The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-07-22
CAPTAIN NELSON'S VIEWS.
Nominate" bryan 1T St. Louis Rather Than
ENDORSE Him.
Editor Representative:

Editor Representatives:
Relative to endorsing the Demo.
cratic nominee for president and Vice
president IN this year 1889. permit me. a very
humble member o. the Peoples Party. an.
OF ali the reform parties on finance since
1875, To most earnestly enter my protest
agalns, any further use Of that word, ZEN
dorsfng" The Democratic nominee as above
referred to. Either those who use that Ian.
guage. don't know its force ard meaning OF
else they are the worst traitors to reform
ana humanity that ever existed since the
devil took Christ or to the mountain and
there presented him With his platform and
Peoples Party cannot AFFORD to endorse any
party or platform or their candidates or
ts1s financial question, no matter how near
their platform may seem to be like ou.
own. for several reasons. 1 will state some
and leave many more fer want of time and
space: One is, II the Democratic party had
be in the financial muddle ard pa;Arup,
condition we now are. They never would
acknowledge that the financial question was
The People g Party alone has stood for lib
efal American system of finance. They
have educated the people along that line.
islation in congress to bring US to a single
gold STANDARD. ,.'"i,e Old rHrt:as We'd with
each other In abusing Us for rer.iet!Hx ina,
it was the vicious financial legislation that
was bankruptinY tbs country, srd no. the
tariff. high or low. Now. what has been the
result OF this persistent teaching Of the
insignificant small number in~le76 to a par
ty Of one million voters IN 1892 and probably
doubl. that ru!,'ber in 1886. The old parties
are d!sintegratins. The Peoples Party ex-
ecutive con, rittce call nationa! conven-
ton late. July 2, and ask the dissatisfied
element Of the old parties ON the financial
question to meet Them at st. Louis en- that
date for consultation and the Joint nomina-
ton OF president and vice president. The
convention at St. Louis was fixed late on
purpose TO enable other parties to hold their
conventions first so the honest element In
other parties could meet us on an equality
to nominate candidates and make a plat
hibft!onfsts and Republicans held their con-
,ventions split on the financial! question and
accepted the Peoples party offer of a con-
gates for that purpose. The Democrats
have just met in national convention split
on the financial question and the so-called
liberal element OF that marty refused to meet
the other financial reformers, but without
any consultation with other financial re-
formers adopted their platform and nomin-
ated their candidates. call them Democratic,
go home and demand that all other ''finan-
cial reformers shall endorse them" If they
do what WI be the result? It is a Demo-
cratic platform, Democratic candidates. q
Democratic campaign and II we win it will
be Democratic victory. The Peoples
Party would be swallowed up. and if the
Democrats by juggling with the financial
question IN the future as they have with
that and al others, in the past. the Peoples
a paTty WOULD f+f have to ,teorganize and they
regain their standing. strength and conf
dence OF the people they now have in the
next 40 years.
What should be done is for the reformers
to meet at St. Louis on the 22d Of this month
Just as though nothing had happened, make
their platform and nominate their .candi-
dates. Mr.. Bryan is good enough II he will
then and there accent the nomination. If
there is any disposition to bubble by him
put another candidate in nomination at
once. It would not he good policy to- put
Sewall for vice president. He cannot car
ry his own state, nor give US any strength
in. the East. Some strong man should be
taken from some Southern state for that
office. Nominate whoever the convent on
pleases, provided they at once accept the
nomination. but never endorse any other
parties candidate. A. H. NELSON.