The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-06-11

Yrom The Chaifmsa ~ The state x>see-
tive Co0mtssss 81 The PosUess PnsfJ
with E<S~senes 70 The sissssasa 81 Dss-
sgnses TO The National Fespsss PostS
Convention.

sg.ses TO The S.sfsaai Peoples Pasty
Convention
To Th> Feopi>s Party Of North casoliaa:
Having received several letters
inquiring AS TO the action Of the
Peoples Party State committee with
reference. 10 the selection OF dele
gates TO the National convention OF
the Peoples Party, at st. Louis on
July 22ad. / have deemed il best to
answer them all in this manner,
through the columns OF the press.
The State committee At its late
meeting, after due dellberation, de-
cided that it was not advisable to
hold the State convention OF the
Peoples Party tor the purpose OF
nominating a candidate for GoveT-
nor and for the other State Offices
until after the national convention
of the Peoples Party was held. This
being settled, the next question WAS
the holding of q State convention for
the purpose of electing delegates to
the national convention. The State
committee, after discussing and
weighing this matter carefully, de-
cided that in view of the fact that q
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 vacations during
this busy season simply for the pur-
pose of selecting few delegates-at-
large would he too great a sacrifice
| of both time and money.
Therefore, the full meeting of the
committee recommended that the
delegates large be selected by the
State Executive Committee, and that
the delegates to be selected by the
districts be selected by the Con-
| gressional committees of their re-
spective districts. OF course, under
our plan of organization, the people
of each district have the right to
hold 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 respec-
tive districts is a member of the
Congressional committee, and mas
much as there is but one delegate to
be selected from each county, GER
tainly the people of each county can
trust their county chairman to make
known their wishes and to represent
them in the meeting to select dele
gates as we'll or better than any
other person or delegate could
Therefore, each Congressional com.
/ mittee is as representative con
vention for the purpose of selecting
delegates as any district could de-
sire, or possibly secure. How use
less, not to say absurd, it would b.
to have five or ten delegates to e
from each county to CONFESSIONS
convention, there to select only on.
delegate from each county to the
national convention. Certainly
each county can trust its county
, chairman to represent them in THU
master-a matter about which there
is no difference of opinion among
our people. I suggest that the PEG
/, pie of each county let their count,
. chairman know who they want for .
delegate to the national convention
so that he will be ready to act whe,
his Congressional committee is call
ed to meet for this purpose. I woul,
= say to our friends in each count,
that they should be sure to recon
g mend TO their county chairman tn
!. name of some good man for delegat
who will be sure to 60 to st. Louis
for we are DESTROYS of having full
delegation from the State At our ma
tional convention.
The Peoples Party has electe'
every Congressman in Oregon, wher
e an election was held last week
There were three tickets in the field
and the Peoples party carried tn
{, day over both Of the old parties
a The outlook for the Peoples Part
: in the whole nation grows brighte
: each day.
t In State and county matters sug
Q gest that we take no action until at
!, u ter the national conventions are held
i Then we will have the whole politi
cal situation before US.
e Yours respectfully,
e MARION BUTLER,
d Chairman Peoples Party State e.