The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-01
The Peopls.s Party in the Field.

The Peoples party has now a foothold in
this state. 1t organized in Atlanta on
Wednesday, and it will hold state conven-
ton July2O II has announced its purpose
to nominate candidates for all the state
| offices. for congress aud the Legislature and
also for county Offices 1t has a complete
state executive committee and It is proba-
BILE that it will soon have committee in
each county to take charge of its interests.
A curious feature of it is the secrecy
that is maintai led with respect 70 its af-
fairs. No one SO Ems to know how the dele
gates, who met in Atlanta and sppointel its
state executive committee, were chosen.
And it was not known that The delegates
were in Atlanta until they completed the
work which called them there. Tle first
knowledge OF their presence aad their mis-
sion was obtained when it was announced
that they had perfected the organization OF
their party.
Why it's leaders prefer to act In secret
Is not apparent, unless it Is that they think
that by surrounding their actions with
mystery they will make more favorable
impression upon alliancemen. The alliance
is a secret organization. Nobody found
fault with it on that account, however, as
long as it did not NEEDLE ia politics A
political party, however. is an entirely
different kind of an institution. Those who
are not connected with it have an interest
in it becauseit seeks to gain control Of the
government. 1t can hardly be probable,
however, that it proposes to continue to
conduct its affairs IN secret. To do so
would excite against it q great deal of
hostility.
II depends, Of course almost wholly upon
alliancemen for support. Here and there
man who is not an allianceman, but who
thinks it will get control Of the state, will
join it. But the great majority of alliance
men will not be IN hurry to give it their
support. They will want to know first how
1t is going to benefit them and what they
will gain by leaving the Democratic party.
The best Informed among them
will give the Peoples party very
clreful study before they decide what
cours Q they will take with respect to it, and
the majority of them will be apt to come
to the conclusion that 1t is not likely to be
a friend Of the south. Already many OF
them are inquiring whether they can become
members Of party that wants to virtually
bankrupt the country in order to give unlon
veterans the difference that existed during
the civil war between the value OF gold aud
that Of the paper money in which they
we're paid. The Peoples party platform
that was adopted at st. Louis is remarkably
solicitous about the welfare of the union
veterans, but it hasn't g word to say in be-
half of the confederate veterans. The
MORNING NEWS called attention to this
| feature of the platform Immediately after
| the st. Louis convention adjourned, and
| since that time the Peoples party leaders
have been trying to xplain it so as to make
it acceptable in the south. They have not
met with success. And the same platform,
although it demands the free coinage of
silver, recognizes the superiority of gold to
Greenbacks.
The platform of the Peoples party is not
such a one as thinking people can accept
| whether they are alliancemen or not. What
| would become of the states and their rig hts
If that plank calling for government owner
| ship Of railroads should be adopted? II the
| government owned the railroads 1t would
| be difficult II not impossible to put party
| out of power however corrupt it might be.
The railroads would furnish enough votes
and large enough campaign funds to over
come almost any opposition. They could
| be so used as to bring almost all interests to
sustain the party in power.
There are other demands in the platform
that are impracticable, and still others that
| are full Of danger. Alliancemen who are
| sincerely anxious for the welfare of the
country will not vote with a party that
is founded on such demands.