The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-13
ALLIED PEOPLES PARTY
OF Texas Is The Name POpulists Are
Known By.
A FULL TICKET IS 10 BE PUT OUT
But No One Is Able to Name the Csnd-
dates-The Platform Has Been
Fixed Up.

Fort worth. Texas, August l2-The popu.
lists OF Texas held their convention here
today. There were only about 100 delegates
present, and only one-half OF the sixteen
congressional districts In the State were
represented. State Chairman Milton Park
OF Dallas county called the convention
to order and Mayor Powell welcomed the
delegates.
The session of the platform committee
was long and tedious Vne. Stump Ashby
stated that in his opinion the populIsts OF
Texas should put out a State ticket from
governor to constable, and he thought II
good plan TO ascertain Of the convention
II It wGs the desire TO do so. The whole
committee arose and returned to the con
ventlon and asked the pleasure Of the dele
gates on this point. They unanimously
declared In favor of a full ticket. and the
committee again wendell Its way back to
committee headquarters where the long
siege of compiling a declaration OF princi-
pies commenced.
The first discussion In the committee WIS
as to what the party should be named.
| Some thought that the old name should be
maintained, while others wanted II - read,
The peoples party OF Texas, some
! Texas"
After an exhaustive debate over the nd
|
latter name was given the child 1t was
decided this should be Its name. Mr.. Ash
| by aud several others Of the committees
| declared that If 1t was 20 be fusion in
! Texas they would quit the party lnstanter.
'If we are going to get the laborers OF
! the cities ana tho country they must, pe
recognized by the popuists,' said Mr.. Ash
d. II. L. Bonner OF Smith county objected
to changing the name o ana said I'M mat the
| down II a new tangled name was given IL.
MIR. Dornblazer favored calling 1t The. al
nut to a vote this carried by vote of .
| to s. The committee labored on the plat
form and resolutions until o'clock tonight,
We lndorse and re-affirm the National
| platforms of our party from Cincinnati to
article of our falth-the initiative and ref.
ercndum or majority rule-as the only way
in which the people can express themselves
tons and providing the open door through
which all other reforms may he brought
we favor the construction Of a system
| Of State railways as fast Ms the idle labor
| of the State can be utilized for that pur-
pose said railways to BE-, operated by the
| State in the interest of the people. to the
end that the transportation monopoly
cal and industrial development OF our State
| be overcome.
A law to prevent the use Of child labor
III any nVlnuIHCluIlng lnuuSlrN uutll lue
child employed shall have reached the age
Of 10 years, and not then without having
completed the requirements of a common
school education,
law porvidlng for the eght-hour work
day on all public works and In occupations
injurious to tho health of the workmen.
| A law preventing the use Of doubeheadeT
trains by railway corporations
A rigid law TO prevent blHcklisting nj
employees by corporations and pledge our
selves TO the strict enforcement Of such
legislation,
A law providing for equitable arbitration
of labor disputes
A law to prohibit the use OF convict labol
in competition with free labor. and that
they be employed on tho State farms o.
kept within the walls Of the penitentiary
We favor changing the scholastic age o
pupils in the public schools from the pres
ent limit of from to II years to to 2
years.
Besides the little interest attached to th'
work OF the platform committee the con
vention was today n tame affair. Shor
speeches were made by National Chairman
Parker, Stump Ashhy and others durint
the afternoon, and tonight Mr.. Parker ad
dressed the convention, which lasted until
nearly midnight. There is no one who cnl
name the makeup OF the State ticket q
he named tomorrow, even the State chair
man is In the dark and was unable TO givt
The Post n pointer. There was a rumo
that j G.. Mallett Of Johnson county ma!
| head the ticket.