The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-03-27

ties, and there will be no two men
anywhere who will hope and pray for
a happy result at the monetary con-
ference more earnestly than the two
statesmen from Southern Minnesota.
The work of organizing the various
states will soon be commenced, ana,
as far as possible, the work will be
done by the best men in the cause.
Broken-down and WORKOUT politicians
are to be tabooed as much as possible.
In Minnesota a number OF Leading
men, who are favorable to silver, will be
chosen to address the people,. along
with some of the big national leaders
of the movement. Gridley, of Duluth;
Gen. Baker, of Blue Earth; ex-Con-
gresham John Lind, of New Ulm: ex-
Judge John L. Mcdonald. of st. Paul;
H. G. Stivers, of Brainerd; w. f. KEEL
so, of Kittson county, and ex-senator
Brown, of Mcleod, are among those
who are being considered by the or
ganizers of the movement. Much is
being made of the change in senti-
ment on the silver question in Europe.
and this, it is predicted, will bring a
great accession to the new party from
| the ranks Of the business men of the
country.
All this is interesting reading for
the Populists. 1t shows how events
are moving.
The trouble it that if an European
monetary conference, this summer,
should agree in favor Of the remonetl-
zation Of silver the new party would be
tunctus oticiO-played-out -squelched.
There would be no farther reason for
it to live. They would have put all
their eggs in one basket. and the bot
tom would be out of the basket, and
the omelet in the mud.
The Peoples Party will stand firm.
You can not play Hamlet with the
part of Hamlet left out-and the Pop
ulists are the Hamlet Of the free sill
yer drama. At the same time the
Peoples Party will regard this new
movement in no unfriendly spirit.
They will recognize the fact that they
are working to make converts for the
Omaha platform.
There is a story of a Frenchman and
his wife who were living in their lit
tie hut, in great poverty. One night
the good woman nudged her husband,
and whispered to him that there was a
burglar in the house. "Keep quiet,
Marie" said the Frenchman, elf he
finds anything we will get up and take
it away from him."
Now if General Baker and John Lind
and Milo White and the rest of them
are able to find any Democrats or Re-
publicans who will follow them into a
Free Silver camp, the 81 900 Populist
voters will rise up ald absorb them.
The law of gravitation forces the les
ser to go to the greater. And SO we
say to these gentlemen:
"Go ahead. The gates Of the Peo-
pies Party are open: and the bigger
squad you bring in the more welcome
you will be. We want all the votes
we can get without any sacrifice OF
principle. And there is no reason why
your followers and yourselves, if you
agree with US OF n or two main is
sues, should not cooperate with us al
the ballot box, even if you differ with
us as to other matters. Let gOOC
sense, forbearance and liberation rule
U1O LOuIs
In the meantime we shall watch
these gentlemen very closely. If thi.
movement is simply a trick, to try tt
break up the Peoples Party, and lead
its fragments into the Republican ant
Democratic camps, we shall fight it tt
the death. 1t may be that the names
used by this Washington correspond
ent of the Globe have been used with
out authority.
The Unprogressives have gone ia
enough to realize that the People
Party is right OF the Income tax, th'
election Of United States senators b,
the people, and the remone tization 0
; silver. Now let them pick the cob
, webs out of their brains and the blea
: out Of their eyes, and they will realiz
that all the rest of the Omaha plank
;, are equally just and right.