The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-21

| populist and free coinage Republicans
will flock to Bryan and Sewall by the
| hundreds of thousands, whatever the
Populist National convention may do,
| it may be considered out of the ques-
ton that the Democratic party, having
ALREADY nominated it's candidates, and
adonted it's platform. will make the CO.
nartnership arrangement which is the
basis of Mr.. Taubenecl's plans. lis
plan is for the Populists to nominate
a ticket and enter into an agreement
with the Democrats to have Dut one set
of electors in each of the States. Inc
result of the agreement is to be mat IT
the combination ticket is successful The
Populists will have either the president
or Vice-President of the United States,
and will also be in a position to demand
an equal share of the Federal patron
age, including the Cabinet and foreign
appoin tments.
NO POWER TO MAKE SUCH A DEAL.
'It must be clear that the Demo
cratic National committee has not
yestipe of the power to enter into such
AN arrangement, even if they desire to
do so. The Democratic convention adj
iourned sine die whe it completed It's
work, and its members could be no
more reconstructed into a convention
than they could be four years hence
for the nomination of new ticket and
tie adoption of new platform. Be
fore the proposed action could be even
considered the Democratic National
committee must issue a call tor a new
National convention; each OF the
States must call new State conventions
to appoint delegates. The mere state
ment of this. which everybody must
admit is the real condition, should sat
isfv every reasoning mind how impos-
sible is the proposed plan. 1t must
have been plain to those who proposed
It that it was impossible of execution
We might go further and
say tha5 the Democratic Nation
al convention would be fully justified
in holding that it had no authority TO
call a new convention. 1t is strange
logic. indeed. that the Peoples party
must die because it does right; that
it must die because it is great and
magnanimous and patriotic enough 10
go outside of its own ranks for Presi-
Dental candidate for one who. though
not Populist in name, is in deepest
sympathy with it for it's most cherish
ed and vital measures to remove a
great and blighting curse from the
country.
why will the nomination of Bryan
and Sewall by the Populist convention
render it impossible for Populists to
make a fight for their local tickets
as Mr.. Taubeneck claims? Where
they are running Populist tilets with
ont fusion with either party. the noni-
nation of Bryan and SeWall by their
National convention must strengthen
them with the people.
MARRS PLANS WITH REPU BLICANS
1T is true that in States where flu
sion has been made with the Republic
cam gold standard party for the sake
of local spoils, the plans may be
somewhat married. but no true PopuliSt
can be any less Populist through such
action. and it can cause no Populjst
candidate to lose a vote. Why should
the Populist press disappear if Bryan
is nominated? The proposed action,
If taken by the Populst conventions
viii add strength and influence to every
Populist paper in the land. The Popu-
list party press viii then stand for
principle, indeed, and as a grateful and
discriminating American people are
brought TO understand the patriotic
action taken for their sake by the
Populist National convention, the
Populist press will grow III favor and
measure of prosperity
Passing from that consideration, n
party bearer by which it would be un-
known to the country which Of the
four candidates would be President,
and which would be ice-President
until the electoral college convened
would prove so adhorrent TO American
voters that the overwhelming defeat
of the combination would be certain
There are in the Populist party, as in
every other, two classes-those who are
merely politicians, and care for moth
ing but the spoils, and those whose
highest aim is tc secure to the coun-
Try the relief which the enactment
of salutary measures will bring.
PAUPER PRICES AND GOLD.
Ninety per cent of the present
membership of the Peoples party is
made up of former Democrats and Re
publicans. who regard the immediate
restoration of free bi-metallism coin
age at the ratio of 10 TO / as indispen-
sable to the return of prosperity. They
unerringly trace the paupcr prices
which they, receive for the products
of the felt the shop, and TIE loom
to all but annihiliation of values to
farm lands and stocks, the absence of
employment for millions of American
workmen, and the pail of bankruptcy.
that orershadovs the lai3 to The single
gold standard. What they waI' ana
will ha,e, if The opportn ~ presents
itself. are practical results that Viii
materially affect their industrial and
social condition.
They want the single gold stanard
abolished and the double standard
created. The Populist press inculcated
great truth when it taught them to
believe that the free coinage OF silver
at the ratio of IS to ! with gold would
drive gloom n restitution from the
country, and replace them with sun
shine and prosperity. If Populists
have reason to believe that their party
will endanper that measure either by