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present a solid front against the ninion
 of greed by suppo ting one ticket in
 truly cooperative nclst, Bryan an,
 Watson. But t5iis hope being disap
 pointed there were Bnt two courses left
 one Of which must bs adoarea.
 First, to run srraie1r Bryan anf
 Watson electoral teizet in every stat,
 which, on account Q. the failure of tn,
 Democratic party to support this ticket
 would have effeeeea that same resnlt il,
 this campaign that would have fol. lowed tue nomination of straight Pop. l uiist ticket at St. Louis. namely. the election O Mckinley and the triumph ot the gold standard party
 it IS true that the Democratic nartv would he responsible even to a ereatey extent than ourselves for such q resnIt
 but to permit evil 10 triumph on snob grounds would convict us as well as them of lack of patriotism and mar. row partisanship that would deservedlv forfeit to us the confidence of the Amer. lean people. Remember that two wrongs never make q right.
 When our devotion to the welfare of the people falters because Of any failure on the part of the Democratic or any other party, then indeed will we have lowered our standard and proven our. selves false to our own teaching and re. padlated our own motto of the country first, and men and parties second Tbe brave enlightened voters who constitute the rank and file of the Peoples party are incapable of such base betrayal of their country as would result from T ii. vision in the ranks of those opposing the maehlnations of eonfederated money power of two continents against the homes and liberties of the American people and would repudiate any action on the part of the leaders opposed to united effort at this time as they repudi- ated the old parties for treacherys to their interests.
 The other course left open to your committee that was consistent with the action of the convention in nominating Mir. Bryan was to do everything in it's power to unite the voters of the country against Mckinley, and to overcome the obstacles and endorsements which. if the Democratic party had put the same first and party second, we would not have encountered. This can be accom-. plished by arranging for division of the electoral vote i'll every state possible. securing so many electors for Bryan and Watson and conceding so many to Bry- an and sewall. At the opening of the campaign under the circumstances. it seemed the wisest course for your com. mittee and it is clearer today than ever that it was the only safe and wise course if our votes were to be cast and made effective for the relief of an op- pressed and outraged people.
 Following this line of policy your committee has arranged the eleetorial tickets in three.fourths of the states and win do all in it's power to make the same arrangement in all of the states. By perfecting this arrangement and every sincere opponent of the gold standard giving joint support to these joint electorial tickets, the Peoples party will not only secure in the electorial college for Bryan and Watson several times as many votes as we could have possibly secured by making straight l fight but We will secure the defeat of and the gold standard which should now be the greatest desire of every citizen who believes in the princi.