The representative., 1900-04-12
NekFaAkA'a ReAaMmtiQn.


to Cincinnati. A strong delegation Of
AZ Populists has been named. The Peo-
pies party of Nebraska, buried under
fusion, has been reborn. On Monday,
March 9, the Democratic and fusion con-
ventions met in Lincoln. To the fus-
ion convention, wearing the cloak of the
Peoples party, clinging to the name for
purposes of deception after it had SUBJ
ordinated principles for place, contest
ing delegations of true Populists were
chosen from many counties, but were
kept out of the convention hall by a
strong police force which stood at the
door," We quote from the Nebraska
State Journal. A convention calling it.
self Peoples party convention had no
room for true Populists, not even
patience to hear their claims to seats in
such convention. So, finding themselves
barred, not Unexpectedly, they organized
convention in Walsh hail. "They had
more than 100 men in their convention
1--WE quote from the report of the above
paper), and the earnestness and enthus-
iasm there displayed surprised the cas-
ual visitors who dropped in to watch the
proceedings.
The convention adopted the following
manifesto, selected AZ delegates to rep
resent the state at Cincinnati, and di-
rected the calling of state nominating
convention to meet on Wednesday, June
u. This year Nebraska Populists who
are true to Populism, as opposed to one
old party as they are to the other, will
not have to take to the woods. The
manifesto, as reported from the COM
mittee on platform and resolutions and
adopted, is as follows:
We, the Peoples party of the state of
Nebraska, freed from the confusion of
fusion, and the domination of Office
holding political bosses, hereby affirm
the original creed of Populism, the Oma-
ha platform of 1892, conceived on Ne
braska soil and promulgated to the
world by the first national convention of
the Peoples party. The great principles
therein set forth we then declared to be
essential to the prosperity, happiness
and liberty of the American people, and
we reiterate that statement today, and
declare that the evils which made neces-
sary those reforms in 1892 exist TODAY
Intensified and aggravated; and that
the demand for the reforms advocated
by the Peoples party is greater today
than at any time In our history. And
we protest against the effort of the Of
fce holding brigade in Nebraska to
prostitute those great principles and to
compromise our holy cause that few
political schemers may enjoy the spoils
OF office to the sacrifice of the vital prin-
ciples OF reform. Therefore be it
Resolved, That we recognize the Gin
cinnati convention as the regular con-
vention OF the Peoples party, and con-
denim the unpopulistic, unfair and dis
honorable tactics resorted to by Butler.
Allen and their allies at the meeting Of
the national committee at Lincoln. al
wilfully disfranchising the true Popu-
lists OF the nation in order that the nre-
arranged schemes of few political
tricksters might be advanced. And be
it further
Resolved, That we call upon the true
true Populists of Nebraska who love the
Peoples party and are determined that
1t shall not die, and upon all reformers
who believe In direct legislation, or a
government by the people, to join us in
this effort to save the Peoples party
from spoilsmen and political suicide"