The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-04
POPULISM REVIVED.
ALLIED PEOPLES PARTY FORMED
AT LOUISVILLE.
TO OPPOSE THE OLD PARTIES
THE PLATFORM is STRONGLY
POPULISTIC.

The Old Peoples Party Men, In Fact,
Ran the Convention and Had
Things Their own Way-PubIic
! Ownership Party of st. Louis the
Only One Which Actually Joined
With PODulists in New Combine.
The Others Claimed Lack of Au-
thOrity-It Is Hoped to Bring All
the Reform Forces Into the New
Party, However.
Louisville, April 3.-Under the name
of the Allied Peoples Party of the
United States a new political organiza-
ton was formed here to-day, composed
of reform elements opposed to the
Democratic and Republican parties.
The platform of the new organization
embodies the platform adopted at the
, conference held in Kansas City last
September, when a call for a conven-
ton was issued ito unite reform
forces against plutocracy" 1t reaf-
firms the spirit of the declaration of
principles adopted at the national con-
ventions of the Peoples party in St
Louis, Omaha and Cincinnati and the
demand for the initiative and referen-
| dunn and the government ownership
| of eleven public utilities are its
! principal planks. While the
Peoples party the fusion Populists, the
Socialists, the Referendum League, the
Union Labor League, the Public Own
| ership party of St. Louis, the Prohibit
| ton party and the United Christian
party were represented on the floor of
| the convention by accredited or by vol
unteer delegates, only two national or
CARNATIONS, the Peoples party and the
Public Ownership party, had given
their delegates any authority to form
an alliance. 1t is the hope, however,
of the Allied Peoples party that other
| reform forces will decide to unite with
| the new organization.
The convention was practically dom
| mated by the Peoples Party. At times
| discussions of a lively nature took
| place and for a time it seemed that
| the movement was about to fail owing
! to the unwilingness of a number of
| the Peoples Party delegates to make
| any concessions to the other reform
| forces present
VIII Keep POpulist Committee.
Under the plan of organization
adopted the national committee of the
Peoples Party with J. A. Parker as its
| chairman, will remain intact, with the
| addition of three more members from
| Missouri, who will have one-half vote
each, until the next national conven-
| ton, this being a concession to the re-
! form forces of that state. This COM
mittee will have power to call nat
| ional convention and it's headquarters
will be situated wherever the chairman
| desires, except three months before an
election, when it will be in ST. Louis.
The national committee will be COM
posed of three members from each
state and territory, and an executive
committee of seven will be selected
| from the country at large every four
years at a national convention.
The basis of representation will be
Ave delegates at large from every state
and territory, and one additional dele
gate for every thousand voters, based
on the vote at the preceding national
election.
The differences between the platform
adopted by the convention and that
| recommended by the platform commit
tee are very slight. In the platform
adopted the demand for initiative and
referendum is found in both the pre-
amble and platform.
Want Scientific Money.
In the plank on money, the platform
adopted favors scientific money based
upon the entire wealth of the people
of the nation and not redeemable in
any specific commodity, but to be legal
tender for all debts, public and private,
and to be issued by the government
only and without the Intervention of
banks, sufficient in quantity to meet
the requirements of commerce.
There arc no other differences.
The second DAVIS session of the con-
vention was called to order at 9:45
o'clock this morning by temporary
Chairman Telter of Springfield, Ills.
The report of the Committee on Gre
dentials showed about $50 delegates
present, representing the following
states:
Arkansas, California Florida, Geor-
gia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Kansas, Missouri, Michigan Maine,
Nebraska, New Jersey. New Hamp-
shire, New York, Oklahoma, Ohio,
South Dakota, Tennessee, South Caro-
lima, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia. Mississippi and Pennsylvania.
Milton Park of Texas, was elected
chairman. j. V. l.. Pierson of New
Jersey was made secretary.
What the Platform Demands.
The platform committee then made
its report 1t makes the demand for
the initiative and referendum the chief
point at issue; favors the public own
ership of all public utilities, demands
that land shall not be monopolized for
speculative purposes; that all lands
now held by railroads and other cor
porations in excess of their needs or
by aliens, shall be reclaimed and held
for actual settlers only; that money
shall be based upon the entire wealth
Of the people of the nation and not re-
deemable in any specific commodity,
but shall be full legal tender
for all debts, private and pub
lie, to be issued by the gov
eminent and without the interview
ton of individuals and corporations,
sufficient in quantity to meet the re-
qurements of commerce; that taxation
be Just and natural, that the President,
vice president, federal judges and SEN
ators be elected by the people; that
cabinet Office of the Department of La
Dor and Equitable Arbitration be
established, and constitutional amend
ments passed to make these laws effec-
tive.
A substitute was offered for the en-
tire platform by w. Williams of In
diana. to the effect that the convention
had no authority or disposition to
change or amend the National
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