The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-01-21
WILL TRAVEL. ALONE.
Middle of tho Road Populists Form "a
New Organization.

Middle of tho Road Populists Form "a
| New Organization.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. ia new party
was born in the conference OF the
] populists and named the Peoples
| party.
| The Peoples party proposes to go l.
| alone. 1t has severed all connection
with the national populist committee
and made all arrangements for admin
istering it's own estate without the aid
or advice of any outside party.
With few exceptions, the delegates
declared themselves unequivocally In
favor of going it alone in the future.
| The referendum system was most
| highly compliment8d and recommend
| ed for use among the middle OF the
readers in settling matters Of national
| Importance to the order, and there was
a practical agreement among the dele
gates that national presidential con-
vention should be held this year.
There was lengthy discussion, and it
was not until a late hour that the pro-
ceedure for future action was agreed
upon. Finally report was adopted
as follows in part:
To the People of the United States:
The fusion movement consummated at
st. Louis in July, 1896, and the treat
ment of our candidate for vice presi-
dent in the campaign that followed,
gave rise to such dissension among the
rank and file of the Peoples party as
to threaten the absolute dismenber
ment of the only political organization
honestly contending for the social and
political rights of the laboring and
producing classes Of the country.
1t has been the purpose always Of
the committee to be courteous to the
national committee, and our supreme
desire has been at all times to pro-
mote harmonious cooperation with
said committee, that factional differ
ences might be obliterated, our party
prestige regained and our organization
restored to its once splendid estate.
This comm. tee feels confident of its
ability to show that il is no fault OF
ours that the national committee is not
present as a body to-day, but it does
not choose to waste valuable time in
wrangljng ovo' questions of official
etiquette.
We avow it to be our sincere pur-
pose now, as ever heretofore, to pro-
mote in very hnorable way the reform
movement on true populist lines, and
we deem the issues too momentou5 and
the dangers threatening free govern
ment too great to allow us to pause to
consider personal grievances or af-
fronts, or to permit wounded dignity,
rea. or imaginary, to overshadow pa
triotic duties.
Under pr,4sent conditions our be-
loved organization is slowly but sure
ly disintegrating and our comrades are
clamorous for aggressive action.
Having in vain importuned those
who assumed to be our superiors to
permit us to aid them in the grand
work of reorganizing the Peoples
party, that it may accomplish it's glor-
ious mission, we now appeal to the
people, the true souce Of all political
power,
The referendum committee appointed
is rs follows: Messrs. Dixon, of Mis-
souri,, Tracey, Of Texas, Reynolds, Of
Illinois, Matinger, of Indiana, and Nc
Gregor, of Georgia.
\ number of rules We're adopted for
the government of the national organ
IHdtlOu CUulullllcS, GtNUiS IHelll a luI0
that the national organization com
miItee shall submit to a vote Of the
Peoples party any proposition when
retitiOned to do so by not less than
10000 members Cf the party.
On the adjournment of the organiza-
ton committee the members Of the
national committee present met at the
LaCIede hotel and adopted the follow
ing resolution:
Resolved, That we. the members Of
the national committee present, in
dorse the action taken By the organiza-
ton committee and recommend that
its provisions be carried into effect, be-
lieving that such action will harmo-
niZe all differences in the party.
There were seventy-four members Of |
the committee represented By the |
members present orhv proxies and let |
ters, and favored a joint meeting Of the |
national committee and organization |
in the spring. Forty states |
were represented at the meeting.