The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-28
populists of the country, under date of

Populists Of the country, under date Of
October 20. Dunning vigorously de-
nounces the whole scheme of fusion
and sets forth unarswerabie reasons,
for his conclusions. He tells the Pop
ulists of the country what fusion mean
and its inevitable results TO the Popu-
list party and how il was encompass
ed by Democratic conspiracy and In
trigue There was treachery upon the
part of the National Pop committee.
which Dunning conclusively shows in
the circular letter. a copy Of which acct
dentally falls into our hands Bryan
could not have been nominated by
Populist convention and was only en-
dorsed by a trick. He declares Wat
son as standing as the sole national
representative of the Populist party.
and that Bryan is not a Populist, nor
does he stand on a Populist platform.
Bryan does not endorse fully single
Populistic principle. He is not in favor
of the governmental ownership OF rail
roads. does not believe in a graduated
income tax, and does not endorse full
legal tender paper money. He endorses
simply the free coinage OF silver, but
not for the same reason that the Popu-
lists do. They demand free coinage in
order to increase the currency OF the
country, while Bryan demands free
coinage in order to increase the money
of final redemption. Bryan denies ev-
cry principle Of finance that the Popu-
list party believes in and indirectly en-
dorses the national banking system
There is no Populism in this fight It's
all to save the Democratic party. It's
not fusion, but a surrender. Bryan
never endorsed the ST. Louis platform.
Populism has been betrayed that the
national Democratic organization may
live. The POpuliSts are not in this fight
in any sense, nor are they to participate
In its results The Populist party has
been sold out by its leaders and that IS
all there is Of it.
Dunning asks in his circular letter
what is to be done. It's too late 10 put
q Populist ticket in the field He closes
by saying: 1--WE have neither party nor
principles at stake in this election, and
must, therefore, make choice between
the old parties or remain at home. In
making my choice l must choose be-
tween a party that paid off two hun
dred and forty-one millions of public
debt during its last administration and
the party which during the last three
years has increased our public debt
two hundred and sixty-twO millions.
shall make my choice between the
party that bought our bonds in the
open market and paid them off and the
party that sold our bonds at a ruinous
interest, TO private syndicate, and I'M
der the cover of the darkness of night.
The circular. as whole, constitutes
a wonderful array OF incontestable
facts and affirmations which cannot be
successfully answered. There is nc
answer save the one the author of the
letter himself furnishes. No national
political Crganizat ton was ever so COM
pletely paralyzed and defeated by act
ual sale and transfer as has been the
Populists, a fact which they will now
very soon realize, whether Mr.. Bryan
is elected or not, for that party would
gain no more in his election than in
his defeat, probably not so much, for In
his defeat they will have been less alb
sorbed by the old Democratic irganiza-
ton who bought their leaders SO cheap