The record-union., 1898-09-07

nelly, the nomination of Barker was
made unanimous. Ignatius Donnelly
was then nominated by acclamation for
Vice President.
very long platform was adopted,
which incorporates the Omaha plat
form, as we'll as, the address adopted at
the morning session. The resolution
also provides for the reorganization of
the party, with Milton Park of Dallas,
Tex, as Chairman
The most important action of the
convention was the adoption of the
referendum system as the cardinal
principle in the future of the govern
menti of the reorganiZed party
After the nominations had been made
a resolution was offered by Captain
Frank Burkett of Mississippi, provid-
ing that the nominations just made be
referred to referendum of the voters
of the Peoples party of all States and
Territories, and that said referendum
be taken in accordance with the rules
adopted by this convention for the flu
ture government of the Peoples party.
These rules constitute a radical sub
stitute for those adopted in st. Louis
in 1896
The main change provides that the
new Peoples party should never again
hold a delegate convention of any sort
National, State, district or local, but
that the nominations for all offices
should be made through the "initia i've
and referendum. or petitions indorsed
by popular vote
Another supplemental resolution was
adopted providing that the new Ma
uonal Committee, of which Milton
Park is Chairman, shall take such ac-
ton as it may find necessary in the
courts and otherwise to see that the
names of all the candidates of the Peo-
pies party in all localities shall appear
on the regular and legally prescribed
ballots.
Those who followed Palmer of Illi-
nois out of the convention afterward
held a conference and appointed Joe
A. Parker Of Kentucky, James E. Me-
Bride of Michigan, James II. Ferris of
Illinois and Horace Merritt of Tennes-
see a committee to draft another ad-
dress. This committee reported the
following, which was adopted unani-
mously by the boilers:
ITO the Peoples Party of the United
States: On behalf of our delegates who
attended the meeting called at Cincin-
natl by some old members of the Peo-
pies party, we submit the following
protest to the action of that body:
We attended the convention for the
purpose of preserving harmony among
those who espoused the straight, pure
and simple Peoples party doctrine. But
those who controlled the convention
We're prompted by some purpose pro-
voking them to override every effort
made to promote the interests of the
party.
THE convention proceeded properly
to establish a referendum system
through which nominees of the party
for the several offices could be selected
by the members of the party voting in
their respective precincts When we
sought to have the National Central
and National Organization Committees
put the program into effect within an
hour they refuse, disregarding the plan
adopted by themselves. and Immediate
ly proceed to the nomination of Presi-
dent and Vice President; and by their
action we believe they have placed
themselves outside the regular organ
iZdtioif Oh the HeOple S party and Gre
atedfOr themselves a new party. There
upon quite one-half the delegates with
drew, preferring to remain loyal to the
Peoples party and willing to trust fu-
ture developments to remedy party diff
fcultieS.
we implore the POpulists of every
State to pay no heed nor to attach
Importance to this small sloughing off
of party timber, but to maintain an
aggressive warfare on the lines hith-
erto followed; to build up and preserve
our State and local organizations, in
accordance with the recommendations
Of the National Organization Commit
tee, as adopted at Nashville, July f.
1897, and the subsequent agreement
between our two national committees
at Omaha, July Is, 1898. relying on the
patriotism and good judgment of men
advocating both policies of party man
agement to heal their differences be-
fore the time fixed for our regular ma
tiOnal convention"
The above resolutions were unani-
mously adopted by delegates in whole
or part from the States of Michigan,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Missouri and Arkansas.