Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-06-26
VOL. XVI.
CAN'T BE FOOLED.
HONESTY OF OUR CAUSE AND
OF OUR PURPOSE.
The Unterrihed PoPuIists Carrying on n
Campaign Which Challenges the Ad-
miratiOn OF Adjudication the Weapon
with Which We Will Win.

For years and years a courageous
band of independent political thinkers
has kept up its organization outside of
the two great parties. It's members
have fought unfiinchingly on new lines
of reform. They have been pelted with
the epithets anarchists" socialists"
calamity howlers," "cranks," Eek
tremists," etc, etc; but in spite Of it
all they have fought their way to the
front
Their numbers grew until they were
nearly doubled at last November's cleo
tion, Notwithstanding the Landslide"
which swept away whole squadrons of
the Democratic organization-with the
curious result of adding but little to
the hosts of Republicanism. The old
guard Of the Peoples party stood like
Wellington's famous hollow squares"
at Waterloo, with no thought of sur
render; and when the roll of states was
called after last falls election 1t was
found that the Populists mad increased
their strength nearly two to one.
Is 1t to be supposed for moment that
the men who have won such a strong
position are going to abandon it? Can
Populists trust the Republican party,
after looking over the history of the
past thirty years? Will they fall in
line with the Democracy and march
alongside politicians who, like Voor-
hees, have but recently betrayed the
people? The men who have come up
through much tribulation, who have
been sneered at, scorned, abused,
howled down, slandered, are not to be
placated by passing a few resolutions.
. Many may object that there is too
much timber in the Omaha platform,
VINO never have read that platform,
and do not know what it contains;
much less have they studied the sub
jects OF which the Omaha platform
speaks. The people are going wild over
CONS Financial School," book that
Is selling by the hundred thousand, and
yet there is nothing new in the book,
taking 1t from beginning to end. Every
intelligent Populist has known the
whole argument of Coin" for years,
though he recognizes with satisfaction
that the book tells the story in the very
best manner possible. Your true Pop
ulist studies all questions, and tries to
reach bedrock. The silver question is
one' and only one. phase of the money
question.
How can you expect a Populist to lay
all his ideas on the shelf; to put aside
his deepest convictions; to forget all
the sneers and snubs of the past; to
cast ~ ufith ha I'D NF .;,
gle issue land minor one at that; and
TO fight under the leadership OF men
whose standard-bearers part of them
at least, are still trigged out in the liv-
cry OF Wall street?
The Peoples party will not turn
aside from its principles. It's members
will not smother their honest convic-
tions-they cannot If they would.
They believe that the Omaha plat
form is objected to because it is not
well understood; that its principles are
heartily hated by the money power is
good reason for standing by them.
An old party that does not begin its
campaign of education by kicking out
the biggest and fattest gold-bugs is not
party of reform-it cannot be.
An old party whose local leaders find
no words but those of contempt for the
men and principles of the Peoples par
ty. is not an inviting shelter for Popu-
lists.
An old party whose leading newspa-
pers defend the gold basis is a party Of
the money power, to all intents and
purposes, and Populists so understand
IL.
An old party that holds all its re-
form measures secondary to party har-
mony and partisan cohesion, has too
much of hankering for the pie coun-
ter-no Populist need apply.
In short, an old party whose heelers
and wire-workers favor let-alone,
wait-and-see, fallow-ground policy of
delay cannot hope to secure the co-ope-
ration of the Peoples party in 1896
in any way, shape or form.
One thing must be borne in mind:
That no man can be elected president
of the United States in 1896 in opposi-
tion to the candidate of the money
power unless he secures the full vote
of the Peoples party.
You may figure out the program as
you please, but don't leave the forego-
ing item out of your calculatious.-Ne-
vada Director.