Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-10-16
A CLARION CALL
The Popullst Party National Execu-
tive Committee Issues ROus-
ing Manifesto,
URGED TO SUPPORT FUSION
The Money Power Win Try to Divide
Silver Forces, but Victory Is
Within Reach.

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-A meeting of the
executive committee of the peoples |
party was no.J at the Sherman hotel to
day. All members we're present. with
the exception Of John S. Dore of Cali
fornia. After hearing reports from mem
bers present, and especially from II, w.
Reed of Georgia, who spent several days
with Thomas E. Watson, the committee
decided to issue the following mani
festo:
ITO the Peoples Party Voters of the
United States: Your national commit
tee indulged in the hope that the patri-
otic action Of the peoples party in the
national convention in subordinating the
interests of the party to the success CT
the vital issues involved in this cam
paign would be met by an equally un
selfish devotion to the common interest
on the part of the democratic party
and that all the friends OF silver could
present solid front against the minions
of greed by supporting one ticket, truly
a cooperative ticket, Bryan and Wat
son. But this hope being disappointed,
there are but two courses left, one of
which must be adopted.
"First-To run straight Bryan and
Watson electoral ticket in every state
which, on account of the failure of the
democratic party to support this ticket,
would have effected the same result in
this campaign that would have followed
the nomination Of straight populist
ticket at st. Louis, namely, the election
of Mckinley and the triumph OF the
gold standard.
The only course open to us, consistent
with our action in nominating Bryan,
was to do everything in our power to
unite the voters of the country against
Mckinley, and to overcome the obstacle
and embarrassments which, if the dem
ocratic party had put the cause first
and party second, we would not have
encountered This could be accom-
plished only by arranging for division
of the electoral vote in every state posi-
b. }, securing so many electors for Bryan
and Watson and conceding so many to
Bryan and Scwall. AT the opening of
the campaign this, under tho circum-
stances, seemed the wisest course for
your committee to pursue, and it is
clearer today than ever that it was the
only safe and wise course if our votes were
to be cast and made effective for the re-
lief Of an oppressed and outraged pco-
pie. BY this arrangement we have
united 4 large majority Of the voters of
America on our joint electoral
tickets, therefore, the only hope
of the money power and trusts
is to divide and conquer US
Republican managers ard their gold
democratic allies realize this and are
putting every effort to accomplish this
end. They have had their emissaries on
hand everywhere trying to prevent the
joint electoral tickets from being ar
ranged. Failing in this they try to find
populists and silver democrats who can
be induced on one pretext or another to
GO against the Joint electoral ticket.
They either have or will eecurc the
offices of every man whom money can
command to breed dissension and
divisions, The danger lies in the posi-
bility Of certain portion of the
rank and file of the peoples party be-
ing misled by so-called leaders, who
for reason5 best known to themselves,
or for want Of reason, are advising
voters to rebel against the Joint electoral
tickets and put up separate electoral
tickets, or to withhold their support
from the Joint electoral tickets. There
are but two sides in the conflict that is
being waged in this country today. On
one side are tha allied hosts Of the mo-
| nopolies, money power, great truste and
railroad corporations, who seek the
enactment of laws to benefit Themselves
and mpoverieh tho people. On the other
side are the farmers, laborers, merchants
and oil others who produce wealth and
boar the burden Of taxation. One repre-
sents the wealthy nud powerful classes,
who want the government to plunuer the
people. The other represents the people
contonling for equality before tho law
and tho rights of man. Between these
two there is no middle ground. Every
man to h!a post and victory is won.
"M4uon Butler, Cuairman; j. r. Sow
oroign, II, W. Reed, George +. WsFh-
burn, }. w. Broideutha, NJ. G. Rankin,
q. r. Taylor, j. q I3lgartoo, Secrotary' ~
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