The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-10
Mel I.EARY.
HIS Speech at Redwood Falls Dis.
SecteI.

Sected.
To the Editor:
). f. McCleary spoke to fair sized au-
dlence the other evening at Redwood Falls.
In his address of more than two hours
length there was no recognition of the
present unsettled social conditions now
agltatlng the public mind. He offered no
solution to the great problem confron tin g
us IN this campaign. No substantial re-
form was even promised. We farmers
felt the pressure of hard times because we
are too ambitious. too eXtrayagant etc
we are in debt for having purchas ed tina t
add tonal tract of land. We were advised
to raise more flax and less wheat; if we
applied ourselves more closely to our farms
and only vote the Republican ticket every
thing would be lovely and the goose hang
nigh. 1t was really touching, to note the
sohcltude which the professor exhibited
for his old historic foe, the Democra tic
party. He was ready to take them into his
arms IN fond embrace lest they might
wander into Populistc folds.
The Populists We're charged with hav-
ing deprecated the value of property in
Kansas and elsewhere and We were pa
thetically appealed to still their dismal
howlings in this state.
strangely enough he forgot to say that
he was challenged to jointly discuss the
issues involved in the campaign by the
Populist congressional committee repre-
sented by that veteran reformer, A. D.
Ferris, of Pipestone
There was a time in the sos and early
Sos when the Republican party meant
something more than a great name tina t
its leaders were ready to defend its prin-
clpleS against all corners in forensic debate
Those days are in the past. We have no
Lncoln-Douglas campaigns. The crimes of
the Republican party are too glarng to be
explained away, and too great to be apollo
Sized for. By doing out party patronage
and by appealing to the blind passions and
preJudlces of men it seeks to prolong it's
reign. Thus failing to find them on a COM
mon rostrum we are compelled to give
chase over difficult ways and through dark
and subterfuges.
The professor assured US that the Popu-
list party was petering out, that it is I'M
worthy the confidence of intelligent men
and that in 1900 there wouldn't be a friend
to attend it's funeral. VIII Bro. Metca1f
rise and tell us through the Representative
how our party is dying in Lincoln county,
and will he give us the name of the fellow
who, according to McCleary, was prom-
nent in the councils Of the Populist party,
and who is now doing service on the Re-
publican congressional committee?
Judas Iscarot went back on the Christian
religion. Benedict Arnold betrayed the
cause of the American revolution for Brit
ish gold.
The Christian religion is a power potent
and operative in the affairs of men today.
The cause of the American revolution tr-
umphed.
The enemy may succeed in getting an oc-
casional straggler to desert our ranks by
giving him chief seat in their synagogues.
but the rank and file will stand by their
guns.
Ignatius Donnelly, S. NJ. Owen nor Gen
Weaver did not originate the Popuist par
ty. No set of men created it; no set of
men can retard it. 1t born of neces-
sity, and has mission to achieve.
1t is not concerned with the buried issues
Of dead past, but struggles to right the
great issues of living present. 1t does
not clamor for the spoils of party Office
but seeks to preserve free and inviolate
those institutions which were purchased by
the reddest blood of American sons.
A D. STEWART.
Redwood Falls, Sept. 81.