Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-24

cource there was N oney power
Iagainst us, there was all the
corporation and trust power
against us. There were every
form Of corruption and intimi-
dation against US, but not all
com ined could have overthrow
US had it not been for that blind,
1unreaso ning, inherent persistent
bias in human nature which we
call prejudice. tt was because
of this I take it. that the Doctor
wanted John Lind nominated
by the peoples party first. He
knew that many populists had
prejudices against democracy.
In this he was. no doubt right.
Still the DR.: was wrong because
we have less. much less prejudice
in the peoples party than in
either of the other parties.
Hence to have nominated John
Lind by the peoples. party first
he would have encountered more
| prejudice among democrats than
he did as it was amoung pop
ulists. Take the case of Owen.
He was nominated by the pop
ulists first and endorsed by the
democrats and for the first time
he failed to run a head of his
ticket. Be this as it may we are
defeated. What are we going
to do about it? I see there is a
general disposition to keep up
fight; to go forward with the
campaign of education. Mr..
Bryan is too sound the keynote
on the oath at Denver, and from
thence forward he will take the
lecture platform for bi-metallism.
So far SO good but what will the
rest of us do? Bryan is a great
man but he cannot save this
country alone. There is work
for every one Of us. We must
attack the prejudice within our
own ranks first. We are not
likely to win by a continuation
of this triple headed organiza.
ton. It is not natural. l have
always seen it's weakness but
felt that for this campaign it
could not be averted and there
fore it was not wise to speak of
it.
We must consolidate into one
organization and the sooner the
better. This should be the slo-
gan of the bimetallic press from
end to end of the country.
Before we can get into one
harmonious party we must over
come a heap of prejudice. Go
at it Mr.. Tribune. Remember
the Armies of the United States
| never made substantial head way
until they all came under one
head. The Armies become the
Army and the Army won the
victories. We must be one
party with one platform one
com mittee and one CHER general.
What shall be the name Of tha
one united party? / do not care.
That name which will attract the
most votes is the one l want.
If it be Peoples Party I shall be
glad; if it be Democratic Party [
shall not object; if it be some
new name I shall cheerful]y ac-
quiese. / am not stuck on a name;
l am after the thing itself, and
I gladly enroll with every man
who wants the same thing. The
Platform put forward by Wharf
on Barker in his paper, The
American, November 9TH. is d
keynote in itself, not because it
contains anything new, but be-
cause it eminates from a great
leader who was never identified
with the Peoples Party. If the
free silver Republicans and DEM
ocrats can accept Barker's plat
form there is no reason why we
Populists should not, because we
are only endorsing our own.
Let me endeavor to condense it
so that the readers of the TRIB-
UNE may see how possible it is
to uuiteall the forces Of a peoples
government into one great purity.
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