The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-16
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Delegates to the P. P. Convention
To the Peoples Party of North Caro-
lima:
Having received several letters in
qulrlng as to the action of the Peoples
party State Committee with reference
to the selection of delegates to the Ma
tIonal Convention of the Peoples party
at St, Louis on July 22t, I have deemed
1t best to answer them all in this man
ner through the columns Of the press.
The State Committee, at it's late
meeting, after due elaboration decided
that 1t was not advisable to hold the
State Convention of the Peoples party
for the purpose Of nominating a can
dldate for Governor and for the other
State Offices until after the National
Convention of the Peoples party was
held. This being settled, the next ques
ton was the holding of a State conven
ton for the purpose of electing dele.
gates to the National Convention. The
State Committee, after discussing and
weighing this matter carefully, decided
that in view of the fast that a large
portion of the delegates are to be
selected by districts, and that only the
delegates at large are to be selected by
the State Convention that to call upon
our people to leave their farms and
various vocations during this busy
season simply for the purpose of select
ing a delegates at large would be too
great a sacrifice OF both time and
money.
Therefore, the full meeting of the
committee recommended that the dele
gates at large be selected by the State
Executive Committee, and that the
delegates to be selected by the districts
be selected by the Congressional Com
mittee Of their respective districts. Of
course, under our plan of organ zation,
the people of each district have the
right to hold a district convention for
the purpose of selecting delegates for
each district; but inasmuch as the
County Chairman of the Peoples party
of each county of the respective dis
tricts is a member of the Congressional
Committee, and inasmuch as there is
but delegate to be selected from
each county, certainly the people of
each county can trust their County
Chairman to make known their wishes
and to represent them in the meeting
to select delegates as we'll or better than
any other person or delegate could.
Therefore, each Congressional C0m
mittee is as representative a conven
tion for the purpose of selecting dele
gates as any district could desire, or
say absurd, it would be to have five
or ten delegates to go from each county
to a Congressional convention, there to
select only one delegate from each
county to the National Convention
! Certainly each county can trust its
County Chairman to represent them in
this matter-a matter about where is
no difference Of opinion among our
people. I suggest that the people of
each county let their County Chairman
know who they want for a delegate to
the National Convention, 80 that he
will be ready to act when his Congress
sional Committee is called to meet for
this purpose. I would say to our friends
in each county that they should be
sure to recommend to their County
Chairman the name of some good man
for delegate who will be sure to go to
S.. Louis, for We are desirous of hav-
ing a full delegation from the State at
our National Convention.
The Peoples party has elected every
Congressman in Oregon, where an cleo,
ton was held last week. There were
three tickets in the field, and the Peo-
ple's party carried the day over both
of the old parties. The outlook for the
Peoples party in the whole nation
grows brighter each day.
In state and county matters suggest
that we take no action until after the
National Conventions are held. Then
we will have the whole political situa-
tion fully before us.
Yours respectfully,
MARION BUTLER,
Chm'n Peoples party State Elk. Com.
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