadlca1, Much n mm-sure mm-sure It of doubtful alvaatagv, though some ablt flnauclt rt contend that these banks aru far fron being a (ulltlcal blessing. The platform also favors free colnagu of silver, an! tho Increasing of tho volume of cuncnoy toJV) per bead or thupopulttloii. It wants tho Union I'aclfloand Central Pacific railroads taken In hand by Government. Tho dem tud that tho Ujveriimcnt lend money to formers as well as to banks, an I on tho time terms, Is not an unreasonable one lu tho full light of !risHntuaagu. Hut why thoull the Uovermntut lw a loanolllcu either for Iho bank or tho fanner? Would It not bu moru in accordaucu with thu genlut of fn-e government that neither farmer nor banker bo lla financial protege? At to tho Klectlou of Untied HUtta Hrnatore by Iho popular popu-lar voto that It a question considered by other parties. Thu Democrats of Illinois have virtually adoted the advocacy of the -ular system. In the lost lamimlgn General 1 'aimer waa nominated for Benitor In all tho Hlate, Counly and Clly Conventions of the iirty. The mnvoas was made with tho express undirstandlug that lu thu event of Uemocrallo auueas, I'almcr and nouu other woulj be the United Hlate Heuator. This procedureabollahodtho lmrty caucus lunlhod of nominating a Heuator, and or couftu abollthed thu purchase or veual mi uibers of Ibo Democratic) party lu the Legislature. This e c-ouilJer tho lietler plan. Tho voice or the peoplo would prevail, while the principle of our n-ssnt s). tern would not be abrogated. It would be adopted without Jeatcbllig the United ritatea Constitution, which bat been already tamired with too much, The Alliance Isjuttlfled 111 starting nut as an liile'-eudout -arty. The larmers have nuver rielved iroier couiideratlouattliuhaiidi of the old lartlcs, and at Mllea Htandlih said, "whoever wants a thing rtierlydoae, he mutt do It himself," |
