The herald., 1896-07-24

paSSlOnalcly COHSlueTeu, III any SUCH
thinker has any suspicion that there
will be any bolt. can say formy friends
from Texas and Maine that they will
all bow to the will of this convention as
crystallized by the majority expressed
upon the floor. (Applause.) / have no
doubt that in Wall street this moment
there is a hope that this great convention
will split to pieces ard that the Populist
party will be disrupted and absorbed
principally by the Republican party,
because this is the party that will be
supported by Wall street this fall. (Cries
of Good; that's right.O
| have no doubt that in this building
at this moment the minions of Wall
street can be found. (Crles of That's
right; good boy.'D
They have gone to the hotels at night
clothed in badges with lie upon their
/ lips saying they were delegates repre-
| senting some state in this union in this
! convention. (Applause) They were
and are the purchase and chattels or
| the British gold power. (Applause)
! They are the minions of that power that
/ has enslaved our people for quarter OF
a century that would fasten the man
acles of industrial servitude upon us so
| strong that we could not force them off
our limbs. But, my fellow citizens, we
! have been able to discover these Great
ures. The good sense, patriotism and
good judgment and the honesty of del
egates has caused them to avoid any
/ creatures of this kind. and when this
/ convention has spoken its will, when it
/ has named the next president of the
Uuited States tremendous cheering>,
and shall have put ticket in the field
that will achieve a great victory in No
( vember these creatures who have
prowed around like jackals around
graveyard, will go back to their homes
without any of the fruits of victory
from their mission in St. Louis. cloud
cheers.)
My fellow citizens. let me say to you.
and especially to those of you who are
not Populists, it has been common ex
preston of our enemies that the Populist
party was party of anarchists.
(CheersO We see it in the public--in
the gold bug press-in that kind of press
which has gold hand around its neck
with a chain attached to ii, and that
| chain held by Rothschids or their
agents. (Cheers) We hear it upon the
lips of ignorant partisans, we meet the
expression among men who vote the Re-
publican ticket because their fathers
voted it for a quarter of a century. We
meet it here and there among the old
parties. When it first entered congress
found it was a common thing to speak
of the Populist party as anarchists. l
declare to you, my fellow citizens. ds
l understand opulsm and Populistc
principles they mean just and enlghten-
ed government where there is justice for
both person and property; govern
ment where every man, woman and
child can stand beneath the folds of the
American flag and say his, her or it's
rights are protected.
If any man has entered this great con-
vention who wants to destroy the gov
ernment and to destroy property, who is
an enemy to social order, or who Op-
poses wealth from ttose who are ac-
quiring wealth. he is not wanted here
The Populist party, as I understand it,
has nothing here for him. But our
friends are getting over this somewhat
now 1t is not so common as it used to
be to hear this talk about anarchy and
revolution. The members of the other
parties are beginning to recognize the
Inevitable. In the senate, where we
have the balance of power, it is no long
! er heard. In those states where we have
the balance of power and can carry de-
| feat by our vote we are no longer as
sailed with those opprobrious epithets.
On the contrary. we are addressed in
courteous language, and we hear the
remark when any important measure is
| under consideration, What will our
Populist friends have? What do they
| think about that?" (Applause.)
My fellow citizens, we have the ball
| ance of power in the senate and have
| forced from that great body respectful
treatment. We may as well have the
balance of power between the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties in this
nation. 1t lies within our reach. Gap
plause) Now, what course shall we
| pursue? What shall be done? I see
here in our midst two or three banners
| on which are the words, 'KeepAin the
middle of the road" (Applause and
|
| the middle of the road.'D But my friend
in front says, Keep right in the middle
| of the road" l say amen to that
| daughter and cheers) My friends. l
only want to keep in the middle of the
road. 1 only want the Populist party to
| keep in the middle of the road, but
want to see you take all of the road and
force everybody else out of it. daughter
and applause) We never want to get
into the stupid attitude where we will
stand so closely in the middle Of the
road that the procession will pass us
Let us keep the others on their side of
the road. Let us preserve our organiza-
ton, perfect it so that it will force the
two old parties to go into the fields out
side of the road. No man has yet ever
deterr.in-d or defined what the middle
of the road means. We can inscribe ii
upon our banners, but yet ask any mar
in this convention for an explanation OF
that expression and they will never
| agree.
As understand the expression, "tht