The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-10-16
4 POPULIST APPEAL.
Buffers Committee Issues One
to the Party.
THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING FUSION
petitioaed to Wheel Into Lins-Asked TO
No, Listen TO the Talk of Gold Demo
Gratis and RepubIicans-A Conference
Held In Chicago


Of the executive committee OF tne
People's party, held at the Sherman
house, at which reports from members
present. and especially from II "
Reed Of Georgia, who spent several
days with Thomas E. Watson, were
heard, the committee issued a manifesto
IL which they say:
Your national committee indulged the
hope that the patriotic action Of The Peo-
piles party in national convention IN sub
ordinating the interests Of party 70 the
success of the vital issues involved II this
campa ign would De met by equally unself-
ish devotion TO a common interest on the
Part OF the Democratic party, and that All
the friends Of silver could present a solid
front against the minions of greed by sup
porting our ticket, the truly co operative
ticket, Bryan and Watson But this hope
being disappointed there were but two
courses left.O OF which must be adopted
First to run n straight Bryan ana
Watson electoral ticket in every state,
which. on account OF the failure OF the
Democratic party 70 support This ticket,
W Julu have avalled the same result IN this
campaign that would have followed the
nomination Of a straight Populist ticket
al - Louis namely, the election Of Nc
kinley and the triumph Of the gold stand
ard
The brave enlightened voters who con-
stitute the rank and file OF the Peoples
party are incapable OF such base betrayal
OF their country as would result from d
division IN the ranks OF those opposing
their machinariOns OF the confederated
money bower of the two continents
against the homes and liberties Of tht
American people, and would repudtate
any action on the part OF their leaders Op
posed TO united effort at this time, a. they
repudiated the ola parties for treachery 10
tf.elr interests.
The other course left open TO your com
InltIec that was consistent with the action
Of the convention in nominating Nj
Bryan was 10 do everything IL lts power
TO unite the voters OF The country against
Mckinley and 10 overcome the obstacles
ard eInbarrassnaeDTs which, Il the Demo
cratic party had put the cause first anu
party second we would not have en-
countered.
This could be accomplished only by az
ranging for division OF the eleCtora. yOtt
IL every state possible, securing 80 Inan,
electors Tor Bryan and Watson and con
ceding so many 10 Bryan and Sewall.
Following this line OF policy. your com
Inirree has arranged electoral tickets IN
UhTee-fOurths Of the states and viii do all
IL its power 70 make the same arrange
nent in all OF the states. BE- perfecting
this arrangement and every sincere OpTu-
nenI of the gold standard giving igya.
support 70 these joint electoral tickets the
Peoples party will not only secure ID IiC
electoral college for Bryan and Watson
several times as many votes a. we could
have secured by making straight Egh-
but we Will secure the defeat Of Mckinley
and the gOld standard, which should now
be the greatest desire OF every citizen who
believes in the PRINCIPLES OF true Den
ocracy as taught by Jefferson and Of true
RepubicaEism as represented by Abri
ham Lincoln.
BY this arrangement we can mite a
large majority of the voters of America on
our joint electoral tickets; therefore rhC
i 10 divide and conquer. The Republican
managers AMI their gold Democratic allie
realize this, and are putting forth every
effort 10 accomplish this end They have
had their emissaries on hand everywhere
trying TO prevent joint electoral tickets
from being arranged. Failing in this,
they Try TO find POp1lists and silver Dem
ocrats who can be induced, ON one pretex,
or another, 10 rebel against the joint
electoral tickets.
The danger lies in the possibility of "a
certain portion Of the rank and file Of thc
Peoples parry being mIsled by sOcalleCi
leaders who for reasons best known TU
themselves, r for want OF reason are aC
/ vis:ng voters 10 rebel against the joil
electoral tickets and put up separate elec
tOral tickets. or 70 withhold their support
from the joint electoral tickets.
Some OF tn Democrats Of the revenue
stripe, who are not yet weaned from I'll,
feshpOts OF Egypt but are stickiers {.
regularity and are nomlnally sGppoTtin
derhandel way are trying TO acCompNs
his defeat, are advising against the joinr
electoral tickets. and failing in this the,
advise Demo rats 20 scratch Peoples par
| electors, and already few sOcalled Pops
list leaders d - advising the rank and e..
Of our party D strike back by refusing u
support the Democratic electors on The
| joint electoral tickets.
This Is trap set by the gold bugs, who
are rejoicing that IA few honest men have
fallen into il These reports today are tn,
only ones that buoy up the hopes OF III,
| Republican managers and the Democrat,
| and Populisrs who are thus engaged ar
| doing just what the gold men most desire
| Therefore we appeal 20 every Pcpuli-
| who may have boon m!sIed by such mi
| taken or false pleas OF pretended loyalty Z,
| the Peoples party into refusing support Z;
| such JOINT electoral tickets tC stop AT
| consider the results Of such conduct an
| refuse 10 be Influenced kE either nIisgGide,
| OF corrupt men.
! The members Of the committee al
mitted after the meeting that this state
| ment Is IN the nature of a reEQ ke 4
| Thomas Watson. who has been calm.
or all Popullsts TO keep IN the middle c
the road. without paving attention {,
| either OF the other parties.
| Senator Marion Butler SAID that Nj
Watson would remain On the ticket an,
| that his removal had not been discussed