The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-07
THE HOME STRETCH.
The Enemies of the People Getting
Together on McKinley.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 3.-The national
campaign has now reached what might be
called the home stretch in the terrific
struggle going on between the people and
the tremendous combination of trusts. mo-
| nopolies and the gold power. Every man
| and syndicate that profits by hard times
and the distress Of the people are combined
to defeat Bryan in this fight. A number
of men and influences that in the past have
been most potent In the management of the
Democratic party are now allied with the
Republicans to elect Mckinley. In short,
| the enemies Of the people and good gov
eminent, who have hithertoo been divided
| into different parties, are now combined on
Mckinley. Therefore, the patriots who
| nave been before divided into separate par
| ties should now, for the same reason, unto
soldly In the support of Bryan The re-
| suits OF this campaign are as important
| to the American institutions and American
prosperity as was the revolutionary war
| of over one hundred years ago. Those who
| sulk In their tents, or breed discomfort at
| such critical and important crisis are as
criminal as the tories and gold bugs who
are openly at work to surrender this gov
eminent to foreign domination
THE PEOPLES PARTY A BAND OF
PATRIOTS.
The Peoples Party not only forced these
tremendous issues to the 'front.' but it Is
now doing more for their triumph than
| even the Democratic party, which was
| forced to rebel against foreign dominat ton
| and nominate Mr.. Bryan.
| While every man in America who is OPP
posed to the gold trust should have joined
| hands in support Of the Bryan and Watson
| ticket, yet. when this could not be ac-
<ho
most unparalleled patriotism, determined
| to do it's duty, and unite every voter in ia
vor of financial reform for Bryan and
against Mckinley in spite of the fact that
the Democratic party would not meet ,nem
half way and do it's duty. Thus, joint
electori.- tickets have been formed SO far
in over three-fourths Of the states on
which SO many Democratic electors have
been put for Bryan and Sewall, and SO
many POpuliSt electors for Bryan and Wat
son, thus giving an opportunity for every
voter opposed to the gold standard to unite
their votes against Mckinley and Hobart.
If similar arrangements can be made in
the remainder of the states, and the Re-
publicans and tory Democrats fail to breed
| dissention in their efforts to get Il number
of Democrats and Populsts not to support
the joint electoral tickets, then victory is
assured 1t Is known that the Republicans
have put forward, so far every effort to
prevent these joint electoral tickets from
being arranged. 1t is also known that they
have their agents in the field, trying to find
Democrats and Populsts to rebel against
these electoral tickets after they are
formed. The only hope for Republican VIC
tory is in this scheme. 1t is to be hoped
that no honest man will be caught in this
gold bug trap.
BRYAN'S INVASION OF NEW ENG
LAND.
Bryan's invasion of New England has
been a marvellous success. 1t may not re-
suit in carrying any New England state.
| but the boldness and the courage with
which he faced the agents of organized
greed at every step, astonished and dumb
founded the enemies of good government
in their strongholds, and has given new
hope, courage, and enthusiasm to the peO-
pie everywhere. At Hartford, Connecti-
cut, the headquarters of great insurance
companies, he arraigned them for their
course in this campaign in trying to force
the gold standard upon the people, and
appealed to them to relent in their heart
less greed and support such course
would enable their policy holders to pros
per, at least sufficiently to keep the pre-
NUNS PAID on their pOllcleS.
The outrageous conduct of the students
of Yale in trying to break up Bryans meet
ing at New Haven, by disorderly conduct
and rowdyism, is startling evidence of the
| extent to which the gold power and monop-
olists are gaining control of our educational
institutions. The young students who
guilty of this conduct are not themselves
responsible. They the equals in every
rpSDect of the Young men to he fOund at
every college; but when boys and young
men participate in such ungentlemany and
unseemly conduct it is Il proof that there
are older hands behind who do not only
approve of their conduct, but who instigate
them to it. In this connection it is not out
of place to note that the teachers of polit-
ical economy in three-fourths of the col
leges of the country are today parrots of
the gold trust, and teaching false
and ruinous doctrine to the youths of the
land, In the interests of monopoists and
organized greed.
Republican headquarters are becoming
alarmed at their failure to control even
divide the labor vote in this campaign.
The great issue that effects the welfare Of
our laborers and wealth producers is SO
clearly drawn In this struggle that every
man who has felt the pinch of poverty and
of interest and duty, and thus the laborers
and farmers of the nation are lining up SOL
idly for Bryan and better times.
In spite of the enormous amount Of
money that the Republicans have used. and
expect to use during the remainder of this
campaign, they are becoming thoroughly
alarmed at the result. They realize that
the American people are terribly in earnest
and are determined to throw off the OPP
pressive and traitorous yoke of Cleveland.
ism and Shermanism. Even the enormous
campaign fund of the Republican party is
beginning to prove to be it's greatest weak
ness everywhere. Voters have begun to
enormous campaign fund to buy the cleo
ton of Mckinley, ana will not those who
have furnished the money use Mckinley
and the Republican congress and levy adj
ditional millions upon the masses of tho
people.
If the election were held today Bryan
would undoubtedly win. That his strength
will increase in the next 80 days is at least
a moral certainty
Since our last letter joint electoral tick
cts have been arranged in North Carolina.
kentucky, Louisiana and Indiana, which
insures these states for Bryan. 1t is UNI
derstood in the headquarters that in sew
eral more states arrangements Will be
made during the coming week.
Jonathan Jones.