Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-14

One of the shrewdest politicians IN
the south is the Hon. Frank Burkltt OIL
Mississippi, vice-president OF the Ma
tional Reform Press association anu
late candidate for governor OF that sIate
on the populist ticket. He has also
been prominently mentioned as pos
slble candidate for vice-president on
the populist ticket. Speaking ola union
of reform forces, recently, in the Peo-
ple's Messenger, his own paper MI
Burkitt says:
1--WE publish elsewhere communica-
ton from Brother T. N. Jackson Oh
Amite favoring a combination OF all re-
form forces in opposition to gold
standard. Such we apprehend is the
feeling of every populist in the country,
IL it can be done without sacrlhce Oh
vital principles and an abandonment OF
old time friends, who regard the land
or transportation question as OF para
mountimportance Brother Jackcon puts
stress on the fact that the free silver
party were invited to meet us at St.Louls
md seems to think, we, by this act are
ander obligations to surrender part OF
the Omaha platform. Just as we'll con-
END that Brother Jackson, when he In
yites a friend to his house to partaKe
Of his hospitality, is under obligations
to surrender a part Of his family gov
eminent.
Brother Jackson assumes there is
free silver party, when in fact there Is
40 such party. An aggregation OF gen
tlemen, members still Of the two old
parties, are dissatisfied with the man
uer in which both the republicans and
democrats deal with the silver question
and they are threatening to secede I'M
less their respective parties shall meet
their views on this subject, when their
conventions are held and nominations
are made. If this is done, We are told
the free silverites will be content to
stay with the old parties and they are
not expected to surrender any OF their
old principles But before they can
condescend to fight for their rights I'M
der the populist banner, we are in
formed by Gen. Warner, speaking fol-
the silverites, we must surrender some
II not all of our old principles
Now we think we know Brother
Jackson we'll enough to say that he viii
not accept any such terms, for union
under such conditions would mean the
degradation and utter overthrow OF oul
party organization.
Like our brother, we desire to SEE
every man in America opposed to the
English system of finance marshallet
under one banner in the coming battle
but it must be done, if done at all, upor
terms that will be honorable to all ant
humiliating to none. We are not de-
handing any sacrifice to be made by
the silver men in order that our respec
tive forces may cooperate as allies
against the gold power, and while We
can and will make concessions fol
sweet harmony's sake, We are not pre-
pared to make sacrifices Of principle tt
secure cooperation.
when it is an lncontrovertable fac
that the peoples party is the only ma
tional organization that has pronounced
emphatically for free coinage at the
rates of 16 to 1, and none of its member!
have ever failed after election to vote
as they promised in the canvass pre-
ceding, the honest free silver man will
not refuse to vote with us as against 6
gold standard of cowardly, straddling
plank in the old party platforms, ant
the man who would hesitate because
the populists uphold the three cardina
declarations of the Omaha platform
Finance, Land and Transportation,
leaving him free to accept or reject
whatever he pleased, would prove q
weak ally, and probably traitor in the
end should he enter our camp. We say
let's get together with Brother Jack
son, but let it be upon basis that re-
quires no sacrifices at the hands Of
any party to the compact"