The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-14

Senator Marion Builder, chairman; j.
r. Sovereign, Arkansas; H. w. Reed,
Georgia; George F. Washburne, Mas
sachusetts; John w. Briedenthal, Kan
sas; NJ. C. Rankin, Indiana: ]. A. Ed
gerton, Nebraska; C. F. Taylor, Penn
s,ylYania. The only absentee was John
S. Dore of California
The committee was in almost continue
Gus secret session from morning until
midnight. The preparation of an ad-
dress to the voters of the party en-
gagged most of the time. Fusiondiffer-
ences and the attitude of certain MEM
bers toward Watson formed subject
for protracted ard lively debate.
Mr.. Reed came as
THE PERSONAL REPRESENTA-
TIVE
of Mr. Watson, having spent two days
with him Just before leaving the Soutn,
and his signature to an address which
explains and justifies joint Watson ana
Sewall electoral tickets and appeals
TO Populists to support them at the
polls is accepted as proof that peace
has been restored over this dissenston
in the committee.
Senator Butler said that SO action had
been taken by the committee relative
to Mr. Watson, and none would pe'
that he would remain on the ticket.
Another meeting will he held tomor-
row. Following is the address pre-
pared ~ the committee:
s'To the Peoples Party Voters of the
Your national committee INDUCED the
hope that the patriotic action OF the
Peoples party, in national convention IN
subordin ating the interests of party TO
the success of the vital issues involved IN
this campaign, would he met by equally
unseifish devotion to a common interest
on the part of the Democratic party, ana
that all the friends Of silver coula pre-
sent a solid front against the m1nlons
of greed by supporting one ticket, the
truly cooperative ticket-Bryan and
Watson But this hope being dtsap-
pointed there were but two courses LETT,
one of which must be adopted. First, to
run a straight Bryan and Watson cleo
toral ticket in every state where, on
account of the failure of the Democratic
party 10 support this ticket would have
effected the same result in this cam
paiGn would have followed the nom
ination of straight Populist ticket at
st. Louis. namely, the election OF NC
Kir-ey and the triumph Of the gold
standard
at is true that the Democratic party
would be responsible, even to a greater
extent than ourselves, for such a. result.
but to permit evi, TO triumph on such
grounds would convict us, as well as
them. OF lack of patriotism and a
edly forfeit to us the confidence Of the
American people. Remember, that two
wrongs never make right.
when our devotion to the welfare of
the people falters because of any failure
on the part of the Democratic or any
party, then indeed viii we have lowered
our standard and proven ourselves false
TO our own teachings and repudiated Our
own motto of country first and party
second The brave, enlightened voters
who constitute the rank and file of the
-@-f~ uota
base betrayal Of their country, as would
result from a division in the ranks of
those opposing the Vaccinations of the
confederated money power OF the two
continents against the homes and liber-
ties Of the American people, and would
reDudiate any action on the part of the
leaders opposed to united effort az this
time, as they repudlated the olc parties
for treachery to their interests.
1.-THE other course left open to your
committee that was consistent with the
action of the convention in the nonlina-
ton of MIR. Bryan, was to do everything
in its power to unite the voters OF the
country against Mckinley and to over
come the obstacles and enbarrassments
which. if the Democratic party had put
the cause first and the party second, we
would not have encountered.
This could be accomplished only by
arranging, by a division of the electoral
vote in every state possible, securing so
many electors FOR Bryan and Watson
and conceding so many to Bryan and
Sewall. AT the opening Of the campaign
this, you see, became the wisest course
for our committee, and it is clearer to-
day than ever that it was the only safe
and wise course, IL our votes were to
be cast and made effective for the re-
lief Of an oppressed and outraged people
Following this line of policy. your COM
mittee has arranged electoral tickets
in three-fourths of the states, and will
do all in its power to make the same
arrangements in all of the states. BY
perfecting this arrang ement, and every
sincere opponent of the gold standard
giving loyal support to these Joint cleo
toral tickets, the Peoples party VIII not
only secure in the electoral college for
Bryan and Walton several times as many
votes as we could have possibly secured
by making a straight fight, but we will
secure the defeat of Mckinley and fhe
gold standard, which should now be the
greatest desife of every citizen who be-
lieveS in the principles of true democ-
racy.
.'By this arrangement we can unite a
large majority of the voters on cur joint
electoral tickets; therefore, the only
hope of the money power and trusts is
to divide and conquer. The Republican
managers and their Democratic allies re-
effort to accomplish this end. They have
their emissaries on hand everywhere. try
ing to prevent Joint electoral tickets from
being demonstrating in this. they try
to ind Populists and silver Democrats
who can be induced, on one pretext or
another. TO rebel against the Joint cleo
toral ticket. The danger lies in the pos
sibility Of a certain portion of the rank
and file of the Peoples party being mis-
led by so-called lea ders who for reasons
best known TO themselves, or for want of
reason. are advising voters to rebel
against the joint electoral tickets ana
put up separate electoral tickets. or to
withhold their support from the Joint
electoral tickets.
Some of the Democrats of the revenue
stripe, who are not yet waaned from the
neShpots OF Egypt, but are sticklers for
regularity and are nominally supporting
Mr.. Bryan, while secretly and in every
underhanoed way are trying to accom-
plsh his defeat, are advising against the
Joint electoral tickets and, failing in this
then advise Democrats to scratch pao
pies party electors, and already a feVv CO
called Populist leaders are advising the
rank and file of our party to strike back
by refusing to support the Dernocratfe
electors on the joint electoral tickets
This is trap set by the goldbugs. who
arc rejoicing that q few honest men have
sallen into it. These representatives today
are the only ones that buoy up the hopes
Of the Republican managers. and the
Democrats and PopulistS who are thus
engaged are doing Just what the gold
men most desire. Therefore, we appeal
10 every Populist who may have bcen
misle5 by such mistaken or false pleas
OF pretended loyalty 10 the Peoples
Dartv into refusing to support such ioin+
electoral tickets, to stop and consider the
results of such conduct and refuse to be
influenced by either misguided or corrllpr
men
..The one and only hope of the Repub
Iican party to win in this campaign and
fasten the gold standard upon the coln-
try is the corrupt use of an unlimited
supply of money for bribery. corruption
and intimidation The patriotic action Of
t.le Peoples party in forming and sun
porting these joint electoral tickets has
Shattered that hope. Already they are
alarmed at the impotency of a noodle
campaign when all Of the great moral
forces of the people are solidly united ip
defense of American Institutions. The re-
vuision of the American people against