The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-20
ALLIED THIRD PARTY
MISSOURI REF0RMERs NAME THEIR
MOVEMENT.
CLAIM BRYAN'S SYMPATHY.
ALL THE OLD THIRD" PARTIES
ROLLED INTO ONE.

The Kansas City Reformers Attend
ed by Many Political Odds and
Ends-Wiu Reform Missouri First
and Then become National in Time
for 10O4-Tbc Platform Is strictly
Anti-corporation-P Owner
ship of Railroads and All Public
Utilities n Main PlanIS-An Income
Tax Urged.
Kansas City, June 19-The Allied Third
Party movement which it's promoters
hope VIII result before 1904 in a national
organization strong enough to Name
this afternoon. 1t was the outcome of
conference of reformers from the ranks
of the old parties and it's principles are
said by some to have been adopted with
a view to fitting the views of William j.
Bryan. The conference was called by Lee
Merriwether of st. Louis, who, with
twenty-five other st. Louis leaders in the
public ownership party of that city, Dame
to Kansas City yesterday from a visit
with Mr.. Bryan at Lincoln, where the in
tentions of the delegation had been laid
before the Nebraska statesman Mr..
Bryan, it was stated. had expressed SYM
pathy with the movement. II he had not
gone so far as to support it. At the con-
ference there were represented Popuists
of all persuasions. public ownership was
advocated, and free silver Republicans
Socialists, Single Takers and Bryan Dem
ocrats were in attendance 1t was stated
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party in Missouri, which would finally be
taken pu by the dissatisfied in the old
parties from other states. committee
on organization was appointed and in
structed to report to-day. The commit tee
which represented each element present
to-day submitted the following as the
new party's principles. and they were
adopted:
The Platform of Principles.
Public ownership of all public utilities
as railroads, telepgraphs, etc.
While awaiting the legislation necessary
to secure public ownership, rigid control
of freight and passenger rates and severe
penalties for rebates and other discrimi-
nations by railroads.
Taxation of railroads and other public
utility corpora tions in the same proper
ton as the value of farm and other prop
erty.
Direct legislation by the initiative and
referendum TO the end that the people
may initiate good legislation and veto bad
legislation.
Graduated income tax to the end that
wealth, which receives government pro-
tection, shall bear its just share OF the
cost of the government.
That whatever is used as money shall
be full legal tender, issued by the gem
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business purposes ana that volume liked
In proportion to. population.
Just election laws throughout the state.
Home rule for cities and abolition Of
the present system of using the police as
a standing army to carry primary cleo
tions in the interests of dishonest politi-
clans representing still more dishonest
special privilege corporations.
Election Of United States senators by
the popular vote.
The meeting organized by electing j.
II. Cook, Fusion-Populist. chairman: j.
H. Hills, Middie-of-the- Road Populist,
vice president. and F. s. Kowalskl, Pub
lie Ownership member secretary.
To Have state Convention.
The committee, besides deciding on the
new name for the movement, will call a
state convention for some time next fall
In the meantime the members will pre-
pare an address to the people of the state
Headquarters viii be established both
az Carthage and st. Louis, and the com
mittee will appoint chairman Of each
county in the state. whose duty II will
be to enlist members and organize them
into county clubs. The time for holding
the convention will be fixed later.
Mr.. Merriwether this afternoon, at the
conclusion of the conference, was asked:
"Wil not your movement only result
in turning the state over to the Repub-
licans?"
II do not know. but I would a little
rather the Republicans should win than
the present organization of Democrats.
As Mr.. Bryan said to me last Monday,
I like an enemy under his own colors
better than one who steals my colors.' Z"
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