The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14


Party National convention met in Gin
cinnati pursuant to the call of Milton
Park as chairman of the National organ
ization committee.
In a two days session; it cut loose
from all entangling alliances with either
of the old parties; it renowned the lead
ership of Chairman Butler and others
who would lead us into the Democratic
camp in 1900; it declared the Peoples
Party was born to live, not to lie; it is
sued an address to the American people,
the greatest and most important ever
put forth by political convention; it
reaffirmed the cardinal tenets of the
Omaha platform and prefaced those
ton under the initiative and referen-
dunn system as the keystone upon which
must ever rest the whole structure OF
successful popular government; it
stepped abreast of the most advanced
socialistic thought of the world in the
platform declaration that we believe in
the collective ownership of those means
of production and distribution which the
people may elect, such as railways, tele-
graphs, telephones, coal mines, etc."
recognizing the evils of the representa-
tive system, party machines, party
bosses, states, caucuses, conventions,
and one man power The convention pro-
vided remedy for all these evils by
adopting plan of organizing our party
and nominating candidates based upon
the three essentials of self government,
the initiative, the referendum and
the imperative mandate and finally to
carry out the will of the rank and file
and enforce the edicts of the party the
convention placed in nomination as can
didates for president and vice president
respectively to be voted for in 1900 the
Hon. Wharton Barker of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and Hon. Ignatius Don
nelly of Minnesota.
The convention met Monday morning,
Sept. 5th, in Lyceum Hall and was called
to order by 10 \. Parker, secretary
of the organization committee, who
briefly outlined the purposes OF the con-
vention and called for nomination of
temporary chairman. Chairman Milton
Park, of Texas, was sick and unable to
attend, but in another column will be
found letter from him sent to the com
vention which has the true ring to ii
and did it's full share toward shaping thl
action of the convention.
Mr.. Donnely was unanimously choseI
temporary chairman of the conventiol
and w. L. Merritt of Tennessee, wa
chosen secretary, and pursuant to in
structions of the convention the chair
man named the following committees
ON CREDENTIALS.
]. O. label, of Michigan; Whartol
Barker, of Pennsylvania; Jas. H. Ferris
of Illinois; 10 4. Parker, IF ken,
lucky; J. W. Prcuge, of Miss; ssippi; s
M. Fairchild of Minnesota.
On Permanent Organization and Orde
of Business-W. 0. Atkinson, Of Mil
souri,; Jas. A. Hoff, Of Illinois; l..
Foster, of Minnesota; c. N. Smith, CT II
diana; E. T. Brewer, of Mississippi.
A recess was then taken to the Mon
day afternoon session of the conventio/
to give time for the work of these con
mittees. On reassembling at
o'clock Monday p. m. the credentiA
committee was not ready to report a
the convention listened to spirited
interesting addresses from Bridgefd1
of Kentucky, Atkinson Of MissOrl
Burkitt OF Mississippi and Haughawa
of Missouri.
Following this intellectual menu d
committee on credentials made its
port recommending that proxies of
delegates duly chosen be recognize
whether held by gentlemen from th9
own states or delegates from 9th
states, land that each state represented
allowed to poll the fun, vote to VIII
the state was entitled Upon the re-
ing of this report it was immediat
remembered that in, prior conventis
much mischief had been done by CHI
man Butler and others with POO
full of proxies. g1
Proxies were recognized as a sou
of danger, and Mr.. Palmer, of Him
moved that no proxy be voted uni
delegate giving the proxy, and the q
mittee report amended as moved by