The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
PEOPLES PARTY NEWS
THE PROSPECTS SUCH AS TO
ENTHUSE.
Every Incentive to. Work-Republi-
cans Divided-Democra at Dag.
gers Points Everywhere.
Peoples Party News Bureau,
Headquarters National Committee,


these days is all good news. Every
things seems to be coming our way.
Notwithstanding the extremely hard
financial conditions, our people can take
hope. There is certainly brighter day
just ahead
At no time since the meeting of our
national committee in January has so
much encouraging news been received
at the headquarters as during the week
ending April IL. Up to that date 405
delegates had been elected to the national
convention. Of this number $50 are in
strncted or favor union with all the re-
form elements opposed to the present
conditions.
The attention of our people is now d.
rected chiefly to the Oregon and Virginia
where events are rapidly shaping them
selves so that the Peoples Party may
score victory. In Oregon Gen. Weaver
is doing great work, speaking daily to
crowded houses. The Democrats there,
as everywhere else, hopelessly divided on
the money question, are fighting with
pen and ink while the Republicans, hav-
ing resorted to more energetic measures,
are showing broken heads and demol-
ished ballot boxes as results in their pri-
maries.
Gen Weaver writes: "Pennoyers nom-
ination for mayor of Portland was made
in an orderly, quiet and open conven-
ton large in size and without dis
senting vote"
The Populist state committee of Utah
will meet at Ogden June 20. The state
convention will probably be held in July
to name presidential electors, a candidate
for congress. a new state committee and
select delegates to the national conven-
ton.
In Florida the Democracy is becoming
demoralized. The gold standard advo-
Gates are making desperate efforts to
carry the state. The Populists, while ap-
pearing quiet are firm and advancing all
along the line. Probably ninety per cent
of them favor the Omaha platform, but
they are willing to take all free silver
ties into the party.
All reports from Maine agree that in
case Speaker Reed fails to secure the Re-
publican nomination for the presidency
the Populists will receive large Access
sions from the Republican ranks in that
state
Expressions from every section are
generally favorable to deferring state,
congressional and county nominations
until after the nationtl convention.
Editor ]. r. Norman of the Southern
Iowa Educator, writes: Il am getting
all of the Populist and silver dailies yet
like the plan of your News Bureau and
believe it should be literally patronized.
The Populists and free silverites in Iowa
will Il,
former are consistent and the latter sin
cere."
The Secretary of the Virginia state COM
mittee in special to this Bureau says:
''The meeting of the state committee at
Richmond on April was the largest
known in the history of the party in the
state. Every district was represented
and many prominent members of the
party, besides the committee, were in at
tendance. Extreme partisanship is los
ing it's hold upon the voters The silver
contingent is growing stronger and
stronger, influential Democrats and Re-
| publicans publicly declare that they will
| not support any straddle on tn money
question. Straddleism seems to have
had it's day We have good chances to
| carry several districts. If not by major
| ities by pluralities. The state committee
| selected Is delegates at large
to the national convention, among
| them Gen. James G.. Field, Peoples Party
candidate for vice president in 1892, Mai
Mann Page, president of the national
Farmers Alliance and Industrial union,
Col. Robert Beverly. E. R. Cooke, Peo-
| pies Party candidate for governor in
| 1893 and J. H. Hobson. A subcommittee
| tee composed of delegates to st. Louis
was selected to issue a call for a state con-
| ventiOn Immediately after adjournment
| of the national convention. The COM
mittee issued a ringing address reaffirm-
| ing the Omaha platform, but inviting the
cooperation of all citizens and organiza-
tons favoring distinctive American poll
| icy of finance through the free coinage Of
| silver at a ratio of 16 to l. Government
issue of money and opposition to bonds,
and instructed the delegates to the ma
tional convention to use all honorable
endeavors to secure a union of such
| forces
On April Is the Peoples Party Of
Maryland will hold their state conven-
| ton to elect delegates to the national
convention. Letters received from all
the leaders in that state indicate that
| Maryland will follow Virginia in send
| ing strong conservative delegation to
| the national convention.
On the 18th inst, the Nebraska state
central committee will meet at Hastings
! to fix the time and place for a conven-
| ton to elect delegates to the national
convention. Nebraska will undoubtedly
send as strong a delegation to the nation
al convention as any other state.
EX- Gov. Waite, Of Colorado, denies
boiling the action of the Denver reorgan-
ization committee and says: ut is the
| reorganizers who have bolted" The
ratio against the governor, however,
seems to be about IA to 1,
| 1t is reported on what seems to be
good authority, that Senator Allen of Ne
| braska has written a letter to Gov. Hol-
| comb, of that state, declining to be a can
| didate for the presidency. Nebraska,
| however, has other strong men.
| Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, is
| making a tour of the Western states
| speaking in the interests of the white
| metal 1t is pretty generally believed
| that the senator is more of a Populist
| than a Democrat and will lead bolt
| from the Democratic national convention
| and join his forces with ours at the ST.
| Louis convention. Gov. Stone, of Mis-
souri,, and eX-Gov. Boies, of Iowa, seem
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