People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1896 — Peoples Party News Bureau. [ARTICLE]

Peoples Party News Bureau.

HEADQUARTERS AT ST. LOUTS. Plutocracy is Alarmed at the Growth of the Reform Forces. THE mDEPEKDBNT VOTER IFt THE SSDDLE FOR HIS RIGHTS.

The condition of the people, s party in the south is growing better every day. Tn Tennessee the party is now more compactly organized than ever before; especially is this true of the middle ard western sections of the state, and the outlook for success in Texas, Alabama and Georgia is certainly very bright, Reports from Minnesota indicate that our meetings are being more largely attended than ever before and the enthusiasm in many places is at fever heat. Populists are not carried away by the cry for free silver, by the democratic party. Says J. H. Lydiard, of that state: “We know that if any reform is to be prevented, betrayed, bagged and bedeviled, the democratic party is the ready medium for such work.” A populist male quartette com posed of well trained Welsh miners, from Macon county, Missouri} promises to be one of the entertaining features of the St. Louis convention. Several state delegations are also planning to bring bands and glee clus to the convention. Several congressional districts in Missouri have held conventions this month for the selection of delegates to the national convention. The resolutions are generally favorable to a union of reform forces on the cardinal principles of the Omaha platform. • The latest advices from New York indicate the growth of reform sentiment in that Wall street cursed, monopoly ridden state. Populist clubs are being organized in many of the rural districts where our doctrine has never been preached before. Verily, when New York can be aroused there is hope for the country. Abram T. Line, of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, an old worker in the reform cause, writes: “Everything here looks favorable for a very large increase in our vote in this state, this year.” Solon Chase, of Maine, the old time greenbacker, writes: “The people’s party has a foothold in this state and we shall largely increase our vote, this year. There is an opportunity now for the people’s party to make a ten strike. If unripe problems are kept out of our platform and we steer clear of all entangling alliances, we shab elect the next president, or clear the ground, so that victory will be sure in 1900. If the mer. know so much that they can learn nothing from the logic of events, run the St. Louis convention, the day of deliverance will be put off.” Reports from North Cai’olina indicate a very satisfactory growth of the people’s party in that state. Silver democrats and republicans are joining the people’s party in great numbers. The result of the Oregon election is all that populists could wish for. Mr. Pitch, a member of the national committee from that state, in his paper, has this to say: “Two congressmen, the possibility of being able to control the state legislature and 40 per cent of the county offices, is the people’s party recovd made in Oregon. These returns sav furthermore, that no gold standard candidate for president can count on Oregon this fall. A magnificent canvass was made by those grand men who came over to help us. They were met everywhere by large audiences and their grand efforts will be appre ciated. by every true populist. Weaver. Davis, Whitehead, Sovereign and Burkhart,patriots all. noble, grand men. How much we owe to them for our grand success. Charmed by their eloquence, convinced by their logic and earnestness, t housands have joined :he mighty army of reform. Let the old guard doff thenhats and let our forests resound with thiee mighty cheers for the grandest quintet that ever stormed the moss-covered forts where rolls the Oregon.” This victory was achieved by a combination of bimetallists, and to a large extent, the silver republicans. and silver democrats, with the populists. It was done in the people’s party on a people’s party platform, on the money question as the paramount issue. Ev-

erything else was brushed aside. Every populist it: the laud can take fresh courage for the grand campaign tnat will follow our national convention, July 22nd. Geu. Weaver, who had charge of. the Oregon campaign on behalf of the national executive committee, did his work well and deserves the praise of every populist and loyal citizen of our country. E. T. Winston, editor of the People’s Banner, Pontiac. Miss., writes that very little effort will be made to organize that state until after the national convention. The congressional convention for the 4th Mississippi district has been called at West Point, on Thursday, August 6th. The unofficial returns from Oregon, give the populists two congressmen besides Penoyer, mayor of Portland, but the republican trixters aad gangsters in that state are trying to juggle the figures and cheat us of the fruits of victory. The populists of San Antonio, Texas, are organizing clubs in the city. The same is true in many other leading towns in Texas. Stump Ashby, chairman of the people’s party state committee of Texas, has been engaged to speak in Indiana, duiing July. The free silver, people’s party and reform press editors of Minnesota, held a meeting in Minneapolis the first of the month to organize, for the purpose of working together harmoniously during the campaign. The Maine populists in state convention June 4th declared for the coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and the issue of Uuited States currency to the amount of SSO per capita, Resolutions were also passed favoring the government ownership of railroads and telegraphs. L. C. Bateman was nominated for governor by acclamation. He has twice before been the nominee for that position. Frank Chancellor, of the Pioneer Exponent, Comanchee, Texas, writes: “Populism in me Bth congressional district is all right. We expect to elect our candidate with ease.” The call has been issued for a state convention of the people’s party of Missouri, to be held at Sedalia, July 30, for the purpose of nominating a full state ticket A system of railaoad and wagon excursions will be inaugurated and a large and enthusiastic conj vention is assured. a correspondent from Michigan writes that there is a growing sentiment in favor of populist principles in that state, since the stand taken for gold by both old parties. The 'populists of the 6th Texas district held a congressional convention at Waxahacbie, June Ist, and nominated Barnett G ibbs as their candidate for .Tress. His election is assm--d. as the district was curried by the populists two years ago, aiido'iH’i) the., populist nominee wos counted out and the democratic nominee counted in by less th in a hundred votes.

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