Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-13
Carly HAS A KICK
He Says the Populists Are Al
lied With Democrats,
THEREFORE HEPUBuCLY QUITS
Hs Was IN ths Wrong Pew sac lie
H.stsns % Get Out, Bur WheEs
Is he Al Now

EDrr0R HzRALD-Recea events re-
Arding the sO-eAlied people's,'l party
IA this county and congressional dis
trict suggests % the mind Of the writer
the propFsety Of requesting you 10 give
him space ia the columns OF TAG HEK-
AID IN order that the public may cor
rectly understand why ne determines
50 suddenly 10 sever MS connections
with the neSy) party.
More than year ago your CORE
spondent. With number OF others
from this city and other parts Of the
ffth congressional district. met IN the
oil court house block aud formally and
regularly organized what he honestly
Oelsved % Dc the peoples party. but
whicn subsequent disclosures proved TO
be nothing more tnan a pOllt cal ma
chine ln the hands " the corrupt party
leaders Of The local and nominal de-
moeracy, % be used oste1si0iy n the
interests or the peoples party bat in
rea hty n the interests OF party dis
Eingu shed only for ia dishonesty,
tEracucgy, nLr que, corruption and
cowardice. A party possessing the Ia
cllty aud capablIty OF the Tree toad OF
adapting Itself % IT'S surroundings aud
conditions, changing not only IL cOloTs
bat - name, ia order % avoid detec-
ton ia 10 usfanOus schemes To secure
party supremacy ana the spO.ls Of Of
nee. / vii now venture 10 give IL It's
true name, VIA. demo greenbac labor
people s-anytning-tO-win party. lt Is
very accommodation when II has an
object lu view or an AK To grind. IL Will
thea become all things 10 ali men that
iL may gam the more. 10 will even
profess 10 De with you that 1t might
nave a better chance 90 divide you, and
% = absolutely dead TO the living issues
or the hour Yea, i j. twice dead and
should be plueked up by the roots.
Like a Dead sea.
And any party or ind vldual that
shall become allied 10 10 Will have Infi-
mite reason u repent Il It's action, and
VIII be constrained 10 pray: "Oh.
wretched man that am, Who shall.
deliver me from tae cody of this
death?' II might be hkened 10 n dead
bat troubled sea that cannot rest. cast
ing up mire and dirt and foamlng out
OF is own shame.
Tlls party has shown great concern
regarding the new party. Aud well 10
might, n 10 was an experiment IN the
form VI a scheme TO catch honest but
unsuspecting men, who we're anx ously
waiting for a change. A scheme which
II e1ectual. would have resulted in
drawing so heavily from the republican
party as TO secure democratic majOri-
tres and supremacy. That this was the
intent and ultimate object OF these
corrupt party leaders the following
considerations, based on stubborn
facts, Will clearly show beyond tho
pOss bility of doubt. In the first place
ali the conventions, whether state, con-
gressional, county or municipal, which
the peoples % party have held were
called prior 10 the democratic conven-
lions from first TO last. Tins was dOne
IN order that the hypocritical popu-
lsts-who, IN reality. were democrats
might be able TO select such men as
the peoples candidates, whom the
democrats could consistently ~ en-
dOrse. There were always those a. ths
front who were anxious To fuse or COM
blne with the democrats. But until
quite recently they were IN such mi
norltes that their scheme always
proved % be abOrtive. Aud there
were those. too, VINO were anxious 20
effect such fusion or combination, but
VINO publicly and most emphatlcally
declared against 10. These men were
the more dangerous, because the least
susplc.oned Of any deceit. They were
always In the swim and a. the front,
and most always IN the lead. holding
places Of trust and power. A few IL
Illustrative cases In point viii make the
above view of tnings very clear and
put orr position beyond the possibility
Of successful refutaton.
The jackson Ffssco.
And the first u that of the peoples
party state nominating convention
which was held at Jackson August p
Thls convention was held two week,
before that Of the democratic state
convention which was held n this city
The state central committee OF the
peoples party may have been perfectly
innocent in calling q before the demo.
cratic convention, but there - strong
presumptive evidence TO lead us e
conclude that the power and influence
OF tne ola party leaders was brought u
bear on the state central committee OF
the populists. A supreme Effort wa
made ~ the peoples convention 20 Sc
cure the nomination of such men n
tna democrats could nominate also
But there Wa TOO many honest farmer
present who we're determined that the
democratic party should not MAKE
orr nominatious. But notwithstaud-
ing this consideration the copper
heads. through Intrigue, fsseh00ds
ard isreprsseutau0n did succeed BE-