The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-14
BUT THE WHOLE DAY WAS DE-
VOTED ITO CONSIDERING HIS
go, ~ CASE. 1900
POPS WILL TURN OTHER CHEEK.
For the Good of the Cause They
Are tn. pol,..dt Da,..~a.,o
Justice and Say Nothing.

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members present and especially from
H, w. Reed, Of Georgia, who spent
severaf days with Thomas F. Watson,
! the, committee decided to issue a mani
festo to the voters of the party.
The members Of the committee ad-
mltted after the meeting that the state
ment was in the nature of a rebuke to
! Thomas Watson, who has been call
ING onnaH Populists to. keep in the mid
/ ole OF the road without paying atten-
ton to either of the other parties.
| Early in the afternoon Senator
Marion Butler said that Mr.. Watson
\ would remain on the ticket and that
his removal had not been discussed. A
different story was given out after the
meeting, when itawas said Mr.. Wat
son had been the chief subject under
discussion during the day The mani
festo issued is as follows:
O.. To the PEOPLES Party Voters OF the United
SCaIes' your national committee INDUCED
the hope that the patriotic action. of the PEG
1 PIE party in national Convention, in subor-
afn9anng the interests OF party to the success
! o the vital issues involved in this campaign
would oe met by equally. unselfish devotion
to a common Interest on the part of the Dem
ccratlc party, and that all the friends of sill
yer could present q solid front against the
minions Of greed BY supporting one ticket,
1 the truly co-operatiRe ticket, Bryan and Wat
son. But this hope fbeing disappointed there
are put TWO courses left one Of which must
First-To run a Straight Bryan and Wat
son electoral rcketA IN every State-which on
/ account OF the failure of the Democratic party
20 support this ticket would have effected
/ the same result In this campaign that would
have followed the nomination of straight
/ Populist ticket atsISt. Louis, namely the
election of Mckinley and the triumph of the
I'D
1t is true that the Democratic party would
/ De responsible, even to a greater extent than
ourselves, for such a result, but to permit
evil to triumph such grounds would con-
/ Wet us as we'll as them of lack of patriot
Ism anu narrow partisanship that would
American people. Remember that two wrongs
4 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 ether party
/ then, indeed, we have lowered our standard
/ and proven ourselves false to our own teach
4 ings and repudiated our own motto CT coun-
/ try nrst and men and parties second. The
brave, enlightened voters who constitute the
4 rank and file of the Peoples party are in
capable OF such base betrayal Of the country
1 as would result from a division in the ranks
] of those opposing the Vaccinations CT the
confederated money power of the two CONT
nents against the homes and liberties of the
American. people, and would repudiate any
action On the part, of their leaders opposed
! to united effort at this time, as they re-
pudiated the old parties for treachery to their
y The only cSdf<e that is open to u.s. con
sistent with the action in nominating Mr.
Bryan was to do sserythfng in our power,
! was to unite sthez aYoters of the country
| against Mckinley, and to overcome the OBJ
! stacles and embarrassments which, il the
Democratic party had put the cause first
i and party second we would not have en-
| countered. This could be Accomplished only
4 by arranging fer 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, under the
4 circumstances, seemed the wisest course for
your committee, and 1t is clearer today than
ever that 1t was the only safe and wise course
II our votes were to be cast and made eff
| fective for the relief of an oppressed and
! outraged people. sss,4 IN e<-..3n ssEaE
Following this line of policy our commit
tee has arranged fusion electoral tickets in
| three-fourths Of the states and will do all
! IN its power to make the same arrangements
| in al the states By perfectfng this ar
| rangement-and every sincere opponent of
the gold standard giving loyal support to
4 these joint electoral tickets-the PEOPLES
party will notsI only. secure in the electoral
| college for Bryan and Watson several times
| as many votes tas we could have possibly Sc
cured by, making a straight fight, but we
viii secure the, defeat of Mckinley and the
gold Standard which ehouldss now be the
| greatest desire1of every citizen who believes
sin the principles of true Democracy as fatIgbt
/ by Jefferson and efo true Republicanism as
:
ONLY CINE HOPE.
| By this arrangement we can unite a ]arpe
majority aof.- thes1yoters of "A nlerjca an o;1r
joint electoral tickets, therefore the only hone
+ OF the money powers and trusts lis to divide
! and conquer The Republican managers and
the gold Demqcratic allies realize this, and
are putting forth every effort to accomplish
| this end. They have had their emissaries
! on hand everywhere trying to prevent Joint
electoral. tickets from being arranged-fail-
try to and DIR l;r4- cx.I
! YER Democrats who can be induced, on one
pretext or another, to go against the Joint
electoral tickets. They. either have or viii
| secure the offices Of every man who money
| can command to breed dissensons and dfyis
| ions. The danger lies in the possibility of a
certain partition, Of the rank. and file of the
PeopleS party being misled by so-caIled
leaders, who, for reasons best known to
themselves, or for want of reason. are ad-
vising voters tn rebel against the joint cleo
toral tickets and put UP separate electoral
| tickets, or to withhold their support from tbe
| joint electoral tickets.
Some of the Democrats OF the reven1,a
stripe who are not yet weaned from the
l. 1esh-pots Of Egypt but are sticklers for
regularity, and nominally supporting
( Mr.. Bryan. while secretly and in every -un-
| der-handed way are trying to accomplish his
] defeat, are advising against the Joint cleo
! toral tickets, and, failing in this, advise
! Democrats to scratch Peoples party electors
and already a-few so-called Popuiist leaders
| are advising the rank and file of our partv
| to strike back by refusing to support the
| Democratic. electors on the Joint electoral
| tickets. This is trap set by the gold bugs
| who are rejoicing that a few honest men
| have fallen into It.
| These. reports 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 to every Populist who may have been
| misled by such mistaken or false pleas of
| pretended loyalty to the Peoples party into
| refusing support to such Joint electoral tick
cts. TO stop and consider the results OF
] such conduct and refuse to be Influenced by
1 either misguided or corrupt men,
There are but two sides in the conflict that
| Is being waged In this country today. On one
money power, great trusts and railway corpor-
ations, who seek the enactment of laws to
benefit them and ifnpoverish the people
On the other side are the farmers, laborers.
merchants and all the others who produce
wealth and bear the burden of taxation. The
one represents the wealth and powerful
classes who want theiigoyernment to plumber
| the people. The othef representa- the people
contending for equality before the law and
rights of mans Between these two there is
The a'I once and only Hope OF the Republican
party to win in this campaign and fasten the
gold standard upon the country is the cor
rupt use OF an unlimited supply Of money
for bribery, corruption and intimidation The
patriotic action of the. Peoples party inform
ing and supporting these joint electoral tick
cts has shattered that hope. Already they
4 arc d11i HAcu az the AiiPoeeASy Va UOOOio
campaign, when all Of the great moral forces
Of the people are soiidly united In defense
of American institutions. The revulsion Of
the American people against this Doodle cam
paign, during the past ten days. has SO united
them that victory Is now assured.
The Peoples party made this revolution
not Let our boast be that we are Ameri-
can citizens, and that American citizens are
more than partisans. This done. the cohorts