The age-herald., 1897-11-25
HARMONY WANTED
 BY POPUL|STS Middle of the Road Wing Call a
 Meeting OF THE RANK AND FILE To Convene in St. Louis January 12 Next
 For Organization AND TO RESTORE PARTY HARMONY National Comm $. of tn. People. Par. ty InV'vi to Join Them. AN 0UTLV$ OF PARTY PRINCIPLES GIVEN Absoly {" "aper Money, Based on Every Com! Y
 mo- y and Resource of the Nation, Free Coinage at Present Ratio and Gov-
 ernment Ownership Clause.
National cOmms',e of the Peoples Par.
 ty Inv'~i to Join Them.
AN ouTLgS OF PARTY PRINCIPLES GIVEN

St. Louis, Nov 24.-After an all nights mites, repre senting the middle-oflthe- road faction of the populi:t party con- secretary, A. B. Sternberger, gave out the following resolutions as having been unanimously signed by the, committee;
 Considering the usefulness of effective and aggressive work to the end of lining up all reform forces for future cam- pagns, we, the national organization committed of the peoples party, hereby call meeting of said committee at ths LaClede hotel St. Louis, for January 12, 1898 to the end of restoring perfect har- mony in the ranks of the party and af- fecting moIre compact organization, we respectfully invite the national commit tee of the peoples party to act with us in conference of the above date appeal ing ta thedr patriotic sense of duty to aid us in restoring to fits one-time splendid estate our party organization
 Feeling it due to the masses of the peoples party to outline the objects of this call we submit the following:
 We recommend holding of nati5naa nominating convention on the first Wednesday in Aprll, 1898.
 We recommend the holding of state conventions fer the chosing of delegates the first Wednesday in March, 1898.
 prOpOsftfons Submitted
 ."We recommend that the platform ori which the contest for 1899 and 1900 be wag d should embody the following propositions:
 "First-Absclute paper money, based on every commodity anl1 resource of the nation; full lsga1 tender and receive- able for all d ifbts by the United States
 ''Second-F'ree coinage of silver at the present legal ratio. The coin debts of the United States payable in sither at the option of the government.
 ''rhlrd-ATl money to be issued by thu government and to bs paid out to the people for services rendered. or to be loaned them at a low rate of interest on safe security and without the inter-
 
 vention of private banks, provided that the volume of the currency shall not exceed $50 per capita.
 "Fourth-Governmen ownership and operation of railways, tsTegraphs and telephone lines.
 "F,ifth-Opposttd-n t1 alien ownership and of holding 1anIlts for speculative pur- poses. "Sixth-Opposition to courtlmade law. "Seventh-Opposition to trusts.
 'Eighth-We especially recommend ths initiative and referendum and the im- perative mandate
 Milton Park, the chairman of the com- mittee, said he believed the address em- bodied the platform upon which the peo- pie of the United States would stand and give hearty support. At the meeting to be held next Jan- uary in St. Louis, MT. Park said that he believed that thede would be many prominent populists from all sections of the country. Whether or not the na- iiional committee would attend he said he did not know, but even if it did not his committee would go cn and make it's own nomination for president in 1900.