Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-08-01
UNITED WE STAND

UNITED: WE STAND :
Populist Conference In Denver q Sue
cess-Fsctions Unite and Decide to
Push the Work Of Organizing.
Representatives of the fusion and
midroad populist parties met in Den
yer, Colorado, July q to discuss the
future of the party and arrange for
union ofthe different factions. The
meeting was very harmonious. All
agreed to let past differences of opin-
ion in regard to policies drop, and
work together for the upbuilding of
the party. The following resolutions
were adopted.
''The manifest unrest which every
where appears in the nation demon
strates the dissatisfaction of the Amer
lean people with the present manage
ment of the government and argues
the necessity of the reform forces COM
ing together in united action at the
ballot box to obtain proper legisla-
tion, whereby the right of the people
to se]f-government may be had for
themselves and their posterity.
Therefore we, the populists of the
United States, having this day at the
city of Denver united forces with the
distinct understanding that all past
differences as to policy shall be and
now are permanently settled, and ex-
perience having demonstrated the
futility of any attempt to secure the
enactment of our truth, either through
the republican or democratic parties,
we be ieve the time is now at hand
when the united peoples party should
declare itself emphatically opposed to
any affiliation with either of these
parties and unqualifedly in favor of
national political action.
"Our fundamental principles are
known to all populists and are no.
where better stated than in that i'm
mortal document enunciated at Oma-.
ha, July 4, 1892. Hover, for the bene-
fit of the uninformed, we declare our
unyielding adherence to the demands
for (a) g money, whether stamped On
gold, silver or paper, to be coined
and issued exclusively by the govern
ment and made full legal tender for
all debts, both public and private; (ba
system of transportation and the:
transmission of intelligence owned by
the public and operated by the gov
ernment at the cost of service; (c) land
for use rather than for speculation,
and abolition of alien ownership Of
land; Id american ships for Ameri-
can foreign commerce, without q cent
of subsidy. ne.;~ -.
"And as an open door for all eco-
nomic reforms we urge the rule of the
people through the optional referen-
dun and initiative and the recall of
derelict officials.
"Confdent in the justice of the prin-
ciples here set forth, firmly confident
that their triumph in government
would be for the best interests of the
people, we call upon the patriotic citi-
zens OF this country to join with us in
bringing about their enactment into
law. With these principles firmly es-
tablished equal justice would prevail,
special privileges would be eliminated,
and ours would be, as patriots every
where desire, government OF the peo-
pie, for the people and by the people," "
A committee on organization was
provided for. J. A. Edgerton of
Colorado, Milton Parks of Texas, J.
II. Calderwood of Montana and G. Q.
Defrance of Nebraska were appointed
members of said committee, with power
to appoint one member from each state.
This committee will push the work of
organizing the party in every state.
A meeting OF the national committee
of the united party will be held in ST.
Louis on Feb. %, 1904, to provide for
calling a national convention. 1t was
the opinion of the committee that this
convention should be called to meet
before the old party conventions, thus
showing that the party has cut COM
pletely loose from all fusion ideas.
Minnesota was not represented at
the meeting, as the action of the party
in this state last summer had already
decided for the party in this state the
matter under considerat
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