The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-03
Of POPU[|ST
PARTY ALL IN ONE BUNCH
Survivors Of the organzatio Gather in Mass Meeting and
Discuss Plans for New Organization Throughout
the Country.

ST. Louis, July 3-The national COM
mittee of the peoples party met in an
nual conference here recently at the
Olympic theater, delegates being pres
ent from almost every state in the UNI
ion. The gathering was for the pur-
pose of discussing the political situa-
ton, and will assume somewhat the
appearance of a convention before adj
ionrning.
At the Southern hotel conference
was held. The members of the con-
ference appointed a provisional COM
mittee to advocate a mammoth nation
al convention OF all the reformed forces
OF the nation, the object being to Or
ganize a body OF unity harmony and
strength.
The afternoon session began with an
address by Thomas Tibbles of Omaha
who was the vice presidential candi-
date of the peoples party in the last
campaign. He said in part:
I'VE claim that a monopoly should
be dominated by the people. When
ever a populist idea has been. incorpor-
ated into law, it is the astonishing fact
that the whole public finally becomes
in favor of it,
We are fought on the ground of So
cialism. | want TO say that there are
two kinds OF socialism in the United
StateS-the Karl Marx socialism and
the Debs socialism. The Karl Marx
socialism is the only kind of socialism
that is worth anything The other kind.
the Deb's socialism is fraud. Our
nrinei,1os hn vnnI nf tho
people, regardless of name What is
democrat? Can anybody tell? There
was silence in the audience.
What is Il republican," demanded
Mr.. Tibbles with emphasis.
"A crazy democrat" shouted voice.
and a general laugh followed.
The great split in these parties"
continued Mr.. Tibbles, has destroyed
anything. But the popuist party is
solicited and it will stand for the next
100 years, and the name means some
thing.
NJ. V. Rourke of Los Angeles then
started to make an address, which was
finally interrupted by John NJ. Longer
of Macon. Mo-. who arose to point of
order and made a motion that COM
mittee on credentials be appointed and
an order of business be adopted. Much
wrangling followed regarding the
meeting and the order of business to
be pursued. Finally, after several of
those present had offered to withdraw
when the chair stated that this was a
meeting of the national committee and
not a mass meeting, but that the invita-
ton had been extended to friends, har-
Do, ,,l,.,
was invited to finish his speech.
Again discussion arose as to the pur
pose of the convention and Mr.. Tibbles
finally put an end to it by stating that
this was meeting of the national COM
mittee and friends had been invited
and had the same power to vote on
questions that may be brought up as
have the regular members of the COM
mittee.
Col. l.. Fl. Bentley of Abilene. Tex,
was appointed chairman OF a commit
tee OF Is to consider and draft a prop
osition for peoples party club organ
iZations. to be submitted to the confer
ence for adoption.
Colonel Bentley made an address,
prior to themeeting of the committee
of Is. explaining the purpose of the
CiuD INSTALLATION pEOpoSeu.
Jay w. Forrest, of Albany. New
York who was delegate to the nation
al convention in St. Louis, made an adj
dress on party organization. He
said:
In 1908 a radical party will sweep
this country. Men. who in the past,
have been republicans, democrats. pro-
hibitionists or anything else, and who
today want to clean house, are going
to be radicals. That is the condition
that vii obtain in 1908. and it is dan
gerous. 1t wants leadership and it
is up to the populist party to give it a
leadership. | do believe we should
have union OF all reform forces in
the United States and elect the presi-
dent in 1908. which we can do"
IF William J. Bryan had bolted the
nomination of Parker. as | did, he
would be the biggest man in the United
States today. Today. we. the Bryan
men of the state of New York. look up
on Thomas E. Watson Of Georgia as
the Jefferson of the South. We want
100000 men between now and 1905
as independent American citizens who
believe in the divine doctrine of Amer
lea and who would go to the ballot
box and register their ballots, regard