The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-02-28
FIGHT IN THEFAMILY
Populist Editors Disagree and a
New Party Will Evolve.
The REFORM PRESS CONVENTION on.
Headquarters to be Moved From Washing
ton to Some Western City-Sew Pop
uIist Daily to be Established
at Kansas City, Mo.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. February 23.-
What was probably the first gun IN the
inevitable battle between the new third
party being formed in Washington and
the straight ont populist was fired here
Yesterday when the fourth annual
meeting of the National Reform Press
Association began in the Centropolls
hotel.
The association is formed OF the edi-
tors of the populist papers in the nlted
States. Representatives of 800 papers
are at the meeting. A dozen OF them
are women. Trouble started when Mr..
Claiborne, Of Kansas, in a brief speech
upon how can we get telegraphlc
news independent of the monopolistic,
plutocratic press association" reflected
upon the honesty of II. +. Taubeneck,
chairman of the national populist com
mittee. The speaker was applauded.
The Fight is On.
This pressages the fight which is sure
to come before the meeting adJourns
between the friends and enemies OF
Taubeneck Some of the leaders of the
popuIist party, among them Dr. 5. NJ
McLallin, editor of the Topeka Advo-
cate, accused Taubeneck Of designing
to betray the populist into the hands
of the new third party, called the silver
party Taubeneck is also accused OF
wanting to side track the old Omaha
platform on which the popul!st party
has fought, and substitute a silver
platform.
The association decided 70 establish
new daily paper in this city, to be the
national organ of populism. The pa
per will be under the editorial manage
lnent of Paul J. Dixon, of the Missouri
World, of Chilicothe, Mo-, and the plate
service and the syndicate letters under
charge of $. w. Morgan, of Hardy,
Ark, will also be issued from here. It
is intended to continue the publication
of the National RefOrmer. now the or
gan of the association and Morgan's
buzz saw in this city. The convention
will, undou btedly pass a resolution pro-
viding for the moving of the national
Headquarters from Washington to some
western city This was agreed upon
by the executive committee and lead
IL y
terday morning.
The Western Headquarters.
Kansas City, Omaha, Topeka and St.
Joseph are candidates. A bureau of
press information will be established
in Washington. The chief point OF dis
cusson is the proposition in which the
silver question should be placed in the
platform-next year. Many are in
favor of making silver the only issue OF
the party in the next campaign. The
association, however, will probably in
sist upon the entire Omaha platform.
Taubeneck, Weaver and others are in
favor of combining the issues to the sill
yer proposition in Difference to the pro-
posed silver party, now being formed
among Washington senator's and repre-
sentatives and claim to be assured OF
the abandonment of the old parties by
over $50 representatives and senators in
congress
OF THE SEABOARD BOYCOTT.
President Hoffman Regards the Action OF
the Steamship Association Lightly.
BALTIMORE, Md, February 2O.-R. c.
Hoffman, president of the Seabord
railway company said last night that
he had received no official advices
touching the boycott of his company
by the Southern Railway & Steamship
| Association. He stated that none OF
the charges of rate cutting and other
irregularities frequently made against
the Seaboard company has been sus
tanned; at least he was aware of such
action by the association, In the alb
sence of more definite information. Mr.
| Hoffman declined to further discuss the
subject. The boycott was not treated
seriously by other railway officials. I,
is stated that while the Seaboard com
| pany was not member of the South
ern Association, it has maintained &
pro rating arrangement. There is sale
to have been considerable friction dur
ing the past year, and as result. it i.
claimed that the association is practi
cally dismembered. COMMISSIONS
Stahlman's action is looked upon by
some railroad men as an effort to force
the Seabord company into the associa
ton to prevent its final dissolution.