Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-04-10
NEW POLITICAL
PARTY LAUNCHED
OPPOSED TO BOTH OF THE OLD
ORGANIZATIONS.
UNiON.OF REFORM ELEMEN
Platform Reaffirms Declaration of
Principles Adopted by Peoples Par
ty Conventions at ST. Louis, Oma-
ha and Cincinnati and Declare for
Initiative and Referendum.

Louisville, April 4.-Under the name
of the allied peoples party of the
United States a new political organi-
cation was formed here yesterday
composed of the reform elements OPP
posed to the democratic and repub-
lican parties.
The platform Of the new OrganiZa-
ton embodies the platform adopted at
the conference in Kansas City last
September, when the call for the con-
ventiOn was issued. 1t re-affirms the
declaration of principles adopted at
the national conventions of the peO-
pies party at st, Louis, Omaha and
Cincinnati and demands the initiative
and referendum and government own
ership of all public utilities. While
the peoples party, fusion pOpuIists,
socialists, referendum league, union
labor party. public ownership party of
st. Louis, prohibition party and united
christian party were represented on
the floor of the convention by accred-
tied or volunteer delegates, only two
national organizations,-the peoples
party and the public ownership party
had given their delegates any au-
thOrity to form an alliance.
The convention was principally
dominated by the peoples party. AT
times discussions of q lively nature
took place and for a while it seemed
as though the movement was about
to fail owing to the unwillingneSS OF
a number Of the peoples party dele
gates to make any concessions to the
other reform forces present. Under
the plan of organization adopted the
national committee of the peoples
party, with Joe A Parker as chair
man, will remain intact. with the adj
| ditiOn of three members from Mis-
souri,, each of whom will have one
half vote apiece until the next ma
tiCnal convention, this being a con-
| CessiOn to reform forces of that state.
! This committee will have the power
! to call a national convention and it's
| headquarters will be situated where
ever the chairman desires, except
| three months before an election, when
| they 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 vii! be selected
| from the country at large every four
| years at the national convention.
| The basis Of representation will be
| five delegates at large from every
state and territory and one additional
delegate for every 1000 voters, based
| on the vote at the preceding national
election.
A resolution was adopted condemn
| iDg the action of Third Assistant
! Postmaster General Madden for al
legged discrimination against the re-
| form papers and asking for his dis
missal. Another resolution was
adopted urging that the members or
the allied peoples party demand
union label or all goods purchased by
them.
! The differences between the plat
form adopted and that recommended
by the platform committee are slight.
In the platform adopted, a demand for
the initiative and referendum is found
in both the preamble and the plat
form
IN the plank on money. the plat
form adopted fayOrs scientific money
based upon the entire wealth of the
people of the nation and not redeem
able in any specific commodity, but to
he legal tender for all debts public and
private and to be issued by the gov
ernment only and without interyan-
ton of banks, sufficient in quantity to
meet the requirements Of commerce.
There are no other differences.