The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-11
OFFICIALLY DECLARE THEY WILL
NO LONGER TRAIN WITH
SILVERITES.
THEIR ALLIANCE ENDED.
DISINTEGRATION WOULD RESULT
FROM CONTINUAL ADVOCACY
o., WHITE METAL.
HAVE NO PLANS FOR FUTURE.
National Convention of Leaders to
Discuss the Situation Sug-
gested.

BOSTON, Jan. 10.-George F. Wash
burn, member Of the Peoples party
national executive committee. today is
sued an address to the Populists Of the
United States. In part the address
is as follows
We are to be congratulated upon the growth
OF our party, and the fact that in the re-
cent election nearly half of the voters Of
the Union Endorsed much of our platform.
NO party ever achieved a more brilliant sue
cess In so brief time Although handi-
capped In the late campaign, we emerge
from the contest stronger than ever. Our
party alone has voting force larger than
that which elected Lincoln, and an able,
effective reform press of nearly 2, 600 papers.
We elected several governors, as we'll as hun
dreds of other state, 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.
we united with the silver forces in the
recent campaign, not because we believe free
coinage Of silver is the solution of the finan-
clal problem, but because It would better
existing conditions, would meet with the
least resistance and would become the en-
tering wedge for our main ISSUE viz, full
legal tender paper money issued and regu-
lated by the government alone Having
proved our loyalty at the polls, we are free
to act separately on advanced 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
victory for our cause.
The Democratic party proposes to continue
the silver fight. Two parties cannot exist
on the same issue. The greater absorbs the
smaller. Therefore, If we remain mere camp
followers Of another party, disntegration
will result. Our party success alone forced
the Democrats to adopt the Chicago platform
and nominate a Popocrat for president Con-
verts made by party regularity cannot be
trusted With the reforms of the future.
We are not Democrats, and cannot be
ciassed as such. We simply united for a
single campaign. The Democratic party ia
but the rear guard of our own. We do not
stand for redemption money but for scien-
tifc dollar, kept invariable by proper regu-
lation of the money volume. Then why
should a high school scholar graduate re-
enter the intermediate grade? Our grandest
achievements are in the future.
The proposed retirement of the greenbacks
and the discussion of the Pacific railroad
question will bring before congress the two
strongest measures of our platform and
Whatever Issues the other parties may adopt
the logic Of events will SO force upon both
congress apd the people the consideration Of
these measures as to overshadow all others
and win to our ranks thousands of voters
from both the Republican and Democratic
parties.
/ suggest that national conference of
party leaders and workers be held as soon
as practicable, that we may have a full and
free expression OF opinion regarding our fu-
ture work. We hope, therefore, that the re-
form press will give the fullest possible ex-
position of their views on this important suh-
1ect; and our friends are invited to write
me, or our national chairman, expressing
their ideas on the independent party action
herein proposed.