The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-14
Experience in the Last Campaign
Was Disastrous.
Treatment Of the Candidate for vice
President Was Inexcusable, and
Almost Disrupted the Organise.
ti00-Reform Movement to he Con-
and Personal Grievances Must Be
Subordinated The Conference,
With hut Two Exceptions, Conn
posed Of II oaders.

ST. LOUIS. Jan. ia new party was
born tonight in the conference OF the Pop
ulists, and named the Peoples party. The
Peoples party proposes to go 1t alone. IL
has severed all connections with the ma
tional Populist committee. and made ar
rangements for administering on its es-
state without the aid or advice of any out
side party.
The entire afternoon and evening was
spent in the discussion and ii was not un-
til late hour tonight that the mode OF
procedure for action was agreed upon.
Finally report was adopted as follows
in part:
''To the People Of the United statess
The fusion movement censummated at St
Louis in July. 1856 and the inexcusahie
treatment of our candidates for vice presi-
dent in the campaign that followed gave
rise 10 the formation OF factions among
the rank and file and to threaten the abso-
lutte dismemberment Of the only political
organization contending for the social and
political rights OF the laborng and pro-
ducing classes OF the country.
1t has been the purpose always of the
committee 10 be courteous 10 the national
committee, and our supreme desire has at
cooperation with said committee that
faction differences might be obllterated,
our party prestige regained and our or.
gan.zation restored 10 its once splendid es-
tate This committee feels confident OF
Its ability TO show that II is no fault OF
ours that the national committee Is not
present as body tonight. but it does not
choose to waste valuable time wrangIlng
over questions OF official etiquette Wa
ayow II to be our sincere purpose, now as
ever before, to promote In every honorable
way the reform movement on true Popu-
hstic 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 affront, or to permit wounded dignity.
real or imaginary. to overshadow patri-
Otto duties.
Having in vain imporfuned those who
assumed 10 he our superiors 70 permit us
to aid them In the grand work OF reorKaniz-
ing the Peoples party that IL may accom-
plish its gloi ious mission, we now appeal
10 the people, the true source OF all poIfti-
cal power
The referendum committee appointed 10
is follows: Dixon of Missouri. Tracey OF
Texas. Reynolds OF Illinois. Matsinger of
Indiana and McGregor OF Georgia.
This concluded the work OF the confer
cnce.
With but two exceptions, the conference
OF Populists who came here Yesterday
from twenty states at the call of the na-
iional organization committee appointed at
the Nashville convention, is made up OF
representatives, OF the middle of -the-road
wing OF the party.
Chairman Butler failed in any way 70
recognize the organization committee. This
action on the part of Butler. who was A
strong advocate OF fusion with the Demo-
Gratis at the last election, Chairman Farks
declares. compelled the organization COM
nlittee to take independent action as TO the
future course OF the party.
TO make Washburn show his hand. the
convention appointed him a member OF the
committee on resolutions and procedure.
The committee held an aii-night session.
When Chairman Parke called the confer
ence 10 order at II o'clock today the COM
mittees report was reported and dis
c;lssed al length.