Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-12-04
HOW TO GET TOGETHER.

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of Nov. 9Th, publishes very interest
ing article on the subject of uniting
the reform and silver forces next year.
We republish sketches below. Read
and think:
If a multitude of people join to put
out fire, which is consuming neigh
boris house, it is not necessary that
they should all think alike upon ques-
tions of religion, politics, science or lit
erature, they are all agreed upon the
main issue before them, to wIt-that
fire must be extInguished.
There are enough people in the Unit
ed States opposed to the single gold
standard to elect president, vice pres
ldent and a congress- besides COVER
nors and legislators in two-thlrds of
the states. But you say to the free
silver democrat or republican:-'come
into the peoples party and he draws
back and replies:
No don't believe in government
ownership of railroads and other mat
tiers which you cling to. You are too
radical. If tired to move my follow
ers into your camp half of them would
desert at the gate, and go over to the
enemy. But why not let the populists
give up part of their platform and
come into our Campo
TO which the populist replies:
That cannot be. We are for free
silver, but there are other things which
we regard as of greater Importance
than even the silver question. If we
tried to move into your camp two
thirds of our men would leave US and
go back to the old parties
Plutocracy listens to this dispute and
grins with delight. 1t chuckles and
says:
They can never unite. We will beat
them IN detail and plumber them at our
leisure"
Now let us make this suggestions:
The populists will, as a matter of
course, hold national convention next
year, and they will undoubtedly sub
stantially reaffirm the Omaha platform
emitting perhaps the subtreasury plan.
On the same day, at the same place
let there be another convention held
made up of parties not popuIist, but
friends of free silver, and who refuse
to affiliate with either of the two old
parties. Let them adopt platform as
broad or as narrow as they please. The
probabilities are there will be little diff
ference, when they come to discuss the
several issues before the people, be-
tween their principles and the Omaha
platform. Pride of opinion has much
to do with these things. Then let each
convention appoint a committee of con-
ference and see if the popullsts and free
silyerites cannot agree upon the same
candidates for president and yice-pres-
ident. If this is done both sides will
then support the same ELECTORAL ticket
in the several states without the slight
est sacrifice of principle, on either side,
and We will sweep the country!
Let these two conventions be called
early, but meet soon after the two old
party conventions adjourn. The g. o. p.
and the d. o. p. Will undoubtedly sup
port goldOcracy; for if they do not they
will not get the campaign contributions
without which they cannot exist. They
are chained to the car of Mammon by
the necessities of their own rottenness
Then open all the doors! Thebes had
a hundred gates-let us have a thous
and. We shall see such rush of hon
est, brOad-mlnded free silver demo
Gratis and republicans into these two
camps as has not been witnessed since
the Republic was established. Plutoc
racy VIII of course, howl Fusion! Fus
ion!'-and 1t may hire some of our owl
men to do lIkewise-but we shall laugh
at them. The nation will pass out OF
the hands of the money lenders. Eng
land will withdraw her relocated Hes
SLAMS Of press and pulpit and rostrum
and if she does not we will exile them
to Nova Scotia, as our fathers did 6
hundred years ago. There will be new
birth of liberty. A revolution will bt
accomplished under which all reasona
BILE reforms will thencetorth be possible
But says the Socialist-'we wan
to go further than your parties will per
NIT We have great designs for TIT
good of mankind and you say us nay
We will flock alone.' Yes adds tn,
woman suffragist, we will have a nigh
ty reform also, and one dear to US, anC
you will not adopt it. We will go alone.
And cries the prohibitionist, wv,
think intemperance is an evil as grea
as contracted currency, or demone
tized silver, and you won't adopt GU
doctrine; we will therefore GO it alone.
Yes adds the single taxer, and we be
lieve That all taxes should be placed OIL
the land; that is the salve that viii
heal all wounds; and your parties vii
not adopt our doctrine
Softly, softly, brethren.
Suppose one of these reform conyen
tons puts forth demand for the Init
alive Referendum? Suppose both do
Who can object to bringing the legis
tive function nearer the people? rhi
is government of the people, by til,
people and for the people. We are no,
blowing with the pillow handles 100 mile
long. Let us get the plowman neare
the plow. The probabilities are tina
both the reform conventions will od.r