The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-09
SENATOR STEWART.
HE is A STRAIGHT POPULIST
AND IS GLAD OF IT.
He Will Not Fraternize With the
Republicans.

II don't care" said Senator Stewart
to correspondent, (which of the gold
parties controls the machinery of the
senate. There is no advantage to us
(the Populists) to be gained by COM
bination with either the Republicans
or the Cleveland Democrats. We do
not care for the few paltry offices
there are to be bestowed and could
not afford to sacrifice our indepen-
dence as a party for them. So far as
L am personally concerned, I do not
care whether they put me on any
committee or what they do with me
as long as l am entitled to my seat in
the senate and can get into the cham
Der. In fact" he added, growing en-
phatic, Il can raise more racket when
entirely free from such obligations
than when bound by them"
| The senator says he thinks the Pop
ulists will be able to exercise more
potent influence by keeping entirely
aloof from the old parties; that it is
his opinion that this is the policy
which will be pursued by the third
party in the senate, and that he
will advise that this policy be pursued
He thinks there is no doubt that
when the test comes Senator Jones
will act in full harmony with the
Populist senator's, and that If Cover
nor Tillman should be chosen to sue
coed Senator Butler he would be found
in the Populist column, with the two
senators to be chosen from North
Carolina. This would give the Popu-
lists eight senators as against AZ Re-
publicans and 80 Democrats after
March 4.
"The only ground" he said in con-
Clusion, ION which should be willing
to unite with the Republicans would
be a platform pledging that party TO a
free silver policy. do not want any
half way measure, such as the coinage
of American product, as I should
know that whatever was promised
would be nothing but trap. I do
not propose to be caught with any
thing less than a compliance with our
complete demands. :,
''The election shows that the
American people re)opposed to hard
times. Times have grown worse dur
ing each successive administration in
the last IL years, and the people have
tried to remedy them by putting the
ms out. The 'outs1 have been able to
snow invariably thats times are harder
than when they were in power. In
other words, the political capital of
each party consists principally of the
failure of the other.
"TimeS were worse under Cleve-
lands first administration than under
Arthur's, and under, Harrison's adj
ministration than under Cleveland's
first administration, Cleveland's pres
ent admins tration has produced more
distress than any other in the history
Of the government. SAnything for a
change was the leading motive for
the recent landslide.
IF the people had the same capac-
ity to think that they have to feel,
they would have known that the poll
cieS of Cleveland Democracy and John
Sherman Republicanism are substan-
italy the same and that by leaving
Mr.. Cleveland to go to Mr.. Sherman
they have changed masters without
changing policies.
The destruction of one half of the
metallic money of the world by the
demonstration of silver at time
when the output of gold is substanti-
ally consumed in the arts has reduced
the price of property fully one half and
doubled the value of money in every
gold standard country in the world.
The property for sale and the money
in circulation are reciprocally the sup
ply and demand for each other, and
it is strange that the people do not
know that reducing the supply of
standard money one-half has caused
fall in the price of property and
wages and that falling prices destroy
enterprise and create enforced idle
ness. II they knew this, neither the
author of the mint act of 1873 demon
etiZing silver nor his lieutenant in the
White House who ratified the deed in
1893 or any of their coadjutors or sub
ordinates could obtain their suffrages.
"There are two names under which
the gold party has again deceived the
people. When they were voting
against Cleveland Democracy for John
Sherman Republicanism, they did not
know that they were voting for the
gold standard and contraction. They
| Will ledFu bHdU Ollc kOIU SUdHudFu
policy means contraction and hard
times, whether it be called Republic
can or Democratic.
':The Populist party is the only par
ty opposed to the gold party, and it
made a magnificent showing on Tues
day last. In the South it was impos-
sible for the Democratic party to
maintain its integrity in face of the
rising storm Of Indignation against
Cleveland's gold policy. In the west
the contest was between the Populists
on one side and the Republicans and
the Cleveland Democracy on the 9TH
err. The Republican leaders, who
pledged the Republican party in that
section to free coinage, have taken
fearful responsibility. The voters
who have followed their lead will be
deceived. II the Democracy adhere
to the Sherman Cleveland gold COM
bination, the Democratic party will
be swallowed up blythe gold party of
the Northeast, and future contests
will be between the Populists and the
Republican party,
Are the People So Ignorant.
| The nation has come into the feel