Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-31
WILL NOT BE SOLD
j. Riley Oennison Mil Stand
10 His Cause
THOUGH The HEAVENS FAIL
lie Shows the Insinoerity snt Hypocrisy
OF Pretended Peoples Party Men.
True 10 HIS Convictions.

AcSoa OixaN VI tAc pcOt-ee party lof
publication, bat the Press refused 70
publish ii.
To the EDITOR Of the Morning Press:
In al editorial Of the Mornlng Press,
October 20, my attention WAS called 10
some remarks regarding Mr.. Doran
anu myself, as eaudldates for state sen
ators.
In order 10 be understood correctly,
Ask you 10 give ME space IN your col
umns Tor an explanation relative 10
my action and the position l occupy
regarding the matter.
You say. Every man on the peo-
ples' party ticket. fairly put there, is
entitled 10 the vote of every supporter
OF the party, even If that man is a
democrat" In reply beg To say that
II the above statement is true, then Il
is faIr TO conclude that | am entitled
To the vote OF every supporter OF the
peoples party, rs i was fairly put
upon the ticket 10y a majority vote
OF the convention app inted for that
purpose. And my candid opinion re-
garding Mr.. Doran's candidacy for state
senator is that ne Is entitled TO the vote
OF every supporter OF the democratic
party; but do not think he is entitled
10 the votes of the supporters of the
peoples party, for he has not been,
neither can he be put fairy on the
peoples party ticket, seeing he is an
avowed democrat.
Now, IN justification of my position,
| deem 1t necessary to go back 10 the
record relative TO this matter IN the
different conventions.
Traitors to the Party.
And first, III the convention at Lam
sing, there was resolution passed and
UNANIMOUSLY adopted without u single
dissenting voice, TO the effect: THAT
no man should be placed In nomina-
ton who mad not severed his connec-
ton with all other parties" The dele
gates who were elected at Lansing 10
represent the peoples party at the
national convention at Omaha, were so
instructed, and i had the honor to be
one OF the delegates to- Omaha, chosen
and elected; and | can say that obeyed
the orders while IN national conven-
ton; and there the same resolutions
were presented and met with the same
result, passed and UNANIMOUSLY adopted.
And again We met at jackson and saw
the notices over the stage: Keep IN
the middle OF the road and no fusion"
which were again adopted and enthu-
siastically conceded to by the conven-
without one dissenting voice.
We did our work there and returned
home and called our county conven-
ton. When organized, and the report
or the committee on resolutions. was
read. what did We hear and adopt?
That We place no man in nomination
who has not severed his connection
with both the old parties" This, you
see, was in keeping with the record of
the conventions preceding the county
convention; but unlike any Of the for
mer conventions, IN the face of these
resolutions, in less than ten minutes
after their adoption, We find traitors to
the party, placing q democrat before
the convention as q suitable person for
county sheriff, and l was surprised to
hear the result of the vote. consid-
cred that every vote cast for demo-
crat IN that convention meant that the
man who cast il was back-sider, a
traitor to his party and q damage to it,
and had either been asleep when the
resolutions were adopted or forgot to
vote against them.
Succeeded by strategy.
In regard to the action of the peo-
pies county convention will say-aud
the record will show | am right-that
the convention elected twelve men on
the committee, but did not delegate
them with power to fill vacancies on
the committee. According to appoint
ment, the committee met and organ
Izcd and elected an executive board.
to be comprised of five members out
of tho COnlmlttao 70 do no 1F
the committee; received and accepted
the resignation of Frank DeBarr, aud
then, without the right to do SO, filed
his place by putting John Burrows on
the committee. After the congress
slonal convention Mr.. Carly, who was
a member of the executive board,
being disgusted on account of the wav
things were going, resigned all the way
round. And then the board with three |
members present, placed an outsider
on the committee and made MIN a
member of the board. Now, object |
ed to that kind of work, aud as chair |
man of the committee ruled II out of |
order; but by their strategy they out |
voted us-straight middle of the road 4
men. After this, one of these Illegal 1
members of the committee called |
committee meeting, and succeeded in |
placing Mr.. McQueen's name on the /
ticket. ! and some others objected TO 4
tins way IF doing business, and IA /
chairman of the committee ruled 1t |
out OF order, but was again over-ruled /
10y the fUsonsts.
Mcqueen Struggled On.
As chairman of the committee | re-
fused 10 entertain any notion or trans /
act any business in a formal way. The |
grounds of my refusal 10 transact toe /
business which came no before this So /
called committee were, that It was not /
lawfully called. beng called a. stated
above 10y man who was not lawfully
constituted a member of the commit /
tee. As chairman OF the committee
considered IL my duty TO have called
committee meeting whenever. IN the
judgment Of tue comm itfee. men bers
deemed the interests of the party de-
manded t. and hence / looked upon
this meeting ss extra judicial, and an
usurpst.on on the part OF those whO
were responsible for It. Moreover.
Mr.. NCQueen's name could not he
placed on the ticket without forcing or
Il there. Seeing the Tes0lu-
ton a. above gwen forbade Il. Whst
would YOU thing 81 a nsn whom YOU +
would hire 60 do certain rs,re q
work, who would not do az hs gsstold
10 do | opine that sc could not WORK
for you very long. aud I think
that any man whO has been
appointed hv the Ieep.s IA
60 Vohfcs5 work and wno - I