The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-28
PEOPLES PARTY MEETS IN ST. LOUIS Chairman Ferris Says All Diff ferenceS Have Been Healed PEOPLE IN ;ASCENDENCY Col. H. L. Bentley Says He Has Or ganlzed 2250 Peoples Party
 County Clubs In
 One Year.

St. Louis, June 27.-The national com mittee of the peoples party met In ar- nual conference here today. Delegates were present from almost every state in the union The gathering Is for the pur pose of discussing the political situation and will assume what the appearance of d convention before adjournment tomor- row evening. It is said that possibly tho party members will endorse a man for the Presidential nomination. At the South ern hotel a conference was held today by members of the conference provisional committed: which is awakening a man. moth national convention of all the re- formed forces of the nation. the object being to organize a political body of unity harmony and strength.
 The conference was called to order by James H. Ferris, national chairman of the peoples party, who said in part
 This Is the first meeting held by the national committee since the official heal ing of the differences between the mid- road and the fusion factions of the party. The party Is at peace within itself. The nation smiles with us. believes In our sincerity and rejoices in our success. Since peace came to the party, coincidence no doubt. the nation politically has turn ed about face The people, not the money barons make progress in the ascendancy. The calamity howlers are now the boost |. CTS Today there are no disorganiZng or dlscordant spirits among the national con- mittee The rate bill does not meet popu- list demands, but 1t Is a step showing at least what the statesmen desire to do something for the people. Popuists will push on for government ownership of those industries possessing govern- ment functions.
 "rheodore Roosevelt. Senator JaFollette and Thomas Lawson, William J. Bryan, Governor Folk and w. R. Hearst, nick named populists by their Wall street de- spisers are the great men of their parties and 1t is their populst tendencies alone that have made them more highly es- teemed than their ordinary fellow parti- sans It is recognized by their party man. agers for Bryan, Hearst or Folk will be taken to defeat a republican for the Pres idency Likewise the republicans under- stand they can defeat the democrats with no other man than Roosevelt
 The afternoon session began with an address from Thomas H. Tfbbles of Omaha who was the vice presidential candidate of the peoples party in the last campaign.
 Col. H. l.. Bentley of Abilene, Tex, was appointed chairman of a committee of fifteen to consider and redraft a propo- slton for Peoples Party club organiza- tlon, to be submitted to the conference for adoption.
 Colonel Bentley In an address said that in less than one year he had organized over 2250 Peoples Party club organiza- tons throughout the United States, but had done so without official authority from the peoples party, and now the committee would draft a plan for the continuance of club organization through out the country for official sanction and adoption by the national committed
 Several committees were named and the conference took a recess until D. m. to permit the committees time to confer.