The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-05-22
SOUND ADVICE-AN APPEAL FOR
ACTION.

If ever there was time when Peo-
pies Party men should be wide awake
and improving their opportunities 1t is
such an opportunity to increase its
growth with substantial and influen-
tial element that will give it stability.
Indifference at this time is a crime
against humanity. The old parties are
rapidly disintegrating on the silver
question. Untold thousands Of careful
thinking men are studying along line
of reform measures that the Peoples
Party advocate. They have been for
some months studying the money quos
ton, but they are not stopping at that.
The conviction that something Is wrong
with our money has caused a suspicion
that something else IL wrong also, and
they are looking for it. Instead Of
standing idly by and waiting for them
to come in and give us q boost, We
should meet them half way and help
and encourage them in their efforts 10
REYNOLDS, Galley 2. Rep.
try and solve and understand what ais
them. It is not to be expected that an
honest and conscientious man Will
jump into our camp and swallow "a
the reform measures we adv0cat ~
once When you find man doing TIM
he will bear watching. We must not
forget that, although we caught on u
the causes of our national trouble !
little sooner than some others, 1t Wa
by long series of study and thought
that we arrived at position where we
could throw off our allegiance to old
parties, abandon the associations OF a
life time and join a new party based on
radical reform measures. Neither must
we forget that it was one reform at a
time that we studied and that we then
believed that our own party owuld
eventually take up and carry out the
reforms we thought necessary.
We must not let the silver craze run
away with us. While we should fight
to the last ditch for the reconciliation
of silver as the first step toward more
perfect money system, / firmly believe
that our battle cry for 1896 should be
anti-monopoly. II the Peoples Party
stands for anything it is that principle.
Our platform should be SO simplif1ed
that we can gather under our banner
all elements of reform. In that way
we can concentrate our forces and strike
united blow at the cause of all our
| trouble, "the political power OF monop-
oily" / believe the time has come to
stop quibbling over the cures. II once
we can break the back Of the monster
the common sense of the people will
adjust the cure in the interests of hui
mainly. All our reform papers are
struggling along with great sacrifice,
fighting the battles for an Indifferent
public and receiving but a half-hearted
support.
Our people do not appear to appre-
ciate, as they should, the necessity for
thorough organization to meet an orr
ganized and entrenched enemy.
Come. Brother Populists, shake of
| this apathy and Indifference and put
| your shoulder to the wheel and help
| along those who are now struggling
| under the load. Organize yourselves
into leagues in every precinct and con-
| fer with one another frequently and
| thereby act in unison. Pay up your
| subscriptions to your reform papers ane
| exert yourselves to increase their cir
| culation. In that way you will encOur-
| age your publishers and put now heart
into their work. l.. NJ. AVER.