The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-17
REBUKE TO Mr.. WATSON
RINGING ADDRESS FROM THE Pop
ULIsT COMMITTEE.
Believe That Victory Is Assured "
POpuIIsts DO Their Duty ana
Fail Not.

Chicago Oct ia meeting Of the ex-
ecutive committee of the peoples party
was held at the Sherman house today.
After hearing reports from members pres
ent, and especially from II. w. Reed of
Georgia, who spent several days with
Thomas T. Watson, the committee ue-
cided to Issue the following manifesto:
ITO the Peoples Party of the Cnite1
States: Your national committee induced
the hope that the patriotic action OF thc
peoples party In national convention in
subordnating the interests of party 70
the success Of the vital issue involved IN
this campaign would be met by equally
unselish devotion to a common interest
on the part of the democratic party and
that all the friends OF silver should pre-
sent q solid front against the minons of
greed by supporting one ticket, that truly
cooperative ticket-Bryan and Watson.
But this hope being disappointed, there
were but two courses left one of which
must be adopted
First. to run a straight Bryan and
Watson electoral ticket in every state,
which. on account of the failure of the
democratic party to support this ticket,
would have effected the same result IN
this campaign that would have followed
the nomination of a straight popu list
ticket at st. Louis, namely, the election
OF Mckinley and the triumph of the gold
standard. 1t Is true the democratic party
would be responsible, even to a greater
extent than ourselves, for such a result
but to permit evil to triumph on such
grounds would convk,t u.s. as we'll as
them, Of a lack of patriotism and a mar
row partisanship that would deservedly
forfeit to us the confidence Of the Amer
lean people.
Remember. that two wrongs never
make right. When our devotion to the
al FuV % h. F.NN q
any failure on the part OF the democratic
or any other party, then indeed Will we
have lowered our standard and proved
ourselves false to our own teachings and
repudiated our own motto of country
first and men and party second. Brave.
enlightened voters who constitute the
rank and file OF the peoples party, are I'M
capable Of such a base betrayal OF their
country az would result from division in
the ranks of those opposing the mach
nations of the confederated money power
OF the two continents 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 repudiated the old
parties for their treachery to their inter-
ests.
One other Course.
The other course left open to your
committee that was consistent with the
action of the convention in nominating
Mr.. Bryan was to do everything In their
power to unite the votes of the country
against Mckinley. and to overcome the
obstacles and embarra ssments which. If
the democratic party had put the cause
first and party second We would not have
encountered. This could be accomplished
only by arranging for a division of the
electoral vote in every state possible Sc
curing so many electors for Bryan and
Watson and conceding so many to Bryan
I hn anil, o.
pa.gn this, under the circumstances.
seemed the wisest course for your com
mittee, and 1t Is clearer today than ever
that Il was the only safe and wise course,
II our votes were to be cast and made
effective for the relief Of an oppressed and
outraged people Following this line of
policy, your committee has arranged cleo
toral tickets in three-fourths of the states
and Will 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 loyal support to these joint cleo
toral tickets, the peoples party will not
only secure i'm the electoral college for
Bryan and Watson several times as many
votes as we could have possibly secured
by making straight fight, but we will
secure the defeat OF Mckinley and the
god standard which should now be the
greatest desire of every citizen who be-
heves i'm the principles of true demoera..v
as taught by Jefferson and Of true reDub-
hcanlsm as represented by Abraham In
coin
by this arrangement we can unite
large majority of the voters of America
on our joint electoral tickets; therefore
the only hope of the money power and
trusts is to divide and conquer. The re
publican managers and their gold iemo-
cratic allies realize this, and are putting
forth every effort to accomplish this end
IneW have haf ,f..g,a
everywhere trying to prevent Joint cleo
toral tickets from being arranged Pail
ing In thls they try to find populists and
silver democrats who can be induced ON
one preteXt or another to rebel against
the Joint electoral tickets They have see
cured, or viii secure, the services ne o,.-
cry man that money can command to
breed dissensions
The danger lies in the possibility OF
certain portions of the rank and file of
the peoples party being msled by So
called leaders, who for reasons hest
known to themselves or for want of
reason, are advising voters to rebel
against the joint electoral tickets ana r,+
up separate electoral tickets, or to with
hold their support from the joint cleo
toral tickets. Some sound democrats of
the revenue stripe. who are not vet
weaned from the flesh spots of Ervnt
but are strickiers for regularity and
are nominally supporting Mr.. Bryan.
while secretly and in every undermined
way are trying to accomplish his defeat
are advising against the Joint electoral
tickets. and falling in this they advise
democrats to scratch the peoples party
electors, and already a few so-caued
populist leaders are advising the rank
and file of our party to strike back bv
refusing to support the democratic cleo
tors Of the joint electoral tickets
Trap Set by Gold Bugs
4hls IS trap set by the gold bugs,
who are rejoicing that a few honest men