Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-10
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
Movement for o National Or
ganizatIon.
THEY ISSUEA CALL TO ACTION
The Present DisOrganized Condi-
ton Of the Party.
THEY lSSUEA CALL TO ACTION

The Peoples Party National Or
ganiZation committee held a two
day session at st. Louis, November
- aud "a, at the La Clede hotel, and
ISSUED the following:
Recognizing the imp rtance Of i'm
mediate, united and aggressive work
10 secure the lining up OF all refor,I
forces for the approaching campaign,
we. the National Organization COM
nittee of tue Peoples party, hereby
.all meeting of said committee at
!.aclede ho.el, st. Louis, Mo, for jan
uary IL, 1898, and respectfully invite
he National committee OF the PeO.
ple's party to meet with us In confer
ence on the above date, appealing to
their patriotism and sense of duty TO
aid us in Restoring our party organi-
zatiOn to its once splenpid estate.
Feeling it H. due TO the members OF
the Peoples party TO outline the OBJ
jects Of this call, we submit the fol-
lowing recommendations:
CALL TO ACTION.
First-The holding of national
nominating convention on the first
Wednesday in April, 1898.
Second-The holding of state con-
ventiuns during the third week in
March, 1898. for the purpose of select
ing delegates to the national conven-
Jion.
Third That the nomination Of
congressman be delayed until after
The holding of the national conyen-
tion.
Fourth-That the platform on
which the contest for 1898 and 1900 be
waged, should embsdy the following
propositions:
1-Absolute paper money based
upon every commodity and resource OF
the nation, a full legal tender and re-
ceiyable for dues public ana private
in the United States.
2-Free coinage Of gold and silver
at the present legal ratio, the coin
debts of the United States payable In
either at The option OF the govern
ment.
3.-All money be issued by national
government only and paid out direct
to the people for services rendered, or
to be loaned to them at low rate of
interest on safe security, and without
the intervention OF national or pri-
vate banks, provided,that the volume
Of the currency shall not exceed $50
per capita.
4.-Government ownership and oper-
alton Of railroads, telegraph and
telephone lines.
Opposition to alien ownership,
and the holding nf land for specula-
tive purposes.
6.-Opposition to court made law.
7.-OppOsition TO trusts.
VIZ acnooioil poannnan1 thn
Initiative and Referendum and the
Imperative Mandate.
MILTON PARK. Chairman.
w. S. MORGAN, Secretary.
Peoples Party National OrganiZa-
tlon Committee.
The Philadelphia American of De-
cember 4, discusses "the opportunity
OF the Peoples party" as follows;
The Peoples party is disrupted, its
membership grieYously scattere d.
Three years ago il counted two mil
lions of voters, today scarcely as
many huadred of thousands. Thus
has II fallen from its once powerful
estate. Yet there has been no loss OF
tion OF the evils, the inequalities, the
OOoldOiCo w kNhNldl hdB
piness and progress for the removal
of which the Peoples party stood
pledged; agasnst which it was organ
lied as a living protest. On the con-
trary, those evils, those inj lstices
growing out OF an appreciating meas
ure OF value, those inequalities in
transportation rates that make such
thing as equality, equality OF oppor'
tunity In the production OF wealth,
equality of chance in Its enjoyment.
out of the question, are more pro-
nounced than ever and the need OF Il
party, a peoples party that will give
back to the people their own, insure
to them the enjoyment OF their lib
critics, remove these evils and 30 re
store to our people tha5 equality Of
opportunity and chance guaranteed
by the Declaration Of Independence
and consecrated as an inalienable
right of man by the blood of the
patriots that watered the reYOlution-
AIRY battlefield, Is greater than ever
before.
1.-THE members of the Peoples party
are distinguished, distrustful of those
leaders who have led the party To its
disruption, dlstrustful OF one another.
AS a consequence there discord where
there should be union, weakness where
there should be strength. To bring
about union, to reform the shattered
lilies OF the Peoples party, stop the
suicidal pickering, the working with.