The Advocate and news., 1899-02-01

the sole purpose of securing to the peO-
pie the right to make their own laws.
This party FIVE months after its or
ganizatiOn, polled, according to the Off
cial reports, 1891 votes. It is probable
that as it was a new party, and its ticket
the last on the ballot, that many votes
were not reported.
BY this vote it has won it's place on
the official ballot as a party recognized
by the laws of Ohio and has demon
strated that the people are ready for a
movement Of this character.
Consequently at a meeting of the State
central committee Of the Union Reform
party of Ohio, held in the city Of Colum-
bus on November 26th, 1898, it was unan-
imously agreed that the time had come
for national organization on this basis
in order that the movement might be ex-
tended to the other States and the way
prepared for a national nominating con-
VentiOn in 1900
In accordance with the resolution then
adopted, we, the undersigned, chairman
and secretary Of the State executive COM
mittee of the Union Reform party of
Ohio, issue the following
-Gall for National Conference.
A call is hereby issued for national
conference to convene in the city of
Cincinnati, Ohio, at 8 a. m. on Wednes-
day, March 1st, 1899.
The object of this conference is the
organization of national political party
for the purpose Of securing such amend
ments to our national and State consti-
tutions as will give to the people the
right to govern themselves under the
system known as the initiative and ref
erendum, or direct legislation.
The work OF the conference will be to
elect a national executive committee,
provide for the selection of national
central committee, and, as far as posi-
BILE, to arrange for the organization Of
the several States, so as to prepare the
way for a national nominating cOnven-
tiOn in 1900.
ALI citizens Of the United States, 81
years of age, who desire the OrganiZa-
ton of national party for the purpose
and on the basis named in this call, will
be entitled to sit as delegates in the con-
ference, and each delegate will be en-
LlIlSu W VOIS III JllC UIbdlllHdIlOh VI CuS
conference.
BY order of the State executive COM
mitee of the Union Reform party Of Ohio.
r. S. THOMPSON, Chairman.
T. J. Creager, Secretary.
AS will be seen from the call, the main
object Of the new party will be to unite
all reformers on the principle Of direct
legislation, acting on the belief that
through the initiative and referendum
they can secure proper hearing for the
reforms in which they are especially in
terested.
R. s. Thompson, the prime mover in
the conference, is the editor Of the
Springfield, Ohio, National New Era.
He is a man Of vigorous ideas and has
been for a long time an active prohi-
bitionist.
The conference is intended to interest
Populists Of all sorts, free silverites, sim
gle takers, prohibitionists and advocates
Of government ownership of natural mo-
nOpolies, those opposed to the issue OF
money by private banks, advocates or
the cooperative commonwealth, in fact,
all who have reforms for which they can
not get fair hearing under the present
system
In the last number of the New Era Mr.
Thompson gives the following illustra-
ti0n of how he expects the work of the
party to accomplish results:
1T often makes matters much more
simple to consider how the matter would