The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28

Make it the emblem of your work Push
the newspapers. Pamphlets are well
enough; but a newspaper is perpetual
dropping that wears away the hardest
stone. Let me furnish the newspapers read
by the people of the state and l care not
who makes it's laws. The Representative
has done splendid work. But there are
many others. There is the Union, an ex
celent and well edited paper; and there
are numerous Peoples party papers in
Norwegian, Swedish etc. Flood the state
with all these. Bring the light to the Vot-
ers. Force them to think.
Milton said: There is nothing to be
feared from error so long as truth is left
free to combat it, (Applause)
Drop all differences. Unite as band of
brothers. Discussions are in some sense
sign of vitality. The corpse has no quar-
rel with the corpse next him. There is
| peace in the graveyard. Those who are
most alive are most turbulent. Hence my
own mental activity. Great laughter and
appiause) But when you differ differ as
friends, not enemies. Every who is
willing to honestly help this great cause is
my friend. Great applause) / will not
say that every man that will not is my
enemy. They are simply deceived, unn-
| lightened.
Let us all come together on the second
tuesday of January next prepared to take
mold and educate the people of the state.
Let us have a grand meeting Let Mime
sands; let us have a grand jubilation. The
FARMERS will meet you ready to cooperate.
We must not fail We shall not fail"
Great applause.)
The following declaration of principles
was then adopted:
| Being mbued with the faith of our fore
| ia theirs that "all men are crelted free and
| equal. and are endowed with certain in
allenable rights; that among these life,
liberty and the plIrSuit of happnpSS and
recognizing as We do the present condition
wherein centralized capital, made possible
| by corporate monopoly, is destroying indi-
Vldual rights and freedom, bind our
selves together into a grand fra ternity
known as the Peoples Party Bureau of
Education and Organization, with the sol
emn pledge that we shall never cease de-
| handing those nalienable rights and
| that we are unchangeably opposed to all
| governmental and industrial systems that
| infringe on the same; and that in order to
carry out the foregoing, the work of this
organization for the coming two years
| shall be to educate the people on the nflu-
| ence or finance on national prosperity, the
| injury of commerce by the monopolistic
| ownership and control of railroads, tele-
| graph lines and telephones and all corpo-
| rat1onS that require the granting of fran
| chiseS the ensavement of the people
| through corporate and alien ownership of
| land; and in order that the people may re-
| gain and retain their rights and better ex-
| press their desires, it becomes necessary
| to elect the president and United States
| senators by popular vote, and the inaugu-
| ration of the Initiative and Referendum
| whereby their best ideas of government
| may be realized. and we hereby invite all
| refOrmerS to Join us
| The following are the officers elected I'M
| der this preamble and by the mass conven-
| ton:
Presidents Maj. J. Nj. Bowler.
| First vice president H. J. O. Reed.
| Second vice-president, A. L. Gardener.
| Secretary, Leroy Berrier
| Assistant secretary, Col. J. H. Pierce,
| Minneapolis.
Treasurer, E. W. Bonham, St Paul
Executive board. Francis H. Clarke. A.
| Wesenberg. H. E. Boen, VIM. r. Dobbyn,
Thos. j. Meighen, L. c. Long, X. Halver-
son, f. F. Clark, DR.. A. Hirshfeldt, H. s.
| Seed, T. H. Lucas, F. Whitmarsh, w. J.
Warren Judge David Cochrane l.. T. Top
| ing, John Murphy, Thos. Ward.
number of letters full of encourage
| ment from leading members Of the Peoples
party in the state who were unable to be
! present were presented, but owing to the
| lateness of the hour they were not read.
| The meeting then adjourned.
| The executive committee met on Wednes-
| day, Nov. p, at , p. m. to further per-
| feet it's organization and take steps look
| ing to the active inception of the work it
| contemplate The basis of membership
| in the executive committee was placed at
| one member for each 1000 votes, or major
| fraction thereof, for S. NJ. owen in each
| county. number of additional names
| We're placed upon the roll of the executive
| committee The names added from
| Hennepin county We're John Flaven. J. H.
| Lydiard, l.. NJ. Aver, c. F. Grave, A. d.
| Campbell c. d. Lundberg. f. r. Lynch,
| NJ. Eisness, Charles Gibson. For Ramsey:
| John Murphy, Thomas Ward f. H. Clarke,
F. W. Smith. B. T. O'Neil. William Stew
| art, NJ. E, Murray, J. H. Mccoy.
| A subcommittee of five, made up as fol
| lows, was appointed to draft constitu-
| ton and bylaws: F. H. Clarke, Ramsey;
| W. J. Warren, Hennepin; Maj. Bowler,
| Renville; F. w Whitmarsh, Hennepin
| \. l.. Gardner, Ramsey.
| A financial committee appointed,
| consisting of S W. Powell, Washington
| F. ". Whitmarsh and l.. NJ. Aver, Henne-
pin; F. w. Smith, and John Ward. Ram
| sey; NJ. Wesenberg, St. Louis This COM
| mittee will at once begin the work of
| raising funds for the educational campaign
| it is proposed to carry on. The Populists
| of the state will be asked to pledge them
| selves to contribute five cents a month to
| the committees treasury. 1t is expected
! that 10000 will respond, which will make
| an income of $500 month. In addition
| an active canvass for funds will be made.
| The position of secretary, occupied by
| Leroy Berrier, of Minneapolis. was made
! permanent and salaried.
| The next meeting will be held the
second Tuesday in January, al the same
| time that the State Farmers Alliance holds
| pected that the state committee will be
| completed, and that the organization will
| be extended to the counties and precincts.
For the present the headquarters will
| be located in the COLON block on Fourth
| street