The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-29
P0PULlSTS ON
TRAIL OF OFFICE
Conference Of the Has Beens at
Denver.
TWO FACTIONS ARE FIGHTING
ADDRESS REPORTED BY COM
MITTEE AND ADOPTED.
TWO FACTIONS ARE FIGHTING

Denver, July 2S.-The two factions of
the Peoples party. each with a nation
al organization, viii be amalgauated
into one party by action to be taken
this afternoon or tomorrow at the ma
tional conference Of the Peoples party
and allied reform parties, now in seq
sion in this city. The committee on
resolutions and address viii today re-
port a proclamation that will cali. on
the several factions of the Populist
party to unite. It viii also contain the
declaration Of principles.
a committee made up of the officers
OF the conference is also preparing a
list Of names composed of one person
from each state who will act as pro-
Vlsional committeeman. These names
viii be announced Immediately after
the adoption Of the report OF the COM
mittee on resolutions.
No business was transacted this
morning. The conference met at 10
o'clock and as the committee was not
ready to report recess was taken until
2 o'clock this afternoon.
Address Issued.
At the afternoon session the follow
mittee on resolutions and was adopted:
THE manifest political unrest which
everywhere appears in the nation dem
onstrates the dissatisfaction of the
American people with the present man
Rgement of government and urges the
necessity OF the reform forces coming
together in united action at the ballot
box to obtain proper legislation where
by the right OF the people to Selt-gov-
eminent may be had for themselves
and their pOsterity; therefore we, the
Populists of the United States, having
this day at the city of Denver, Colo,
united our forces with the distinct IN
Outstanding that all past differences
as 10 policy shall be and now are per-
manently settled. and experience hav-
ing demonstrated the futility OF any
attempt to secure the enactment of
our principles through either the Re
publican or Democratic parties, we be-
lieve the time is now at hand when the
united Peoples party should itself en-
phaucally be opposed to any affiliation
with either Of those parties and un-
qualifedly in favor of independent ma
tional political action.
Omaha Platform.
"Our fundamental principles are
known of all Populists and are nowhere
better stated than in that immortal
document enunciated at Omaha July
II, 1898. However, for the benefit Of
the uniformed we declare our unyield-
ing adherence to the demands for (a)
money whether stamped on gold, sill
Yer or paper, to be coined and issued
exclusively by the government and
made full legal tender for all debts.
both public and private; OBJ a system
OF transportation and the transmission
of intelligence owned by the public and
operated by the government at the cost
OF service; (c) land for use rather than
for speculation, and abolition OF alien
ownership of land: (d) American ships
for American foreign commence, with
out n cent OF subsidy.
And as an open door for all eco
nomiC reforms, we urge the rule of the
people through the optional referendum
and initiative, and the recall Of dere-
lict officials.
Confident i'm the justice OF the prin-
ciples here set forth, firmly convinced
that their triumph in government
would be for the best interests of the
people. we cali upon the patriotic citi-
zens OF this country TO join with us in
bringing about their enactment By law.
With these principles firmly estab-
lished. equal justice would prevail spe-
cial privileges would be eliminated and
ours would be. as patriots everywhere
desire, q government of the people, for
the people, by the people.
WILLIAM V. ALLEN,
u. s. FELTER,
u NJ. MALLETT,
'DR. r. II. REEMELIN,
''W. A. POINTER.
FRANK w. OVERS.
Members Of Committee"