The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-13
THIRD PARTY TALK.
A Delightful Mixture of Incongru-
Gus Elements Proposed at Kansas.

A Delightful Mixture Of Incongru-
Gus Elements Proposed at Kansas.
kansas City starr
Two names have been suggested for
the new national party, the combina-
ton Of free silver Democrats. free sill
yer Republicans, POpulistS, Socialists
and others. which is to be launched IN
Kansas City at a national meeting to
be held Sept. Il. IS and 19. These names
are the CommOner party and the Co.
Z luTn ban party. The name. COmmOner.
was suggested in honor Of Gladstone.
the great COmmoneT Of England. and
the late Richard +. Bland OF Missouri.
HOweves. the conference next fall will
name the party.
J. H. Cook, chairman of the fusion
PCpulist state committee OF Missouri
who is at the CentrOpoIi~ today, says
that the movement for , .ird party is
assuming large proportions and grow
ing in Importance. Mr.. Cook is on his
way now to Lincoln, Neb., to confer
with J. II. Edmonstin, chairman of the
state committee of fusion POpulists in
Nebraska
This movement to unite all of what
are called the reform political element
in the country in one party began in
Kansas City at a meeting at the Cen
tropOlis hotel, when it was proposed to
organize a party in Missouri, Kansas
1T viii be a national and not a sec
tional party" said Mr.. Cook this morn
ing. we viii unite all the middle-Of-
the-rOad POpulists, the fusion POpu-
lists, the silver Republicans, the Pub
lie Ownership party in St. Louis. the
Bryan Democrats. the Single Takers
and the Socialists. It is a certainty
that there is TO be a bad split in the
Democratic party. There will be a re-
organization, and the Hill and Cleve-
land forces are growing stronger. Our
party will include those who will not
submit TO the domination of the Hill
and Cleveland elements. The reform
principles that Bryan advocated are
very near and dear to the hearts Of the
people. We all know what the reOr-
ganization of the Democratic party and
the return to Hill and Cleveland means
By 1904 there viii be three great par
ties-the Republican party, the reor-
gained Democratic party and the third
party, to be named and launched in
Kansas City next September. The
third party win have a ticket in the
field from constable TO president. No
fusion in any sense will be indOrsed.'
Who has been mentioned as your
candidate for PRESIDENT was asked.
NO one yet" said Mr.. Cook. The
Office viii seek the man, not the man
the office"
What does Bryan think of the move
ment2"
He hasn't expressed himself. and I
don't think he would have anything to
say about it, replied Mr.. Cook. I'VE
do not expect the active utilization Of
Mr.. Bryan, but do not know about
that"
Il have recently been in communica-
ton with the leaders of the reform
pan ties" continued the chairman. The
plan has met the approval Of 10 Par
ker OF the middle-Of-the-rOad P0pu-
list =. 1IerTiWether, who ran for
mayor in St. Louis. is prominently in
terested, and he went to Detroit with
me and attended the conference there
during the latter part of June of the
reform parties and we had that meet
ing postponed to recOnvene in Kansas
City in September.
Among those we expect in Kansas
City at this meeting are Golden Rule
Jones of Toledo, O.; ElwoOd POmerOy
o. New York John J. Lentz of Ohio,
Senator Marion Butler of North Caro-
lima. and others. The reform element
OF the country viii come nearer win
nins with three parties in the field
than with two. What we want to do
is 10 have the money power divided
and divided il viii rail-. Lincoln would
not have been elected had it not been
for 2 third party. The slave power,
which was the money power, held the
two old parties. The third party en-
tered like wedge. and Won