The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-01-04

10 cnange that order, and In the second,
the taxing of the vote in any other way
would @amand ridicule not respect,
and : g to determine the sentiment
of Pr : .sts with accuracy would not
impr :: ,ly fail to command the accept
ance support for the ticket that is
so i, :ative. When the precinct clubs
are organized that the vote on presi-
der = candidates can be thoroughly
an curately taken on the same day
tn ;hout the country the preliminaries
to the taking of such vote may be con-
sidered as complete. They cannot right
ly be so considered before.
Just as fast as the precinct clubs are
organized the chairman or secretary
should notify the presidential and vice
presidential candidates now in the field
and Milton Park, Dallas, Tex, chairman
OF the national committee. They should
also notify their respective state, con-
gressiOnal and county chairmen. 1t is
also desirable, when convenient, that
list of the enrolled members should be
forwarded to either Milton Park, chair
man of the national committee, or
Wharton Barker, Philadelphia, so as to
facilitate the dissemination of literature,
ETC., during the campaign.
So much said as to the organization
of the party at the bottom, let us turn
to the organization at the top. 1t is to
be noted that the plan of organization
adopted at Cincinnati provides for the
selection of a national committee con-
sisting of three members from each
state, to be chosen by the members of
the state central committees, said men,
bers of the state committees being eles.-
ed by direct vote at the party primaries
in each election year, three members for
each congressional district, the members
of said committees as of all other COM
mittees being subject to removal at any
time by majority vote of the precinct
membership of their constituency. Of
course this plan, SO far as the manner
of selecting committee members is con-
cerned, can only come into effect grad,l-
ally. To meet the immediate require
ment for working national committee
the Cincinnati convention provided, by
choosing Milton Park, Of Dallas, Tex,
chairman, by calling upon the state dele
cations present to each select three
members to serve the national commit
tee and by instructing the committee
men SO chosen to recognize the mem
bers Of the old organization, COM
mittee, from the states not represented
at Cincinnati, as members of the new
national committee, provided of course,
that such members were acceptable to
the Populists of their respective states
and until new members might be chosen
to supersede them.
Under these resolutions of the Gin
cinati convention all of the state dele
cations present did not choose mem
bers of the new national comm< ee,
some preferring to leave such choice to
their state chairman as the nearest rep
resentatives of their state central COM
named by state delegations at the Gin
cinnati convention are as follows:
FLORIDA.
Frank H. Lytle, Stanton.
A. P. Baskin, Anthony.
A. A. Weeks, Duncan.
GEORGIA.
c. E. McGregor, Warrenton.
Gen. VIM. Phillips, Marietta.
w. D. Hawkins, Flowry Branch.
ILLINOIS.
J. D. Hess, Pittsfeld.
Geo. w. Wickline, Belleville.
Francis R. Cole, Chicago.
INDIANA
j. c. Smith, Monticello.
D. Linton, Sheridan.
Zebulon Cox, Sheridan.
MINNESOTA.
Z. A. Twitchell, Minneapolis.
J. B. Dukes, Minneapolis.
S. w. Powell, Saltwater.
MISSISSIPPI.
Frank Burkitt, OkOlona.
DR.. R. X. Pruitt, Alderman.
N. C. Hathborn, Columbia.
MISSOURI.
Paul Dixon, ChillicOthe.
j. w. Hills, McFall.
DR.. D. w. Eskew, Poplar Bluff.
OHIO.
John Seitz, Tiffin.