The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-04
4 REBUKE.
DR.. JOHNSON OF THE WILLMAR TRI-
BUNE REBUKEs PROF. DOBBYN
FOR TRYING TO ABOLISH THE

DIR. JOHNSON OF THE WILLMAR TRI-
BUNE REBUKEs PROF. DOBBYN
FOR TRYING TO ABOLISH THE
OMAHA PLATFORM.
Bro. Dobbyn posed as leading Pop
ulist during last campaign, and as a
newspaper man ought to be posted on
the state Of affairs in the party. Let
it be that Bro. Dobbyn is so far ahead
OF his age that he can see nothing in
the silver ques tion.- No fault is found
with him tor that. But when he says
that 1.-THE agitation is carried on now
largely by those who were pesOnally
interested in the coming OF silver into
money" and that they are paying
the bills" and "as a matter IF invest
ment," he is stating a falsehood, and
he knows or ought to know that he is
lying. There is no need to enlarge on
this matter. The gold-bugs have been
charging US silverites with being
cranks and fools. etc. We have ex-
pected that. But that the journalists
and senators within the Peoples Par
ty should venture to express such
views as are found in the above clip
ping is very extraordinary. II the
silver issue is abandoned the old say
ing will prove true, that. "while the
grass grows the COW dies" Before
Bro. Dobbyn and PETER get the people
educated up their scientific systems Of
paper money the average ordinary
farmer will be financially dead for
good, and nothing short of a violent
upheaval will be able to correct the
abuses Of the time. 1t may be all
right for the abstract theOrist to be
agitating and agitating forever. But
the ordinary citizen wants reform to
help his condition as soon as possible.
A new reform party to be SUGGEST full
must be practical, and not attempt
any more Of forward move than is in
accord with popular sentiment. 1t
must adopt program that the ma
jority of the people believe in. II the
reform party does not do that it is
doomed to failure.
The Peoples Party can do one of
these things. 1t can plant itself on
the silver issue, and in company with
the silverits of the old parties march
to victory; or it can load it's platform
down with every fad of the age and
diss into thin air.
Ii the latter is the program of the
day the writer for one is not in it. He
has no time to waste on issues that
may be the order of the day 200 years
hence.-J. G.
This is sensible. We cannot make
a great party by binding together LOT
of unpopular isns. The Omaha plat
form is broad enough and big enough
for any sensible man. II we fling a
drag net over lot of hostile tads we
have menagerie not a party. It die
not strengthen the Kilkenny cats to
tie their tails together. 1t did moi
create Kilkenny party.
LET every tub stand on it's own bot.
TOM"
We have nothing against Prohibi
tion; but, after twenty years Of self
sacrificing effort on the part Of good
men, it has been demonstrated thai
the American people will not sustain
it at the ballot box. Why tie thu
corpse to our coat-tails?
We have got more important bust
ness on hand than trying to decide
what our neighbor shall eat anC
drink. The question is shall we have
anything to eat and drink ourselves
This is battle to protect ourselves
not to reform some one else.