Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-14
THE POPULISTS APPEAL
National Organization Committees Protest
Against Fusion Policy.
Address Issued nt ST. Louis Meeting
Reflects Indirectly on the Ma
tiOnal Committee.

81. LOUIS. January 1.-THE national or
ganization committee of the peoples party.
Whlch met here yesterday, has issued an
address TO the people of the United States
in part as fellows:
The fusion movement consummated at
ST. Louis in July, 1896 and the inexcusa-
oie treatment of our candidate for Vice
itesiueit IN the campaign that followed
gave rise to such dissatisfaction among
'he rank ard file of the peoples party as
10 threaten the absolute dismemberr,ent
Vi the OILY political organization honestly
contendlns fcr the social and political
rights of the labocing and producing classes
of the country
Courtesy to National COMMITTEES.
1T has been the purpose ALWAYS of This
committee TO be courteous to the ra1io,,, !;
committee, and our supreme desire has
been al all times to promote a harmonious
cooperation with said committee tha; fac
tlohal differences might be obliterated o,,r
party prestige reSained and our oraaniza-
non restored to its once splendid estate
1his committee feels confident of its ahil-
ity 10 show that it is no fault of ours that
the national committee is not present nc
q pouy tCcay, but it does not choose To
S Naiuaole time in wrangling over
questions OF official etiquette. We av.w
II 10 DE our sincere purpose, now aS a,-,r
-teietoIofe, 10 promote in every honora hle
way the reform movement on true non,1Isct
.s' es' anu we dee m the issues too ncomen-
tous ana the dangers threatening frna
$50 @.eiiiihehl teo Imminent to allow us to
pause 10 consider personal grievances or
an :ohts or to permit wounded dignity ri
VI Ilha asilary, to overshadow Patriots du;y
ohcer present conditions our beloyr5
oisahiHa,ion .i is slowly but surely dtsfnta-
Ter aggressive action
haVlns In vain importuned those who
.S@uhieu 10 De our superiors to pernit ms
10 ald them In the grand work of reorpartz.
S it, 'He people party, that il may accom-
pIisn It's glorious mission, we sow anne Al
10 the people, the true source of an r,ofif.
ical power "-' Po-i'-
Referendum Committees an,o,r,o,
The referendum committee appo,nted f..
a ioiio"s: Messrs. Dixon OF Missouri.
tracey OF Texas, Reynolds cf Illinois Mar
singer Vi lholaAa and McGregor CT Georgia.
A number of rules were adopted for .rov-
u oi the national organization
among them rul= that the national ~
e"i1i-atioh committee shall submit to n
vote OF the peoples party any proposi;ion
when petitioned to do so by not less .ban
lo,po members of the party
On the adjournment of the Organization
Soiilfni.tee OF the peoples party the mem
oers OF the national committee present mel
at d, tns Laciede Hotel and adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That we, the members of .he
atfoiia committee present indOrse the ac-
ttoli taken by the organiza ton committee
ana recommend that its provision be car.
fled INTO effect, believing that such action
VIII III harmonze all differences in the parry
Ihere We're seventy-four members of tho
eohiiinttee present or represented by prox-
les and letters, who favored a Joint me-
ing of tie national committee and orcani-
Zauon committee in the spring. Forty
states were represented at this meeting.