The age-herald., 1898-01-14
NEW POLITICAL PARTY BORN At the Conference of PopuliSt
 Leaders. DECIDED TO 60 1T ALONE Severed All Connection With National Populist Committee, and Made Arrangements for
 Administering lis Own Estate.

St. Louis, Jan. .13.-At the conference of party was born tonight. It was christened the Peoples party.
 The peoples party proposes to go it alone. It has severed connection with the national populistJ committee and made all arrangements for administering it's own es- tate without the aid or advice of any out side party.
 With a few exceptions, the delegates de- clared themselves unequivocally in favor of going 1t alone in the future. The refer endum system was most highly compli- mented and recommended for use among the middle-of-the-roaders in settling mat ters of national importance to the order, and there was a practical agreement among the delegates that national presi- dential convention should be held this year.
 The entire afternoon and evening was spent in lengthy discussions, and it was not until a late hour tonight the mode of procedure for future action was agreed upon. Finally a report was adopted, as follows in part:
 The fusion movement consummated at St. Louis in July. 1896, and the inexcusable treatment of our candidate for yice-presi- dent in the campaign that followed gave rise to such dissatisfaction among the rank and file of the peoples party as to threaten the absolute dismemberment of the only political organization honestly tcontendng for the political and social rights of the laboring classes.
 It has been the purpose of the committee always to be courteous to the national com mittee, and our supreme desire has been at all times to promote harmonious CO., operation with said committee, that fac tional differences might be obliterated, our party prestige regained and our organiza- ton restored to it's once splendid estate. This committee feels confident of its ability to show that it is no fault of ours that the national committee is not present as body today, but it does not choose to waste valu- able time in wrangling eever questions of official etiquette We avow it to be our sincere purpose now as ever heretofore to promote in every honorable way the re- form movement on true .popuist lines and we deem the issues too momentous and the dangers threatening free government too imminent to allow us to pause to consider personal grievances or affronts to per init wounded dignity, real or imaginary, to overshadow patriotic duty.
 Under present conditions our beloved or- ganization is slowly but surely disintegrat- ing and our comrades are clamorous for aggressive action.
 Having in vain importuned those who as- sume to be our superiors to permit us to aid them in the grand work of recognizing the peoples party that it may accomplish it's glorious mission, we now appeal to the people, the true source of all political power.
 The referendum committee appointed is as follows: Messrs Dixon, of Missouri; Tracey, of Texas; Reynolds. of Illinois; Matzinger, of Indiana, and Macgregor, of Georgia.
 A number of rules were adopted for the government of the organization committee, among them rule that the national or ganization shall subject to vote of the peoples party any proposition when pe- titioned to do so by not less than 10, GOO members of the party.
 This concluded the work of the confer . ence. On the adjournment of the commit tee, members of the national committee met at the Laclede hotel and adopted the following resolution:
 Resolved, That we, the members of the national committee present, indorse the action by the organization committee and recommend that it's provision be carried into effect, believeing that such action will harmonize all differences in the party.
 There were seventy-four of the commit tee presented by members or by proxies and letters who favored a joint meeting of the national committee and organization committee in the spring. Forty states were represented at this meeting