The record-union., 1894-08-13
THE SPOKANE POPULISqS.
How the Campaign is Carried On Up
in Washington.
They Propose to Win If They Have
to Resort to Murder TO Accom-
plfsh Their Ends.
From the Tacoma Ledger.l'


Patrick Henry Winston says that the
platform adopted by the Spokane County
! Populist Convention last Friday fully
vindicates the truth of his assertion in a
! letter Withdrawing from that organiza-
ton, that il allies itself with organized
efforts TO precipitate civil war. It's de-
clared principles must be Interpreted by
| a reference to the events by which they
are prompted, and thus constituting them
! Mr.. Winston's view is seen to be correct.
Opposition to standing army in times
of peace" and denunciation of the law
less invasion by armed force of the soil OF
any State. or Territory, no matter under
what pretext, as among the gravest
of Crimes" plainly mean that the Spo-
i kane Populists do not want to have
vicious rioters overawed, nor anarchistic
outbreaks crushed by armed force In
other words, they wish TO have CoXey,
Jumbo and Debs ''let alone'' whenever
| they or their followers "lift' railway
trains, burn bridges or hold up the
| United States mail trains and the COM
merce of the country AS Mr.. Winston
says. their declaration means that the
President OF the United States was guilty
| OF a grave crime in sending a sufficient
| force TO Chicago to enforce the law OF the
| land, and prevent American citizens from
| being murdered and an American city
piIlaged and burned" They distinctly
oppose the punishment for contempt of
court in the usual way, land in order that
the most full and complete liberty be in
sCred the accused. demand that the crime
OF perjury be abolished"
No stronger expressions of approval
for the riots in Chicago and Sacramento
could be made.
The Populists want "the middle of the
road" kept clear from all distinctions of
| law and the ultimate police, so that Debs
can ride rough shod over the people and
use his gun ad libitum. 1t is no wonder
that the American Railway Union urges
| the voters OF the United States to vote tho
ticket of the Populist party, 'the party"
it says (which bears the name OF the
sovereign people," Debs is Populist,
and his conduct at Chicago is indorsed by
his party wherever it is organized. The
/ Spokane Popnlists see no difference be-
tween the contest Tor freedom which be-
gun in Kansas and ended at Appomattox
and the strike against Pullman which
ended in Waterloo for Debs They wish
to be entrusted with the reins of county
government, SO that rioters like Debs
may enjoy peace and tranquility and an
archists may rob and murder at their own
sweet will
There is an offshoot of the Peoples
party in Spokane County known as tho
treeman's Protective Silver Federation
which is now suspected OF having muir
dered Charles f. Gloystein Of Mica be-
cause of his persistent opposition TO their
theories. He had no enemies but pollti-
cal ones: he had been hung in ef1igy by
members of the tederation; received
threatening letters from Populists, and
just as be was about to prosecute for the
of the earth. He had been memb Der of
the Farmers Alliance, but when it
merged into the federation withdrew, de-
claring that the federation was a secret
anarchistlc society; that it taught violence,
and be made bitter fight against it.
Alter the Oregon election he posted the
following sign in his field near the Spo-
kane and Rockford road: