The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-08-20

t~ocratic, and would include the ele-
ments that saved the g~reenbacks in
1878, and saved them again last fall.
A platform containing these princi
pies and leaving out all other issues,
whether Populistic, Democratic or Re
publican, it is believed wCu'd be salts
factory to all silver men; and it would
contain more issues than prevailed be
tween the dominant parties in the last,
or any preceding campaign since the
organization Of the government; and
it would contain one more issue, that
of jury trial, than is found in the Kan
lucky Populist platform of this year,
if you eliminate the preamble of that
platform.
The opportunity TO have the Populist
party made the nucleus for combina
ton ard success should inspire them to
labor for an early convention Of their
party, and for the abridgement of their
platform to these issues to bring about
this contamination.
Early action to this end should be
taken, because the plan is to have both
the Democratic and Republican
national conventions held very late
next year, as is evidenced by inter
views given by com nitteemen Of these
parties. The object of such late con-
ventions will be to keep the silver men
divided until after they are held; when
the conditions for successful combina
tions, and the little time then existing
for it, will reduce the danger of it's sue
cess to a minimum.
In view of these contingencies 1 sug
ges5 that at once, in every town in the
land, the following form Of petition be
copied and signed by men of all parties
who believe in the principles above in
dictated, and the same forwarded at
once to H. E Taubeneck, chairman of
the National Populist Committee,
Washington, D. c., who, in connection
with the Populist Congressman and
Populist S.nators have already advised
their party in favor of such action by
their circular letter in February last,
and another late one from Mr. Taube-
neck to Gen. Coxey:
TO THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE PEOPLES PARTY.
In view of the efforts of the gold
power to have presidential nominations
delayed until near the election in 1896,
so as to have the free coinage vote di-
vided and disorganized, and that free
coinage success cannot be obtained eX
cept by free coinage men in all parties,
and a combination made On such mat
tiers only as all are practically egreed
upon by laying aside all other issues,
whether Populistic, Democratic Dr. Re
publican; and as the free coinage men
in these and the Fourth party mutually
desire to retain the right Of jury trial
against judicial usurpation, and to
have an income tax, and the greenbaCk
retained as legal tender and redemp-
tion money; and to see the free coinage
act that was repealed IN 1873 at once
and unconditionely restored. AID
inasmuch as your party has always
been and is known now to be thorough
Iy loyal to all these matters and already
has one-fourth of the votes to win on,
ard the other necessary three-fourths
exist in other parties, if they can be
united with yours. And believing that
another effort should be made to have
your party eliminate lis platform that
such combination can use your name
and organization and draw to it this
outside aid that now holds itself aloof
from you.
We therefore, respectfully rCQues5
you to call a National Convention at as
early a date as possible, to nominate
presidential candidates and have your
party declare whether it will s. elimi-
nate your platform as to restrict it to
these issues, so that we can cast our
votes for it's nominees. In clse you
neglect to act on this request, we re-
spectfully petition then ationalbi metal:
lie committee to make such call for
presidential nominations upon the
above platform, and, in that event, we
pledge it AID it's car d dates our sup
port.
rNMICAT WAR