The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-05
ful strength to the ranks OF the Peo-
pics party; for the voters now SEQ the

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full strength to the ranks OF the Peo-
plc's party; for the voters now SEQ the
confessions Of the old parties that
they will be right in following the
leadership of the Peoples partys
The voters know further that mas
much as the existence and growth Of
the Peoples party has forced the
Democratic party into making this
declaration. that II the Peoples party
were to disband tomorrow that these
leaders who have been unwillingly
forced to declare for the truth would,
at their next national convention,
OF monopoly Subserviency. Yes, the
voters know that what good has al
ready been accomplished Is due to the
Peoples party, and they know further
that il this country is ever redeemed
from foreign domination, and pros
perity restored, that 1t must come
through the Peoples party. There
fore. when the Peoples party at st.
Louis dominates its candidates and
puts out its platform, it's action will
not only have the endorsement Of the
great masses of the honest yeOmanry
of this country. from ocean to ocean.
But the question aries; what will be
the result of such campaign? Will
the fair promises of the Democratic
convention fool enough honest voters
that is, will it prevent enough Of
them from r2llying to the standard OF
the Peoples party to make the cleo
tion of the gold-bug candidate for the
presidency possible. or even prObab bile?
Yes, this is the very danger which the
narrow partisan and hypocritical &C
tion of the Democratic party threat
ems; but the people Of the country can
\ trust the Peoples party, true as it is
to the great question OF financial re-
form and the interests of the people,
to steer the nation clear of this dan
ger. It will be remembered that at
Chicago the leaders refused every
overture and Spurned every PROPOSE.
tion made to them, by which the silver
forces OF the country could be united
in the coming campaign. Their ac-
tion shows that they would rather see
the gold trust win in the coming fight
than to have the Democratic machine
make the concessions that we're neces-
sary on it's part to make victory GER
tain. Their desire was more to Grip
pie the Peoples party than to win
victory for the people.
But in the coming campaign the
Peoples party can be trusted to rise
to a higher and more patriotic plane
than this. They will put the sinceri-
ty of the professions Of the Democrat
ic politicians to the severest test.
They will give them an oppor tunity in
every state in the Union to unite the
silver votes. where necessary, to make
the defeat of the gold bugs certain.
They will give them an opportunity in
the electoral college to do the same.
We are told that in holy writ that
upon one occasion dispute arose be-
tween two women as to which was the
mother of child. The dispute was
submitted to King Solomon; who, with
that wonderful common sense that
has made his name synonymous with
wisdom through all the ages, ordered
that, in as much as there was no way
to decide the child's maternity. that
the child should be splitin twain and
that one-half should be given to one
woman and the other half to
the other woman. When this
order was about to be carried into eff
feet, one woman smiled and looked on
with satisfaction; the Other, with true
motherly instinct cried out: no! no!
do not kill the child, but spare It's life
and give it to the other woman;
whereupon King Solomon rendered
the verdict that the true mother of
the child was the woman who wanted
to preserve its life, and was willing to
make even such sacrifice to do SO.
So, in this campaign, the Peoples
party will prove to the American Jury
Americas King Solomon-thati It is
the true mother Of financial reform
and the true friend and guardian Of
the interests of the American, people.
The false mother at Chicago would
willingly see the child divided, its life
lost and the American people left to
mourn in poverty and despoir; the
true mother at St. Louis will rise to
the patriotic position Of doing that
which is necessary t0save the life Of
the child, even though we have to
compliSh it. Rather than see the child
Of financial reform crucifed, the Peo-
pies party will this year do that which
is necessary to save Its life, and to de-
feat the gold-bugs, as we'll as their al
lies, the Democratic party. bugs; and
before 1900 the great American jury
the American King Solomon-will
render the verdict that will leave no
doubt as to who is the true mother of
financial reform, and the faithful
guardian Of American liberty and
prosperity.
An excellent antidote for the free-sil-
yer craze in the democratic party that
populists might use can be found in the
fact that, after being pledged to the prin-
ciple, that party, with a safe working
majority, defeated the measure In con-
gress on four different occasions They
are working the gag for the NTH time in
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