The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-11-19
NEW PARTY FOR MING
SILVER MEN AND POPULIS-S
TO COME TOGETHER.
TUE LATEST POLITICAL SCHEME
senptor PETER Outlines the Policy bioh
It Il Intended to Adopt-Poruiiss
to Give Up some of Their 1enets
aud New Name to lie
Adopted-wi l Be In the
Field for 1896.

WASHINGTON, Nov. Ex-senator Pef-
rr of Kansas acknowledged yesterday
hat movement was on foot TO merge
thr pr sent Peoples party into ew
organization which should include the
advo ates of the free coinage of silver
who had never embraced the Populist
doctrines of government ownership of
railroads, bonds, loans and paper
money issues He said that W. l..
Rightmire of Topeka, who was instru-
mental in calling the Cincinnati
conference in 100. when the Popu-
list party was brought into being,
had. taken the initiative in the
movement for the reorganization of
the party upon different lines and
continued; Al expect "a new align.
mcnt of parties after the congression-
al elections next year and that the
new party will be ready for our work
In the presidential election of 1896.
The Populists will form part of
great national organization which
will probabiy be brought together
under another name. The Populis
party will have the same relation to
this new party that the old free soil
and abolitionist parties bore TO the
Republican party which was after
wards org nized by coming together
of all the people opposed to the ex
tension of slavery in the national
territories" r1 0f4'sa'
When asked what would be the issue
upon Which the new party would
organize, MIR. Peffersaid that il would
be the que stion of money. THE issue, -
he continued, lis now between the
money power and gold basis on one
| side, and the producing masses of the
people advocating an enla ged volume
mo ey on gold, silver and paper
basis on the other That will be the
great issue in 1896, and IT is one upon
which the people will divide without
regard to former party differences.
Upon being asked what would be-
come of other tenets of Populistic
faith, Mr.. PETER said: "While the
Populists have fundamental doctrines
other than that re ating to the volume
of the currency, which they cherish
and will continue TO cherish they rec
ognize that the first step in securing
the reforms which they advocate is TO
settle the money question and they
believe that 1t would not be good poll
tics or wise craftsmanship to decline
to cooperate with their fellow citi-
zeus who believe just as they do coz
corning the first move in the solution
of a problem which they re-
gard as vital. While we are
| fighting this first great battle, we
shall learn a great many things about
what is necessary to be done after the
victory shall be won (the senator
spoke very confidently of winning)
and from that time forward all the
old party prejudices which have
kent us apart so long to our injury
will have been buried and forgotten
and we shall be solid mass Of voters
ready for the accomplishment of other
needed reforms. | look for the sue
cess of the new movement in '96, and
L expect a president and congress to
be chosen in 1900 which will put into
statute law leading doctrines of the
! Populist party of to day