The representative., 1897-08-11

The future is full of promise to the
Peoples party. When the full proceed
ings of the Nashville conference are
fully understood the old guard will be
ready to rally again, and the battle will
be waged in sincerity and in truth
Free Press.
CONGRESSMAN HOWARD'S VIEWS.
Editor Peoples Party Paper:
The Nashville conference has come
and gone, and the life Of the Peoples
party has been saved.
Our enemies, in the two old parties,
who were eagerly looking forward to a
split in our party, and a division in
our ranks, have been terribly disap-
pointed, and are now gnashing their
teeth in impotent rage
The God of Justice is with us and has
sanctioned the decree that the Peoples
party Is born to live and not to die"
No longer will there be dissension or
chickering's in our ranks, but we will
close up our ranks and march to VIC
tory.
Hope will again be enkindled in the
breasts of the Populist host, and or
ganiZe" for the battle of 1900 will he
the Shibboleth.
No true Populist can object to Or
ganizing the party, winning recruits,
and sending forth missionaries to teach
our doctrines. If any so-called Popu-
list should object to our efforts in this
direction, he Is traitor to the cause
and we have no place for him in our
| ranks.
There is no reason in the world why
J our organization committee and our
National Executive committee should
not work harmoniously together
If each desires to build up the Popn-
list party, and speed the doctrines of
freedom, they will do SO.
Let us not bicker about the past, let
us cease to fight among ourselves, and
turn our guns on the enemy.
Let the mistakes of the past be not
stumbling blocks to impede our pro-
gress, but rather let them be mile
posts for our further guidance
The two old parties are our enemies,
because they are owned and controlled
by plutocracy, and it is to our party
that the masses must look for delv-
erance. So let us catch step to the notes
nf
phalanx. Let us forever remain free
from all entangling alliances with other
parties. If we are right let us maintain
our position against all the world
Let every Populist constitute him
self committee of one, to convert his
neighbor and to lead him out of dark
ness into light, out of bondage into
freedom.
Both the old parties are going to
pieces because of their corruption and
rottenness, and if we will stand, like
the rock of Gibraltar, the honest rank
and file will come to us by tens of
thousands.
Today 1 see more cause for hope
than ever before in the history Of our
party; therefore let us be courage
and faithful, with malice toward none
and love for all, and we will realize the
fruition of our faithful hopes
All the slush and prevarication about
the death and burial of Populism is
| fo ho old
ten to crack. The Populist party is in
a healthy, growing condition, and will
amount to a great deal in shaping The
affairs of this government before this
conflict is over Just because few
traitors, that allied themselves with
the party for Office sake, now return
to the enemy and declare that Popu-
lism is dead, is very good sign that
the reform party is getting rid Of some
of it's dead weight and is getting in a
healthy, growing condition.-Farmer's
Light.
The National Populist conference has
met and performed its work. The con-
ference was held at Nashville, Mon
day and Tuesday, and was largely at
tended.
The conference was opposed to fu-
sion, and strong resolutions were passed
to this effect.
The conference will have good re-
suit The dangerous alliances that
were made last year with the two old
parties were very damaging to the
Peoples party, and now that they have
adopted a straight middle Of the road
policy, the people will be better salts
fed and the growth of the party will