The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1892-08-19


initiating. The following expression
from different sources go to sustain this
View:
Gov. Boyd of Nebraska says:
Cleveland will lose Nebraska because
VIC shall not support him, but will vote
for Weaver for the purpose Of beating
Harrison. We shall put out our nation
al ticket, but will support Weaver, as
there is no hope of straight success.
NJ The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, state
Democratic organ, says:
& If Weaver gets any democratic votes
they will be so thrown for the assist
sance of Mr.. Cleveland and not for the
assistance of Mr.. Weaver.
The Montgomery, Alabama, Adver-
tiscr freely admits:
The effect of the peoples party will
be to disorganize and break down the
Republican party in the west. 1t will
help the democracy there, and will not
weaken it in the south. In this respect
it will prove far more effective than
mugwumpism in Che east. Its presiden-
tial ticket in the field will only result in
reducing western Republican strong
holds to minority, while the Democra-
cy will remain comparatively intact
with safe plurality.
In Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska,
and Iowa, recent attempts have been
made to bring about fusion, the Demo-
Gratis in every instance getting down on
their hungry bellies and agreeing to ac-
cept any terms, so long as Cleveland's
election by an Indirect process can be
secured.
But the other side of the picture
must be intensely huniliating to every
Democrat who honestly believes in the
principles of his party, and who prefers
honorable defeat to a victory won by
such complete qualification and abso-
Lutte Reputation of all that Democracy
once held dear. In kansas, the attemp-
ted deal has been repudiated by a large
element of the Democrats. In Minne-
sofa while some progress has been MADE
already protest is coming up from the
rank and file Of both parties. In Wash
ington the peoples party adopted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That if any delegate be
caught fusing, may he be physically,
morally and everlastingly damned.
In Iowa the dispatches tell us the
story as follows:
The convention, however, appeared
to be firm on one issue, that of opposi-
ton to fusion with the Democrats. If
there is any fusion in Iowa this year it
must be by the Democrats indorsing
the peoples party, which is hardly
probable. A committee of the Demo-
cratic state central committee called on
the peoples party leaders this morning,
but were coldly received and the sug-
gestion of q fusion ticket contemptuous-
ly spurned.
And to cap the climax of Democratic
humiliation, Alliance Congressman
Tom Watson returns to Georgia and
opens up the campaign with scathing
speech on the late congress from which
the following are extracts:
What was the Holman resolution?
1t pledged the people of the Democratic
party that there should be no money
taken out of the treasury except what
was absolutely necessary to run the
government. The pledge they entered
into appears on the records of congress.
Now let's see what they did. They
went into power abusing the Republi-
can congress because they expended a
billion dollars. AT this session of con-
gress, which adjourned Friday, I say it
and 1 challenge contradiction, the
Democrats spent in the neighborhood
of S4O,OOO,OO0 more than the Republi-
cans did. How is this for high? They
went into office pledging themselves to
be trustees honest and careful in the
expenditures of your hard earned dol
lars in the treasury. They spent not
only as much as the Republicans spent,
but say expended in the neigh bor-
hood of $40, 600, 900 more than the Re
publicans spent.
There was nothing too bad to say
about Mckinley. They dreamed OF ii
ut night. If they did not curse it was
because profanity would not do justice
10 it. 1t was a nightmare to them. II
was q calico tailed hobgoblin. "a voice
"Hurrah for the Ocala platform" J"
They staid here for eight months iron
first to last. Eight solid months, ano
from first to last if there was anything
which the Democrats didn't attack it was y
The Mckinley tariff act. Yetthey haven
had a chance. I will tell you wha1
they did do, though. They introduced
little popgun tariff bills. and put WOO
on the free list, leaving about forty
eight on the manufactured articles
The first fellow they hit was the lar
mer. We have got no friends, ane
therefore when man wants to fgh
the farmer is the first man that Is nit
They also passed tinplate bill Ines
went to the United States senate.
say it here and defy contradiction
The Democratic senators in the Unite
States senate made no determined e
forts to get this bill to vote ana the
had the power to do it.
Now as to free silver. 1t there
anything the Democrats ought to nav
crutches when he talks about it is ire
silver. Whenever Democrat star
to talk FREQ silver issue he ought
have fence rail strapped to his baci
Why, fellow citizens, if there was an
pledge upon which the honor OF I'll I'll
Democratic leaders was staked. 1t WI
free silver; if there was anything th
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