Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-10
PEOPLES PARTY CALL.
ron a CONVENTION ron STATE
AND COUNTY OFFICERS
u's Been Ordered by Chairman II. S.
p Ashoy, to Nee, on satur-
day, May ..

All conFtnuOn.
To the Officers and AIenbers Of ,ho
Peoples Party of Texas: At a meeting
OF the executive committee of Tho Poo.
pies party held in the city of Dallas
February IS, 1891, after due consider.
alton aud upon the advice o. many lend.
ers of The peoples cause hien present
by the invitation of your committee. IL
was unanimously determined and 70.
solved that the state convention Of tho
Peoples party should be held June 20.
lsof. and IN this connection II was
recommended that precinct meetings or
April %, 1891. and comfy eonventi"SSs,
ior the purpose OF sending delegates 10
the state convention and district con.
Nenuons, when called. should he hold
Saturday. May ,. 1884. The state con-
trail committee was thereupon anfhoriged
10 select place for holding The stnte
convention, and required to make an
Inc preliminary Arrangements therefor
aud give timely notice thereof
The following basis of representation
IN the state conventions was fixed and
agreed tpon. t0-wit. Zach county shnil
be entitled 10 one representative Tor
every 100 votes and fraetion tbsrcnf
east for the Hon. 4. l.. Nurent for
governor at the last general election.
provided. also that every county In ma
stgte shall be entitled % at least one
delegate.
The committee respectfully and ear
nesuy recommend 10 our people the
duty and necessity Of thorough organiz1-
ton. Our people are, therefore, advised
TO hold nominating conventions as early
as local surroundings and cNigenries war
rant In every precinct, county and district
of the state, and TO nominate peOp,e's
party candidate for every elective ollice
from constable to governor. with the ex-
cepton of district judges, and judges for
the other higher courts vt the state. As
to these, it was the sense OF said meet.
ing that such officers should be elected for
their known ability integrity and fitness,
and not because of partisan zeal, or
party fealty.. Therefore, whore we cannot
from our own ranks offer 10 the people
the best man for such places, we think
It wise and proper to trust TO the sense
and patriotism Of the individual TO select
by his vote the purest, wisest and best
iudge without regard to his political
convictions or party affiliations.
Upon motion, duly carried, we recon-
mend and invite all .ega voters who in-
dorse the principles OF the Peoples party
10 participate with US in our party con
yenuons. ...,...,,a a., ma.
ple generally on the hopeful. outlook for
| tbe epeedy triumph, at the polls, OF the
! marty Of reform. . =
IN 'rSe masses are rapidly losing faith it
,ba two old parties, and evidences are
nnnring In from every quarter thht the!
arr leaving both TO affiliate with ours.
The pipe.laying maneuyering, ana by
MAY which now and has heretofore octu
| Med the chief attention OF DeulV' az
| aud Republican representatives hnu ,,a
| TORS Ia congress and in state anu ~
| tinnai executive mansions, for party SUI
cess REGARDLESS of die country's wehale
| ana the ueople's Interest," mas noNeu
| thc extreme of disgust mmupneu thon
| sands of honest Democrats una heIup,i
| ems. who will not hesitate 70 repuh
by their votes the silly and wicked pi"'
| tees Of the hour -, ,o.r an,
s.jii are passin.. through the dnrkes
hours Of financial and business depres
| gon. entailing upon labor more lhtehs
and widespread suffering than was eve
before experienced In The history OF on
country. At such time the people Of
right expected harmony Tor me 'Nll,uul
good, aud they demanded such PionlP
| artinn as the highest wisdom and Dfphu
est natriotism could suggest. but tnstea'
thereof they have Witnessed cowhId,,e,
connecting with gall. ignorance with iolii
and sel6ahuess with Eectiunalism, Wtl
The results that fraud has been triumph
ant and monopoly fortified.
There is no unity Of sentiment e1cep
for spells. In either OF the GU pnruer
4 Republican In Massachusetts, Is on
,hinc In Kansas and Colorado another
and in Texas and the South still NOR
variea,ited A Democrat in New York o
'Texas may be one thing or another j
thc same states. and still quito ditieren
from pac4 other, or from the Democat
Of Ohio and other portions Of. the union,
Hence we appeal to the thinking peopl
Of the state whether either can perform 70
thc people the true functions OF polttlcf
nartlps There must and there VIII .
new allignments along the lines oil ne'
Issues now pressing for solution An
ns IN both the old parties IL is the yel
dict Of an ever-increRsing host; me
bnvn done those things which they ougi
NOT to have done, and have left union
those things which they ought to hhV
done. and there Is no health % lpen'
The Peoples party was not paspia,
tpred 10 order by political asPlrahl
uniting for official plunder,, hut h'le pFoN
ont OF the failures and dehnlAehpps
bo+b Of the old parties. II ~ UleJ go sth
! lVnN nONulhI HANNlHN 4 ID
,,ortuniiies and violated pledges belu
Yonn- il is close to the people and repl
sents our common manhood, ana ! slan,
for the rights Of labor and inolyiaul
INITIAL as against the encroaehmenis
centrnilzed wealth and the raNisn'p
spirit Of monopoly 49,, ,h,4
i II is patient under crltleisn su 10.
may he strengthened wherein y y Wea
: h 4 90 be. md fortified wherein y
strong If Il so BE-. It's hope y relo.i
r r. pnrpose truth. and It's faith Is "a v
, neonle n recognizes that the rams ~
! HI Of both Of the old parties = eoililpss +;
, ~ honest men. who will follow tne q
!, tates IL enlightened conscience aug
p seerhes them therefore ~ me inter.
= n The general welfare, Dom stan ~
4 nstional 70 investigate It's declaratloh
nrineinles. and IA all sincerity II pto l,l,,
/. the-n In So far as II Is gwen Lu ~,
/. forcsisbt to promise. TO nominate LOT ~,
s H. Mace aud favor only men OF alpFos,
n ~ and popular sympathie 81, ~
4 n Conclusion invites them g fo WI
. ~ ~ FRAY that We. by tnelr neip, " 4
= ,oate sure the triumph Of reason , aru y
G victory Of right. Respectfully sup'l''i''
g 40 by our Instructions reqgiiiss,,si ,1vryt,Is
i 80 TVE CENTRAL cOMMiA i-i-'
s II { i Ashby. Chairman
Il ~, ceivati1u OIL. I