The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-12-03

meEts, bat they do not want me 70
lead them. They need Biueher's
troops. bu, they draw the line a:
Blueher.
That Is hardly fair eisher To Blaeh-
er or his troops, nor 10 il the best
way to defeat Napoleon.
For this attitude upon the part of
the Dem ocratic managa*s, believe
that you, Senator, are largely re-
spo7sible.
| You made no effort 10 have me
recognised. You publicly stated that
l vonld not be notified Of my uominA-
tion. You went into the fusioH pol
icy. over my written protest, with
all the zeal Of . man who wanted to
elees the Democratic ticket.
In this, think you were wrong.
As chairman of the Populist CON-
mitsee. the party certainly expected
you to do all you could to elect the
Populist ticket.
Had you demanded Mr.. Sewall's
withdrawal from the ticket. he
wopid have been Withdrawal. l have
3 letter of yours in which you state
that the Democratic committee ex-
pected you to make the demand, bat
that you did not make it.
From the perversity of temper
with which the Democratic mana
gers have refused to do the right
thing by the Populists, it would seem
that they prefer Mck;nIey;sm to
anything which might seem to be
partly Populist triumph.
Their subtle purpose is to compile
Bryan's election with the complete
! destruction of the Peoples Party
They mean to elect both Bryan and
Sswall-bo;h or neither. They can
not endure the thought that the vic
tory shall be shared by Populism.
They are willing to use the Populist
nominee rs lever to move Populist
votes-but not as an ally who had
any rights they are bound TO re-
spect.
The st. Louis compromise ticket
should have been insisted upon for
two rea sons:
i 1st. Because Mr.. Bryan can not be
otherwise elected.
i End. Because the triumph of sill
|
To elect Mr.. Bryan, the Populists
votes are necessary, and he can not
get them if l should como off the
ticket voluntarily, or be virtually
/ forced off by the Sewall fusions. If
you and Mr.. Jones think the Popu-
lists will vote for Bryan after they
realized that Watson has been prac-
tically pushed off the ticket by fu-
, sion deals. you are making a huge
blunder. Bryan is being ruined by
the efforts to force Sewalrs election
: also. Populists will not vote q
ticket which is all Democratic.
In the second place, we must pre-
3 serve the Peoples Party from ab
3 sorption by the Democrats,-in the
r interest of silver.
t In Bryan's own party. weakened
: as it already is by the "Sound Mon
D ey" detection, there is the powerful
o German element which will do all i
3 can to tie Bryan's hands. Whereve
: the Democrats can do so, they ar,
t eleotlng men to Congress VIII
4 are enemies to silver. The Tam
manyites are really no friends of sill
t yer. Neither are the repre-
t sentatives which Democracy ma,
Q elect from Chicago, New Or
cans, Philadelphia, Baltimor
p and other similar money-cent
a ers. Senator German the goldbug
is virtually controlling the Demo
q cratic party machinery, and gold
o bug democrats everywhere are say
+ ing that they are supporting Mr.
;, Bryan because his election will no
j. mean free silver. They boast tha
J. he can not carry out his pledges.
: In the event of Bryan's election
9 this anti-silver element in the Demo
o cratic party will join forces in Con
/. gress with the goldbug Republicans
9 and the Sound Money ey-Democrats
o Remembering that even among tn
s silver Democrats who have been re
r nominated for Congress, are man
y of the flexible statesmen who vote
b against silver in 1892 and 1898, th
g unprejudiced observer can readil
9 see that Mr.. Bryan can no more Cal
Q ry out his pledges without Populis
70 help, than he can be elected withou
D. it.
& Again, if he is defeated, the ant
IS silver forces in his party will at ono
l. pull lose, and join the sound none
J" Democrats-thus leaving the silve
# Democrats utterly homeless an
s, helpless without Populist aid.
Il Therefore in either event, ever
sentiment of loyaly to Mr.. Brya,
70 and to the cause of silver, deman
d that we maintain the full nation.
n organization of the Peoples Party.
- - We should not fuse its mor'
. 70 force away. We should not hamp'
y it's progress with entangling all
r ances. We should not lose the col
fdence Of the public, and lose o,
1e own self-respect by showing th'
s, our principles and our vote mere
% constitutes q stock in trade to
sold to whomsover will buy. v
ed should bear in mind that our vote
es are men Of convictions and can n
be delivered like cattle.t to those wi
b. trade for them.
in It should also be remembered tn
silver is not the only Issue we rails
lv We have been from the first j
,it friend. Every one of our votes ha
as been given for it. They always "
re-. be.
to But there are other planks in o
)e- platform equally as important
m the silver question, and We can n
no afford to abandon our entire ritu
,al when we can aid the Democrats qu
sm as we'll by preserving our identi
7et as by losing it. .-s
to In their mad policy Of leopard
.ey1 ing the cause of silver, rather tn
.ey make any concession to natiol
me Populism, it appears that the Den
as cratic managers would be willing
or. make a sacrifice of both Bryan a
ye. silver, if they can but destroy POI