The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-24

been imbued- Now We can meet in a
great convention like this, represented
by some 1900 delegates from As states
of this Union and the various terri
tories, struggling and contending for
the mastery among ourselves and when
the majority has spoken its will, we
bow to that will with determination
to carry it into execution at the polls
(Applause)-
WILL BE NO BOLT.
IF any man has come to this con-
ventiOn or occupies these galleries, who
suspects that there viii be a bolt, as it
is called, from the action of this con-
vention let me say to him that he is
mistaken loud cheering.) When
every representative, every state and
territory shall be heard here; when the
result shall be known and dispassion-
ately considered, If any such thinker
have any suspicion that there will be
bolt, I can say for my friends from
Texas and Maine that they will all bow
to the will of this convention as crys-
taliized by the majority expressed up
on the floor (Applause)-
I have no doubt that in Wall street
this moment there is a hope that this
great convention viii split to pieces
and that the POpuHst party will be dis
rupted and absorbed principally by the
Republican party because this is the
party that viii be supported by Wall
street this fall (Cries Of Good, that's
right). I have no doubt that in this
building at this moment the minions
of Wall street can be found (Cries
That's right; good bOy').
They have gone to the hotels at
night clothed in badges with lie up
on their lips saying they were dele
gates representing some state in this
Union, in this convention (Applause).
They were and are the purchase and
chattels Of the British gold power Gap
plause)-
They are the mfnions of that power
that has enSlaved our people for a
quarter of century, that would fasten
the manacles of Industrial servitude
upon US so strong that we could not
force them from our limbs. But, my
FELLOW citizens, We have been able TO
discover these creatures The good
sense, the patriotism and good judg-
ment and the honesty of delegates has
caused them to avoid any creatures OF
this kind. And when this convention
has spoken its will, when it has named
the next president of the United States
Tremendous cheering), and shall have
put ticket in the field that will achieve
a great victory in November, these
creatures who have prOwled around like
jackals around a graveyard will go
back to their homes without any of the
fruit of victory from their mission in
st. Louis. loud cheers.)
My fellow citizens, let me say to you,
and especially to those who are not
POpuhsts, it has been a common ex-
preston of our enemies that the Pop
ulist party was a party of anarchists.
(Cheers,) We see it in the public print.
in the gold bug press-in that kind
of press which has a gold band around
its neck with a chain attached to il,
and that chain held by the ROthschiIds
or their agents CApplause.) We hear
It upon the lips of ignorant partisans;
we get the expression among men who
vote the Republican ticket because their
fathers voted it a quarter of a CEN
tury ago; we meet it, my fellow citi-
zens, here and there among both of the
old political parties.
NOT CLTTCFT A
When first entered congress I
found it was a common thing to speak
of the Populist party as anarchists I
declare to you, my fellow citizens, as I
understand POpulism and POpulistic
principles, they mean a just and en-
lightened government, where there is
justice for both person and property,
a government where every man, woman
and child can stand beneath the folds
of the American flag and say that his.
her or its rights are protected. (Cheers)
If any man has entered this great
convention hall who wants to destroy
the government and to destroy prop
erty, who is an enemy to social order.
or who opposes wealth from those who
are acquiring wealth, he is not wanted
here. The POpuHSt party. as 1 under
stand it, has nothing here for him. But
our friends are getting over this some
what now. 1t is not so common as it
used to be to hear this talk about an
3rchy and revolution. The members OF
the other parties are beginning to rec
Ognize the inevitable. In the senate.
where We have the balance Of power. it
is no longer heard. In those states
where we have the balance of power
and carry defeat by our vote, We are
no longer assailed with these approbi-
Gus epithets. On the contrary, we are
addressed in courteous language and we
hear the remark when any important
measure is under consideration, What
will our POpulist friends have; what do
they think about that?' (Applause)
0Tw~F Gil r~rafAT h1 he hal
ance of power in the senate and have
forced from that greedy body respect
full treatment, we may as we'll have the
balance of power between the Demo
cratic and Republican parties in this
nation. 1t lies within our reach CAP
plauseO Now, what course shall we
pursue? What shall be dOne2 I see
here in our midst two or three banners
middle of the road applause and
laughter and a voice Keep right in the
middle of the road-D
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD VIEW.
My friend in front says Keep right
in the middle of the road 1 say amen
TO that. daughter and cheers.) My
friends only want to keep in the mid
die of the road; 1 only want the Pop
uliSt party to keep in the middle of
the road; but I want to see you take
all of the road and force everybody
else out of it. daughter and APP
plause.) We never want to get into
that stupid attitude where we will
stand so closely in the middle of the
road that the procession will pass us.
Let US keep our position in the middle
of the road Let us keep the others
on their side of the road. Let us pre-
serve our organization, perfect it SO
that it will force the two old parties to
go to the fields outside of the road.
Laughter and cheers) No man has
yet ever determined or defined what
the middle of the road means. We can
inscribe it upon our banners, but yet
ask any man in this convention for an
explanation of that expression and they
will never agree. As understand the