The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-12-02
THE ANT|-FUS|ON POPU[|SIS
MEETING OF ORGANIZATION COM
MIrrEE OF THE MIDDLE-oF-
THE PIKE FACTION.
.A HARMONY ADDRESS RELIED OFF
National POpulist Committee III
yited t. Meet with Them on
January IL, 1S0S-Plntform
Suggestions for 1900.

ST Louis. Nov. 24.-After an all-night
session of the national organization com
mittee, representing the middle-of-the-
road faction of the populist party, they
rcconvencd today behind closed doors
This afternoon Abe Steinberger of Kan
sas gave out the following address as
having been unanimously adopted by the
committee:
"Recognizing the Importance of active
and aggressive work to the end OF lining
ND all the reform forces for future cam
paigus, w, the national organization COM
mittee of the peoples party, hereby can
n meeting of said committee at the La
clede hotel. st. Louis, Mo-, for January
II. 1898 TO the end of restoring per-
feet harmony in the ranks OF the party
and effecting Il more compact orsanlAa,
ton, we respectfully invite the nalonal
committee of the people $ party to meet
with us in conference ut the above date,
onnpalng TO their patriotic sense of duty
to aid us in restoring to its once splehdlu
state our party organization. r
Feeling il is due to the members OF
the peoples party to outline the OBJECTS
of this call we submit the following:
I'VE recommend the holding of Il ma
tional nominating convention on the hrst
Wednesday in April in 1898.
1--WE recommend the holding of state
conventions, at which delegates to the ma
tional convention shall be chosen, on tEe
third Wednesday in March, 1898.
1--WE recommend that the nominations
of congressman be delayed until. after
the holding of the national convention.
1--WE recommend that the platform on
which the contests for 1899 and l9oO
are waged shall embody the following
propositions: ,,
"First-Absolute paper money, Dasea
upon every commodity and resource OF
the nation full legal tender and recelV-
able for all dues to the United States,
"Second-Free coinage of gold and sill
YER mt the present legal ratio. the com
debts of the United States payable III
either at the option of the government;
"Third-All money TO be issued by the
government and paid out direct to the
people for services rendered or 10 ne
loaned to them at low rate of interest
on safe security and without the inter
vcntion of private banks, provided that
the volume of the currency shall not
exceed $50 per capita.
"FOurth-G Government ownership and
operation of railroads, telegraph and tele-
phone lines.
"Fifth-Opposition to alien ownership
and holding of land for speculative pur-
poses.
"Sixth-Opposition to court-made law.
Seventh-Oppostion TO trusts.
"Eighth-We especially recommend
the initiative and referendum and the i'm
perative mandate
Milton Park. the chairman of the
committee. said he believed the, address
embodied the platform on which the pO-
ple of the United States would stand and
give hearty support. At the meeting to
he held next January in st. Louis. Mr..
Park said he believed there would be
many prominent populists from all sec
tions of the country. Whether or not
the national committee would attend, he
said. he did not know. but even if it did
not his committee would go on and make
its nomination for president in 1900.