The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-05-06
UNITE AND WIN.
The Way to do 1t is to Vote With the Peoples
Party.

The Way 10 90 IL is 10 tOt0 Will tu0 1OVpiSS
Party.
Editor Representatives:
The political situation in our state bids
fair to be somewhat mixed at the coming
campaign. There will be new align
ment of parties. The Republicans see
that it is useless to depend upon their
party leaders to remOnetize silver or pre-
serve our greenbacks or national treas
ury notes from total destruction at the
hands of the gold bug Republicans. Many
Republicans in this state have not for
given their party for the passage of the
bill to destroy the $540,O00,000 of our
national notes without a promise to put
a dollar in their place; they have not for
gotten that such bill passed the present
house by 81 Republican majority; nor
will they soon forget it, or forgive the
Subserviency Of their party leaders to
Democratic president in taking up MS
measures in favor Of Wall street against
the best interests of the people Nor will
they soon forget the frantic efforts OF the
Republicans in congress to prevent that
body from taking the usual Christmas
vacation under a plea Of "a great emer-
gency" to pass tariff bill on lines laid
down in the Wilson bill, and totally ig-
ests of the West and South; nor will they
again believe in the honesty of a body
of men who claim to be bimetallists, but
when six Populist senators declared on
the floor OF the senate that they would
vote for the tariff bill with an amendment
providing for the free coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1 Of gold, they re-
fused the amendment, preferring to let
their pet tariff bill go into the waste bas-
!. ket rather than assist in restoring silver
to it's true, honored place under our con-
stitution. This is the last blow to break
the political bands which have held many
honest men in the Republican party in
this state, for they believe in the free
coinage of silver and could not before be
made to believe that the Republicans
were determined to give the white metal
full recognition as standard money until
they refused to vote for it and SO defeat
ed the tariff bill, and by their action
proved to all thoughtful men that they
could no longer be trusted to pass laws
in the real interest of the people. Many
are aroused by this one act to realizing
sense of the true situation and will here
after work with those who left the party
years ago because the Republican lead
ers were ruled by the minions of plutoc-
racy. A majority of the Democrats also
feel very sore. They believe in Jeffer-
sonian and Andrew Jackson Democracy,
and have no use for that hybrid, double
headed monstrosity called Cleveland
Democracy The action of Cleveland
along financial lines is in perfect har-
mony with the majority Of the Repub-
lican leaders, and has nothing in COM
mon with the greatest good to the great
est number so that there is no man more
heartily hated by the true Democracy OF
our state than the man who had surren-
dered to the Wall street brokers the con-
troll of his administration. 1t can with
truth be said that the only following the
president has left In the state is his ap-
pOinteeS to Office, and even among them
there are many who loudly condemn his
policy and will have no more of it, Many
>Of the leading Democrats of the state car
lsee that the only way to purify, upbuild
defend and protect true Democracy is by
uniting their forces with that determin
ed, patriotic and intelligent body of citi
zens who have withdrawn from the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties and or
ganized an independent party in defense
of the true principles of Democracy ant
real Republicanism. This seems to u:
as the only way to preserve and perpetu
ate our free institutions in state or ma
ton. The issue is squarely between tht
selfish, rich few, and the Democratic ano
Republican leaders on one side, agains
the interests of the great masses of Oul
people on the other.
Extend hearty invitation to all tru,
patriots to Join with us and assists us il
wrenching our beloved country from tn,
grasp of the money-power of Europe.
-. Walter Mimi