The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-08
1T is LAUNCHED.
New National Party Is Started
i'm Topeka.
Name of the Organization Is
fsThe Home Rule Party
PLATFORM is ADOPTED
1t Is Aimed Especially at Liquor
Selling.
Mrs. Nation Is Second Vice
President of Committee.
PLATFORM is ADOPTED

A conference was held in this city
Tuesday night of the leaders of the new
political party which is being organized
to be known as the Home Rule party,
and national and state organizers APP
pointed. The aims Of the leaders Of this
party viii be to gain control of the
government as soon as possible, and the
principles embrace nearly every reform
movement ever attempted
The meeting last night was held be-
hind closed doors and it was impossible
to learn the names Of all those who were
in attendance, but it is stated upon good
authority that over ten Of the regular
pastors Of the city We're present and
are working for the furtherance Of the
movement.
National. state and local committees
were chosen, and the work Of organizing
the forces for reform in each of the
states will be begun as soon as practi-
cable
The members of the national com
m1ttee were chosen as follows: J. G.
Stewart, chairman and organizer; c. P.
Careful, first vice president; Mrs. Car
RE Nation, second vice president; M N.
Butler, secretary; W. L. Lemon, treas
urer
The state committe was chosen as
follows: F. W. Emerson, chairman; T..
J. Pearson, first vice president; Mrs.
Mary w hite, second vice president; j. w.
Adams, secretary, J. F. Snyder, treas
urer.
The Shawnee county committee will
be headed by +. z. Mallory as chair
man. The remainder Of the members Of
this committee Will be appointed later.
Chairman Stewart was authorized to
begin the work Of organization through
out the United States at once The
chairmen of the various committees viii
as soon as possible begin enlisting mem
bers to support the cause by holding
meetings and circulating literature
They viii also endeavor to raise money
to carry on their work and establish
clubs in every city
The headquarters of the party viii be
maintained in Topeka where any one
wishing to correspond with the leaders,
may address them, at 215 East Seventh
street
The platform of the Home Rule party
as adopted at the conference last night
follows:
Whereas. The political parties have
utterly failed to enforce existing laws
against liquor selling and other vices,
and do not in platform or convention
promise to even try to do so, but are in
collision with giant evils, and believing
the times are providentially ripe for a
union of all good citizens into one grand
movement for political action, state and
national; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we do now formulate
and inaugurate the Home Rule party,
On the accompanying PIEdllDle anu QC-
claration of principles as set forth by
the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage in a SER
mon and invite all patriotic people to
Join with us
PREAMBLE
1.-THE Republican party was formed to
kill slavery. Slavery is dead and
damned. The Republican party having
achieved what it started for had better
pass out of existence. The Democratic
party was formed by Thomas Jefferson
to oppose the adoption of laws prime
geniture by which the eldest son got all
of the Inheritance. to drive out Of the
land all foreign titles, and to give equal
rights to all classes Of people. Having
accomplished that work, it's mission
seems ended. We are now ready for a
party organized for new, supreme, God
given work.
THE political need Of this country at
the present time would seem to be a
party of progress. a party that would
pursue a policy of reform from love of
reform itself, and not merely in obedi-
ence to popular clamor- Reforms of
various kinds are now urgently need
ed and they can be properly dealt with