The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-11
Nominations Made By POpuIiSt Conventions at Sioux
Falls and Cincinnati Yesterday.
Enthusiastic Gathering in the South Dakota City and
Strong Platform Adopted.
THE TICKET.
For REORGANIZATION BAR
KER of Pennsylvania.
For Vice Observation-Disclosures
DONNELLY of Minnesota.
THE PLATFORM.

platform was adopted at the middle-Of-
the-road PCpuHst convention today:
The Peoples party Of the URited
States. assembled in national conven-
ton, this 10th day Of May, 1900, az
filming mistaken belief in the cardinal
tencts Of the Peoples party, as set
forth in the Omaha platform and pledg-
ing ourselves anew to continued advO-
cacy Of those grand principles of hui
man liberty until right shall triumph
over might, and love over greed, do
adopt and proclaim this declaration Of
faith:
DIVE demand the initiative and
referendum and the imperative man
date for such changes of existing fun
damental and statute law as will ena-
bic the people in their sovereign ca
pacity to propose and compel the en-
actmeut of such laws as they desire: to
reject such as they deem injurious to
their interests and to recall unfaithfuI
public servants.
"(2)-We demand the public owner
ship and operation of those means OF
communication, transportation and
production which the people may elect,
such as railroads, teIegraphs and tele-
phone lines, coal mines. etc.
"(3)-The land, including all natural
sources Of wealth, is a heritage of the
people, and should not be mOnOpolized
for speculative purposes, and alien
ownership of land should be prohibited.
And land now held by railroads and
other corporations in excess of their
actual needs and all lands now owned
by aliens should be reclaimed by the
government and held for actual settlers
Onl.-.
Coinage of Silver.
GA scientific and absolute paper
hl he lartHr al
and population of the nation, not re-
CeemabIe in any specific commodity,
but made a. full legal tender for all
debts and receivable for all taxes and
public dues and issued by the govern
nlent only, without the Intervention of
banks. and in sufficient qUanttty 10
meet the demands of commerce, is the
best currency that can be devised; but
until such a financial system is secured,
which we shall press for adoption, We
favor the free and unlimited coinage
Of both silver and gold at the legal "a
ito of Is 30 I.
"C5)-We demand the levy and col
lection of a graduated tax on incomes
and. inheritances, and a constitutional
amendment 10 secure the same if neces-
5ary.
"(6)-We demand the election Of
president. vice-president. federal Judges
vote Of the people.
Cove are opposed to trusts
and declare the contention between the
old parties on the monopoly question
ia q sham battle, and that no solution
Of this mighty problem is possible
without the adoption of the principles
Of public ownership Of public utilities
Cincinnati. O., May 10.-Above is the
ticket placed in the field and the plat
form adopted today by what is COM
monty known as the middle-of-the-
road PoDUlist party, but which, ac-
cording to leaders Of the movement is
the one and only Peoples party.
For a time during today's session
of the convention it appeared as il
nothing could prevent a complete dis
ruptiOn of the plans so carefully
wrought out by the handful OF men
who separated themselves on Feb 10
last at Lincoln Neb., from the fusion
ist element of the Peoples party. Since
Tuesday. when Wharton Barker, who
had been selected in 1898 by the in
itiative and referendum plan to head
the party ticket, a steady current
against the cut and dried choice of
Barker and DOnnelly had almost de
strOyed the foundation upon which
that ticket stood. Former Congress-
man Howard Of Alabama had sudden
~ become the idol of an apparently
winning number Of delegates, and he
CIinched his claims on the presidential
nomination through his eloquent ad-
dress in assuming the temporary
Craftsmanship Of the convention on
Wednesday.
Today as the time drew near for
nominations, word was quietly passed,
confirmed by Howard himself that the
Barker following would bolt the con-
vention should their leader be turned
down. Owing to the fact that the Ala
bama delegation could not support Mr..
Howard matters were further cOmpli-
Gated Howard took the only course
for the restoration of harmony. He
announced that he had no ambition to
head the ticket, and came to Cincin-
natl without the slightest expectation
of being named. Then he withdrew
his name Nevertheless, when the roll
call was completed on the first ballot
Howard was at the top Of the column
only a few short of the nomination.
Barker Is Nominated.
On the second ballet Towards plain
~ stated desire for harmony took ef-
feet. and the seventy votes which went
TO IOnnellE on the IlIsL TUT CdAt wee
gradually worked over to the Barker
column. it being understood that Don
neIly's name had been Withdrawn, al
though the Minnesota delegation pro-
tested against the Withdrawal Min
nesota was passed al. its own request.
and when the other states had voted
it was apparent that the forty-etght
votes of Minnesota could settle every
[ thing in harmonious manner by go
/ ing to Barker They were cast for
/ Barker and gave him the requisite ma
I jority over all. The generous Howard
/ moved to make the selection Of Bar
( ker unanimous, which was done.
J Without dissenting voice Ignatius
I Donnelly was declared vice-presiden-
tial nominee.
/ The next order Of business was the
/ matter of national committeeman and
the selection of a chairman for that
body. This precipitated the fight
against the Bakeries anew A mo-
ton was made that the convention
proceed TO elect a chairman of the
national committee. instead of pursu-
ing the ordinary course of allowing
the committee to select its own leader.