Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-16
MAD AS A HERON
Prof. Carly Is Exceedingly
indignant
IT IRRESPONSIBLE PAPERS
That Have Presumed 10 Question HIS
Integnty-He fires q BToadside IN
Reply 10 Their Aspersions.


EDITOR HERALD-.Tne interesting
| Developments al the hoie-in-the-corner
| meeting of the -the-roads ters.
gotten up by "Prof." Carly, j. Riley
Dennison and few other tools of the
| republican managers. were not such Is
(, to give great encouragement 10 the
party in whose sole interest the middle
of-tne-road policy Is being urged upon
the populIsts of this city and county"
IL is quite evident that the Press and
the Workman are blowing dirt through
the same quill. The Workman says:
There is little doubt in the minds of
those who are watching the course of
events but what the peoples party of
this city and county is an agent in the
hands OF the republican party, Ito
elect the latter ticket, and has been
working to that end. The element we
refer to is the 'middle-of-the-road
fellows The principal actors IN this
political drama are Messrs. Carly,
De Barr. Dennlson. Bissonette, and a
few others known as the middle-of- the
road element"
The above quotations furnish fair
sample OF what Is being huckstered IN
this city at this crisis by the demo-
greenback-labor-p ople's-anything-to-
| wln-party. But 10 those who know, 1t
reminds one of the old cry of "thIef,
stop thief" Undoubtedly they are all
feeling their way to conclusions,
otherwise they would long before this
have produced their proof by furnish
ing the names of those who gave them
their information. But the absence of
the names IN support of the charges
furnish prima facle evidence that their
charges are made up of whole cloth,
and are therefore base fabricatlons and
the conclusions cf those who are abso-
lutte strangers TO any higher standard
OF justice than what they have charged
others with, and in their desperation
to make II appear to a reading public
that they are the men, and that wisdom
and Justice will die with them, and
hence the anxiety which they betray to
bring down the reputation of honest
men to the standard OF which they are
conscious measures their own con-
temptsb bic ana dishonest lives.
Men Work for Pay,
Men do not work for nothing. They
work for pay; and when see men who
seem to be particularly DESTROYS of
deprecating others, as the Workman
and for that matter the Morning Press
and other private individuals seem to
be, feel certain that upon thorough
investigation it will be found that they
carry nine times out of ten, large sin
with little name in the sleeve. The
Morning Press and Workman have
been making supreme effort to make
it appear that men who persisted IN
keeping 1.-The middle of the road" in
the interests of the peoples party, in
reality are working IN the interests OF
the republican party, and the only rea-
son they give IN support of this charge
is: THAT If the middle of the road
men" were not the paid agents OF the
republican party, "they would combine
their forces with the democratic party
to whip the republican party, who is
the common enemyof both" The writer
just here, would respectfully ask these
would be.any-thin town kind -of-men
II that was the major issue with them
when they urged upon this common
wealth the necessity of third party
commonly known as the people
party? If they say aye, then they
We're basely hypocritical; for when
they were anxious to make II appear
that third party WAS necessary, they
would show up the corruption of both
the old parties; and invariably would
wind up by scoring them indiscrim.
inately. For proof of this, | beg 10 be
allowed to introduce portion OF the
preamble TO the Omaha platform OF
the peoples party.
1--WE have witnessed for more than a
quarter of a century the struggles OF
the two great political parties foI
power and plumber, while grevlou'
wrongs have been inflicted upon a
suffering people. We charge that the
controlling influences dominating both
these parties have permitted the dread
full conditions TO develop without
serious effort TO prevent or restrasE
them. Neither do they now promise
us any substantial reform. They have
agreed together to ignore IN the
coming campaign every issue but one
They propose to drown the outcries OF
piundered people with the uprosr OF
sham battle over the tariff, so thai
capitalists, corporations, national
ptUkc. rings, tfu.t>, Nhetitb chCSht tht
decentralization of silver, and tn,
oppression of the Insurers may al
be lost sight of. They propose
TO sacrifice our homes, lives and chill
dren on the altar OF mammon, TO de
stroy the multitude IN order to secure
corruption funds for the millonalres.
Consistency a Jewel
Now. Mr.. Editor, after carefully
reading the above portion Of the pre-
amble of the peoples national pat
} form, is it not surprising that aDv mat
possessing honest convictions and
thimble full of brains shorld ever pre-
sumo 90 sdvlse the peoples party e
unite with either of the old parties io
the purpose OF whipping a common
enemy Are not both the old paTtle
according TO the above. the commoi
enemy at = "plundered and suffering
people, Are not the dreadful con
ditOus which have been developed
charged Up 20 both the old psrtle
who according % the above hav'
agreed gpthcr - gnOrs m the com
ing campaign everv issue tut 'th
ian5"7 And # the Omaha platform ;
the platform # q people who consl'iel
themselves the "aiicied, pluudere.
and Soldering victims % tne iw'
great political parties Wan, 70
qusrler OF cent4Ty. hav
struggled for power snd fi8ndef.
and TIE Spots of offire, sni usrtv sH
urenacV. ihen Why SHOULD TIE people