The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-14
i'HE POPULISTS PLANS.
Their National Committee Issues
a Manifesto to the Voters.
AN INDIRECT REBUKE TO WATSON.

The Committee Warns the Voters Against
Yielding to tho Demands for Straight
out Popuiist Electoral Tickets, and
| Urges the Advantages Of Fusion.
CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-A meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of tho Peoples party
was held at the Sherman House yesterday.
AL members were present with the excep-
tion of John S. Doro, Of California. After
hearing reports from members present
and especially from H. w. Reed, of
Georgia, who spent several days with
Thomas E. Watson, the committee de-
Cided to issue manifesto to the Populist
voters Of the nation.
The members Of the committee admit
ted after the meeting that this statement
is In the nature of u rebuke to Thomas
Watson, who has been calling on all Pop
ullsts to keep in tho middle of the road,
without paying attention to either of the
other parties Senator Marion Butler said
that Mr.. Watson would remain on tho
ticket, and that his removal had not been
discussed. Later, however, it was given
out that Mr. Watson had been the chief
subject under discussion during the day.
The manifesto Is in substance as follows
Your national committee indulgcd the
hone that the patriotic action of the Poo
ple's party in national convention in sub
ordinating the interests of party to the
success Of the vital issues involved in this
campaign would be met by equally I'M
selfish devotion to u common interest on
the part of the Democratic party, and that
all the friends of silver could present ~
ia tn- h.. NH nj
by supporting one ticket-thc truly cor
porativo ticket-Bryan and Watson But
this hope being disappointed, there were
but two courses left, one of which must be
adopted.
First, to run straight Bryan and Wat
son electoral ticket in every state, when,
on account Of the failure Of the Drnorratc
party to support this ticket, would hhNo
Infected the same result in this campaign
that would have followed the nomination
OF u straight Populist ticket at st. Louis
namely, the election Of Mckinley and the
triumph of the gold standard
1t is true that the Democratic parry
would bu responsible oven to II greater OK
tent thun our selves for such II result, but
10 permit OWL to triumph Oh such grounds
would convict us aS well AS them OF II lack
OF patriotism and narrow parttsanship
that would deserve the forfeit to us OF tho
confidence Of the American people. Re-
snenber that two wrongs never make a
right.
When our devotion to the welfare of the
Neoplc falterS because Of any failure on the
part Of the Democratic or any other party,
then indeed will we have lowered our
standard and proved ourselves falls" to our
own teachings and repuhNated oar ""h
motto, Of country first and mcn ana par
ties second The brave GHlI2htrne1 vDj.
ers who constitute tho rank anu file ur
the Peoples party are incapable Of such
base betrayal uf lhrir CounJry as would
result from II division in the ranks Of
those urposing the mach,nati1ls oi The
confchnrHtctl money rover of tho two con-
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the American penllr and would repndlate
any action on tho pnrt of their leaders 0p-
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repudaied the old parties for troachery to
their interests
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njttee, consistent with the action Of the
convention in nominating Mr.. Bryan, was
10 do everything in its power to unite tho
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