The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-10
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
CINCINNATI POPULIsFS SAY THEY
WILL STAY THERE


FuIl-Peek of Georgia to BE Per-
manent Chairman-DOnnelIy Seems
to BE Stronger Than Barker-Wiu
Get to Work To-day.
Cincinnati, May 9.-National Chairman
d. Glenn Deaver called the National Con-
vention Of the Middle-of-th Road Popu-
lists to order at 1:5O p. m.
He introduced Mayor Tafel, who WEI
coined the delegates to Cincinnati in a
brief speech in which he gave expression
to what the delegates were pleased to in
terpret and applaud as Populist senti-
ments. On the part of the delegates Prof.
J. A. Boyse of Nebraska City, Neb, thank
ed the Mayor.
When Chairman Deaver wrapped for or
der there were on the floor Of the Opera
House 40 men and women occupying del
egates' seats and seventy-flve people in
the galleries.
Chairman Deaver delivered his formal
address to the delegates.
His remarks were loudly applauded
throughout Chairman Deaver spoke in
part as follows:
1T is a pleasure to me, and I assure
you I consider it a great honor, to call
this convention, composed of so many
grand and noble reformers. We meet to-
day again a free and untrammeled par
~, free TO do as we ourselves desire,
without the aid or consent of any other
party on earth.
1T is true that we have passed through
a stormy sea, but did any of us expect
an easy road to reform when we enlisted
in this work? No; no. While we may
not have been able TO foresee just what
difficulties we were to encounter, still we
knew that the work Of dislodging plutoc-
racy in high places was a work that
would try the souls of men.
1T, is scarcely necessary in this con-
vention for me to refer to the two old
parties. You all know they are both cor
rupt to the core, that they both strive
to serve Mammon. They have no claim
upon reformers. They say they propose to
regulate the trusts. Such nonsense The
Popullst party has passed the stage of
regulation. Speaking for myself / DC
dieve that the regulation of anybody's
business except your own, is wrong In
principle. All attempts at corporate reg
ulation have been proven to be farce.
l believe that when a business on trust
in its natural operation becomes a mem
ace to the welfare of the people, that the
public should own such business or trust.
Yes, make one grand trust out of IT. a
trust in which all the people are part own
ers. There Is no business being conduct
ed to-day in the nature of trust but
what the government could own and op-
crate. Time spent in trying to regulate
trusts is time wasted, and no one knows
1t better than the managers of the two
old political parties.
Wants Direct Legislation.
Under our own present system, we have
government by party instead of by people.
and If the party in power is corrupt we
nave poor governments.
1T appears to be one of the laws of ma
ture that the older political party grows,
the more corrupt and demoralizing it be-
comes. Like bad egg, the longer YOU
Keep 1t, the worse 1t gets. The Demo-
cratic party has arrived at its last days
OF keeping; the Republican party by its
close relationship and association with
Democracy has also degenerated to a
mass of broken pledges that are destrov-
ing it ropidly. Both parties have changed
'front.' Both are corrupt and unless we
can secure direct legislation we will, after
we achieve success, become as a party a
detnment instead of a help to bring about
reform.
Let us secure direct legislation, a gov
~ LAlt people, IOr the people.
instead OF government by the parties for
the parties, and the history of our party
will be the most glorious of all parties
that have ever existed. When we have
secured direct legislation, which we can
secure without any great change, then we
can submit TO the people the money uues-
ton, the railroad question, the land oues
zion, the trust question and any others
that stated per cent Of the voters de-
mand TO be submitted. Then our law
makers will be a higher class of men.
The lobbyist viii disappear from the halls
of legislation, and the people, the great
common people, all the people, will be left
free to pass or undo any laws they de-
sire.
Some of our misguided friends are
meeting in another part of the country
to-day. Poor fellows, pity them They
are rainbow-chasers, and they will not
realize their predicament until their day
of grace is past. Let us not hate them,
but rather let us look upon them with
mercy believing as we do that many hon
est men are among them who ought TO
know better, but who have been rnisied
by the bright and dazzling colors of the
giant rainbow. They hope to secure re-
form through the Democratic party, the
party of stagnation, a negative party, n
party that always opposes whatever Is,
whether it be good, bad or Indifferent
folly of rainbow-chasing, and will return
to the fold better and wiser men,"
Parker Was AppIauded.
National Secretary 10 A. Parker was
then introduced TO read the call for the
convention. Parker was received with tu-
multuous applause. He prefaced the read
ing with a few remarks on the work Of
the National Committee following the dis
ruption of the Populist forces at Lincoln.
Neb., on Feb. 10, last. He said
1--WE have had a terrific struggle to hold
together the honest men of the party, hut
/ believe we have succeeded and the Pep
pies party Is saved"
He excoriated Senator Allen end that
gentleman's alleged remark at Lincoln:
1--WE have thrown them over the transom."
Parker declared that the Peoples party
went over the transom at the same time
and that Butler and Allen at Sioux Falls
cannot sell and barter the vote Of the Peo-
pies party"
Chairman Deaver announced that the
National Committee had recommended the
selection Of ex-Congressman NJ W. How
ard OF Alabama for temporary chairman
The convention unanimously ratified that
recommendation.