The herald., 1898-02-21
THE INDEPENDENTS
Birth of a New Political Party For
Local Work

LOCdl w Olh
SAN BERNARDINO. Feb 2O-Bv the
present prospect. there is to be no fusion
in the san Bernardino county political
campaign. The Democrats and Populists
and Silver Republicans will each have their
central committees and their separate tr-
eanization for work in national and state
politics. \ new party. the "lndepend-
ent." was born last night, christened and
| baptized, and this morning can walk alone
and promises to be fine broth of boy"
1t combines as It's name implies, every
thing outside the ancient Republican or
eanization, and in its ranks are many sur
prises in the way OF proselytes of those
who We're supposed To be solid on that
side. The call issued by meeting last
night composed of the prominent men in
politics all over the county. of every shade
Of thought. was adopted unanimously and
is ; follows:
I'VE. the undersigned citizens and voters
of san Bernardno county, California,
hereby declare that it is our belief that
the welfare of the people Of this county
can best be secured by the election of
men to office who are free from the en-
tanglements Of party obligations and
party rinEs-men whose obligations are to
the people and not to precinct and party
bosses. men pledged to and upon whom
constituency can rely for thorough and
economic administration of government
And, further. that we recognize in the
single gold standard for this nation a sub
tie and powerful enemy to the welfare of
our producing masses and a friend only
70 the aristocracy of wealth as eXemplitied
in trusts, banking syndicates and corpora
tions.
"Thercfore we favor the formation of
county political Organization to be known
and designated as the Independent
party, and that said party shall call
county convention for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for county and township
offices, to be filled by the general election
in 1895
'All persons shall be eligible to partici-
pate in said convention and in all meetings
and primaries preliminary to the forma-
ton Of the same who shall subscribe to
the following declaration of principles:
81 favor the free and unlimited coinage
of both silver and gold by the United
States al the ratio of Is to !, regardless
of the concurrence or non-concurrence of
any other nation; that no future contract
shall be held valid in which tho payment
thereof shall in any way discriminate
against any form of money authorized by
law; that all money of wha tever form used
in the United States shall be issued and
the volume thereof be controlled by the
government. and that such issuance and
| control shall not he delegated to banking
i y ilultcll'S ana SlOtH GdIHDItFS, 1ndI any
money that pays for American labor is
good enough for tho banker and bond
| holder. and that all nominees of this con-
Vention shall be pledged to such reduction
of taxation of state and county expenses
as lies within their power to accomplish
| without material injury to the public well
| fare.
we ask that the signers of this call
meet in the pavilion in the city Of San
| Bernardino at 10 o'clock a. m on Saturdov
the 18th day of March, 1898, for the purpose
of selecting county central committee
from the signcrs thereof, which central
committee shall conduct the county cam
| paign
participation in this convention, or in
| any matter pertaining thereto cannot. un-
der our primary election laws, be construed
to abridSe the privileges of any person to
cooperate with his political party in state
| or national affairs"