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

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
cent election nearly half of the voters of
the Union indorsed much Of our platform.
NO party ever achieved more brilliant sue
cess IN SO brief time. Although handi-
from the contest stronger than ever. Our
party alone has q voting force larger than
that which elected Lincoln and an able,
effective reform press of nearly 1900 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 fnan-
cial problem, but because II 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
to 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, disintegration
Will result. Our party success alone forced
the Democrats to adopt the Chicago platform
and nominate 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
classed as such. We simply united for a
single campaign. The Democratic party is
stand for redemption money, but for a scien-
tihc dollar, kept invariable by proper regu-
latfon of the money volume Then Whv
should 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
the logic Of events will so force upon both
congress apd the people the consideration of
these measures as to oyershadow all others
and win to our ranks thousands of voters
from both the Republican and Democratic
parties.
l suggest that a national conference OF
party leaders and workers be held as soon
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 this important SUBJ
Ject; and our friends are invited to writs
me, or our national chairman expressing
their ideas on the independent party action
herein proposed.