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THK AliGCS, THUKSDAT, FEJJKUAK? 1892. - 3 Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report n o mm. 1 XVjgjjgj lrO ABSOLUTE PURE WILD AND WOOLLY. I Was the Last Session of the In vdustrial Reformers. BUT A NFW PAETY IS THE EESULT. .After Indescribable Scenes of fproar, ; Some Actual Slugging and "oroerons Exchanges of I'ncom frtlmcntary lie- -marks a Platform Is Adopted and the People's Party Declared a fttnbborn Pact Prohibition and Woman Suffrage Shelved A Moving Scene In the Drama of "Bridging the Woody Chasm" Pro- ; eeeillngs in Ietall. j ST Loris, Feb. 25 The new party is ! lorn. It came into the world last night ; at meeting of the People's party executive ' committee and one appointed to confer therewith as to the calling of a nationnl convention. The meeting lasted until paxt midnight, the question at issue being the date of the national convention. It was decided that the People's party en dorse and ratify the platform adopted by the conference; a-committee was appoint- ed to issue an address to the people of the United States, calling upon them to or ganize and elect delegates to the na tional convention, and Van Wyck, Post, , McGuire, Donnelly and Terrell were ap pointed as the committee. The date of the convention was a more difficult mat- ter to decide, some wanting it held July 4 and others earlier. July 4 finally won as to date and then Omaha, Indianapolis and Kansas City were named as the location. The question will probably not be decided before this afternoon. IT WAS A WILD CONFERENCE, But It "fiot There" at Last and Finished Its Work. , St. Lovis, Feb. 84. Save for the mem bers of the committees on the anti-option bill and platform all the delegates to the national Industrial conference and over 1,000 of the general public were on hand in Exposition hall at 9 o'clock yesterday s morning when Chairman Polk called the conference to order. Comrade W'achter, j of Indiana, was selected to make the open ing prayer, but his supplication was inter- j larded with a stump speech, and when he j concluded a delegate in the Illinois sec- j . tion shouted out amid approving cheers that such a prayer as that ought to have been addressed to the conference instead of to the Almighty. Then the patriotic proceedings were inaugurated by Ben Ter- j ' rell, of Texas, who was loudly cheered its he came forward. Ite made a short speech declaring that the north and south should be united under the star. and stripes, and ; then presented Paul Vandervoort, ex-com-xnander-in-chicf of the G. A. R. The moody Chasm Bridged. 1 When the Nebraska Veteran appeared the convention went wild. He read a reso lution declaring that the day has come to bury the "late unpleasantness," etc., in a common tomb and join hands against the "money power," This created more en-. thusiusm and when it subsided Vander voort made a "clasp hands across the bloody chasm" speech. "When he had con- j eluded Polk said: "I clasp you in my arms, my brothers." Turning to a group of Union veterans behind him. "I clasp yon in love and affection." Then turning I to Vandervoort, he continued. "Shake bands brother, I am proud of you. Take my band, and in the name of the Great Father of us all, let ns be friends here- after." Vandervoort grasped the proffered band and shook it heartily while the au dience, every man and woman on the in feet and pressing close around the stage, cheered until exhaustion compelled them to quit. i Ths Colored Brother was "In It." ! Van Wyck of Nebraska was greeted with cheers and "Our next governor" from Nebraskans, and made a pacific speech, and then Wads worth of Indiana followed nit. He called upon all the Union and Confederate veterans to clasp hands and embrace each other. The response was Instantaneous and electric. Men climbed upon the platform to find their old oppon ents upon the battle field, and having found them caught both hands and wrung them again and again. Others fell upon each others' necks. Blacks enthused with whites. "Shake brother," said a Georgian to a stalwart Virginia negro. "I was a slave owner once; you are a free man now. Both of us are equal." The veterans shouted to each other the number of their v regiment. "Fourteenth Wisconsin," "Tenth Illinois," "Sixteenth Ohio," "Fifth Georgia," "Ninth Louisiana," "Fifteenth Georgia," and so on until the babel was deafening. In the midst of all this Wads worth started np a union song to the tune of "Marching Through Georgia," and un der the influence of the music there was wore handshaking and embracing and greetings and protestations of new found and never dying affection. Is'orih and South at Outs Again. ': When the tumult died away a resolution was offered by Branch of Georgia as fol lows: "That we protest against the condi tion of the common people of this country; that we are here to remedy it, and that we bold the Democratic and Republican par ties responsible for the existing condi tions." The northern men cheered this to the echo, while the southern anti-independents shouted: "No," and vigorously hissed. There was a bitter wrangle be tween the two elements, and in the result on a standinging vote the resolution was adopted by 410 to 139, but later the chair man ordered it struck from the record un til after the platform was presented. Then there was an acrimonious debate over a number of points, one being the contest from Georgia, raised by Moses, bnt the committee on platform appeared just here and quiet was restored. THE PLATFORM AS PRESENTED. Blessing of ibe Omnipotent Asked on tbe Declaration Its Substance. While the above row was going on Pow derly got up as a peacemaker, but ended with denouncing A. A. Carsey and W. Gal latin a, of New York, as traitors to the causi; of labor, and demanding their ex pulsion. The platform is a long docu ment, and begins by "invoking the bless ings of Almighty God" upon the action of the c inference. It then goes on to declare that -..he nation is ou the Verge of moral, political aud material ruin; that corrup tion dominates the ballot-box, the legisla tures, congress and the bench; that intim idutii n rules in many states; that labor is pauperized, colossal fortunes built up off Its impoverishment, and that generally the country is in a bad way. Old Political Parties No Good. Intliis crisis we have come together to dp Ami lilwrty. prosperity and justice, and will ote 'vita tlmt party which represents our firinci iles. We charge that tlie present con dition of things i caused by the old partis; tlmt they do mt intend to accomplish reform: that t ley have agreed to ignore every issne hut on -the tariff over which they will flsht a shun battle; that therefore another political orgaui nation that w ill accomplish reform is necessi ry. and that in order to restrain the ex tortions of aimregatod capital, to drive the changers out of the temple, to form a perfect Union, to i-al)lish justice, insure domestic tninqu ll!ty, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfnre and secure the tlesmis of iilierty for ourselves and our pos-teri y, we do ordain and establish the fol lowing platform of principles: Some General Principles. 1. We declare that the union of labor forces of the I nited States, this day accomplished, is permanent and perpetual. May itsspiritenter into all leans for the salvatiou of the republic and the uplifting of mankind. - Walth belongs to htm who creates It. Every dollar t.. ken from industry without an equivalent is roblery. If any will not work, neither i hall he eat. The interests of rural and urban 1 ihor are the same; their enemies are identical. 3. We demand a national currency, safe, sound, a id flexible, issued by the general gov ernment only, a full legal tender for all debus, public at d private, and that without the use of banking corporations, a just, equitable means of circulation, at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent., asset forth in the sub-treasury plan of the Farmers Alliance, or some better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligation for public improvements. Free Silver and Circulation. 4. We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver. 5. We remand that the amount of circulat ing medium be speedily increased to not less than $50 er capita. tt. We demand agraded income tax. 7. We belit ve that the money of the country should b- kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all rational and state revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the gov ernment i couomically and honestly adminis tered. 8. We d mand that pos-tiil savings hanks lie established by the government for the safe de posit of the earnings of the people, and to facilitate exchange. Land, Railways and Telegraphs. 9. Your ub-eommittee upon hind plank beg to submit to your approval the following: The land, including all the natural resource of wealth, is -.he heritage of all people, and should not be moi opolized for speculative purposes, and alien wnership of land should le prohib ited. All Buds now held by railroads and other con "rations in exciss of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclr.imed by the government, and held for acual settlors only. 10. Transportation beinjr a means of ex change au a public necessity, the government should owi and operate , lis railroads in the in terest of the people. 11. The telegraph aud telephone, like the postofflce tystem, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be owned and operated b the government in the interest of the people. ire-nhacks for the Veterans. 12. We d'-mandthat the government issue legal tender notes and pay the Union soldier the difference between tbe price of the depre ciated inon-y iu which he was paid and gold. Hesolved, That we bail this coherence as the consum mation of the perfect union of the hearts and 1 ands of all sections of our coin mi .u couutry; tie men who wore the gray and the men who vore the blue ireet here to extin guish the la st smouldering embers of civil war in the tears of joy of a united and happy peo ple, and W9 agree to carry the stars and stripes forward forever to the highest point of national gre ituess. ANOTHER LITTLE DIVERSION. Labor Men Indulge Themselves in Some Left -Handed Compliments. The tremendous applause that followed the reading of the platform was followed by an exciting event. Swayne, state repre sentative, w ho for years has been active in local trades unionism, and who bad been occupying a seat as a proxy for a Citizens' Alliance delegate, climbed up in his chair and moved that an eight-hour plank be added to the platform. "That fellow has no right in this conven tion," shoutsd State Secretary Frank Witt. "He was erqielled long ago. He's a Dem ocratic votei." "I know yau," yelled Secretary Hayes. "You are a t-aitor." "And you are a thief," was the re sponse. "Tell us what you represent," shrieked Jerry Simpson. Lucky Bis Wife was There. Swayne ha 1 no chance to reply. The cry of "Traitor; put him out," was echoing over the halL Half a dozen big men made a grasp for wayne, who proved himself an accompl shed - slugger. A six foot Texas ranger got a crack in the nose from his right, an I a Georgia man got a left bander intha jaw that made his teeth rattle. A thi-d blow at a Kansas delegate drew the clan t, but just at this juncture half a dozen tf the delegates, each twice as large as hin self, swooped down upon Swayne and while the crowd yelled ap proval they I ore him up the aisle, like a baby despite l is kicks and struggles and literally threw him into the foyer. There they might have made mince meat of him had not his -vife interfered and begged for a cessation of hostilities. Miss Wills rd Balsas a "Huctisu." Adjournment for dinner was then taken, and when tbe .onfereuce reasse mbled Miss Frances Willai-d knocked the bridge over the bloody chits m into splinters by a reso lution declaring for prohibition and wom an suffrage, pianss which tne piatrorm committee had shelved. Cries of "no" were heard all over the hall, and Jerry Simpson got the floor, aud while not objecting to woman suffrage declared that poverty was tne cause of drunkenness, and the lat ter would abate when poverty did. Some wanted to know whether, if the confer ence adopted the prohibition plank, the Prohibitionists would give this move-" Bient theis votes, bat Miss Willard said nothing. A Pretty Girl Makes a Plea. Weaver moved that one speaker on each side be given three minutes, and this was agreed to. Then Miss Curtis, a pretty girl delegate from a K. of L. assembly iu Colorado, told the convention that as long as women had no voice at the ballot-box their opinions would go up like smoke. Tbe women would be satisfied with the adoption of a resolution demanding that the question of universal suffrage be sub mitted to tbe legislatures of the different states and territories for favorable action. Jerry Simpson thought that settled the matter, but others objected, and then the convention lost itself, and became simply a howling mob. TURNER'S SLAP AT THE WOMEN. ale Gives Them an In kind Cut, Consider ing Circumstances Adjournment. Dozens of men were yelling at ouce. Turner of Georgia gave the women an un kind cut when he protested against "the gross breach of faith that had been prac ticed by a lot of women who represented no votes and had only been admitted by courtesy." On a viva voce vote the ayes and noes seemed about equal, and it was proposed to let Miss Curtis' plank stand, nut a North Carolina man struck the pre vailing spirit in the declaration that he would ,-be darned to all eternity" before he would let woman suffrage ride over him, and that he would stay there a month first. Powderly's Novel Demand. After a scene of turmoil it was decided to call the roll of states, and the resolution was defeated 361 to ff!S. Then Powderly demanded that he be allowed to uplump" 62 K. of L. votes for the plank, notwith standing that all the K. of U men had voted with their states, and in spite of wild opposition Secretary Hayes added the votes to the total. Then tiie antis went roaring crazy, and it looked like they would storm the platform. Shouts of "Fraud!" "Cheat!" and "Dictator!" were yelled back and forth, and bedlam reigned supreme. A Kansas granger on the floor talked back to a knight, and got a sharp rap over the head from the latter's cane. The Platform Finally Adopted. Powderly called the Knights to go out for consultation and tbey went; McCnne followed suit with the F. M. B. A. men. Polk ilropped the gavel in disgust aud re tired for good and a recess was taken. L'pon reassembling Ignatius Donnelly made a speech calling for harmony "for God's sake" and asking Miss Curtis to with draw her resolution temporarily. She did this and the platform was then adopted amid great enthusiasm. A resolution de manding the passage of an anti-option law by congress was also adopted, and so was Miss Curtis resolution neither as part of the platform. A resolution boy rotting the Rochester clothing manu facturers who are at outs with the K. of L. was adopted aud the conference ad journed sine die. Held a Mass Meeting. But the delegates immediately reassem bled iu mass meeting, with' .General Weaver in the chair. Taubeneck an nounced that the executive committee of the People's party won Id meet at once and moved that the meeting appoint a com mittee to confer therewith in regard to calling a national convention. This was adopted and the committee appointed, after which the meeting adjourned to al low the committees to consult. Stricken While Playing Chess. New Yokk, Feb. 25. Martin Wilson, the famous portrait painter, was stricken down with a fatal illness while at the chess1 table Tuesday evening. Mr. Wilsou went to the Brooklyn chess club, 201 Montague street, and sat down to play with his friend, John J. Showers, of 101 Pierrepont Btreet. He finished a game successfully, and then leaned back in his chair. Sud denly he placed his hands to his head, and said: ul feel sick." He rose, tottered and fell back into the arms of William Duval. Costly in Life and Property. Baltimore, Feb. 25. Yesterday after noon at 12:30 o'clock a fire was discovered in the A bull building, at the corner of Baltimore and Eutaw streets, which caused the loss of a fireman's life and dam age to property estimated at about $120,000, besides severe but not dangerous injury to another fireman. The fireman whose life was lost was Leon Talbot. The one who escaped with severe burns was Frank Mil ler. Statement from the Treasury. Washington, Feb. 25. The net gold coin aud bullion in the treasury has in creased during t ie past ten days more than $1,000,000, being now $120,731,013. The customs receipts at New York for the first twenty days of February were $8,4'.W. 201 as against $9,111,755 for the correspond ing period of last year. The declared net balance in the treasury now, exclusive of the $100,000,000 gold reserve is $2S,907,000. A Reminder of Tranbycroft. London. Feb. 25. Arthur Wilson, Jr., and Alice, daughter of Lady Filmer, were married yesterday at St. Peter's church in the presence of a fashionable assemblage. A reception at the residence of Baron de Worms followed. Wilson is a son of the well-known shipping millionaire at whose residence, Tranbycroft, the famous bac carat scandal, in which the Prince of Wales was involved, originated. What was the Matter With Taylor Sedalia, Mo., Feb. 25. Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Taylor, prominent people of this city, while returning from a party Tuesday evening were attacked by a stranger who bound Mr. Taylor hand and foot. He then dragged Mrs. Taylor a short distance and brutally outraged her. At a mass meeting of citizens yesterday a reward of $3,000 Was offered for the ap prehension of the scoundrel. Callom on Bis Boom. Washikqtox, Feb. 25. Senator Cullom ays that his canvass for the presidency cannot be said to have taken practical form. He had done nothing to give it shape or direction. It might be said that he was letting nature take its course. Curtis' Case with the Jury. San Francisco, Feb. 25. The trial of Actor Curtis for the murder of Policeman Grant was ended yesterday and the case given to the jury. No verdict was rendered last night, and the jury was locked up. HOSTING-BIG GAME. A Chicago Man Who Accuses the Mayor. MALFEASANCE IS OFFICE CHARGED Allegations of Bootllery in the Purchase of Electrical Supplies Made and Several Other City Officials Included in the Ar raignment The Accused Persons Scoff at the Aceuser, Ex-Mayor Cregier'a Sou, and Say They Are Losing No Sleep. Chicago, Feb. 25. Banks Cregier, son of ex-Mayor Cregier, yesterday filed a bill in the superior court charging malfeasance in office against a number of prominent city officials in connection with the purchase of electrical supplies. The defendants are Mayor Washburne, Comptroller May, Commissioner Aldrich, City Treasurer Kiolbassa, Fire Marshal Swenie, Superin tendent of City Telegraph Barrett, and a number of prominent firms and business men. It is charged that Mr. Barrett is in terested in two electrical supply firms, and has used his position to illegally acquire wealth through the purchase of city sup plies from these firms, f.-xcessive prices be ing paid these companies upon warrants approved by Messrs. Barrett and Swenie. The Mayor Not Worried. The accused officials were seen yester day. Mayor Washburne said he was not concerned about the charges, as all the al leged irregularities, it would appear, took place under Mayor Cregier and his prede cessors. The mayor had the utmost confi dence iu Mr. Barrett and did not believe him to be implicated in the illegal transac tions charged. Commissioner Aldrich ex pressed his faith in Mr. Barrett's honesty. Comptroller May said he had paid vouch ers signed by Messrs. Barrett and Swenie, and beyond that knew nothing of the case Swenie Treats It with Contempt. Fire Marshal Swenie remarked, con temptuously: "These charges have been hanging fire for weeks, and there is noth ing in them that worries me. There will be no difficulty in meeting them in the courts if they ever come up for trial. It is charged that goods to the value of over $500 have been bought without advertising for bids as the law requires, but in all such cases the goods purchased were patented and it would do no good to advertise for bids. Such things have always been bought at the lowest market price." Barrett Not Vncomfortable. Mr. Barrett, against whom the diarges are mainly directed, had this to say: "Banks Cregier told me Lome time ago he was going to make it hot for me, and this bill, I suppose, is his way of doing it. But it does not make me feci at all uncom fortable. If the case ever comes up in court I shall have no trouble in meeting the charge." He added that he been con nected with some electrical supply com panies, but bad sold out. No Faith in the Charges. - W. R. Northway, who was city engineer under the Cregier administration, said that so far as tbe public works depart ment was then concerned charges of let ting contracts without competition were baseless. Mr. Northway had no faith in any of the charges. Commencement at an Indian School. CAr.LISLE, Pa., Feb. 25. The thirteenth anniversary of the Indian Training school took place here yesterday, some 800 Indian children participating in the exercises. The entire morning was devoted to the in spection of the different industries con4 nected with the school by the visitors, among whom were United States Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts; Hon. T. D. Knglish, of New Jersey; Messrs. Cart wright, Cartmann, Bradford, Ball, of the Indian department, Washington; Mr. Maybie, editor of Christian Union, and many others. In the afternoon the com mencement exercises took place and were largely attended. The graduation class numbered five males and three females. Do Not Agree with Gannon. Omaha, Feb. 25. William Lyman, treas urer, and John P. Sutton, secretary of the Irish National league of America, do not indorse the views expressed b President Gannon in his address Tuesday. They do not believe in raising funds for distinct factions of what ought to be a united body. They think the approach of the general election will force a union, "and we ought to raise funds to meet the emer gency of a general election, the money to be nsed for the support of a thoroughly united party." . We'll write it down till everybody sees it Till everybody is sick of seeing it Till everybody knows it without seeing it that Dr. Sage's Catarrh Rem edy cures the worst cases of chronic catarrh in the head, catarrhal headache, and " cold in the head." In perfect faith, its makers, the World's Dispensary Med ical Association of Buffalo, N. Y., offers to pay $500 to any one suffering from chronic catarrh in the head whom they cannot cure. Now if the conditions were reversed if they asked you to pay $500 for a positive cure you might hesitate. Here are reputable men, with years of honorable dealing; thousands of dollars and a great name back of them and they say "We can cure you because we've cured thousands like you if we can't we'll pay you $500 for the knowledge that there's one whom we can't cure." They believe in themselves. Isn't it worth a trial? Isn't any trial preferable to catarrh? -Woodyatts Music House No. 1804 Second Avenue. WOODYATT & WOODYATT. o H S3 H & fn CO ZD QC ( GO C o CO eV 0 0 1 1 x 0 0 c c This firm have the exclusive sale for thIs"county 0! the following, celebrated PMe-irjos etrcl Organs, WEBER, STC YVES ANT, DECKEli BROS., "WEEELOCn And the ESTEY, WESTERN COTTAGE and FAS RAND & VOTEY ORGANS. A faU line also of email Mueical mercharidine. TTe hve ir. onr e ... . - - "'i "V -1 ' : -.-t'r r.ifc; A fori wl To Have you tried Our Great . . S3. 00 Seamless Calf Shoe? Thousands have done so. A trial will convince you that for Wear, Fit, Comfort anfl Diiili It has no equal. CARSE & CO, 1622 Second Ave. B. 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