The herald., 1897-01-11
Issued by National Committee
man Washburn
NO OTHER POLITICAL PARTY
Ever Achieved Such Results in Such a
Short Time
Populists Are Not Democrats. and Will
Not Fight For the Silver Dollar
The Plans Outlined.
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
| BOSTON, Jan. 10-George f. Wash
burn, member of the Peoples Party
! rational executive committee. today is
| sued an address to the Populists of the
/ United States: In part the address is
az follows:
We are to be congratulated upon the
| growth Of our party and the fact that IN
| the recent election nearly half of the
| voters in the Union indorsed much Of
| our platform. No party ever achieved
more brilliant success in such brief
time. Although handicapped in the
late campaign we emerge from the con-
test stronger than ever. Our party
alone has Il voting force larger than
that which elected Lincoln, and an able
effective reform press Of nearly 1000
papers. We elected several governors
as we'll as other state, county and town
officials We held the balance of power
in the United States senate, and have
four times as many congressman as
ever before.
I'VE united with the silver forces il
their campaiGn-not because we believe
free coinage of silver is the solution of
the financial problem, but because It
would better existing conditions. would
meet with the least resistance and would
become the entering wedge FOR our ma IN
issue. viz. full, legal tender paper money,
issued and regulated by the govern
ment alone. Having proved our loyalty
at the polls, we are free to act separately
on advanced lines and to emphasize ths
real issues our party was born 10 adNo
cate. We cannot in honor lay down our
arms and cease our activity until the
war for which we are enlisted has endad
in victory for our cause
The Democratic party proposes 20
continue the silver fight. The two par
ties cannot exist on the same issue. The
greater absorbs the smaller. therefore If
we remain mere camp followers of an
other party, disintegration will result.
Our party success alone forced the
Democrats to adopt the Chicago plat
form ard nominate a Popccrat Tor
president, Converts made by party
regularity cannot be trusted. with the
reforms of the future.
We are not Democrats. and cannot
be classed as such. We simply united
for single campaign. The Democrats
party is but the rear guard for our own
We 90 not stand for redemption money
but for a scientific dollar. kept invaria-
bly, by proper regulations of the money
volume. Then why should high school
lt-CilNEl the intermediate
grade? Our grandest achievements are
in the future.
The proposed retirement of the green
backs and the discussion of the Pa
cific railroad question will bring before
congress the two strongest measures Of
our platform, and whatever issues the
other parties may adopt, the logic %
events will soon force upon both con-
gress ard the people the consideration
OF these measures as to overshaGow all
Others and win to our ranks thousands
of voters from both the Republican ana
Democratic parties.
! suggest that a national conference
Of party leaders and workers in the mat
ters as soon as practicable. that we NAV
have a full ana free expression of opiu-
ion regarding our future work. We
hope. therefore. that the reform press
will give the fullest possible expression
% their views on this important sub
ject. and our friends are invited TO write
ne or our national chairman. express
ing their ideas on the independent party
action herein proposed"