Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-15
THIRD PARTY MACHINERY
And How to Set 1t Up Detailed in Circular
From tho Secretary OF tho Peoples
Party-A Warning Against Primaries
Packed by the Outsiders.

! And How to Set 1t Up Detailed in Circular
From tho Secretary OF tho PeopIsf
Party-A Warning Against Primarie'
Packed by the Outsiders.
| MILWAUKEE, March 14.-The following
| document, addressed to 'The People" wat
| issued from the Secretary's office of the
Peoples party to-day:
The call issued by the joint committee fol
a national convention to nominate candf
dates for President and Vice President, EN-
anating from the great industrial conference
| held in St. Louis February q, and the Ma
tional Central Committee of the Peoples
party, to be held in Omaha on the 4th day o.
July, contains the following request:
We urge that all citizens who support these de-
mands shall meet the last Saturday in Marcf
next in their respective towns and villages, hole
public meetings, ratify these demands and take
steps to organize preparatory to electing delegates
to a National Convention.
The Executive Committee would respect
fully ask that all the people who believe in
our principles earnestly attend and meet In
their cities, towns and villages, in halls
lodgerooms or schoolhouses, to ratify the
work of the great conference and assist in
carrying out the programme as indicated in
the same. This is movement of the people
by the people and for the people, and they
the following suggestion:
How to set the Machinery in Motion.
First-In the meetings of Saturday, March
26, to ratify the work OF the conference form
local organizations, appoint committee of
thsee (unless one already existsI which
should meet at the county seat as early as
possible and not later than April l6. The
duty of this committee shall be to fix the
time, place and basis of representation for
the county convention.
Second-Said committees. when they meet
Jointly in their respective county seats, shall
also select committee of three from each
county (unless such GPmmittee already
with a like committee from all other coun-
ties belonging to the same legislative and
congressional district, for the purpose OF
fixing time, place and basis of representa-.
tion to hold legislative and congressional
conventions.
Third-We also urge that the Executive
Committee of each State meet as early as
convenient and TX time place and basis of
representation for holding State Conven-
ton and designate how the delegates from
their State to the National Convention shall
be chosen.
Fourth-When delegates are selected to
the National Convention their names and
postoMce address should be forwarded I'M
mediately to Robert Schilling, Milwaukee,
Secretary of the National Committee, so that
he will be able to prepare a roll of States be-
fore the convention meets.
A Warning Against Packed Primaries.
Fifth-We caution the people to take great
care in selecting delegates to the Congress
sional, State and National Conventions.
Select no one unless he is known to be true to
our cause. Take men who have been tried
and not found wanting. We have already
received word from New York and Pennsyl-
vania that the old parties intend to pack
our gTfmSSies, select delegates to the State
and National conventions who are not in
sympathy with our cause, and who will go
there to bring confusion and name objection
able Candidates. 1t is also very important
that each State should have a full delega-
tion at the National Convention, and for this
purpose we urge that at all meetings called
to select delegates to the National Conven-
ton, and before such delegates are selected,
a collection be taken up to defray the ex-
penses of those who are unable to 60 on
their own account.
Sixth-We again urge upon YOU the neces-
sity of pushing the work. To do this money
must be raised. Therefore, we kindly and
earnestly ask them that when meeting in
primal capacity on March 26 to ratify the
work done by the great conference a col
lection be taken up to promulgate our
vidual be ever so small, If each one= will as.
sist q little it will collectively amount to q
great deal Forward all money to NJ. G.
Rankin, Terre Haute. Ind, who will receipt
for same.
We also ask the reform press to push the
work through the columns of their papers
as much as possible. 1t will not do to stop
single point or retreat an inch from the po-
sition we have taken. This is fight for
our country, our flag and our homes, in
which every producer is equally interested.