The evening times., 1895-08-19
PROGRESS OF P0PUlIsTs
Third Party llsn Are Saying
Little and Doing Much.
COUPONS FOB A CANDIDATE
The National watchman Is Taking a
Canvass, and So Far Mr.. Sibley Is
First ana Senator Allen Second.
Prominent People Who Once Sub
scribed to POpulist Doctrines.

scribed to POpulist Doctrines.
The spirit of prophecy has for months
been abroad In the land seeking to prog
nosticate, either by oracies or conJurations.
the individuality of the men who shah
serve as standard-bearers of the two great
political parties in the national campaign
OF 1895.
Every availability and possibility has
been mentioned, considered and dissected.
The Democratic and Republican nominate
ing conventions have been anticipated and
brought 30 near that their action. both real
and speculative, is now forming q chief
ingredient of current history.
In these ante-convention calculations
the Populists seem to have had no part or
parcel. Their existence has been ignored
and their disintegration accepted as a
matter of time, II not already accomplished.
That party, as q power In politics, has lost
its terros.
But In view of the fact that the despised
and disrcgarded Populists are destined to
hold the balance of power In the next Sen
ate, that they polled seventeen hundred
thousand votes In the last Congressional
elections. and that they now claim, with
some show Of reason, atOtalvoting a strength
of fully two million, the under dog in the
fight must not be entirely overlooked or
disregarded.
The inform alton may even be somewhat
in the nature OF a surprise that the Popu-
lists intend TO become the agg ressOrs in the
approaching campaign, and win ask no odds
from either of the larger and stronger
parties. They will neither seek nor accept
fusion They will not wait for either
party to set the political pace and formulate
a declaration of principles, but will them
selves open the engagement and fire the
first gun.
THE PROBABLE PLATFORM
The Populsts have determined to hold
their national nominating convention
on the ED of February. Within a few days
a meeting of the executive committee will
be held to select place and form ally fix the
aforementioned date. This unprecedent-
edly early nomination will give the third
party a longer period in which to make
a canvass. and afford a better opportunity
of prom ulgating doctrines and pursuing the
work OF education.
The platform of the Populists will reaf-
firm the three cardinal principles upon
which the party is founded. 1t will declare
for legal tender paper currency, asserting
that money is simply creation OF law, and
that God did not make gold and silver espe-
cially TO be used as a circulating medium
1t will demand the coinage of all gold and
silver and the issuance of enough paper cur
rency to bring prices up 10 living basis.
The platform will also pronounce for Gov
ernmental control of railroads. The same
plank will assert that every rod OF ground
should be owned by an American citizen,
and that all the large land grants stolen
from the people should be recovered and
sold to actual settlers. In other words,
reforms in finance, transportation and land
ownership will be the declaration OF prin-
ciples upon which the party will appeal for
the privilege of administering national af-
fairs.
When n. A. Dunning editor of the Watch
man, the national organ OF the Populist
party. was asked by an Evening Times man
II his associates were dead or sleeping, he
promptly replied that they were, on the
contrary, very much alive and ready for any
and every kind OF fight.
1--WE are doing business at the same old
stand" said Mr.. Dunning. I'VE have nomi-
mated tickets in every State, county and
township where elections will be held this
coming November. We have a good, fair
chance of winning in Kentucky, and expect
to pull through. Our candidate for gov
emor in that State is Tom Petit, who was
reading clerk for Sam Randall during his
service as Speaker of the House. He is a
rafting good man, and will likely be
elected. The people of Kentucky are not
satisfied with the declarations of either
the Republicans or Democrats on the finan-
cial question.
There is also prospect of good results
in Mississippi. Frank Burkett, an excel |
lent man, popular and well-known, has been
nominated for governor, and will develop |
more strength than is now apparent.
"Coxey was g iven the nomination in Ohio, |
but cannot predict how well he will run. |
AS a matter of fact, we are ma king i fight |
wherever there is chance, without any |
reference to the probabilities of success or |
defeat. We are fighting for principle, and |
not glory.
COUPON CANDIDATE.
$50 far as the next national campaign |
is concerned. we are making every prep
aration FOR an early and active canvass, |
and expect to largely increase our con-
ceded vote of 100000. We feel that
the people are not satisfied with the way
things are going. They realize that some
thing is wrong, and no other party is pro-
posing or suggesting remedy.
1.-THE two old parties will either throw
mud or fall back on the tariff for an ISSUE.
Our declarations on the three chief party
tenets may be somewhat modified. but
there is no doubt that the same general
IDEAS will prevail as heretofore.
1.-THE Populist platform will be SO plain,
simple and manifestiy just as to directly
appeal to the people. A good Presidential
candidate will be selected to stand upon
that platform, and he will not only be the
choice of the convention, but Of large
of the party. We are now en-