The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-04
ALLIED PEOPLES PARTY.
II Adopted The Platform that Was
FOrecasted.
PARKS OF TEXAS WAS THE CHAIRMAN.
Various Resolutions, Among Them Being
REQUEST for Dismissal Of Third
Assistant Postmaster General

/ the allied peoples party VI the Unitcd
I states q new political organization was
1 formed here today composed Of the reform
elements opposed to the democratic aud
/ republican parties, The platform Of the
new organization embodies the platform
1 adopted at the conference held in Kansas
/ city last September when can for con.
Ncuuou WIS issued ITO unite tho reform
| forces against puiocacy IL rcafdrm~
/ The spirit of the declaration of principles
adopted at the National conventions OF the
peoples party in ST. lopt> omaha mud
pcinnaii aud the dcmaud for the iuitin
/ tive aud referendum aud the government
/ oNu"tShip ol an pnhilc utilities are It's prin
! clpal paubs.
Whiic the peoples party. the fusion popu
/ lists the socialists. fine referendum Ioaguc,
1 the union labor party. the pullir owner
( ship purity of ST loui~. the prohibition
! party and the uutol christian party were
/ represented on the lloor uf the Convention
/ 10y accredited or volunteer delegates, only
: two National organizations the people
p1rty and the public ownership party mad
/ given their Delegates ANY authority 4"
| ever OF me ali'H P'ono party ilni o'Rrr
| reform forces VIII latrr decide tp uuitc
with The new "rganMtiou
ne convention WAS practically dominated
! 10y the people party. Al times diSCu,
: siuuN Of lively nature took place and
ior white 10 seoWod MS though the move
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panty delegates 10 make anl confessions to
,hc othvr reform forces present
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panty Win lo A. Parker ls BIS chairman.
VIII remain intact Uitu lne addition of
three more members FROM Missouri who
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~n-0t tn the platform adopted Tue dt
m1wl l"r Pm" IhlalN' ana f'ir'enhum Us
l"uhu ih hoia 'hr preamble and PLATFORM
lR lA' PLANK on money me platform "a"p'
ed tarnlS scientific money hased up n lhe
entire wealth of me people or ne mll'n
and NOT r"denmahlr iu any Specific com
modify. lW o." h" legal tender l"r Hii
debts, public and private, nud io nc Issued
iNiJ'rp'l@a Of @nb, Snih'icnt I'D mummy
rluhug AN uatnral resources. the Inertia ~
of . people shall NOT hv mouUpoiiHcd Cor
speculative purposes aud tina. aueu owner
ship shall b" prohibited and tha all nud4
now Mold 10y railroads aud other rIpoiH
tiruS in excess If rh,ir needs or by aliens
Shall he reclaimed and hcid for actual srt-
tiers only. hat the president Wire p.r4i
dent Federal Judges and senators lac elect.
cd hv the people; that a cabinet officer ol
the dopar,Inou el Labor aud "puitdol" 1rhi
trIitUu bu rSt"h,is he'd, that postal savings
bank, bo established ana that such con
-iWioua amendments hc passed as may
% put the above laws In effect
! The session WAS called To order by Tom
, pur"lF Chairman Eel en- RESOLUTIONS VI
regret at mo death of cN.Govcrnor AItgrlt
+ Hu0 Hon lguaiius bUuU-lly W,sC adopt d
+ Delegate Walter of ndiauapoIS offered
4 resolution ooudomuiug 'lhrd Assistant
: PusfWHSiur GgWUHl Madden for his allrg",
I discrimination against the reform papers
E This Was sidcuHckDN VITA the understand
e ing that II shuuld Nr brought up later.
The report Of the committee on crodcu
j. tlNls showed about 300 delegates present
representing the following States ARR "a
. sHs California Florida Georgia Illinois
. ludaul Iowa Ken urEy Kansas Missouri
4 Michigan. Maine, Nehraska New Jersey
o Ohio South Dakota. Tennessee, South Car
oliua, lrNa~, Utah Virginia. West Virginia
n N iSrousm aud Pennsylvania.
4 motion was PASSED limiting an specchol
p, thou organized ON permanent basis, Njl
= ton PuIk uf roXgs being selected chairman
= defeating = s. Wright Of Springfield Mo.
#. j. r. H. Picrsou Of New Jersey was chos,I
secretary. Mills Williams Moo and l..
Shire Of Ken urky assistant secretlrie,
aud A. II Staplcr of Georgia, sergeant a
arms
call for the platform committees re
O port hroueh' Colonel Fclter of Illinois "a
q his feet with The demand that II be an
nounccd what National organizatio wer
J. cmroWercd to enter into an alliance. III
v motion was not considered by the cunYcn
tou however
u The report of the plat form committee Wi
y then read 10y james W. Furris OF Illinois
,, Chairman Parker of the pouulist Natioua
committee said tlltt be had letters frn0
the most noted socialists M the country In
voriug an allied party movement lie nc
garded tho platform submitted as the mos
II UnnSsHilablc document ever prepared by
Is political party and he denounced as q JUd1
, lScjtriot he man who would attempt &
c'"irn.' ne work begun for mankind II
lhen introduchd q resolution 20 eau the mes
X ~ ",, ed ' 'lt5@i nIl"g ,%E n
N presented n subs ituic for rhc report or tb
o platform committee as vel Is for hi