The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-23

vention until September, and if it should
go for fusion we will not have time
they said, Ito call new convention.
That is one of the reasons why we want
a convention called early Other rea-
sons are that we want long campaign
to organize the voters and build I'D the
educational work and we want it at a
time when the farmers can meet with
us, for among the farmes is the strength
OF the POpulist movement Mr.. Butler
likewise believed an early convention
was desirable, and said he had told all
with whom he had talked about a late
convention that it should be called as
early at least as June.
If the committee desired he would
go over to the state committee and get
an audience if possible and urge them
to call the meeting early, or better ST.
committee should be sent with him
from those present to accompany him.
EX-Congressman Bowen and Eric Olson
were chosen as a committee with SEN
ator Butler, on this mission, but before
they reached the rooms OF the state
committee it was learned the committee
had adjourned after selecting June Is as
the date. The committee of twenty-one
thereupon passed the following resolu-
tions, plainly telling those things up
permost in their hearts:
Whereas, Many earnest Populists had
observed, with great regret that the
merging Of the Peoples party with or
into the Democratic party had led to tho
decentralization and almost destruction
of Populism in many of the states, re-
ducing it's vote in Ohio from $4,000 to
and knowing that fusion" would in
evitably produce like results in Mime
sofa:
And Whereas, An informal gathering
of patriotic Populists was held in the
city Of st. Paul in January last, which
declared emphatically against "fusion,"
and appointed committee of twenty
one members to call a state convention
III NS1SC IL as elICCluplCu W u duc lu3
party off to Democracy, and to call it at
an early date;
And Whereas, The state central COM
mittee met today and by unanimous
vote called the state convention of the
Peoples party for June Is next basing
the apportionment on the vote of 1894,
the last campaign, when we acted sep
arate and apart from all other parties;
And Whereas, The state central COM
mittee has appointed a committee OF
three to prepare an address to the public
which will, we understand, insist upon
separate and distinct action on the part
of the Peoples party;
And Whereas, We learn that the
state central committee would have call
ed the state convention at an earlier
date than the 18th of June except for the
fact that it would have occurred at a
time when the farmers were busy with
their seeding; therefore,
Resolved, That we congratulate those
who participated in the January con-
ference on the excellent results which
have followed their efforts.
Resolved, That we thank the state
central committee for rising to the full
measure Of their duty in their action to-
day.
Resolved, That we do our best to
make the state convention Of June Is,
-Sn1nn6i6 oo11
ulists to make special efforts to see that
good and true men are elected as dele
gates to that convention so as to resist
all attempts that my be made to merge
our party with any other organization.
Resolved, That this committee should
not adjourn sine die but should con-
tinue In existence as an adjunct and
help to the state central committee In
thoroughly organizing the Peoples
party Of this state.
Resolved, That the Peoples party is
not dead and is not going to die. 1t is
today stronger in Minnesota than it
has ever been before. Our doors and
windows are all open and we invite all
good men Of all parties to come in and
march under our banner and redeem the
state and nation from the rule of plu-
tocracy.
The ST. Paul and Minneapolis newspa-
pers apparently have a trust that is as
far ahead of the Chicago newspaper trust
as Chicago papers are ahead of the rest
of us. The reports Of their public meet
ings are evidently written by one hand
for all papers. Word for word, line for
line, paragraph for paragraph, the only
difference apparently, being some of
their city editors cut the reports down
to fit their own space. And all these
papers, the Globe. gold bug Democrat.
and the other Republicans, were unan-
imous for fusion. If fusion is stronger,
will get more votes than the middle OF
the road policy, as claimed by fusionists,
it's hard to understand why the oppo-
sition papers are so strongly In favor
OF fusion. but st. Paul gentleman told
us that the papers were owned by rail-