The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-08
ACTIVITY ALL ALONG THE LINE
Peoples Party News Officially Re.
ported From Headquarters.
FAVORABLE INDICATIONS BOTH
WEST AND SOUTH.

Peoples Party News Bureau, Headquar-
tiers National Committee, st. Louis,
Mo-, April Z.
| So universal and widespread is activity
in the ranks of the Peoples party, and
SO hearty has been the response to our
call for reports, that the bureau finds itself
in possession of more material than can
readily be compressed into a news letter.
We note with satisfaction the earnest and
enthusiastic tone of our correspondents,
the disappearance of personal and local
| dissensior, the giving up of hobby-rid-
| ing ard the training of our party guns
| upon the enemy, rather than upon friends
| The Maryland Peoples Party State Con-
vention will meet at Baltimore, April 16,
| to select delegates to the National Con-
| vention.
Major Mann Page, of Virginia, national
| president of the Farmers Alliance, and
member from that State of the Peoples
| Party National Committee writes: 81 am
| decidedly of the opinion that the Peoples
| party should not hold their district con-
| should an ELECTORAL ticket be put in the
| field until after the National Convention
| held in July at ST. Louis. and the actions
of the Silver Republicans and Democrats
| have been ascertained as to the forma-
| ton of a joint ticket for president and
| vice president By this delay the claims
Of the Peoples party can be presented to
| the voters much more successfully. as we
will be able to show that we are actheted
solely with view to the interest of the
people and the prosperity of the country.
We should see to it that the financial
| question should be kept prominently be-
fore the people in the coming campaign.
for unless we achieve victory in the line
of our financial demands it will be impOs-
slble for us to gain any substantial ad-
vantage. So anxious am / to see this
great and productive country of ours re-
gain its prosperity and independence, that
we, as true American citizens and faith
full representatives of the people, should
| not allow party to dictate or bind us,
when by united effort on the part OF all
true lovers of our country and it's cause,
we can win a substantial victory and free
| ourselves from the dominating influence
| and control of English and European
| fnanciers"
| Senator Tillman, whom all the anti
| gold-bug public are SO eager to hear. has
been expressing himself in South Caro-
| lima paper as follows: "The differences
in the Democratic party are as irreconcil-
| able now as they were in 1860. The strug-
| gle then was for the eXtention of slavery
in the territories. Now the Issue is,
whether money or the people, shall rule.
| AS l see it, the convention is bound to
| split again when it meets. No fair deal
l>0 H.
| foisted on us the silver plank in the last
| national platform. No fair dealing can
| be expected from the men who defeated
Hardin in Kentucky last fall and have
| just prevented the election of Blackburn.
| Amy straddle will cause the Populists and
silver men to sweep the South and West,
and the Democratic party will be only a
| name and become third party
From California Brother NJ. E. Dit
man, of Redd.ng, writes contracting for
| the NeWs-L Letter, and expressing the hope
that it may before the election be extend
ed to Geographic service. He says: THE
| erroneous reports that went out last No
vember have done much harm, and many
PopulistS are yet of the opinion that re-
form is on the decline in all sections, ex-
cept where they happen to reside" He
reports accessions to our ranks and good
| VI SduiZluS WCIh Ill HIS SldCc.
California is falling into line, and where
two years ago we had no organization we
| have reason to hope for success this fall"
Hon. T. N. H. Shanahan is recent ac-
cession from the Democratic ranks there
| County and municipal tickets are to be
| nominated with every prospect of cleo
| ton.
From Oregon Charles A. Fitch of the
| national committee writes: "The cam
| paign is progressing splendidly. The
| Portland Central committee has bought
the Peoples Party Post. Every paper is
| now in line for an honorable union in St.
Louis
The Silver Party of Kansas has organ
| lied by electing a state committee and
calling for state convention to elect del
egates to st. Louis. A. C. Shinnis, chair
man, and VIM. P Tomlinson secretary
The Peoples Party Club of Oshkosh
| Wis, after reaffirming our declarations
| for financial reform, adopted the follow
| ing resolutions: The railroads of the
country having reached period in their
| history when it is possible for them to
assume the role of dictator instead of
| continuing rendering service as public
servants, should be placed under a sys-
| tenn of rigid control. We favor Govern
| men ownership of these public highways
| and as method of education upon this
subject, that it may be made plain that
public control is possible and practicable.
we demand that the Government fore
close the mortgage held by it against the
Union Pacific Railroad, and that the
same shall be conducted as public en-
! terprise in the interests of the pleople."
We note the election in the following
| delegates to the National Convention:
| From the Seventh Congressional District
of Indiana, Leroy Templeton and Sylves-
| ter Fisher. From the Twelfth District.
! w. T. c. Francis and H. H. Haines
| From the Sixteenth Congressional Dis
| trict of Ohio. J. w. Warner and J w.
Swindler, instructed for John Seitz and
Hugo Preyer as delegates-at-l arge
From Pennsylvania, the delegates-at-
| large are R. A. Thompson, John H. Stew
ems, George w. Dawson, Jerome B. Aiken
and c. F. Taylor
| From Phoenix, Arizona, John o. White.
editor Of the Arizona Populist, reports
favorably of party growth, and mentions
among the causes, local oppression by
railroad. and irrigation companies, dis
gust at the. present administration, Sen
ator Aliens course in regard to the tariff
bill, and an honest, capable "hassayam-
per- to Represent them in congress, Gen.
VIM. O'Neill.
George Wilson, of Lexington, Mo-, au-
thor of the Financial Philosophy, or the
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