The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-11-25
ST. Paul COLUMN,
Edited by J. G. HANLEY.

It may be well at this time to call the
attention of the Peoples party members
who took part in the late local campaign
that II they seek to have their services
recognized by the appointment of a few
deputyships or clerkships in the few sue
cessful offices which was carried by our
support, that great care and consider
alton should be given to the candidates
who aspire to those positions; that they
are true Peoples Party men of character
and ability. Men who would bring both
honor and respect to the party which
they represent. There should be no
small narrow-mindedness enter into this
contest. Our party should rise above
the small contemplate methods en-
ployed by the old parties. Let not any
action on our part by the Endorsement
OF any candidate or candidates for those
subordinate positions be so conducted
as to lead the dispensers of those favors
to believe that any faction exists and
VINO might feel disposed to ignore the
candidates of any and all factions by ap-
pointing all those positions from the
ranks outside of the Peoples Party.
1t would be pleasure for the St. Paul
Column to support all the candidates of
our party for those minor positions and
we certainly will insist that the success
1ul candidates who have been elected to
office by the support of Peoples Party
must give fair representation of the
positions within their gift to the men,
bers of the Peoples Party. While we will
leave to the official the right to choose
from the candidates who may present
themselves for those favOrs. And in or
der to state our position on this subject,
will say that we have recommended but
one POpulist and that we are not a can
didate ourself for anything; and If the
Populist whom we have recommended
is not successful we will be pleased to
see some other good Populist get the
place. And we wish it distinctly under
stood that we are not at the head of any
faction nor do we intend to be. It has
come to our ears that the county officials
who have been eleoted on the fusion tic
ket. have about determined that they
will use this excuseto ignore the Peoples
Party, by saying that, you can not agree
among yourselves therefore we will ap-
point some one eHe." We wish to in
form those officials in the most formal
manner that the Peoples Party do not
consider the candidate of one member
Of our party any boar to the candidacy Of
any other member of our party but will
leave to the official the right to select his
own staff of employees from within the
ranks of our party and be satisfied with
the result, providing we secure fair re-
presentation of the officers so selected.
It is with considerable pride and
pleasure we undertake to say that the
St. Paul Column has performed it's mis-
sion in this congressional district, and
we have substantial evidence at hand
to prove our assertion. When we
took charge of this department, early
last February, at the solicitation of Mr.
Donnelly, who was most anxious to do
whatever was in his power to build up
the organization Of the Peoples Party
all over the state, we found this Fourth
congressional district without an Or
ganizatiOn Of any kind, except that it
was rent assunder with warning factions
whose only ambition seemed to be the
utter humiliation of each other. There
was no aim or policy for our party, no
means of communication or intelligence
existing except an occasional article
which appeared in the Forum of the Re-
preventative by some good live Populist
in our locality. An absolute ignorance
of the existance of each other q remem-
Der looking for two whole weeks to find a
Populist in the Sixth ward, which had
polled about a thousand votes the for
mer campaign, before found one.) We
found small band of selfish and ambi-
tious politicians in CONTROL of our party,
both in the city and county committees,
who had arrogated to themselves the
opinion that they were the Peoples Par
ty, and who would brook no interior
ence from any quarter that did not pay
homage and submission to their dictates
We can thruthfully say that we found
ourself at times the target of the most
violent opposition from all quarters, as
the appearance of a new factor in the
domain of local conditions brought upon
our head the combined hostility of all
factions land we may say in passing that
we may have deserved some of what we
gOt). We say with some pride that in
the St. Paul Column appeared the first
article which urged fusion" of the Dem
ocrats and Peoples Party in national,
state and county politics, by fair divi-
sion of the offices. The appearance of
ILLS dIIlClc UIOuSuI On Jul ucdu IuO
wrath of the well-meaning Populists
throughout the state; we were read out
of the party by resolution and other
wise. But we stuck to our guns" and
in short time the Populist press of the
nation was quoting the fusion PROPOSE
ton. It was afterward adopted in ma
ton, state and county. We inaugurated
plan of spreading the circulation of
THE REPRESENTATIVE and contrib
uted through our exertions and the CO.
operation of good enthusiastic POpulists
in an enterprise known as The Jubilee
Week Entertainment plan the circula-
ton of THE REPRESENTATIVE about
ten thousand new Subscribers, contribut-
ing about six hundred to the list in
Ramsey county alone. We formed the
Peoples Party League clubs in every
ward in St. Paul and in nearly every pre-
cinct in each ward. We have also
thorough organization in every county
in this congressional district, we also
had the honor of being the first to pro-
claim Hon. John Lind as the logical can
didate of. the fusion forces for governor
in this state, 1--WE also had the pleasure and
honor of being the first to proclaim Hon.
Ignatius DOnnelly as the candidate of the
Peoples party for president of the United
States and succeeded in having the del
egates of five congressional districts
pledge themselves to support him for
the nomination for president and but for
the treachery of those jealous and am