Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1895-03-01
PopULIsT NATIONAL SECRETARY PREDICTS ITS BIRTH BY
MARCH 4TH.

Lockport, N Y, special: ]. McParlin, of
this city, secretary of the national and state
committees of the Peoples party, in an inter
view, stated that about March 4th he expected
the birth of new national party. Mr.. McPar-
lin states that during the past few weeks, secret
conferences have been held by members of con-
gress and other influential men from all parts of
the country, and are continuing. That import
ant political action will result he afirms as GER
tain. He does not think that the Peoples
party, as now constituted, will profit thereby,
because RAILLoAD AND LIFE INSURANCE CAPT.
tai ARE INTERESTED IN THE NEW PROJECT,
and they are opposed to the Populist idea of
government ownership of railroads.
The platform of the new party, according to
Mr.. McParlin, will be "bimetalism and pro-
tection.''
81 am led to believe" Mr.. McParlin added,
that the conference will result in the formation
of new party in favor of free coinage and pro-
lection, with bountiful element back of it
from the very start, not only in the south and
west, but in Pennsylvania and other eastern
states"
exchange and read the address lately issued by
Chairman Taubeneck, Senators Allen and Kyle,
J. B. Weaver, ]. H. Turner and others, and the
sentiments expressed in the two were so nearly
alike that we could not help wondering if the
two were not "some kim" Then we took into
consideration certain correspondence between
Taubeneck and some members of the Reform
Press Association, and the fear that we have
been betrayed by members of our own political
household took deep root in our mind, and we
have been unable to get rid Of that idea, as yet.
Speaking of this matter carries us back to
the late conference at ST. Louis, where an effort
was made to place the Peoples party on little
narrow silver plank, and discard the remainder
of the Omaha platform. Thanks to the good
and true Populists among the delegates to that
conference, the scheme was foiled and the
Omaha platform remains intact.
1t seems, however, that Chairman Taubeneck
and his associates are not satisfied with the de-
cision of the St. Louis meeting, and have issued
an address (spoken of above) with view to
creating sentiment in favor of the one-plank
idea. Taubeneck claims that the socialists cap
tured the st. Louis meeting and defeated his
project, which he knows is untrue. 1t was de-
feated by true, loyal Populists.
W. S. Morgan, of the National Reformer,
and secretary of the National Reform Press
Association, writes letter to the people on this
subject, and among many good things he says:
zone great trouble is, many of our Washing
ton friends breathe the political atmosphere of
that rotten city SO much, and drift so far away
from the people, that their judgment becomes
warped-and we do not mean by this to charge
corruption to any man. In Washington, it is
constant fight for spoils. With us plebeians, it
is fight for bread and principle.
''Now as to making free silver the sole issue:
Nine out of ten of the Peoples party do not
favor it. To force it upon the party with this
sentiment againt it would have been ruinous
"And what were we to gain by it2 A few
of silver that have not yet been able