Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-17
OLD TICKET NAMED.
Middle-of-the-Roaders at Cincinnati
Declare for Barker and Donnelly.
Howard a Strong Favortte. But His Own
State Was Against HIm-PIatform De-
ciares for Government Ownership
of Public UtlIities.

of Public UtIIities.
Cincinnati, May I1.-For president,
Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania;
for vice president, 1gnatius DonnellY,
of Minnesota. This is the ticket
placed in the field yesterday by what
is commonly known as the middle-of-
the-road popuHst party, but which,
according to leaders of the movement,
is the one and only peoples party.
Judge w. S. Williams, of Vincennes.
presented the name of Ignatius Don
nelly for president. Prof. j. A. Boyce,
of Nebraska City, presented the name
of former Congressman NJ W.
Howard, of Alabama. Gen. Phillips,
of Georgia, presented the name of
| Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Howard withdrew his name.
Notwithstanding the withdrawal of
Mr.. Howard, most of his friends in
sisted on voting for him and he led
on the first roll call, which resulted as
follows: Howard, 81 Gil; Barker,
303 4-1O; Donnelly, 10; Norton, 1. Nee
essary to choice, 488.
Alabama voted for Barker and was
received with Kisses. When the totals
were read DR.. Grove, chairman of
Alabama, rushed to the aisle and be-
gan to abuse ex-Gov. Waite. whom he
charged with misrepresenting the
south. Gov Waite had in a short
speech earlier in the session charged
that the south had forced Weaver on
the west in 1892. "And now the
west" Grove shouted, ''was trying
to force Howard on Alabama" Mr..
Waite, feeble and with a voice
|
and amid great confusion declared
that the Alabamans misunderstood
and he apologized. The second ballot
resulted: Barker, $40; Howard, 500;
DonneIly, Z; Norton, 2. The chair
ruled that a majority of all the votes
cast would only be necessary and
Barker won on this decision.
On motion of Mr.. Howard the nom
nation was made unanimous and the
two shook hands. R. NJ. Chenault,
of Kansas, moved that the name of
Ignatius Donnelly be selected for the
vice presidency. The motion was car
ried with a shout and the ticket COM
pleted.
Barker was an active republican
politician 20 years ago and was in
charge of the boom of James A. Gar
field for president. He was wealthy
and was considered a probable mem
Der of Garfield's cabinet. He had
dropped out of sight, however, until
the popu1ist movement arose.
At 4:3O D. m. the convention adj
| journed sine die. J. A. Parker was
made chairman of the national COM
mittee.
The following platform was
adopted:
The peoples party of the United States,
| assembled in national convention this
10th day of May, 1900 affirming our un.
shaken belief in the cardinal tenets OF
the peoples party as set forth in the
Omaha platform, and pledging ourselves
anew to continued advocacy of those
grand principles of human liberty until
right shall triumph over might and love
over greed, do adopt and proclaim this
declaration of faith:
ID We demand the initiative and refer
endum and the imperative mandate for
| such changes of existing fundamental and
statute law will enable the people in
their sovereign capacity to propose and
compel the enactment of such laws as
they desire; to reject such they deem
injurious to their interests and to recall
unfaithfuI public servants.
(2) We demand the public ownership and
operation of those means of commune
cation, transportation and production
which the people may elect, such as rail-
roads, telegraph and telephone 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 owner
ship of land should be prohibited. All
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 only.
(4) ~ scientific and absolute paper
money, based upon the entire wealth and
population of the nation not redeemabIe
in any specific commodity but made a
full legal tender for all debts and receiv-
| able for all taxes and public dues and is
| sued by the government only, without the
| intervention of banks and in sufficient
| quantity to meet the demands of COM
merce, is the best currency that can be
devised; but until such a financial sys-
tenn is secured which we shall press for
| adoption, we favor the free and unlim-
| tied coinage of both silver and gold at
the legal ratio of 16 to 1.
60 we demand the levy and collection
of a graduated tax on incomes and in
heritances and constitutional amend
| ment to secure the same if necessary.
Co We demand the election of presi-
dent, vice president, federal judges and
United States senators by direct vote of
the people
Cd We are opposed to trusts and de-
clare the contention between the old par
ties on the monopoly question is a sham
battle and that no solution of this mighty
problem is possible without the adoption
of the principles of public ownership of
public utilities
United States Fire Loss ia 1899.
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