Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-30
|ONb P||)PO|lS|S MEET
Middle. of- the. Readers Hold Thor
State Convention at Dss
Moines Today.
Chairman Weeks Declares 1t Time
To Cut Loose From the
Democrats.
Party Must Stand For It's Own
Principles Only Defines
the Issues.


Principles Only--Defines
the Issues.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 30.-The convention
lot the middle-of- the-road populists /
opened at 1890 this morning in Flynn
hall, at the corner OF Seventh and West |
Locust streets. There was larger att
tendance than has ever before been
The gathering was called to order by
A. w. G. Weeks. Of Winterset, chair
man Of the state central committee,
who was selected to be temporary
chairman Of the convention. In taking
charge OF the deliberations Mr.. Weeks
said:
| Gentlemen of the Convention.-The
peoples party of the state OF Iowa is to
be congratulated upon the large attend
ance upon this convention. When we
remember that only two years ago the
immortal forty-seven walked out of the
fusion populist convention, and when
I'VE look upon this large and enthusi
|astic assembly of populists from all
over this broad state of Iowa we Ger
ltainly may congratulate ourselves upon
the growth of the regular, true blue
peoples party in Iowa. We have al
i most exactly changed positions with
those former populists who, either con-
|scientiously or from motives Of attach
ment to certain leaders have been, from
time to time, tolled along until they
lhave been finally, upon one pretext or
lanother, landed in the democratic camp.
Their recent alleged convention was not
A as large in numbers as was ours In
June, 1897, when we took up this work
Iagain, without any organization. with
lout any records, without any funds and
without any leaders. Thus has this soon
come to pass the predictions that we
made at that time, that the peoples
4 party was being seduced from the path
of populism to become a mere adjunct
and aid society to the democratic par
{ )ty, and this year is to be the turning
point in the history of our party. Flu
sion has been officially killed by the
democratic party of Iowa at its last
convention. When it was therein pro-
posed to refer the nomination of one
office to the so-called populists that
motion was laid upon the table in a
democratic convention by vote of four
to one. Judge Carr of the democratic
state central committee, said that he
was democrat through and through,
and as democrat he felt that the par
lty had no business to allow any other
Organization to make it's nominations. "
Charles A. Walsh, another prominent
democrat, and now secretary of the
democratic national committee, said I'll
is time that we stand alone. These peo-
pe who vote with us and want to get
places on our ticket had better come
into our party and be known by our
lname. l am opposed this year to con-
cede anything to the populists or any
lother organization" Thus we find the
democratic party. after having seduced
the populist virgin from the path OF
rectitude, spurning her with contempt
Let US take them at their word and
throw away sham populism, recognize
ling that there Is no common ground OF
union between the democratic and the
peoples party. Let us throw aside all
shallow pretenses and again unite in
: straight work for the principles of pop
ulism. To all those who have differed
with US in the past and who are willing
lnow to return to their allegiance to the
|party we say we gladly bid you wei.
come and give you fraternal greeting
and ask you with us to go forward IN
. the old time enthusiasm and energy fol
the upbuilding of the principles which
are enunciated by the peoples party
Last year our convention was held
/ at a time when it was almost impos
III. 80, ntf = 20
. meeting, consequently, fell off some
what from the attendance of our Au
gust convention in 1897. and lack o
n funds prevented a vigorous campaign
{ last year but we feel now that we hav,
i. ARRIVED at time Of tiood-tide. On ev
!. cry hand we receive encouraging words
: and are assured of return to the part!
|of many who have heretofore differed
with us in matters of policy. There i
J. no middle ground for US to take.
l. EARLY in the morning of May /. 1895
i. )Commodore Dewey. at the head of hi
!. fleet. was steaming into Manila bay
: He had no charts, he had no idea of tn
J. lactual dangers ahead. He knew no
!. where the mines and the torpedoes o
I the enemy were located. Yet di,
i. dewey hesitate? No. When his sub
!. ordinate officers asked him what the,
\ should do his only order was .stean
+. ahead" So we, being charged with tn
duty OF holding up the flag of the PEG
pies party in the state of Iowa, mus
i. not hesitate at this time. Let us do a
!. Dewey did, steam ahead never mind
ling the guns Of the enemy, the subma
l. rine mines and the torpedoes Of enemie
J. within or enemies without, but perse
= Iyering in our courAe, let US go ahead i
: the face of all opposition, stopping onl
a few moments for breakfast, and
final triumph shall at last be ours
What are the issues in this cam
i. paign?
\. l. They may largely be summed unde
!. two heads: First. trusts and monop
olies; second, Imperialism"
THE illegitimate idea Of all trusts
to first limit the output and thereb.
secondly. control the price"
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