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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-28
NATIONAL PLAN OF ORGANIZATION

Your committee appointed to formu-
late plan for the future organization
and government Of the Peoples party,
realizing the necessity OF preserving
party independence and wishing to prove
that our party alone stands for direct
legislation through the initiative and
referendum system applied to party gov
ernment as well as to the making of
laws, reports the following rules on or
ganization:
l. All delegate conventions of the Peoples
Garty Tor making nominations and Dlat-
forms are hereby abolished and instead
thereof nominations for office, platforms
ana amendments thereto shall be made by
direct vote at the Peoples Party primaries
OF the political subdivisions affected there
by.
2. The Peoples Party organization shall
consist of: A national committee of three
members from each state to be chosen by
the state central committee on each presi-
Dental year.
). A state central committee of three mem
bers from each congressional district to be
elected by direct vote at the party prima-
Iies on each election year.
4. congressional committee of three
members from each county in the congress
sional district to be elected by direct vote
at the party primaries on each election
year.
5. A county committee of three members
from each township or ward, to be elected
by direct vote at the party primaries on
each election year.
6. National, state, congressional and
county committees shall perform the same
duties as heretofore, not inconsistent here
with, provide blank ballots for the referen-
dunn votes herein contemplated, and canvas
and certify the votes cast in their respective
territories
I. The unit of organization shall be the
precinct club.
8. Any voter may become a member Of
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the precinct club Of any precinct by SUBJ
scrtbing to our national declaration of prin-
ciples and our rules on organization
>. Any member of any precinct club WHO
snail propose fusion or cooperation with
either the Republican or Democratic organ
lZatlons in the makeup Of a ticket through
conference committees or otherwise. shall,
upon conviction thereof, by majority vote
OF his club. be deemed outside the party
TO- NO person not member of a precinct
clup ana in good standing shall be eligible
10 membership on any Peoples Party COM
mittee, or a Peoples Party nomination for
any Office
II. Each committee shall make prompt
report to the committee next higher Of all
referendum votes and other matters within
the jurisdiction of such higher committee.
and the chairman of each committee shall
be deemed responsible for the prompt and
faithful performance Of the duties OF his
committee.
u. State platforms can be changed only
upon demand of ma jority vote of the pre-
cinct club membership of any county rat
flied by majority vote of the precinct club
membership of the state; and the national
platform can be changed only upon demand
OF a majority vote of the precinct club
membership of any state ratified by a ma
jority vote of the precinct club membership
of the nation.
Is. No saared official shall be elected
member of any committee of the Peoples
Party organization, and any member Of
such committee elected to a salared office
shall be deemed to have vacated his position
on such committee.
A. All Peoples Party candidates for Of
flee and members of Peoples Party COM
mittees shall at all times be subject to the
principles of the imperative mandate and
may be recalled by a majority vote Of
the league membership of their constitu-
ency.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN o. ZABEL, Chairman.
II. B. FAY, M. D., Secretary.
Adopted in national convention, Cincin-
natl, Sept. 9Th, 1893.
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million dollars a month. So much for the
first effort.
Next, on the first passage of the Bland
Allison act, 6S Democrats voted against it,
while 120 Republicans voted for it and only
four Republicans voted against it, but it
was passed, and passed by Republican votes
in spite Of Democratic opposition.
Again May 4, 1879, Warmers bill, house file
No. 564, passed the house and went to a
Democratic senate and was killed.
Sixth. Senator Vest, of Missouri, June q,
1879, offered resolution providing for free
coinage. 1t was referred to Democratic
finance committee by a vote of % to %, and
died and the Democrats had a clean ma
jority of nine and could have passed the
bill.
Again April 5, 1880, Weaver, of Iowa, that
is the man we nominated for president in
1S92-offered a resolution in the lower house,
providing for free coinage, and the house
with clean anti-Republican majority Of 80,
and a Democratic majority of 18, defeated
it by a vote Of III to 50. a majority of 50
votes.
Again April house bill $500, providing
for the free coinage Of silver, was rejected
by vote of 163 to 126; the Democrats had
q clean majority of 45 at the time
Ninth-March g. 1890. Senator Peck Of
fered an amendment to the Bland purchas-
ing bill, that provided for an increase sed
coinage of silver: it passed Republican
senate and was killed by a Dem cratic COM
mittee in the house. The Democrats had a
majority of II votes.
Tenth-June II. 1890. Republican senate
passed Plummer's free silver bill. 1t was
killed in the house by Democratic votes
when Their majority was still H.
Again March a. 1892 house bill No. 1926
providing for free coinage. was filibustered
to death. The Democratic majority was
only 149.
Again July l. 1892, te bill No. 81, pro-
viding for free coinage passed the senate,
went into the house July l3, and was killed
by a vote of 1876 to 154. the majority Of the
Democrats being JAS; only lis voted for this
measure, which was Il less Than their
actual majority.
Again, at the extra session OF congress In
1S93 when all this misgovernment had cul-
inmate in the most terrible panic that ever
struck this country, Bland, Aug. ". intro
duced a bill for free coinage at 1G 10 l; it
was defeated. by a majority of 102 votes.
although the Democrats had q majority OF
So; only 100 Democrats voted against 1t.
The same day vote was taken on free
coinage at a ratio Of II to l, and 1t was
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defeated by 140 majority; only "a Democrats
voted for it, and 1928 voted against 1t. The
same day vote was taken for the free
coinage of silver at a ratio Of 1S to l, and
defeated by a majority of 1877. The Demo-
Gratis still had d majority Of SO votes.
will not weary you. So it goes through the
long catalogue. Why, my friends, the
worst enemy that free coinage and the
rights of the people ever had in this country
was that Infamous man, Grover Cleveland.
Applause)
AN ITCHING FOR OFFICE.
Twice elected president by the Democratic
party. Why so great was he that when he
was first elected he could not wait to be
sworn in, for when sworn In he would have
the right to ADDRESS congress on matters OF
public Importance. But before he left MS
home In December, before the 4th of March,
when he was to be inaugurated. he wrote
an open letter to the congress Of the United
States clamoring for the repeal Of the act
which permitted the purchase Of four MIL
lion dollars of silver every month at tne
market price. Now, mark you, my friends,
/ have repeatedly said that gold and silver
were not worth as much as pot metal, IN
trinsically, and l have been laughed at Tor
1t; but just stop and think for moment.
If you were cast ashore on desolate is
land and had the largest possession OK goio
or silver or iron, which would you prefer!
II there was no society there, what would
your gold silver be worth? You could
note at it, You could not make weapons OK
defense with it. You could not even make
fish hooks out Of it. But iron is the basic
metal and 1t would be valuable under all
circumstances Now, mark you, when these
conspirators European and American, the
great moneyed class Of the world. the
owners of bonds and stocks of all the ma
tions, when they got up this system to de-
monetlze silver. was that their first attempt?
No Their first attempt was to demonetize
god. Three or four European states, Ger
many included, Belgium included, passed
laws to stop the further coinage of gold.
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them, of whom said delegates were the


creatures.
Under the Australian ballot law in this
state. fusion by political parties was, in
my judgment, never intended. If the
fusion plan prevails, many members of
the Peoples party will not only be dis
franchised, but it's party name will be
destroyed. For example, when 1 certify
the ticket to the several county clerks,
follows providing fusion is sustained:
Governor, Jas. G. Mcguire ..............
.............. Democrat, Peoples Party
LieutenantG Edward l.. Hutch
inson. Democrat, Peoples Party
Secretary of State, Robt. A. Thompson. E.
.............. Democrat, Peoples Party
Controller, Thompson A. Naples. .......
...............De Democrat, Peoples Party
The name Silver Republican is omitted
because at the present writing l have no
official knowledge of said organization.
The above ticket will deceive and con-
fuse voters.
How will it be possible for voter to
determine which candidate is a Demo-
crat or which is the Peoples party nomi-
nee? He cannot of necessity select one
of his choice, representing purely his
party. The party will lose it's identity
under the above ballot, because it will be
impossible to segregate the vote, to de-
termine which party cast per cent of
the vote, that two years hence it may be
entitled to recognition as provided by
law
1t may be said that I have no official
right to anticipate In considering pres
ent conditions l have right to consider
effects. If the destruction of political
party is to follow, due to the betrayal Of
trust by it's agents, represented as dele
duty to take cognizance of the same.
Fusion on the presidential electors two
years ago was not disastrous to the DEM
ocratic and Peoples parties because the
law makes distinction between candi-
dates that are electors and candidates for
state offices. The electors are in sepa-
rate groups, representing each political
party. In state election, if fusion should
be upheld, the name of candidate will
appear on the ticket but once, with the
party designations opposite the name, on
the same line, per example herein. No
injury will result to the Democrats, Sill
yer Republicans and Peoples party fu-
sion, should my position be sustained by
the court because the certificate filed by
the Democrats contains all the names Cf
the nominees of the three conventions.
On the other hand, should the certificates
presented by what is called the Peoples
party straight be filed, the Peoples party
name will be preserved, the party pro-
tected and those who wish to vote for
fusion candidates may do so, and those
who favor straight Peoples party may
vote accordingly.
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CONSUMPTION CURED

A Prominent Minister and Teacher Both Given
Up to Die, Were Cured
By the new treatment. Names and addresses
given at the St. Paul Medical and Surgical
Institute Fifth and St. Peter streets, ST. Paui
Miun., where cured. This treatment given at
home:
Bring or send the above ad. and your case will
be assured prompt attentiou.-Ed.
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sided, and those present were urged to sign
their names to the petitions for the placing
CT the mid-road candidates upon the state
ticket. The speech in full is as follows:
Mr.. DONNELLY,S ADDRESS
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The Rings steal hundreds Of MILL
ions annually from the People. One
tenth Of the plunder is used to con-
troll the daily press and buy up the
leaders Of the two old parties. to
darken intelligence and make the
voters poor, blind and incapable Of
self-defense. Strike before it il too
late.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03
ARE WE GETTING THE BESTq

The visit of the Spanish warsbin V1zcaya to New York harbor enabled the public to obtain some useful infor- nation as to the character and cost or naval construction abroad and to make some comparisons not altogether to our credit.
 The Vizcapa is an armored cruiser as we call our New York or Brooklyn. or as the Maine was sometimes called She cost about s3,OOO,0OO, has a speed or tWenty-one knots, carries two eley- en inch guns and ten 5.5 inch guns She has low free board. presentine the minimum of target for that kind or vessel, and an armor belt of twelve inches of steel. She was built by the Spanlards who are not supposed to equal us in ship building skill. In ad- dltlon to all this she has a draught be- tween her coal bunkers and magazines TOT protection, which our ships have not, and can carry coal to last her TOT 10000 miles at two-thirds speed.
 The New York cost as much as the
 DOI a live inch armor belt, lighter bat tery and is higher and more yulner- able. The Maine was lighter armor ed, an inferior battery, had nothing like the coal capacity and was four knots slower than the VizcayaI Yet the Maine and the Texas were called second class battleships and cost as much as the ViZcaya. Experts do not hesitate to say that Spain in this ship got far better results for the money than we have obtained for any ship that cost about the same amount.
 And yet our constructors have had the benefit of the experience of for elgn nations in everything pertaining to naval building. They brag that we have the up-to-date" navy, but actual comparisons, in speed, armament and cost, with some of the latest foreign types do not bear out our bureaus claims. A matter that neither the public, nor congress, has given suffic- lent weight to, is the fact that many of our types were strongly opposed by the old line officers who had seen the naV1es of foreign powers But bur eaucracy rules in the navy depart- ment and the bureaus theorists were listened to while many of the rear ad mlrals were given no hearing. The fact is, we rarely, anywhere, in gov ernment service or elsewhere, get as much for our nancy and O,r nro+or sions in this country as they do abroad. But we have the fortunate and happy faculty of imagining always that we have got the best of everything.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03
GLOBE SIGHTS.

(From the Atchison Globe)
 Every one is a jingo in his love af fairs.
 How we long for spring, and g chance to sit on the pie at a picnic. A woman never sees a list of adver- tised letters without looking for hel name.
 The women are beginning to mo- bilize their forces, to begin spring house cleaning.
 Agree with every theory advanced in regard to the cause Of the Maine tragedy. It saves time.
 It requires as much time to get away from persistent agent as it does to say good bye to an affectionate wo- man.
 If our women folks are worrying because of a fear that we will enlist in case of war with Spain, they can quit it.
 lodge; you are sure then that some one will sit up with your remains when you are dead.
 If man becomes suddenly great or famous, his wife is never too old and wrinkled to have her picture taken in a low-necked dress.
 If there were anything in this hyp- notism talk, every married woman would have become proficient in using 1t before this, to apply to her hus- pand when he acts contrary.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

The late Senator Plumb of Kansas once described diplomacy as "gilded lying.'
 Napoleon once said to Ta'Iyrand: "I wish I had the keys of hell, for could then put you in there." The reply was: Tt would be better sir. that I should have them, for then I could let you out''
 Many of the endowments in the uni versity and schools of Edinburgh have been made by women. Lady Malcom of Paltalloch left large sum to a school in this country for lost myster- ies of antiquity.
 Thomas Wentworth Higginson writes that when Wendell Phillips was speaking more tamely than usual, the young abolitionists used to slip to the back of the room and start hiss; it never failed to rouse him."
 Ex-Senator John B. Henderson has thoroughly studied the problem of the West Indies, and he predicts European flags on the islands will be pulled down one after the other until there will be powerful republic of the United States of America
 Professor Charles Eliot Norton will retire from the chair of modern lan- guages at Harvard this year. As the successor of Longfellow and Lowell, and head of the fine arts department, Professor Norton has strenuously fought and worked for the highest ideals in art and in citizenship. As the literary eXecutor of Lowell and the translator of Dante, Professor Nor ton is well known wherever there are intelligent readers of the English lan- guage.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03
A FALSE ALARM PERHAPS.

England has a "sphere of influence
 in interior Africa; France also. Eight years ago the dividing line between the two spheres was defined by treaty and duly marked on the maps of the foreign Offices-English and French. In that treaty of 1890 the government of France promised thenceforward and forever to shinny on it's own side (if we may borrow a phrase from the bright lexicon of youth) and the English government gave reciprocal promise. Notwith- standing her secular reputation Gin Paris) for perfidy. Albion" as far as yet appears, has scrupulously lived up to that engagement. But rumOrs have been reaching London for some time tions (small ones) are tramping around on the English side of the line as nonchalantly as if the treaty of 1890 had never been made or thought of and few days ago MT. Joseph Chamberlain read to the house of com mons a dispatch on the subject that produced an immediate commotion on both sides of the channel The French minister of foreign affairs makes haste to say that his government, far from sanctioning such expeditions, has strictly forbidden them; moreover, his information is that the news at Lon don isn't true. Apparently Lord Sails bury accepts this assurance as satis- factory.
 Should the news be confirmed not Wlthstanding the incredulity of Nj. Hanotaux, that peace loving gentle man will undoubtedly disavow the poaching expeditions and order them to back out instanter- provided he can get the consent or the army gen. erals, the deputies and the Paris edi- tors to that judicious course. But suppose they veto it instead. Then trouble of serious kind will be immi- nent. At least that is Harold Fred cries opinion. In his latest cable let ter from London he says:
 The chief point to bear in mind is that this is in Chamberlain's own CO., lon1al department. He wants war. as 1t would be good for Birmingham and for him. He will say to the cabinet:
 This affects me directly; retreats on other questions have been the affairs of other ministers, but if there is a retreat here then I will resign" If he left the cabinet on this ground openly expressed, the ministry would not last twenty-four hours. Hence it is to be assumed that England will stand firm.
 But if it shall turn out that English interests in Africa are all right, and that England comes out of the big game of diplomacy in China Gas now reported) a heavy winner, how sorry John Bull will be for the unkind 1 things he has been thinking and say ing about his old favorite, Lord Sails bury.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03
BICYCLING GOSSIP.

The attaches of the Chinese legation ln Washington are taking to cycling, but they have not adopted the recog- nized wheeling costume. They ride in their native dress and use ladies' wheels.
 Ball bearings were invented by John Wyatt, of England, in 176O. At that time nobody believed that balls were any good for bearings, and Wyatt's invention was allowed to lie dormant for 100 years
 Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria IS an enthusiastic wheelman, and it is owing to his influence that cyclers in Bavaria have obtained many alterations in the police rules and regulations in heir favor.
 One of the wonderful things lately evolved by the cycling inventor is a road map printed on a long roll of paper, which is wound upon two drums in lront of the rider, and may be unwound by sight movement, so as to show the route as he pedals along
 The new cycling regulations in Paris make the use of brakes compulsory So t should be everywhere Two-thirds of cycling accidents are due to the ab- sence of brake. Back-pedaling is all very we'll on the level, but when. go- ing downhill, and the chain breaks, how would back pedaling save the rider? The majority of wheelmen are self-con- fident and reckless, and only an acci- dent can convince them that they are not infallible.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03
THIS BUSY WORLD.

There are fifty-eight kinds of the house fly.
 According to the latest figures China owes her creditors the sum Of S193 - 525,O0O.
 A ship yard at Ominato, Japan, still in operation, was established over L. 300 years ago.
 If the weight of the body be divided into eleven parts, eight Of these parts will be pure water.
 Emile Zola was born at Paris on April 2, 1S40. His father was Italian and his mother French.
 The French wine crop last year was 712,O0O,000 gallons, a decrease Of 271.- 100000 from the previous year.
 The two last descendants of Chris topher Columbus are said to be occu- pants of poor house in Cadiz
 There are over a hundred female students now at the University of Ber- lin, as against thirty-five last year.
 A pen carrying small electric lamp to prevent shadows when writing has been patented in Germany.
 At Basic, in Switzerland, prepara- tions are being made to commemorate the Tooth birthday of Hans Holben.
 Great Britain's marine steam ton mage is today 6,72O,703- about as much as that of all other nations added to- gether.
 In the Peoples palace, in London. there is an Italian castle and battle ship carved from a lump of common rock salt.
 The National museum in Washing ton received over 112,00O specimens last year, an increase of 50 per cent over the previous year.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03

The appointment yesterday of Thomas D. Bennett as assistant United States district attorney was very agreeable news to republicans here, who had supposed that some one out side of Phoenix would get this plum. MT. Bennett is one of the ablest of the younger members of the Arizona bar, and his appointment by MT. Morrison will meet with general approval.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03

The enthusiasm which the cause of Cuban liberty has created in Phoenix should be most gratifying to the rep resentatives of the ''junta" now here, ana Will doubtless prove substantial benefit to the struggling patriots in far-aWay Cuba. In case of war with Spain Arizona could be depended upon to furnish some of the best troops that ever responded to their country's call.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03

We would suggest to Councilman Gang that he offer a reward for news of his paving proposition. This pro- ject, which promised to be a most worthy one, should not be lost sight of. We are loath to believe that the business men and property owners of Phoenix go on the theory of the Ar Kansas cracker, who saw no advantage 1n repairing his roof in dry weather. It is long time between rains in Phoenix, but the paving is needed just the same.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03

England is said to be encroaching on John Bull to fudge when Uncle Sam's gaze is strained in another direction. But these two distant relatives will never fight over a few miles of land along the Alaskan boundary-they both love the dollar too well to fight over anything less than a question of national honor
Arizona republican., 1898-03-03

Arizona will do a great deal of rail- road building this year. There is now in process of construction the line from Williams to the Grand canyon of the Colorado, and the branch of the $. F. P. 6 P. into the Big Bug mining district. Work will also begin in a few days on the extension of the Gila Valley, Globe & Northern across the San Carlos reservation to Globe.