The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-08

to urge harmony between the Democrats
and the Populists. If Mr.. Bryan IS elected
the Democrats must realize that II cannot
possibly be done without the Populst vote.
The Populists have gone as far as tney
could go. We wen- outside or our party
TO give Democrat the first place on our
ticket We could not have gone on further
No self-respecting Democrat could nave
asked any more We don't want to de-
stroy the Peoples party in this country.
If | came off the ticket it would mean the
death of the Peoples party.
IF you are honest in demanding SILVER
legislation you should not want the whole
thing. Where would the silver cause nave
been in 1894 and in 1895 if 1t had not been
for the Peoples party? Ask somebody else
to kill the Peoples party but don't ask me-
1 sat by the cradle where the, party was
born | have fought it's battles, l have
supported its principles since its organiza-
ton. 1 have taken pride in its growth, It's
sorrows have been my sorrows, ana don
Peoples party to kill it now. | am going
to stand by it till she dies, and l want no
man to say that ! was the man MAJ, VINO VINO
must never die. 1t has done too much
good to die 1t was the Peoples 5 party, my
friends, that made the Democrats come 10
taw. tCheers) We were coal of hre on
TIE turtles back, and it never had any idea
of travelling until it felt the force of the
fire. We have been showing them IN the
last four years what we could do.
I'VE don't ask the Democrats to throw
down their muskets, and when they ask US
TO give up their our guns we say: Please
excuse us You keep yours and we Will
keep ours. If you had both the guns temp
tation to shoot might be TOO strong TO re-
sist We cannot let you get the drop on
us that way. If you mean to be fair you
ought not to want us to give up pur guns
You would want us to keep them just as
you keep yours. Your leaders have fooled
us in the past just as they have fooled
you in the past, and there is no reason why
they may not do it again. If the People
party were dead, the old leaders might get
in again. and then where would we be?
Just where Moses was when the light went
out.
'Sewall has got to come down; he brings
no votes to Bryan; he drives votes away
from Bryan. / would bring votes to Bryan
and bring thousands of them. Sewall can
come down without hurting his party a
little bit. / have got to stand on the ticket
where my friends placed me- L cannot
come down. You may try to run me OF,
but I am going to fight before you do it.
l am willing to go into partnership with
YOU but | don't want any Jonah and the
whale business, with you playing the whale.
You might forget TO do what the whale
did with Jonah. We might never get out
any more
therefore, out of touch with the people.
Mr. Sewall is a railroad king and there
fore out of touch with the people. Mr..
Sewall is a bondholder and, therefore out
of touch with the people. And l make
bold here to say that Mr.. Bryan hlmself
has laid down the rule which, If carried
out, will take Mr.. Sewall off the ticket
that a candidate running upon a platform
should not only indorSe every plank in that
platform but should indorse every SEN
tence and every word of it. Apply that rule
while | stepped on. Mr.. Bryan must have
meant that: let him deny it if ne did not
The construction has been put on it by
Democrats. 1t is the only construction
that can be put on 1t. Mr.. Sewall does not
stand squarely on the platform. Let Sew
all scoot and Watson arrive