The advocate., 1896-10-21
Topeka, KANSAS, OCTOBER q, 1898.

the Wisest course for your committee;
and it is clearer to-day than ever that it
was the only safe and wise course if our
votes were to be cast and made effective
for the relief Of an oppressed and out
ragged people.
"FolloWing this line of policy, your
committee has arranged Electoral tick
cts in three-fourths Of the States, and
will do all In its power to make the
same arrangement in all of the States.
By perfecting this arrangement, and
every sincere opponent Of the gold
standard giving loyal support to these
joint Electoral tickets, the Peoples
party will not only secure in the EleC-
torsl college for Bryan and Watson
several times as many votes as we could
have possibly secured by making a
straight fight, but we will secure the
defeat Of Mckinley and the gold stand
ard, which should now be the greatest
desire Of every citizen who believes in the
principles Of true Democracy 40 taught
by Jefferson, and Of true Republicanism
as represented by Abraham Lincoln.
"By this arrangement we can unite
large majority Of the voters of Amer
ics on our joint Electoral tickets; there
fore, the only hope Of the money power
and trusts is to divide and conquer,
The Republican managers, and their
gold Democratic allies, realize this, and
are putting forth every effort to ac-
complish this end. They have had their
emissaries on hand everywhere, trying
to prevent joint Electoral tickets from
being arranged. Failing in this, they
try to find Populists and silver Demo
Gratis who can be induced, on one pretext
or another, to rebel against the joint
Electoral tickets.
"TheY either have secured, or will
secure, the services Of every man that
money can command, to breed dissen-
sions and divisions. The danger lies in
the possibility Of certain portion Of the
rank and file Of the Peoples party be-
ing misled by so-called leaders, who, for
reasons best known to themselves, OF 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.
"Some Of the Democrats Of the rev.
enue stripe who are not yet Weaned
from the flesh pots Of Egypt, but are
sticklers for regularity, and are nomi-
nally supporting Mr.. Bryan while So
cretly and in every underhanded way
trying to accomplish his defeat, are
advising against the joint Electoral
tickets, and, failing in this, then advise
Democrats to scratch Peoples party
Electors; and already q few so-called
Populist leaders are advising the rank
and file Of our party to strike back by
refusing to support the Democratic
Electors on the joint Electoral tickets.
This is a trap set by the gold-bugs, who
are rejoicing that few honest men have
fallen into il.
''These reports to-day are the only ones
that buoy up the hopes Of the Republi-
can managers and the Democrats and
Populists who are thus engaged in doing
what the gold men most desire. There
fore we appeal to every Populist who
may have been misled by such mistaken
or false pleas Of pretended loyalty TO the
Peoples party into refusing to support
such joint Electoral tickets, to stop and
consider the results Of such conduct and
refuse to be influenced by either mis-
guided or corrupt men.
"There are but two sides in the con-
fict that is being Waged in this country
to-day. On the one side are the allied
hosts Of monopolies, the money power,
great trusts and railway corporations,
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