The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-08-06
FUSION IN MISSOURI
POPULISTS READYTO CON-
SIDER THE MATTER.
ftafo Committee Empowered to Act fof
. Division OF Presidentlal Electors-O.
D. Jones Nominated for Governor
The Platform and Fusion Addressa.

d Jones Nominated Tor Governor
Tho Platform and Fusion Addressa
SEpALIA. Mo-, Aug. 2.-The follow
ing ticket was nominated by the Pop
ulist state conventions:
Governor-O. d. Jones OF Knox
county.
Lieutenant governor--James ID. Hill
lis of Harrison county.
Secretary of state-Major Thomas
Day of Henry county.
State auditor-Sheridan Webster OF
ST. Louis city.
State treasurer-D. Oscar Wood of
Charlton county.
Attorney general-Judge Frank E
Richie of St Louis.
Railroad commissioner-D. NJ. Coan
of Chr istian county.
Supreme judge-John M. Voorhees,
of Livingston county.
Judges court of appeals-St. Louis
district, John w. North of Neosho;
Kansas City district. e. N. Elliott OF
Kansas City.
Address to the People.
"The Peoples party of Missouri DOS not
propose to surrender its id,ntit5 or Organiza-
ton; its missio, is n 1t accomplished But for
it in our opinion. tho Chicago convention
could and would no. have made its platform
nor nom mated William J. Bryan a, its candi-
date We ask and seek union OF forces IN
our state such that its vote ma: b, cast in the
electoral ollegs for Bryan an Watson Tho
nom nation of tn, ons may not be agree-
able to scctiOnali m eass of tho Missis-
sippi river, tina. OF the Other north OF
Mason and Dixo IS line. Tho issue is being
clearly made. On the nc side ara the usur-
ers, money changers AMI gold gamble-s OF
Europe and their American allies asserting
that the ext sting gold standard must be main
tanned" Until thcir European masters con-
sen. 20 some hing to axe its pla &c that. serves
their pu pose better thai purpose l. gre as
it has bccn in Europe for century, to subju-
gate the pcopl, to En- Industrial AMI II incial
debt se.f tom On the other side at sS,ko IS
the indus.r Il and financial lib ,rty AMI indie.
penIencc of our coun.r', tn maintenance OF
the Rep bile, the abolition OF British domina-
ton of Europ IAN debt s,rfdom
Between su n contests on such an ISSUE
there is but on 81 10 for us Since Mckinley,
though unwillingly. ha, consented to stand as
the exp Dncnt end standard bearer of European
politics finance an dominat on of our country,
in this c,mpagn W, now offer to all voters
and parties of our State an honorable alliance
for this campaign by a union OF forces on
ational electors on any basis thit Is fair, just
md legal, to thu end that Mckinley and Nc
kinleysm, above define |, may b, buried
under 10 Per cent of its votes Although Wa
have in the absence OF any understanding
nominated State and full electoral ticket yet
We now tender and off, to a complete union
OF forces in the us, Of all honorable means to
secure the great ends AID interests at stake.
II thi- p OPPOSITION is INST by the voters in our
state il the brit Of -Oslty and patr iOtism
in which it is ma de- stand ready with tho
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to victory. II it is rejected, We will stand as
We have stood on the onl, platform that, in
our Opinio1, can give an adequate and pcrma-
ment relief to our people.
I'VE stand for the Western continent for tho
republics America and her sort of Amegic ms
homes for the hOmelcss-the fruits of their
toll for the labOrers, tbs abolition o. the in
dustrial serftlom. of perpetual publ: and p j.
vate debts. the est n blishment of an America
system of MONEY. finance and general policy
and the banishment Of B.i ish and European
influence and domination from our country.
And to the maintenance o: those, wheth VI aided
~ many or few. VIC mutually pledge and c. n
eec. ate all the means and powers that God has
tut in our hands"
The convention by the adoption of
She address. conferred upon the new
state committee plenary powers to
effect a fusion with the Democrats on
presidential electors and other officers.
w. q. AtkiSon of Butler, offered
substitute for a straight Populist cleo
toral ticket, and when it was defeated
he walked out of the hall
The Platform.
Tho Peoples party of MIS- ou-i IN st ITO
convention assembled. Iffrms the natio1a
platform adopted July 2. 1896.
Nv declare on tho money question. that We
believe in a national issue of government
none. direct to tn people without tn inter-
vention Of hanks, sufficient to do the business
Of the country on a cash basis, and mad, re
ceivable in payment of all debts dues and ,!e-
man DIS. public and private. We further declare
Tor the fire., and unlimited ,inag, of both gold
and silv at the ratio OF lG to and their ap-
plication to this payment Of our nationald,bt
"We also 'clare onr un ,ltcrable oppO sitio1
20 the issue Of intere st-bcarin, oblig ,tions Of
the United Stat at any tins.
I'VE demand the en- lctment Of q statute pro.
vidng that all evidences OF debt. not in judg-
ment shall be presented to the assessor AMI
assessed and have his stamp upon them to be
oolleotabie by law.
I'VE domaad that mortga9ed props,t; shall
b as eseed to the mortgagOr and mortSa geo
accor ling to their respective interests and the
mortgasor shal pay his proportion rs We; rs
that II tho mo-tgaS,e. and the tax receipt
shali bc evidence and entitls him in law to a
credit on his debt to the amount pa ID for the
mO0g0geA
'The fees and salaries of some of our Off ials.
Federal, State and county. are far above the
earnings of labor in othe: av,cations I, life,
and VIC demand that they shall be reduced to
level with toll in oth,r de- partm m t. of labor
''We demand the enactment of such laws ON
he subject OF Ian l and land tenure tina. poor
famili s shall b able by reasonable efforts to
se,ure email land hol ings for homes To this
end VIC declare that no ali,a should own land in
this state; nor shall any railroad or Other cor.
poration hold any land not nscessar, to tn,
exercise Of its duties commo. carriers
We believe that every reason that can Ia
given why Federal and Stat, constitutions
and amendmea t. should bc witt n in full
submitted to. and read. understood and nc
copied or rejected by the vo.er, can b, given
With equal fore, tn show that al important
staiutJr5 law should be so written and un FER.
stood BY the voter and accepted or RECESSED by
vote at the polls We therefore, favor tho
enac tmcnt Of such organic laws ss shall re-
Quire the same safeguards in tn. enactment
Of l important statutory or Or sani. law by
some systcm OF In tiative and referendum.
We demand. in tbs interest "a tbs American
wase-earnsr, who b now in open competition
with the paupcr and lowest labor conditions of
tho whole world. to afford just and ADEQUATE
DfOt0ctiOl To Own Ii ~l.s, 1T.