Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-23
REFORM PRESS MEN GATHER
Both Factions Among the Editors Hold
Their Conventions,
AT KANSAS CITY AND AT MEMPHIS
Sovereign Chief Among Those Who
Meet in the Missouri Town-Pnui
Nnndcrvoort Leads Shc
other Wing.

KANSAS CITY. Feb 22-The populst edi-
| tors who refused to recognize the authority
of Paul Vandervoort in calling a meeting of
! the National Reform Press association at
! Memphis, Tenn. met in the parlors Of the
! Hotel Ashland today for the purpose of or
! ganizing a new association. The gathering
was the outcome Of call issued by Arthur
! Roz1lle, secretary treasurer of the national
association and chairman of the Missouri
state peoples party committee, for the pur-
! pose "of organizing and perpetuating rea'
! peoples press association"
Among the editors here are General Mas
! ter Workman Sovereign of the Knights of
Labor, who holds membership as the head
OF the knights of Labor official journal; ;
Frank C. Richter Clayton, Ala; NJ. " Car
rol, Lamar, Mo-; Il. II. Jones' Canon City,
Colo. f. S. Mickey. Hebron, Neb.; J. w.
| Tanner, Fullerton Neb.; p. d. 3tue. Ander-
son. Mo-. G. e. Brown. Hastings, Neb.; ;
| j. b. Berry, Greeley, Neh J. A. Edgerton,
| Lincoln, Neb.; Warwick Sanders, Columbus
| Neb; j. f.. Abyn, York Neb; Leo Vincent,
! Guthrie, Okl.; j. NJ. Gass, Des Moines, Ia.
Il. w. Stuart. Colby, Kan. j. *. Rogers,
! Burlington, Kan; A. D. Wagner, Harvey
Vile, Kan. j. V. Wolfe commissioner OF
public land and buildings, of Nebraska ana
! j. w. Edgerton, railroad commissioner of
the same state, are also present. There will
be papers from various editors and many
! miscellaneous matters will be considered
during the meeting. Officers will be chosen
and q place fixed for tho next annual meet
| ing.
The meeting was called to order at 10:45
| o'clo2k by Chairman Rozelle, who made
| brief address. He said:
STATES TIE SITUATION.
"Eriends md Co-yvorl,ers of tho Roror,,
Press: In calling this meeting to order
and before proceeding with temporary or
tboca ,,ho arc mt familiar win tho sitnotion
,yith tho racts leadIng nm to tbis n,ovenoent
If ia ,nt my dssirn tn sav ANYTHING tbot ,na,.
tenI tn widen tho differences that have
crown nm hatu,aen some of orr editors or
SLd 10 iIio .,,o,,foi,s oo,C1itiors i,, tbo ,srt,,
iti cr,' ~ ~ th o,,+ ,,il bi
60, n,,,, GiGio,,itias tbat nav oyist Tbo
n,ost nf Won are familiar with the orraniza-
ton of the National Reform Press associa-
ton at Cincinnati on the 10th of May 1891
at which time the peoples party was formed,
which organization has, unfortunately de-
clined in membership and interest until at
the present time not more than fifty of the
200 populist editors claim any connection
with the organization, and rot a dozen, if
indeed one of these is in good standing
with dues fully paid as required by the con
. stitution The reasons for this unorganigcd
condition are very generally known and il is
hardly necessary to engage in lengthy
discussion OF them at this time
However. for the benefit OF those VINO
NAV be uniuformed I desire to state that
the work of disinteEratiCn began at Dallas
Tex. a wear ago when the last president
of the association was elected, since which
tip1o he has pursued rule or ruin policy.
endcavoriug to destroy those whom he could
not control He has in his official capacity
arra we'd n considerable norton of our editors
in omen rebellion against the constituted
party authorities. and by refusing to concur
in t6c action of the last national convention
ana should be recognized as bolter. if he
was ever. indeed. a true popuiist His recent
acticn in arbitrarily issuing call for the
Meeting at Memphis without first having the
secretary take a vote of the executive board
as provided by the constitution. is character
stic of his methods and should not be
tolerated by any true reformer
INTENTION or vANDERVOORT
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anu men tho +ban
we resuial piity o' rSn+ az
io'lu enGoui se';ient ~ tiao Rudiy
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disrupt our lolteS III tne s'e"' 'l.-' morn ~, o
politlcal [elolHla.loi "liun s sT
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trust our enoLts wiz ,' De III e'tem o,,,
no nMed plosi an lii' 'i5i ueoi a, 'I a,,L
70 rarfoati,a tnd t,,,nrarv organi1ation was
taken mn. + v, Wolfe of Nebraska was
3 nominated for Temporary chairman. but
declined to serve. saving that while he was
tb0ro,gbIv in svmpathy with the objects of
. tho n,eeting he was not at present actively
enpared in newspaper work. Leo
Vi9cort oF Cutbrip OK one of the leading
? nonrlists of The territory was named and
, npn,nntiy elected
Si,nirroon vincent assumed the chair and
, ,itbnm+ n,al,irg on addross called for the
49, -, hrsiness A discussion over the
,ot,or of c,odonIiaIs arosc and Chairman
Winoort said thot The nresent meeting would
", oo,idrad thc rer,,ior one nf tbo WotionaI
prSlrr, ~ press ossociation and that those
i3i., ~, oan,horsbins IN tba national orJor
y,,Id 5 little
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