The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-14
PEOPLES PARTY REoRGAxrzED.
PopuIist Leaders Decide on New
Line Os Policy

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 1S.-At the confer
ence of the Populist leaders held here a
new political party was born tonight. It
was christened the Peoples party. The
Peoples party proposes to go it alone. 1t
has severed connections with the Ma
tional Populist committee and has made
arrangements for administering It's own
estate without the aid or advice of any
outside party. With a few exceptions the
delegates declared themselves uuequlvo-
caliy in favor of going il alone in the fu-
ture.
The referendum system was most Wig
orously comnlimented and recommended
for use among the middle-of-the-roaders
in settling matters of national import
ance to the order, and they have an agree
ment among the delegates that national
convention should be held this spring. The
entire afternoon and evening was spent
in lengthy discussion and il was not I'M
ill late hour tonight that the mode OF
procedure for future action was agreed
upon. Finally a report was adopted in
part, as follows
ITO the People of the United states: The
fusion movement consummated at ST.
Louis in July, 1896, and the inexcusable
treatment of our candidate for Vice Pres
dent in the campaign that followed. gave
| rise to such bitterness and indignation
among the rank and file of the Peoples
party as to threaten the absolute dismem-
berment of the only political organization
contending for the political and social
rights of the iaboring and wealth produc-
ing classes.
ut is the purpose of the Peoples party
committee to be courteous to the National
Populst committee and our supreme de
sire has been at all times to maintain
harmonious cooperation with said COM
mittee, that factonal differences might
be obliterated our party prestige regain
ed and our organization restored to its
once splendid estate. The committee feels
confident of its ability to show that il is
no fault of ours that the national com
mittee is not present as a body to-day
but it does not chose TO waste valrS be
time in wrangling over questions of Off
cial matters
I'VE owe it to our sincere purpose nov
as ever heretofore, to promote in every
honorable way the reform movement or
true Populist lines and we deem the issues
too momentous, and the dangers threaten.
ing free government too imminent to al
low us to pause to consider personal
grievances or affronts, or to permit any
indiguities, real or imaginary, to over.
shadow patriotic duty
Under these conditions our beloved or
sanization was slowly but surely lis,n,
tegrating, and our comrades are clamor
Gus for aggressive action. We have in Vair
importuned those who assumed TO be oul
superior to permit us to aid them In this
grand work of reorganizing the Peoples
party, that 1t may accomplish its glorious
mission; we now appeal to the people the
true source of all political power
"A referendum committee was appointed
consisting of the following members:
Messrs. Dixon of Missouri, Tracy OF
Texas, Reynolds of Illinois, Matsinger OF
Indiana and McGregor of Georgia.
number of rules were adopted for the
government of the national organization
and rule that the national Organization
shall submit to vote of the Peoples par
ty any proposition when petitioned to dc
80 by not less than 10000 members of tht
party This concluded the work of the
conference.
On the adjournment of the organization
committee of the Peoples party, the mem
bers of the nation committee met at La
Clede Hall and adopted the following:
Resolved, That we, the members Of
the national committee present the actor
taken by the reorganization committee
and recommend that its provisions be car
ried into effect, believing that such action
will harmonic all differences In the party
There were seventy-four members of the
committee represented, mostly by proxy
or letter, who favored a joint meeting OF
the committee and organization committee
in the spring