Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-06-25
DEMOCRATS MUST GO FURTHER.
Populists Will Not Support Them on
Free Silver Alone-So Says
Chairman Rozelle.


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From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
In the opinion of A. Rozelle, chair
man of the Peoples party in Missouri,
the party under no circumstances
which may be surmised, will abandon
organization in order to attain the
election of a free silver President. He
is also certain that the Democratic
party cannot secure Endorsement of
it's candidates, no matter whom, upon
a platform which does not embrace
vastly more Populist doctrine thar the
one demand for free silver.
81 am tired of all this questioning |
as to whether the Populist party in
tends 10 support the Democratic can
didate in this campaign, and whether,
now that one of our demands has been
taken up by a larger party, we will
disband and merge into that party"
says the rosy-cheeked chairman.
$50 far as the position of the Ma
tional Committee, of which | am a
member, is concerned, it is now as it
has been from the time of its organic
alton. Our position has been so clear
ly and 81 positively stated SO many
times that it seems a waste of words
to repeat it. have been interviewed
to WEAKNESS. Chairman Taubeneck
has issued circulars in reply to ire
sponsible newspaper rumors, and now
you come with the same old questions.
81 do not say that the Popuiists,
Democrats and fret silver men might
not by arrangement work together
this year. Populists are not stubborn
fools, and there are all kinds of pos
sibilities in a campaign like this. 1t
all depends, of course. The Demo-
Gratis could concede enough to insure
such concerted action if they would.
The whole matter rests with them.
"What 1 do say is that the Demo-
cratic party cannot secure Populist
endorsement on a simple free silver
declaration. They must accepts vast
ly greater portion of the Omaha plat
form than that. donbt not that the
party would overlook a few MINOR
demands in order to accomplish their
greater aims, but of these free silver
is a small part. / a also say with
out lear of contradiction from any
Populist on earth that the initiative
and referendum system of legislation
will be demanded in any platform for
which the 1000, 900 men who now call
themselves Populists will vote, no
matter what the label of that platform.
"Will the Democrats do this? You
know as we'll as I do, perhaps better.
If they will take up Dur fight, accept
the principal points of our platform
and be themselves fair and honest,
then you will find that Populists are
working for principle and make nc idol
of a party name.
81, myself, believe that there is not
such great differences of opinion be-
tween the rank and file of Democrats
of the South and West and Populists
as either side believes. Our large ac-
cessions, particularly in the South,
evidences that. But with the Demo-
cracy of the East, the men who have
for a generation completely dominated
the policy of the party and it's admin
~istration when in power, there is for
ever an irreconcilable difference.
$50 long as the Democratic theology
;a an fon,a oo 70 paoaiuaf hn ournnrt -
a single goldite, or a single man not
unalterably and forever opposed to
the issue of money from any other
source than from the Government di-
rect, Populists will remain as they are
and work altogether on their own
lines. Until the Democratic party be-
comes so human, SO great, 80 truly
Democratic az to force Cleveland,
Carlisle, goldbugism and corporation
cormorants actively and entirely over
into the Republican camp, where they
belong, Populists would have no con-
fidence in any profession it might
make"
Rozelle is also a bit particular about
candidates. He continued:
"Should the Democratic party be-
come SO much of a Populist organiza-
ton as / have outlined-and, mind
you, 1 am making no predictions as to
what it will or will not do-the ques-
ton of candidates with whom it can
hope for Populist aid is fully as i'm
portant as the matter of platform, no
matter how radical that might be.
There are men in the Democratic
party whom we Populists would not
believe under oath.
"Indeed, / a at this time recall
the names of but three men whom |
have any idea Populists would support
even on the Omaha platform in en-
tirety if advanced by another political
organization, Teller, Caldwell or Sib-
ley. In all of these men, l believe,
Populists have implicit confidence.
All look upon Teller as sincere, hon
est powerful, a statesman who is a
patriot, every inch of him."
The Populist Chairman, who makes
his headquarters with the National
Committee, discussed State politics
with enthusiasm.
"Never before has the Peoples
party been SO encouraged" he says.
III have correspondence piling in on
me that insures an addition of 20, 900
votes to u cause from Republican
ranks since the declaration of the
State platform for the gold standard.
The National Conventions declaration
will hurry and increase the addition to
our numbers. Even the turning down
of Chauncey l. Filley, who, in the
country at least, Is looked upon as the
great Republican commoner, will be
to our advantage"
DISCHARGES FIVE EMPLOYEES.