The herald., 1896-07-20

mako q hight for their local tickets, a.
Mr.. Taubeneck claims7 Where they are
running Populist tickets without fusion
with either party the nomination Of
Bryan and Sewall by their national
convention must strengthen them with
the people. It Is true that in states
where fusion has been made with tho
Republican gold standard party for the
sake Of local spoils tho plans may be
somewhat n1hrred, but no true Populist
can be any less Populist through such
action. and 1t can cause no Populist
candidate to lose a vote.
why should the Populist Wress dis
appear II Bryan Is nominated? Tho pro-
posed action, IL taken by the Populist
convention, will add strength and in
duence to every Populist paper in the
land. The Populist party press Will
then stand for principle indeed. and as
a grateful and discriminating Ameri-
can people are brought to understand
the patriotic action taken for their sake
by the Populist national convention,
the Populist press will grow In favor
and measure of prosperity.
"It Is true that should the Democratic
not be in q position to demand ap-
pointments to office from President
Bryan, but who can doubt his sense of
Justice and recognition Of obligation for
patriotic duty well done by members of
the Peoples party?
Grant that the Democratic party will
not be likely TO provide for paper money.
that II not redeemable in coin; but Mr..
Taubeneck 10 mistaken in his claim that
outside Of free coinage for silver all
other reforms advocated by the Peoples
party will be forced to await the forma-
ton and victory Of some new party
pledged to their support. II he will re-
read the Omaha platform and compare
It line for line with the platform upon
which Mr.. Bryan was nominated he will
find that the latter makes solemn pledge
to the country Of every reform advocated
In the former except fat paper money.
government ownership Of railways and
the sub-treasury scheme, which latter
measure the Omaha platform itself dis
credited.
THE claim Of Mr.. Taubsneok that the
Populist party should be IN ally and not
annex Of the Democratic party Is an
iridescent dream. Considering the nu-
msrical strength and power Of the organ
ization Of the Democratic party. coupled
with the plain assurance which the lead
ers have that the Populists and free
coinage Republicans will flock to Bryan
and Sewall by hundreds of thousands
whatever the Populist national conven-
tion may do, 1t may consider out Of the
y =, nov, u rt~rh
ing already nominated its candidates
and adopted its platform will make the
co-partnership arrangement which is
the basis Of Mr.. Taubeneck's plans. His
plan is for the Populists to nominate a
ticket of their own and enter into an
agreement with the Democrats to have
but one set Of electors in each Of the
states. The result Of this arrangement
is to be that If tho combination ticket
the United States and will also be In a
position to demand an equal share of
the federal patronage. including the
cabinet and foreign appointments.
1T must be clear that the Democratic
national committee has not a vestige Of
the power necessary to enter into such
an arrangement. even II they desire to
do So The Democratic convention ad-
journed sine die when II accomplished
its work and its members could be no
more reconstructed in q convention than
they could be four years hence. for the
nomination Of q new ticket and the
adoption of new platform. Before the
proposed action could even be considered
the national Democratic committee must
issue a call for a new national conven-
ton; each of the states must call new
state conventions to appoint delegates.
The mere statement Of this. which every-
body must admit is the real condition.
should satisfy every reasoning mind
how impossible is the proposed plan. It
must have been plain to those who pro-
posed 1t that 1t was impossible of exc
cution. We might go further and say
that the national Democratic committee
would be fully Justified in holding that
1t had no authority to call q new con-
vention for any purpose: in the absence
or the death or resignation Of the nom
inees their powers being limited to tho
conduct Of the campaign that was inau-
rated with the nomination Of Bryan and
Sewall.
Passing from that consideration. a
party barter by which 1t would be un-
known to the country which Of the four
candidates would be president, which
would be vice-president, under the cleo
toral college convened would prove so
abhorrent to American voters that the
defeat Of the combination
would be certain. There are in the Pop
Hist party. as in any other, two classes |
those who are merely politicians and |
care Tor nothing but the spoils, and those
whose highest aim Is to secure to their |
country the relief which the enactment
IT salutary measures would bring.
Ninety per cent Of the present mem
oership of the Peoples party is made up
of former Democrats and Republicans
who are agreed that the immediate
Of free bimetalIic coinage at
The ratio of 16 to Is indispensable to
ohe return Of prosperity. They uner-
'ingly trace the pauper prices which they
receive for the products of the field.
he shop and the loom, the all but ami
1ilation Of values to farm lands and
stock, the absence Of employment for
Millions of American workmen and the
,au Of bankruptcy that overshadows
he land to the single gold standard.
What they want and will have, If the
opportunity presents itself, are fruit
ul results that will materially affect
heir industrial and social condition.