The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-07-20
THE GEORGIA STATE CONVENTION
ENDORSES 1T,

THE GEORGIA STATE CONVENTION
ENDORSES IT.
"Col. W. L. Peek offered the following
resolution which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the state executive COM
mittee of the Peoples Party of Georgia
fully endorses the course Of our members
of the national committee at the recent
meeting in Omaha and we appeal to the
POpulists in the trenches uninfuenced by
the office holders and pie brigade, to rally
to the principles of the Peoples Party and
meet US in national convention al Cincln-
natl on September 5th, 1898, The Populst
party was born to live and we fully realize
that it is only through an aggressive, in
dependent policy that this end can be at
tained. Fusion meant disintegration, Co
operation means absorption of the Peoples
Party by the Democratic party, and such
absorption and triumph of the Democratic
party, means the reign of plutocracy and
the enslavement of the masses. Georgia
POpulists recognize no bosses, no self-ap-
pointed leaders and trust that the Cincin-
natl convention will be composed of true
representatives of the industrial classes
and not Of office holders and pie hunters,
prohibited by the ordinances Of the Omaha
PLATFORM
WHAT THE PHILADELPHIA AMERI-
CAN SAYS:
"But by Chairman Butler they (the Oma-
ored by him) have not been rigidly adhered
to- by him this compact has been already
broken-at least if the terms are as under
stood by Texas Fopulists. Thus we find him
continuing to press the fusion policy
through the columns Of his paper, thus we
find him rejoicing that there should be some
fusionists in Michigan who should have
aligned themselves with the Democratic
party Of that state and to work against
the straight Populist ticket So We find
him rejoicing over the results Of the late
Peoples party state convention Of Missouri
rejoicing that the fusionists backed by the
st. Louis police force should have locked
the straight Populists out Of the convention
hall and then sought to deliver the party
over to the Democratic while he ana thema-
tiZes those Populists who refused to look
with unconcern upon the absorption of their
party by the Democratic, and put up an in
dependent ticket that straight Popusts
might support and thus preserve the Peo-
pies party Of Missouri from death. 1t is the
Democratic fusion tickets in these states
not the straight Populist tickets that he
shows his determination to support And
remember that though the mid-roaders in
Missouri may be boilers, the fusionists of
Michigan have no recognized political stas-
us, that the straight Populists constitute
the recognized Peoples party, and have the
recognized right and the only right to speak
as the Peoples party and put their candi-
dates on the ballot as Peoples party candi-
dates In that state.
Such are the conditions that, confront us:
Chairman Butler working to advance fu-
sion, furthering the interests of the Demo-
cratic rather than the Peoples party, show
ing a disposition to support Democratic
fusion candidates in state elections this fall
rather than straight Populists. even though,
as In Michigan, those Populists are the
nominees OF the regular Populist conven-
ton. In word, paying no heed to the Oma-