The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-02
ADDITIONAL EDITORIAL.
A LAST APPEAL.
A Note of Warning.

A Note of Warning.
In the Minneapolis Journal (Rep.) OF
January 26, we find the following news
letter:
Chairman Gibbs, Of the Populist state
central committee, has issued call Tor
the committee meeting of his associates
in Minneapolis, Feb. Is, the date OF the
Sen. Butler demonstration. The assem-
bly, place is made at the Windsor Hotel in
this city, and the hour p. m Included
in the call are the congressional COM
mittees and those of the different coun-
ties.
The purpose is very carefully stated. SO
that in case the marplots attempt to in
terrupt the harmonious course of pro-
ceedings, they may be quietly and effec-
lively answered. The significant fact Is
that no mention of fusion or anti-fusion
finds it's way into the official notice The
objects of the meeting, as stated. will be
more thorough organization throughout
the state, the question Of naturalization,
the raising OF funds and the matter Of
securing place on the official ballot. This
docket of items will be very strictly ad-
hcred to.
The local committee to have charge of
the Butler meeting was announced this
morning. Later it met and organized with
L. r. Lynch, secretary of the state central
committee, as chairman. and l.. M. Aver
as secretary. The other members are A. E.
j.
d. Brown. 1t is expected that Major J. NJ.
Bowler will act treasurer The money
necessary for expenditures has been more
than half raised.
We fear there is trouble ahead for the
Peoples party.
A great convention of POpulists was
held Jan. 4th and 9Th in st. Paul. 1t
was unanimous in the belief that there
was a conspiracy on foot, with it's head
center in Minneapolis, to force the Peo-
pies party into fusion with the Demo-
Gratis, by holding the convention of the
two parties at the same time and place,
and then agreeing upon a joint ticket.
To prevent this the ST. Paul convention
resolved that the state nominating con-
vention OF the Peoples party should be
held not later than the 18th OF March,
believing that the Democrats could not
get their people together so early; and
that then the Popuists would have the
poor privilege of controlling their own
affairs without outside pressure
By some extraordinary trlckery the
Peoples party state central committee
refused to call the usual md-winter
meeting of Populists; while at the same
time the leaders of the Owen faction
were organizing a new party, to be made
up of Democrats, Silver Republicans and
. Populists, with a distinct organization:
and one of the Minneapolis papers stated
that Major Bowler had said that this
would take the wind out Of the sais'
of the men who wanted the Peoples
party to stand on it's own feet
Great efforts. were made to have the
state central committee attend the
January meeting; but in vain And now
month and a half thereafter meeting
of the committee is called; and tue
call SPECIFICALLY NAMES 1tE
PURPOSES OF THE MEETING, AND
THE CALLING OF THE STATE CON-
VENTION is NOT ONE OF THEM.
There is mischief afoot. The inspired
article which we quote from the Min
neapolis Journal says:
The purpose is very carefully
stated, SO that in case the marpots at
tempt to interrupt the harmonious
course of the proceedings, they may be
quietly and effectively answered"
That means, that if the committee
appointed at st. Paul, Jan. 4 and s.,
should say to the, state central commit
tee
Come, brethren let us dwell together
in unity. Do not force us to the holding
of two state cOnventiOnS-One to make
independent nominations, and the other
to be a mere side-show to the Demo-
Gratis. Let us now agree upon a time
and place for holding the state conven-
ton, and reunite and harmonic the
whole party
Then Mr. Lynch, who is holding a fat
Office under the Democratic sheriff Of
Hennepin county, or Mr.. L. NJ. Aver,
into whose capacious stomach went
nearly all the league funds, raised by he
Populists in 1896, will rise and say
Mr.. Chairman, the call specifically
states the purposes for which this meet
ing was called, and THE HOLDING OF
A STATE CONVENTION WAS NOT
ONE OF THEM. We will have to put
this committee to the expense of COMING
together again, at a time agreeable to
those who want fusion with the Demo-
Gratis. You can do nothing now. Ley
the st. Paul convention go ahead and
call state convention for March 10
and we will call another for July or
August next, 1t is true that this will
tear our party into inch-bits. A great
fight will follow in the courts to de-
termine which is the real Peoples party
But in any event we will carry of
enough of the following in the Demo
cratic camp to help make the state
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