The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-11

BOSTON, Jan. fo-George F. Wash
burn member OF the Peoples party ma
tionai executive committee, today issued
an address 10 the Populists of the United
States. In part the address is as follows:
I'VE are to be congratulated upon the
growth of our party and the fact that In
the recent election nearly half or the
voters or the Union Endorsed much OF our
platform. No party ever achieved more
brilliant success in such a brief time.
Although handicapped in the late cam
paign. we emerge from the contest
stronger than ever. Our party has
voting force larger than that which elect
ed Lincoln, and an able. effective reform
press of nearly 1900 papers We elected
several governors, as well as hundreds or
state and county and town officials. We
hold the balance of power in the United
States senate, and have four times as
many congressman as ever before.
I'VE united with the silver forces IN
their campaizn-not because we believe
free coinage Of silver is the solution OF the
financial problem. but because 1t would
better existing conditions, would meet
with the least resistance and would De-
come the entering wedge for our main
issue. viz: full legal tender paper money,
issued and regulated by the government
alone Having proved our loyalty at the
polls we are free to act separately on adj
vanced lines and to emphasize the real
issues our party was born 10 advocate.
We cannot IN honor lay down our arms
and cease our activity until the war for
which we are enlisted has ended IN We
tory for our cause.
1.-THE Democratic party proposes TO con-
tinue the silver fight. Two parties cannot
exist on the same issue. The greater
absorbs the smaller. Therefore, If we re-
main mere camp followers of another
party, disintegration will result. Our
&Ao1 IN ia
to adopt the Chicago platform and NOM
mate a Popocrat for president. Converts
made by party regularity cannot be trust
ed with the reforms of the future.
1--WE are not Democrats and cannot be
cIassed as such. We simply united for
a single campaign. The Democratic par
ty is but the rear guard for our own.
We do not stand for redemption money,
but for a scientific dollar, kept inyariable
BIZ proper regulation of the money vol
ume Then why should a high school
graduate re-enter the intermediate grade?
Our grandest achievements are in the
future.
THE proposed retirement OF the green
backs and the discussion of the Pacific
railroad question will bring before con-
gress the two strongest measures OF our
platform: and whatever issues the two
other parties may adopt, the logic OF
events will soon force upon both congress
and the people the consideration of these
measures so as to overshadow all others,
and win to our ranks thousands Of voters
from both the Republican ans Democratic
parties.
IT suggest that a national conference
OF party leaders and workers be held as
soon as practicable. that we may have
full and free expression OF opinion re-
car1ing our future work. We hope. there
fore. that the reform press will give the
fullest possible expression of their views
on this important subject. and our friends
are invited to write me or our national
chairman, expressing their ideas on the
independent party action herein pro-
posed