The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
THE PEOPLES PARTY,
Thirty First Assembly District Club
Afiirms Its Loyalty to the
Prin cipIes.

Pursuant to the call OF the organizing
committee of the Peoples party, ninety
six voters of the Thirty-frst Assembly
District met at Trades building, ISL Mis-
sion street, and signed the roll of the
Peoples party. U. A. Lewis called the
meeting to order and the club was formed
forthwith.
George D. Gillespie was unanimously
chosen as chairman OF the club and C. +.
Peck secretary and treasurer.
After appointing captains for the sew
eral precincts and transacting other rou-
tine work the following resolutions, pre-
sented by George d. Gillespie, were un an
imously adopted:
Resolved, That we, the members of the Peo.
ple's party Thirty-frst Assembly District Club,
do here and now reatfirm our answering al
legiance TO the Peoples party National, State
and municipal principles of government
Resoivsd, further. That We are unalterably
opposed to fusion in all of its ramifcat1ons
And whereas There has lately been consid.
erable discussion upon the necessity for non
partisan movement in the City OF San Fran
cisco Tor the ensuing municipal cam paign of
1896.
ResolUed, That we are opposed to any member
OF the Peoples party aiding financially or
abettlng in anv manner of whatsoever name
or nature such non-part;san movement as is
destined to discourage the efficacious organic
alton of the Peoples party in this City, which
must of necessity result in an injury to our
party, not only in obtaining speedy control of
the munlclpal government of this CITY, but
the apparent lack of unity among Populists in
local affairs will lose many votes for our Ma
tional ticket, and be it further
Resolued, That we desire to place ourselves
on record as opposing any nom partisan scheme
as one calculated to deceive the credIlous
voter. We make this assertion upon the hy-
pothesis that 20 man ever did or can rise one
iota above his party in the aggregate and for
such person or persons 10 withdraw them
selves iron their several parties upon the as
sumption that they are more honest.
patriotic or better qualified to guarantee TO
the citizen clean, honest and efficient admin
lStrauon OF the municipal affairs by calling
themselves "Non-P Partisan party" which IN
itself is an enigma and travesty upon party
discipline, and is, to say the least absurd
and egosistic, and places the responsibility
entirely upon the shoulders of individuals
who have no party ties and no party to dts
rupt by their acts ii they be bad, which, in our
opinion, is in contradiction to all the perma-
nent political evolution OF the past ages. We
believe that all permanent political progress
in municipal self-government, as well as State
and National government, must be the result
OF certain fundamental principles, which
take root primordial, commencing with
the common people in each precinct
and. and extending through all the
vision until it has sanctified the err
mine of the bench and seized upon the dig
nified positions Of Congress and the chief ex-
ecutive of the Nation. And this can only be
done by National party erystallized by the
unifcation of its membership with principles
SO clear that even the wayfaring man can see
through them, and yet so solid that the finan-
cial wolves OF the world can hurl themselves
to death against the bland and placid dogmas
without leaving single mar or blemish upon
the crystal truth of its face
The meeting then adjourned for one
week