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Show A I'WiITIOAL GIANT. Tbs "People' Party of the Vnlltil Mates" Organized at lilt luttiudflini. senator prtrrrn rcccivco a rLORALorrcRiNa. Tlio Platform ot tlie llilril National l'arlji Additional IImoIu. Hun, Prcatnttil. Ilj Teliariph lo lbs Kiwi. I Tlir.Tlllltl) VATIOAI. I'lriTY. A Mock avhlela III Alteet lUe I'ollllca or the taunts. Cimciinati, May 20. A llttlo political po-litical iilatil wa born Into this world toil) , an J no nioru wonderful .stall I-llonof I-llonof lungiajwer at such au eacnt tuiur beard. Prom tarty In llio morning, wIibii tlio uriut natlitrlui; largely aotoal for the formation of a national ixocutlvucoiuinlttou, the result re-sult waa fortgonc nul all doubt ww removed lato III thu afternoon when Chnlnnaii Ignatius Donnell), of Hit romnilltea oil resolutions, announced Unit tlio conimlttto wna a unll for .tatting a third party without an In. tbint'e delay, and contlnuid larnisll): "Wo Ihliikwuhavo crformod a work that will atlict tliu illllii) f thli count ly for ihu ri xt fifty ) curs." That wna enough, anl tlio audience let forth a hunt of amlnueo which nearl) wrecked thu celling. A him-I! him-I! ttlAl fiMino of tho proceedings following fol-lowing tlit ramu attar tlio platform I roper was ntoltnl. A California, man, U. W. MIHir, a I'rotilU-lloiilst, I'rotilU-lloiilst, avantod to thrust bcforu thu convention n niwlutlon lodglug thu arly to Uiu rnhlbltlou ciiiai. Tho convention iidi natlcilly did not want to submit to any such iraicaaas, tut It had to. Miller rifuscd to sit down. Ho worked hi" Jaw without cia-lni;, thotiijlitiaery syllall" ho ut tend was lost In tho hurrlcano of chiorlng, Jeering ami contuiaifly. Miller' prlt carried tho do), and tho People's uirtj , laforo It waa an hour old, was fora-cal logo on ricord upou M, nxolullon. It took rovrhgc, how. evtr, lay kliklng the riaolutlon Into liliiglcm coma with n siidd.nneMaiid vigor that must haau surprlcd ovin MNUr. Tonight It U rt ported that tnauy members of the national n forntorgnn Izatlun, headed by Fn-slda nt W. W. Jones, of I illnola, will wllhdratv from thu inrty Uiauuu uttho difiat of tho resolution. aiti n Titr oi niiu i vntcnid Inthironvtiitloiathorilorlii from the uiianilllrM on urraiigemoiits and ere diutlal lulled to kill tlmo, landing the exciting deaelupnients that many looked for win n tlio platform commit, tin van, ri ady tun port. Jesillarpir, an Illinois gtcinbnikir, addrcs-dtho com ration. Ho wa shut olT I y tho leirt of tlio ircdtlitUU oomualltrc. Tl o romrutltao amiouuced tliat an) aleleKato rn rimnllnx umnloritaiiln-lion, umnloritaiiln-lion, could only cant omi vole, riila creatiil iulto a Miiiatlon. Tho total iiumtierof diUi;atnriiortail wan HI7. Tlio riit mi unanlmourly ado ted. A terrlllo uproar at uiuJdrnly cava neil at thin rolnt by (IroMT of Wlwonulu ttaitlni; a harongiio In npatodtlon to orieanlilui; a now jiartj . Yullii or 'lt down!" "Put tilmcut!" and nlmllir thoutu from thu lloor and Kallery had ni-atlVct. Tho ahalrman uunilol wllilli vattla liUhaniimrandlhu Wl. coualniiuu vaai Anally hauled Uova n by thutirgiautatanna. A IIIOIIIIIITION IAIiv, Wlien order waa rtatored tlio report if tho cominlttiu on (itrmantnt orafau liatlon was heard mid thin Mm. Helen UotiKir of Indian was Khcn an o jortuully lo txreei ayiniiatliy aelth tlio mow met; t and Ictd for a pro-hltltlon pro-hltltlon I lank lu the couveiitlon'a Ilatform. Mra. (louder denouncod ttio miuet to lu Klvrn to thai tlelegsla lonltht, diclarluir that tho bruarera wiru baiklng It. Thtre waa much feallng dlilayod ovir thu talk and It a in atata d that Mra (Jouiter'a atiliKa lion avoul I riiudlato her aoiatlmenta aa to tho Inwiuit aud w ould altenii t lo dlsxlpllnu liar. 8( NATOII 1 1 HI I Kll win at this point Introducwl aa porma neut ihalrmaai of tlio convuiitlon and w aa slvi ii n llatterlug rree Hon. '1 ho ivutnibhigu lieforu hlua hu proclaliuanl onu of thu moat lmortaut uvur uin. inid on American aoll. They atero on thu ovo of an ciuch morn lm,rt. nut tu tho lnUniU of thu in lo uf thla couutr) than protuably any that ior roiifrontt d t hum. Tin y had luforo them a jiowt r aa hlch ta la cruahliigttio jkoi le, not ouly In Ameiha l.nt lu all tho world. They wore divided ujaon some minor matti ra, hut, IhauU I hi to (lo-l, tip -avaro united onthti. Iliomomy jw er mint Ihi daiaoaeil, Thcru was now no mil Ii thing hh stopping tlio ava laiuho. I t Ilia m only ktep, lion oa i r, In tho lulildlo of tlio rond, let tht m not go atniy after this lmii or that, but bo Kin toJay lo speed tho nmlii luis Mra. Marlon Todd, of (Jlilcago, In an elriniviitadlraas In belialf of Itioron va niloii, pimiMitiil Heu-ator Pfclllr with nbaalitof iloaacra. KAiir VUM)H oit iiru-aATFJ. Anapinnl ainnumJo from tho lot- !form for fumla ta p'l)' tho rare of aiuiu of rotored Allium ii ill li'kntia from tjoiith Uarnlliii. t'ontrlbutlons avuro thou Bern roaikl iiiada . Atlareomu nnwlilon, tho report of tin, eommllUo on onlir of Imalnaa,, llinlllns thu sichi toflao mlnuUr, waandoted. lho artoutllnl tho i liroKriunuio for tho appointment of n i natioiml commilli'o. An atlompt to nioillt) tho ra irt ao as to I rai.tli.ally r maiou unit rulu got tliuumventlou Into a irllaineimiry arrungh. It wa, oviriynohiilngly iieloalid, Itwaa iHiiraary to n I'll tlio l rovloua num. tlouliafuru n aoto could hoobuiiuid upon tho regioit of thu committee on order of luttritM. It aaeiit through wltharuahuud aalun thu reault waa unnutiiiieil psudeiuouluiu broke looao. Tho umimltlio then took n rin n until S this nltirnonn, Wlion thu roiivoittlon reaaemblad a Iittir fiom It li Polk, whuh waa read, advising thu couurincu to taauu an addrias and defer aetlou ou a third pstty until 1892, cauwl a brt-ele, all I when a motion lo refer It to thu committee com-mittee ou ri solutions w aa declared i ar. rieit Hiiro was a I iu I demand that tho iiuKatlveboitit nioro forcibly lythu chair. The demand waa renewed, and continued from lime to lime. lUNATIl'l IWKM 1 1 V, chairman of the commlUto on resolutions, resolu-tions, (.limbed uvn the rostrum at this Juncture, anl almoet Ida Drst wonla ran. eil a whirlwind of ezcltuneiit. riiedirlaratloufrotn Donnally whlih ret the convention will waa to tho i fleet that hu was thora to raiortthat the commllteo ou platform waa a unit forlhoontanlratloii of a tlilnl I arty. Two nlttrnatlvts avero prawntul, lie mM. either to Ignore tho third I arty or divide the ftlonda of reform. Hucavownyto Itotxrt Hihllllng of Wlaconiln. ncaretar) of the uoruuillUe, who rtad the platfotin. TllHILATrultM. The Utform Is las folloavi: That. In view of Hie great social, lu duttrlal and economical revolution now ilawiiln Uun lho tlvlllri-l worl I, and lho now and lho living luca confronting con-fronting lho American o,b. bo-llevethetlinoliasconiu bo-llevethetlinoliasconiu for chraalall-nation chraalall-nation of tho political reform foreia of our country and tho formation of what shoul I lai knoaa n as the People's Purl) of lho Unlteil Hlabs of America. Hicond rhatwemnt hiHrtlly on-dou on-dou thu altnaands uf thu l,tforma niloilcilatHt. Jxnila, Mo, In ISS'J, lu Ocnla, I la , lu IsU), and In Omaha lit 1391, 1 y thu Inlustrlul organlutloua tlitruiiireeeiited, summarlzod as follow fol-low si Tho right to mako and laiuo money laaaoveiatgntiowir, to bo tnalntaltied by the pcojle for lho common bcnellt; lienit. wu demanl thu abolition of Iathnal banks as banks of Imiu, anl na it substitute for lho National Innk note, wo demand that lagal tcnltr notes Ihi IuuihI In stiUlclent aolume to transact the bualmai of thu country on ii taah latls, without damage or elHcUl adrantajo to any ilan or calling, call-ing, mill Holes lu lo lagal Unlerlu tlm pajnieiit of all debt., lulillcaul j rlvatc, aud s ich notes when demand-ml demand-ml by lho people shall bo loaned to them at not more than S irta.nt. per nullum upon noil inrhhslito troducts, a, Indicated lu tho suWtreafliiry Ian, and also Uion r al estate, w Itli a propa r limitation ujon the ipiantily of llie laud and the amount of momy. We demand nit unlimited ipi.intlty of stiver. Wo Jlmand thu paavigi. of haa s pro-hllltlng pro-hllltlng thu alien nwmrahlp of land and that Congress take promi taction U, devl-usome plan to obtain all tho lamU now uaviiud by nllan anl foreign syndicates, and that all laud hall ba rallroa la ami other corporation. In tx-crin tx-crin of audi as Is actually used and neeiUil by them bu r.cMuiod by thu goatrumcutaud held for actual teltlira ouly. Wu bellovu lutheiloctrlno of opial rights to nil and special rlvllegea to none. Wo dimand tlut taaallou, national, Htatuur municipal, Shalt not Ihi used to Inilld uiionulnternt or ilaa at thu cxpoiiio of another. Wo demand de-mand that all rove mm, national, Htalu aud county, aha!! be limited to the uecra-ary ix!a.iiao of gsaeriiment, cconoinltally and honestly aJuiliila. Ureal. Wu demand a Ju,t anl equitable equit-able system, cradujti dun Iticoma . WuiUuiond the moat rigid, hoiust anl Just Zaatlonal control anl fiipir-vlilou fiipir-vlilou of the tucnus ofiublla com muiilcAtlou and trausiortatloii, and If thla control aud aurvlslon does not ramoaulhe atmaea noar exlttlng, we demand the goa erument ownership of such mean, of communication nui traniorlatlon. Wedcmaud the a lection of Pra-al. dint, vlcu rail lent nud United Htutea senators by a direct vote o( the pasiple. We urge action by all progrcstlao organlullons In attendlug the con-fert con-fert nco called for by tho six leading reform organizations, that a nntlouaj commitleoliu appointed by this cun-fera cun-fera ni-a , to laa conix)au t of thrau members mem-bers for caih Htate ra presented, lobe named by each Ktato delegation; that thla central uommltteo shall re rrsa lit thla body at the national oonftreuco of February -' 1SU.', atH, If pontile, aanltowltli that and all otharri form organisations there assembled. If no eallafactor) arrangement can bu elicit-eat elicit-eat thla lommlttce shall call a national touveutloii not later than June 1, 160.', for the iirpnso of nominating candldata for President and Vlco-Pri'sldent; Vlco-Pri'sldent; that tho memtwra of tho central committee for taih Htato wlaro there la no lndeudeut (nllt. leal organisation conduct nil actlvu sjilem ot lltlcal agitation lu tlia.tr rictlvoritsle. Ad lltloual raaolutlous wcru pro sonted. riiatthoquesllon of tiulvcmal suffrage suff-rage bo racouimcudeal to the favorable conal leratlon of the varloua Btatca an 1 ti rrltoila-s, that wlitlu the iarty In tiower plidgeil thu faith of the nation to pa) lu aaolu the alelit toiitracted on n alo ri'dated i urra my I la and paj ablo In currency, thus ad ling mtirly one billion dollar, to tlm burdens of tho in opli', which meant gold for thu boti I liolda rs anl ill nreclato'I currency for the soldier, and holding that Uio nun avholmirriloil their Uvea to savo tlie nation should bu paid In monuy aa ko-jiI ra that lold to thu Inudholdi r, ivn (liiuanil thuisaiioof 1 gal lender Ireas airy notaiiliuUlcliUtnniouiittii mat,u the 1 ay of thu solilli r iipial to par with loin, or ruch other liglalatlou u, shall to aipial and exact Juatlco U tho Union soldiers of thla country; that tho nljtliMiour day prlncl lu should bo extenilid to apjly to all corporation, imiloalni'laliorlu thoilltlaent btatia of the union; that tho coufa roncu con-tit con-tit nan., In unmeasured ti rim. tlie action ac-tion of thu ailruitora of tho Worll'a ) ulr In refuting a minimum ratu of wagta. , , TUB tAli: OP Tllh NFW PAUTV, thu "Pooplu'a l arty of tlio United Ktatea," elicited u magulllcent out-I out-I tint of npilauc, and ita cachllauk uhi rial tlio cheering i rcuuwml freiiuontly, and tho gnat hall erimod to reverberate lontliiuoualy. Olio l lank roconuncndi d unlvi rral suflrsje to favoral lu const Isratlou, and another demanded thojutymont tf iiemilona on a goll laula. thu former nut with a rathirchllly raeoptlon, but the latter wiui roundly ilicerod. Atthlajunotiirua delegate objectnl that lho t latform w as ou-aldiil lor thu Parmera' Alllaiioe, but ho mot with llltlo encouragement. Hchllllug an-noiiuc an-noiiuc that the benalou ulaokwas lilt to tho aotdter member on the com ulttea, with tho Inquiry wlietharlt was satlafactory, mi on !ilsaciUlcs. cence It was a toptcd unaulmoiial) amiii A lrntrcr ci clomp of enthusiasm a alolcgato moved lho n lo tlon of lliv lalform aa read. Tho coiiviutlou avint wild arid tho dtlo galea moiintail chairs an I tabh a, shout Iniatid yelling IlkuCouianclit a. Ar-tlouof Ar-tlouof Ihucnnacutlon, lu a thunderous chorus, sing to thetiitioof "Uod-lty, M) lover (lood by,"lhottorils"Uood. l,ol,l .atlli, good ba,"nud then tho "Doaolig)," lho tuniult sutliig In Us reniatKnblu suddeiiuesa and vlgi r an) thing that had iruvloutly taken place, riio chierlng laittd fully aipi it tirol an hour, till It ceased from exhaustion ex-haustion of thu dolagaliv. HeviralihlegatiaiirgiHl tho nloitloti of llion)tt, bit tho enthiislain ha I to have vent, anl nno nfter unothar tlio orators aired tlum-elves. When order was llnally rrston d, thu platform M.r, exclusive ot the resolutions, was AlaitTBI) ll A ItHtNIl urtlU At this stage tliecnnvontloii was llttlo lulti r than ii howling mob. and lu tho midst of tho ooiifiHlou (I. W. Miller or California camo tu thu front Willi the I rohlbltloii quistloii, which ha 1 boon Iguorod In the phtforni nu 1 reolu-tl reolu-tl ins. All cllorts t chop him oil with (saints of order wire Inefleclual lho risi lulloii oflereit by him waabtkf, Lot to the point. Itsaldi lltm'ittt, riinl wu favor the abolition oflliulliior tranic. 1 1(1) orators itamorcd for rccognl-lion, rccognl-lion, but the flr.l to suecued aaas Hchilllng, ot Wlicuusln. Ilu declared liliuselfn strong It iiiinranru man, but ho opliosed ft dl-cuaslou of tho imtstlou ofpronlbltlonatlhlstime. I'lm n.o-lullon n.o-lullon ha I been fully considered au I votud aloarn 1 y thu committee ou lat-form. lat-form. To spring It now was lalnly throwing n llrelirand Into thu cunviu-tlon, cunviu-tlon, and In lilaolnloii adellberatu alti nipt to c iuo a si lit. tter aiiotha r awful upruar tho prolilliltton auiuiid-me auiuiid-me lit w.m nvi ravlleluill)gly all fa atiil. Tlio nolullona wiru thou adopted, with only three illt-Aiitlug otus. rhofullowliu reaolutlon, Introiluco'l by Mason A. Ureau of Massachusetts, In U half of tlio ntlouall,U. noa ro-ferrixltotho ro-ferrixltotho a arlous reform bodlua for their onn.ldi ration. rtesolvcd, That whin, In thu courso of butluvsa couiltdatlous, In thu form of Inula or private syndluatea, It tie-comes tie-comes evident that any branch ot com-mono com-mono is mis! Ut the bouetltiind I roflt of it fuw mm, at tlio exponas of tho general publli', wo bollovo the (woplo ahold aiMimo ihareof such coinimriT, through llulr National, Htato or uiunhlpnl aJuilnlalrntlou, Tlieu the cuuveiitloii got down to bu,iie, again and thu niattir of cholng thu national comuittteo was takiuup. Chairman Weaver who had rctiovod Proffer, diclared a weluumu mess. AITI II Till. lllXE&l the roll uf Slates was called for memlers ofihe national committee, the convention a lot; ting the Innovation Innova-tion of apittlntlug III leu incinWra front each Htato Initead of onu ineniba r as tlie old inrtlua liavt. Alliance Con-gra-ssmin J. U. Oils of Kauaia noiul-iiitcil noiul-iiitcil II. II. ratilbeiieck of Illinois, aa chairman of the national uxecutlvu coniuilttai', and amid mutli line ring Tautieiiet.k waa chosen I y ai.claiuatl u Iniila sia-ech ho saldi "You see be'ore you all that Is h ft of tho celebrated In-ili'lmlent In-ili'lmlent atity of the llllnol, ligls-jituro ligls-jituro soofleii ialllllio'blgllireo." lie added, lint while hu sluiirely n ireilated the honor thu louvciitloii had conferred upon hlni, hu scarie-ly scarie-ly Ml eiuat to thu ltlon, but would do tlie Imt hu could and rila tiiwn the asalstaiicu of other mumlHrs of thu ivnimlttiHi. lu conclusion ho said they were alandlng nu the brink of a coulllit Utweeii ispllal and lat-ir, and tho long, r that lonlllct was il-pontttlio il-pontttlio wowo It woull lie. Our politicians," he said, "might as well try to slop a c) clone or thu nioviment of the stars as to evade this Imiuo." A few momenta of confuse 1 pri para-tlon para-tlon for allournmeut sine die ensued. 1 hen tho ihalruian's gavel fell uud thu flri-t convention ef the People's Party of thu United Htatis lantul Into history. his-tory. TUB HATIOfAI. COMMITTEE. following Is the national commltteet Alkauans, h. P. Paalherstoiiu, Isaao A. McOraokin, J. A. Hush, California, Marlon Cannon, II. U. Dillon, A. U. lllnektual (.'onaiictlcut. lloln rt l'lnue: Y lorlda, W. I). Condon, 1,. llaiklu, J. 1). (low; Ueorgln, (.'. (.'. Post; Iowa, J, II. Weava r, M. I.. Wheat, A.J. Weal-Held; Weal-Held; Indiana, U. A. I'ouin, I.eroy Templiton, J, I). Comttmk; Illinois, H. N. orton, A. H. htreetor, 11. II. Taubeniik; Kansaa, It. P. I.lder, Levi Dumbald. It. H. O-luru; Kin-tuck), Kin-tuck), I). I, (iraaes, H. P. Hmllh, U. tl. llilloo; houlalana. J. J. Mills, I)r, J, II. Paine, John Plcketi; Maasaihu-setts, Maasaihu-setts, I). M. Wanhturu, A. (I. Ilrown, I'. t. llojtonj MlihlP-an, Iliu Itolbln, Mra. ltov. I.iuiry, John o.Hcabil, MluneaoU, Ignutliia Douuilly, 0. IS. Piiklis, Androav Htovuns; Missouri, Paul J, DlckaJii, J. W. Itodgi ra, W.O. Atktson; Malm, II. H. Col.U, V, A, Howard, U W. rimlthi Nebraska, J. II. ltmblon, Win. J))sart. W, JI. Wist; uw York, Jacob II. H'.udir, J, ll.llout; Ohio, Hugh Preyir, J, II. Cobb, II. 1'. ltariiia,OUlalioiiia,hamuti Crocker. A. 11. tilght, John llognu; Penns)aanla, It. A. 1 hompnon, I". It. Agnea,!,. 1-dwards, riiuth Dakota, J. W. Hnrdln. 11. I, I.ouiks, I rial Hche,lixaf, W. It. Lamti, Thomas tlalm, U, II, Davis, liniuin.ui it. l Oahoruu, tl. W. J. Kii), John W. James; Wlacoiuln, llolert Hchlllluir, Alfri IMaliuilHti.A.J. Phllllr. Wast Virginia, J.iilher C. Hhlnn, 0. A. Hamniaut. rhomas C. Kern); Wyoming, Wyo-ming, 11, llntintilu, Juines tjmlth, II. 1). liortc; Dlstrlit of Columbia, Uo CrnuJall, H. A. lllauJ, H. J. Hchllllira. |