Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-12-24

1sS-E@\Y true lefOrmers / mean those who
f9 desire to see such legislation as
~ may be found necessary to right
BAsIS the wrongs Of which the labOring
5A5535A9 classes of our country Of right COM
6F ~ 49, plain. Since the recent election
RIEsESS4f!as9 every true refOrmer has been trying
llEsx to think out the way to political
~S<1 salvation. We find the great Pop
ulist movement scattered to the four Winds we find
lesser factions Of the reform army; find spasmOd
ic and neectuf efforts Of organized labor in differ
ent localities and can plainly see that for want Of
harmony of effort the great reform movement is ex-
pending its strength against itself.
That fusion is dead is open no longer to argument;
that the Democratic party is lost to to the progress
i've element is also beyond contradiction. That the
honest element OF the Democracy must soon find
new home or stuify their past pretensiOns is clear
to any.
The question therefore arises What shell we doi
The iusiOniets and Democrats will not agree to fall
in line with the mid-rOaderh under leadership,
for while secretly admitting the correctness OF our
position from the rst they feel too much pride to
surrender; of course mid readers would not surrend
er to those whose leadership fatal in the past
The Socialists would not consider compromising
with what they term a capitalistic party. So chaos
seems to reign in our own ranks.
feel that there is but one way to overcome this
doubt and uncertainty-this fatal division OF
strengh-and that is simple and fair as it is pos
sible to conceive.
In short my proposition to unite all who are
really in earnest in the reform work is this:
Let the fusion committee, mid.read and represn-
tatives from any other element which desires to at
ilate, meet and jointly issue call for national
nominating convention in 1904 to embrace ell ele-
meuts which are opposed to the old parties and are
favorable to 3 new movement Let this be the only
test. Let this convention make q new platform,
If need be, adopt new name If necessary, keeping
in view it's one great end-to unite the people
against plutOcracy.
It would be necessary for this joint meeting to
arrange for State conventions in every State aud
Territory on the same basis, but aside from that
neither committee would have any other power.
The national convention thus called would eheet
new party organization without regard to past
differences. In this way we could bury all past
animOstes and start in new. II this convention
should be controlled by the Socialists then it would
make the great American Socialist party; II By the
POpulists it would be practical reincarnation OF
the pOpulist party; il By new element, 1t would
make new lines Of battle But whatever the result,
II the convention succeeded in unifying all those
who are done with the old parties, it would be the
grandest political movement OF the new century.
AS 1 see it, this is the only way to unite all re-
form elements-and unite they must. We are
wasting golden years in a fruitess struggle IN lit
tie discOrdant factions Let this cease; let's unite
il not on Just such terms as prefer, then let's
adopt the and policy which the majority may
mark out.
1t was to accomplish this result that the Allied
T party was formed at Kansas City and LoulsVlllei
Z but, owing to personal iealOusies and a general
! misunderstanding OF the movement and perhaps
more than anything else, to lingering hope thai
fusion might still live that the Democratic party
a might vet be saved from the plutOcracy, the allied
party did not unite the factions it was designed t
j. unite. So / say, let us try it again. Leader
q shin. honors, emOluments are nothing to us Wha
s we want is to unite those who are opposed to In
. dustrial slavery in q mighty, effective movement
}, and to do it all patriotic persons must be willing e
meet on that broad ground where others rights an'
Y views are to be given fair consideration.
J. 10 A. PARKER,
:. Nat. Chmh Allied PeODle's PARTY