Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1887 — The Delegates Highly Elated at the Outcome o Their Labors. [ARTICLE]

The Delegates Highly Elated at the Outcome o Their Labors.

{Cincinnati special to Chicago Times,] . A mass ratification meeting was held at night m Music Hall, and was addressed by a number of the delegates. Less than two hundred delegates remained to-day, but they were, with very few exceptions, quite jubilant over their labors, and expressed themselves as most hopeful of i the future. Mrs. Culbertson, of Michigan, declared that the platform was the best ever adopted by a political party, and predicted that it would surely carry in Michigan next fall. A Kansas delegate was certain it would have a majority there inside of two years. An Illinoisan and an Indianian felt sure the platform would take like wildfire in their sections. In fact, all the Western delegates were wildly enthusiastic.

The Greenbackers are happy. Chairman E. H. Gillette, of the Greenback National Committee, said: “We will favor the uniting with the Union Labor party, but i our National Committee will not disband, j We will hold our organization, but I favor I uniting heart and soul with the new party. ” i A Wes ern delegate said: “The bringing of : the farmers into the Knights of Labor is j looked upon with a great deal of favor :by the leaders of that organization. Now, ; every district in the Knights of Labor is entitled to one representative in the general conference. It takes but ten memtera to make an assembly, and but five assemblies to form a district. Powderly and the conservatives have organizers forming the farmers into small assemblies and these into districts, so that whep the next general conference is held it will be found that a large part of the fanning portion of the country ,is formed into districts and represented in tbe conference by a large majority of the delegates. -This is Powderly’s scheme to outgeneral the socialists who are in tbe cities and in large assemblies, but represented in the general conference by only one delegate each. In this way the anarchists will be robbed of power for harm.” . ...The Executive. Committee of the Greenback party held a conference and resolved to continue their organization, but will send an address to their party advising co-operation with the Union Labor party.