Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-07
A GENUINE "PoPn HAS A WORD TO SAY.

Te the Age-Herald:
 I think the time has come for a genuine 'pop," to have a word to say about the forthcoming Memphis convention, the position of the State newspaper, the Johnston Silver league, the proposition for union of all white forces and other matters in connection herewith. l am a full-aedged populist, and do not agree with you on the monetary question, but l cannot fail to appreciate your honesty Of purpose and candor in dealing with this vital question-but we think you make a mistake. Yet we are not un- mindful of the plain frank and honest policy of the Age-Herald, no matter how much we may deprecate and deplore it's zealous antagonism to free silver The Johnston-State gang is really doing more to disrupt your organized democracy than we could possibly do. Kickers in side the camp always succeed in making point for the enemy. For this good work in our behalf we are greatly obliged, but we are not yet quite in po- sltion to offer rewards. We have not forgotten some people who were promi- nent in the last campaign, especially those who began by attacking Cleveland and then backed down after they met defeat at the Organized" convention. I notice that our friend, Captain Johnston
 was very dramatic in his speech last Friday night; he made a spectacle of himself-thanked God he could stand in the presence of the Iron democracy and not have to unsay a thing he had ever said. l suppose he means he is going the whole hog this time body and soul
 over to the populistS if the democrats don't go his way He must refer to what he will do-not to what he has done Last year he, charged Cleveland, goldbugism, etc., with beingNresponsible for all our woes, then he walked up like a
 little man and swallowed the Alabama
 nI ffnR4 tAl,
 ally regarded as the most pronounced gold-bug platform of the year Captain Johnston, the State newspaper and oth- eers of the kind are now saying sweet things to the Jeffersonians and populists,
 but few weeks ago the captain was de-
 nouncing them in bitter terms, using
 his place in Camp Hardee to give us q
 lick. We are holding these things in
 reserve. The captain also thanks God
 that he has two legs and two eyes, but he will heed them. He was against us
 in the last state election, and many of
 the Johnston silver men did not vote in the congressional election in Shelby, Tal-
 ladega, Blount and in one or two other counties they did not go to the polls and in this they aided us to some extent in
 electing the Messrs Aldrich. But the free silver "organlzation' need not think they can capture the populists and re- publicans because they are destroying the old party. When Captain Kolb got tired of the democrats he quit the camp,
 l am afraid some repentant ones will quit too late in the day.
 We do not propose to be caught by the so-called silver convention it is to be 8 convention of anti-administration demo- crats, we are afraid of them. do not think you will find Colonel Sheppard or MT. Skaggs at Memphis I do not think Captain Kolb will be there, nor s. M. Goodwin We populists want no double dealing, no deception, but clear un- covering of all sides and a fair fight be- tween gold and silver. You gold bugs" are terribly off, but clearly uncovered. The "organized" silverite democracy of Alabama seems nearly on, but still cloaked Let them uncover and We may take them in.
 JEFF-REP-POP.