The herald., 1897-02-22
Meet to Talk Over Peoples
Patty Plans
ALL IS NOT HARMONIOUS
And Already There Is Talk Of a Pos.
sible Bolt
Feel That the Other Fellow Must
Take All the Advances
Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 21.-Hundreds
of delegates to the annual convention
of the Reform Press association have
arrived and more are expected on the
morning train.
The convention will be called to order
by Paul D. vandervoort and the ad-
dress of welcome and responses will oc-
cupy the entire morning.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Wander
WORT will deliver his annual address.
G. L. Spence of the Parker sburg, W.
Va, Silver Tribune was among the
days arrivals. Mr.. Spence is & thor
ough Peoples party man, but is not one
of the middle of the road" faction. He
said that he was for fusion when it
strengthened the principles advocated
by the third party and 1t could be effect
ed on equitable grounds He lntimate5
that If the meeting which begins here to-
morrow undertook to read Senator But
Ter and other Peoples party men think
ing like him out Of the party there will
be bolt from the nice ting.
Vandervoort is opposed to fusion Of
any sort. He said the Democratic par
ty absorbed the Greenpacls.rs by adopt
ing their principles and did the same
thing few years later when the Ma
tional Union party was organized. He
points out that they tried to fool the
people in the recent campaign as the
Peoples party ano partially succeeded
I'VE were sidetracked for a WHILE"
said Mr.. Vandervoort. "But we will
get back in the middle of the road again.
This Memphis meeting will be the ta-
ginning of an era of life in the Peoples
party. 1t will be put on the straight
road again and than the working cry
will be heard from ore end of the cour-
try to the other. The reform press has
just begun the fight"
IN MISSOURI.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. o1-Reform ed
itors have been arriving all day to at
tend the conference of the National Re-
form Press association called Gy Chair
man Arthur Roselie OF the Missouri
state Peoples party committee and also
secretary-treasurer of the National as
sociation, to meet here tomorrow.
Chairman Roselle was among the first
to arrive.
About one hundred delegates will be
here" he said to an Associated Press
representative, lard everything looks
bright for successful meeting"
Continuing, Mr.. Roselle said they
would proceed with their business with
out reference to the Memphis gathering
which would be entirely ignored.
1--WE are in the right" said he, land
any overtures for peace must come from
the Memphis people"
Apparently such overtures are ex-
pected, Mr.. Roselle giving the substance
of a message received from Senator
| William V. Allen at Washington, in
which the latter counseled holding open
! the Kansas City meeting for a day or
| two after the Memphis messing.
"Washburn goes to Memphis" the
message read. His mission all right.
| Hold open Kansas City meeting for a
| day or two after meeting, until you hear
| from him and Vincent"
! This would be done, Chairman Roselle
said, in answer to a query, the local
meeting lasting for at least two days.
| Whether Washburn or Vincent or both
finally came here was a matter Of con-
! lecture, he added. There will be sew
eral questions of more or less Importance
but with no particular political signifi-
canoe touched upon. The gathering
will be called to order Monday morning
at 10 o'clock by Chairman Roselle, who
will make a brief address setting forth
the motive of the call. Among those
who arrived today and who will partici-
pate in the meeting were Grand Master
Workman Sovereign of the Knights of
Labor; Editors Murphy and Heath of
Kansas; j. r. Gass and E. E. Meredith
of Iowa; J. Edgerton, secretary Of TIE
| National association.