The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-07
RESOLUTIONS.

1OTN0.
Whereas. We have seen with sorrow
and indignation the late Peoples Party
convention turned over soul and body to
the the eTssS nest dIsrepn}abls R ri & s ans
graced any political convention in the
state of Minnesota, and
Whereas. The following are a few of
the footprints of the bloody trail Of
the proceedings Of that body, and md the the
Ffrst-Neglect or refusal to properly
call our primaries in many counties OF
the state. or calling them at such an
hour as to prevent Populists from at
second-The packing OF caucuses in
the the m most scandaloTs u.s. manner. the lead,
many as Counties Senx dspsced sna ov.r
to vote the Peoples Party ticket;
bs point TO- the 1aDrsssdent;d
central committee in using every device
in his power to subserve his Democratic
be bosses IN Sc sailing the convention at the
calculated to suppress. q free expression
Of sentiment on the part Of true dele
gates and In combining and conspiring
masses. of Democrats and Free Silver
Republicans. who held their conven-
tione at the same time:
Fourth-When the convention assem-
bled at Normanna hall and 1t be-
came came evident that In spite Of all
a majority, then Chairman Gibbs arbi-
to vote to capture the convention, while
excluding those who contested their
seats; thing unheard Of in parliament
be excluded or both seated until the
question at issue between them could be
determined by the convention, on a re-
port of the committee on credentials:
Fifth-Whan II Distinctly
byn. chairman Of the national com
m mttHe tS,e,, ", was IS. opposing in his paper our
gressonal district, Prof. Cation, and
was supporting the Republican candi-
date, Hon. Loren Fletcher, the conven-
tion refused to remove him. although 1t
had fun authority to do so.
Sixtn1Ouring the proceedings of the
convention con, ati,s no semblance of. .parlamon
man arbitrarily declared motions lost
that were carried by large majority
and refused to entertain motions that
were clearly in order. and to. cap the
from his rulings; and when delegates In
sisted upon their right to be heard as
men and Populists, resorted to his hire
ling sergeant-at- rms, and the police Of
the city, TO overawe the convention.
Seventh-That when all these tactics
failed to deliver the Populist convention
into the bowels of Democracy, one s. NJ
Owen was brought upon the stage, to
raise preconcerted personal row, to
distract and break up the convention
and divert the attention Of the delegates
from principles to factioral strife
Eighth-By these means the conven-
ton was forced into nominating, as one
OF its candidates, Hon. William Mitchell
or WinOna. member Of the supreme
court, we'll known to be one of the lead
ing single gold standard advocates Of
the state. and who voted against us at
the last election
Ninth-We were also forced to nom-
mate two other Democrats. Messrs
Canty and Buck. who, as members Of
Republican members Of the court. to de-
clare unconstitutional the act Of the
legislature % authorizing the erection OF
money obtained from the farmers for for
inspecting their wheat BY this act
these men killed measure that would
have been worth millions OF dollars to
the grain growers Of this state and they
did this on specious and ridiculous pre-
lenses. 50 as to permit the elevator ring
to continue to plunder the people, as
they have done to this hour.
NOW, therefore in view of the above
} facts. and many more Of a similar char
scter. contrary not simply TO order.
tatirE an outrage humanity, a
travesty on Justice and reform. and a
foul blot and disgrace to Populisn we
ceedings Of that convention: and declare
to the state and nation that the result
Of the Peoples Party convention yester-
day does not express the sentiments OF
the Populists Of Minnesota and we
pledge ourselves, by our sacred honor
as men ard PopulistS. to redeem our
party from the control of the Demo-
cratic schemers andr politicians.
We put forth. therefore, the following
declaration OF principles. and to it's sup
port We invite every honest man in the
state: 90
First-The Peoples Party was born to
live: and with the help Of God it snail
not die
Second-we regard the shortening of
the distance between the voters and the
legislators, by means o, the initiative
and referendum, as the great issue Of
the age, and rs the only thing that will
save this republic from sinking into a
universal sea Of corruption. which cor
porattonS-. and combines have inflicted
Resolved, That this convention in
dorses the referendum plan as a substi-
tute for old party conventions and in
structs our state central committee to
arrange the details for the future NOM
ination Of candidates and making Of
platforms Of our Peoples Party, accord
Ing to this method.
Resolved, That We believe that the
adoption OF the initiative and referen-
dunn will furnish means whereby all
the great moral, social and economic
questions of the age, such as temper
ance. alea-aaaNra&sys>single tax. gov
ernment ownership, ETC., can be placed
/ before the people Nnd settled by popular
/ vote. @