The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-01-12

own heads. A voice in no uncertain tone
has come from our Minnesota farmers
and the industrial classes of our cities.
This voice repudiates that mongrel
conglomeratiOn Of scheming city
lawyers, office-seekers or fusionists.
men without a national party, who have
been striving in the dark to sell our
bonded farmers and wage-slaves to the
rotten Democratic or Republican ma
chine. The last campaign Of fusion
opened the eyes of all except those
hanging over the pie-counter. So that
now you cannot drive the people to sell
their birthright for a mess of office
seekers. Already the wealth of plr
country Is owned by small minority Of
plutocrats. The great majority being
tOilers, even beggars for work will join
that party ONLY which by an advance
ed, aggressive, able and true leadership
immutably commits itself to the Chris
tian principle of love for the brother
hood of man and hatred of the Pharisees
and money-changers Will the Peoples
party improve this opportunity? The
Jeers and libels Of the fusionists is chat.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That the Peoples party
was organized in 1892 with intent that it
should endure for centuries, as a great
governmental engine of reform, to i'm
prove the condition of the people of the
country, and indirectly of the whole
world
Resolved, That any attempt to mergs
our organization with any other party,
is an attempt to slaughter it. Tie ex-
periences of the Peoples party in 1897,
in Iowa. Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and
ether states, proves that fusion means
destruction. We therefore declare. in
the most emphatic manner we are ca
pable of, that we are utterly opposed to
any coalition of different political par
ties with view to a division Of the
spols of Office.
Resolved, That the refusal of our
state central committee to issue a call
for our usual mid-winter meeting while
some Of the members of the said COM
mlttee were engaged in forming a new
party and pushing it to the front, to
take the place of the Peoples party, is
highly reprehensible; and as like at
tempt may be made, this year, to pre-
vent the Populists holding a state NOM
atlng convention; or force us to hold
II at the same time or subsequently, to
the Democratic and free silver Republic
can convention so as to drive us into
the camp of those organizations: there
lore, as means of necessary defence,
OF the life of our party, we recommend
that this conference shall now elect a
committee Of 81 members with mower
IN mat contingency, to call an early
state convention Of the Peoples party
to be held not later than March Is. next.
to place a Populist state ticket in the
field, and, believing that there are manv
good and true men on the state CEN
tral committee, we ask them to take
steps at once to release that commit
tee from the domination of those. II any.
VINO are trying to build up a new
party to take the place of the PEOPLES
party.
Resolved, That If the state central
committee goes ahead, in good faith, as
we hope it will. to organize the party, in
every county of the state, we promise TO
aid and assist 1t to the utmost of our
power; but If it does nothing then 10
meet the emergency we ask that this
convention shall now elect a committee
OF q members to take charge of that
great and necessary work.
RESOLVED, We hereby declare anew
our allegiance to the principles of the
Peoples party as set forth in our ma
tional and state platforms heretofore
adopted by our party in convention as
sembled, especially 80 much thereof as
refers to the initiative and referendum.
Resolved, That we are earnestly in
favor Of peace and harmony, but It
must not be peace and harmony which
involves the death of the PEOPLES party.
(Signed)
E. w. BONHAM,
A. L. GARDNER,
H. ]. o. REED
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON,
A. r. HOLSTON,
W. A. HOTCHKISS.
PETER SHIPPMAN.
l.. G.. LONG,
c. H. HOPKINS,
W. S. MOORE,
P. H. RAHILLY,
H. L. SANDS,
S. C. BARRETT,
G. HALL,
IGNATIUS DONNELLY,
J. ]. HIBBARD
Committee,
Following the unanimous ADOPTION of
the above resolution the mass meeting
OF Minnesota Populists assembled in
conference also unanimously adopted
this following resolution that the per-
manent chairman OF said meeting, DR..
Christian Johnson, be empowered to Sc
lect both of the above committees three
from each congressional DISTRICT and
take such other steps as properly would