People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-11-19
CALIFORNIA POPULISM.
No More Fusion for the Peo-
pies Party.
DECLARE 1T WAS A SAD FAILURE
The Populists Issue Their Address-Oppose
the New Primary Law and VIII
Test Its COnstit ionaIity-
Adopt Resolutions.

The State Executive Committee {
the Peoples Party yesterday adopte
an address to the people, in which
declared that experience had demon
strsted that fusion with other politics
parties was failure and that it woul
not be again considered. The commi
tee also declared against the new pr
mary law and will have it's constitr
tionality tested in the courts.
E M. Wordall of Monrovia preside
and George D. Gillespie acted as secre
tary. Among those present were {
q. Castle of MERGED, M. E. Dittmar @
Shasta, c. A, Barlow of San Luis Obs
Pc, J. M. Moore of Alameda, F. Hougt
Francisco, ]. G. Gore of San Francisco
Carleton q. Johnson of San Francisco
Fl A. Mason of Santa G aad ]. w
Keegan of Sonoma
The following address, after pro
t-acted discussion and many amend
ments, was adopted:
To the mem bers of the State Execu
tive Committee of the Pc pies Pa ty o
Cslifornia-GentlemAn: We. your com
mittee, appointed to draft an address
indicative of the party's position, re
commend the following:
The the Peoples Party of California
Realizing the necessity of united actor
in order to overcome united opp 81 ior
we recommend that campaign of ed
u alton be at once inaugurated anc
pushed with vigor until all citizens Of
a parties weo think alike on vita
pr nc pies will find their proper align.
ment and make the success possible
that will assure b. althy and cont n
uous prosperity. So far as our means
will permit active WORK in the field
with the battle cry, Education and
org snization," will be the order until
the people wi again have the oppor
tunity f exp ession at the polls.
We renew our allegiance to the
principles of the Omaha and st. Loui'
platforms. The Peoples Party was
called into existence by national ne
cessity for a political party which
would Re united ia a demand for re
forms adequate to remedy the iutolera-
BILE abuses and evils which exist under
the rule OF unbridled plutocracy. We
declare that no mere palliative car
remedy the abuses that now exist.
The pr nciples championed by oul
party are born to live. The rapid ty
with which these principles have been
accepted by the thoughtful and oppres
sed o. all classes proves t. al nothing i
wanted to their triumph but sturdy
and persistent effo t. We cannot
abandon these principles, which are
the hope of the Ma ion. We must
press forward and demand a hearing
for these truths by active organizsti n
OF thoae who will never waver in the
cont st. There is abundant evidence
that the Nation will arouse from it's
SAUNDERS if we faithfully stani for opx
demands and point out the INSULT NaHn.
cy of lesser demands. The weakness
of other political parties is their refusal
to make platform demands which meet
the situation. The Onae platform,
renewed at st. Louis, Sprsng from tn
candid hearts of the tofiers and produ-
GERS who felt the ixon hsel of monop =
ly in a its forms and whose hearts
yea-nt for genuine relief. We cannot
recede from the demands they righte.
ously made.
A political party is correctly defined
to be an association of individuals pro.
Tossing. the same beliefs aud sctuated
bv desire to govern in accordance
with such lelie s. Political parties
have an honest ex stence when thev
represent and squarely contend for
their platform demands, and they can
only exist by supporting candidates
who favor, accept and advocate their
platforms, and by tearlessly opposing
politically al who reject or refuse to
acrep. their demands.
Candidates for public office are in
honor bound to accept the pla forms OF
the parties WHOSE nomina ions they
seek. and if unwilling to accept such
platform they should not ask for OF
ceive the nomination of such party
Experience has demonstrated that at
tempted fusion ny parties which do not
agree in political demands cannot com.
mand the support of the members OF
such parties.
We therefore conclude there can only
be an honorable and effective union Of
those who believe in the same princi
pies, and that from benceforth nc
other kind of union should be consid
cred by members Of the Peoples PARTY.
Holding these principles, we urge a
who look TO the deli0eranca of the Ma
ton from monopoly to actively organ.
ize in our party and prepare for the
coming con test.
We heartily rea firm the action of the
State Executive Committee at It's meet.
irg at Sacramento on November is,
1895. which recommended a meeting
of the National Committee before the
active campaign of 1898, and the TAX
ing Of steps by it looking to union upon
an effective basis of the reform forces
of the Nation.
w. &c. DITTMAR,
CHARLESTON Fl JOHNSON,