The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-04-08
no cOnYKRgscE NEEDED.

1 emph1s passed . resolution Fsquoss-
NJ Chairman Butler to call . meet
ng Of the National Committee At an |
,arly date for the purpose Of calling |
. general conference of the Peoples
Party. The National Chairman
knowing that it would be difficult to
get q quorum Of the committee to-
Lether If . committee meeting
should be called at this time, and
not desiring to put those who would
make sacrifices to attend to needless
expense, mas submitted the question
10 each member OF the National
Committee by letter.
THE CAUCASIAN is not yet advised
as to the sentiment of the National
on this question, but if
the members of the National Com
mittee are representative Populists,
as We suppose they are, they viii
certainly put their foot dow on 1t e
scheme. 1t is Impossible
to hold such a conference at this
time and have it representative in
character. If q conference that was
not representative should undertake
to speak for the party it would cause
no end of friction and irritation.
But even if it were possible to
have large and representative con-
ference, what could it do at this
timei 1t could pass resolution re-
affirming the National platform of
the Peoples Party, but what good
could that dot Everybody in the
party endorses the platform, and if
the time and money that would be
spent in holding a conference were
used to convince men in the old par
ties that our platform and principles
are right, it would be vastly more
beneficial and sensible.
The conference could pass reso-
luton that the Peoples Party was a
distinct, Independent, and perma.
nent political factor; that it was q
new party that had come into exist
ence because there was need for it
that it would not only continue tt
live, but that it would continue t.
grow and push the fight for humani
ty. Every member of the party
would endorse such resolution, bu
what good could it do to hold a con
ference to pass such a resolution
There is practically nothing els
that conference held at this tim
could do, unless it were to go c,az,
and determine to injure the party b,
doing many unwise and foo'isl
thing.
There is one thing that the confer
enco would not do if it representa-
the sentiment Of ths Populists 0
the country. 1t would not try
commit the Peoples Party at thi
time to future policy, which polio
cannot be lntelligently outlined ur
til we shall have before US develop
ments that will transpire betwee
! now and the time when the part
. must hold a convention to act. N
, man, unless he is either misguided {
else bent on mischief, could want L
party to do so foolish a thing as
r get on the housetops and commit i
t self at this time to a certain polio
9 to be adopted in the future, whe
= no man, however wise, can tell VIII,
e will transpire between now ar
: then, and what the political necess
Q ties and exigencies will be two yea
q and four years hence.
2 AS far as the differences in o,
9 party are concerned, they cannot
q cured by conference. 1t wou
> simply aggravate them. Time al
Q events alone can cure those diffe
8 ences. Time will teach who is rig
Q and who is wrongs events will she
J, what course is right and what cour
d is wrong, for the future. No co
ference, however Representative
held at this time can bind any
It ture convention of the Peoples Pa
d ty. When the peoples delegat
r. meet IN convention they will tn
t. and there do what seems to the
t. wisest and best for the Peoples Pr
10 ty and the advancement of its pr
y ciples. If it is wise to hold CO
Q. fereRce at this time, then it would
is equally wise to hold National CO
y vention and nominate ticket a
er adopt platform now for 1900.
y true Populist, whose sole concern
for the Advancement of the pri
ciples of his party and the bett,
ment of the conditions of human
10 can at this time know the b,
=. course to pursue two years from n
" and four years from now to advan
At those principles and to serve t
D. cause of good government. All
=, 4 does know and can say at this til
=. is that when the time comes to ,
" that be will pursue that cou1
es which will most surely restore pr
10 perity, and enact iato law the or,
at Fundamental principles of 90,
m rights to all and special privilef
is to none, for which We have so 10
commended NJ. b
d. CATCH AT A STRAW
n The CAUCASIAN deplores the
-. nesslty of a continued # ors to sh
ne up the cavillings and dishon
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