The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-14
Mr.. PARK HAS A PARTY
Middle of the Readers OMIT the Pop
ulists Altogether.
CHRISTENED THE PEOPLES PARTY.
1t Proposes tn Play Lone han.i
without Any Advice or Aid
from Anybody.

st. Louis, January 13.--At the conference
roitical party was born tonight. 1t wa:
christened the peoples party. The peoples
party proposes to go it alone 1t has sew
cred all connections with the national pop
ulist committee and made all arrangement:
fer administering its own estate without
the aid or advice of any outside party.
With few exceptions the delegates de-
clare themselves unsquivocally in favor Of
going it alone in the future. The refer
endum system was the most highly compli
mentsd and recommended for use among
the middle of the readers in settling mat
ters of national Importance.
The entire afternoon and evening was
until a late hour tonight that the mode OF
PROCEDURE Tor future action was agreed
upon Finally a report was adopted as fol-
lows. in part:
To the People:
The fusion movement consummatcd al
St Louis In July, 1886, and the inexcuea,
BILE treatment of our candidate for vice
president in the campaign that followed,
gave rise to such dissatisfaction among the
rank and file of the peoples party as to
dismember, the only political organization
holestly contending for social and political
rights OF the laboring and producing class
es of the country.
1t has been our purpose always to be
courteous TO the National committee and
our supreme desire has been at all times to
promote harmonious operation with said
committee. that fractional differences might
be obliterated. our party prestige retained
and our organization restored to its ability
to show that it is no fault of ours that the
National committee is absent as a body to-
day. but 1t dose not choose to waste val
liable time on the wranglng over questions
OF official etiquette We avow II to be our
sincere purpose now as ever heretofore to
promote In evrey honorable way the reform
movement on true populist lines, and we
9eem the ISSUES too momentous and the
dangers threatening free government too
Imminent to allow us to pause to consider
personal grievanAs or to permit wounded
dignity, real or imaginary, to oyershadow
patriotic duty. Under present conaitions
our beloved organization is SLOWLY hut
surely disintegrating and our comrades are
eiamoring for aggressive action.
havlng In vain importuned those who
assumed 10 be our superiors TO permit Us
10 aid them in the grand work OF reorpan-
izing the peoples party. thar !, NAV or.
eompiish its glorious mission. we now an
peal to the people. the true source Of all
political power. VI an
The referendum committee appointed is
as az foiiows. Messrs Dixon of Missouri,
Tracy OF Texas, Reynolds of Illinois. Mot,
SINGER OF indiana and McGregor Of Georgia
- hummer OF resolutions were adopted for
s.,,,', u,nen OF the National organization
suiahiitlse, among them the rule .hat the
Natiohai organization shall submit 10
vote OF the peoples party any Dropos,,ion
W. n pentioned 20 10 so by not lass Than
io;Opc OF tire party.
ence. 'he cehier-
On the adjonrnment OF the committee
2. ,he peoples party the members of tha
National committee met at the Inrle5e ~
lei ana adopted the following:
Resolved. That We, members OF The
NATIONAL committee. indorse tho nc.ion
taken By the organization committee.
ana recommend that its provNi,ns be
earned into effect, believing that such
action VIII harmcnize MI differences in
the party. :"
mere were seventy four m>aSbers ~ the
committee represented by iuembnrs Resent
or py proxies and letters which favored a
loint meeting Of the National oom,nittea
ana organization committee In the sprlng
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