The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-28
THE NEWS AND MORNING, IS 1896

in evidence. Congressman StroWd
! told me a few minutes after l had
ARRIVED OF a fellow wearing a dele
gates badge and demanding middle
| of-the-road ticket in a glowing speech,
| who was in the employ of Mark Hanna.
| Mr.. Strowd. of course, did not know
| the shouting fellow but was informed
| that he was a citizen Of st. Louis, who
| had been employed to pose as Popu-
| list. and argue against endorsement
| of BRYAN and Sewall. He did his work
we'll 1t was no uncommon thing to
see a sleek duck on a chair speaking
at the top of his voice against "the
sacrifice of principle involved in an en-
dorsement of Bryan and Sewall," who
| was not known to any POpulist present.
| If any Populist should shout out, as
was sometimes done, "who are you?"
the reply would usually be a parry
of the question, but it always discon-
certed the Hanna representative who
would soon move off to new fields and
pastures green. As rule, being
stranger himself to others, the newly
arrived delegate did not question the
commences of this glib-tOngued hire
ling, but drank in his appeal to stand
by party as If an oracle had spoken.
He will probably die without ever
knowing that the smoOth-talking
Populist, so-called, who spoke so elo-
quently in the hotels on chairs and ac-
cidentally dropped in his room to talk
over the situation. was the agent of
Mark Hanna, And the paid lobbyists
were SO shrewd, and could denounce
the old parties 50 vehemently. that
others beside plain farmers might he
easily deceived. In his speech, accept
ing his election as permanent chair
man, Senator Allen said:
They are the minions Of that
power that has enslayed our peo-
pie for a quarter of a century and
that would fasten the manacles of
industrial servitude upon us so
strong that we could not force
them from our limbs. | have no
doubt but that in this building at
this moment the minions of Wall
street can be found. (Cries of
that's right.o They have gone to
the hotels at night clothed i'm
badges, with lie upon their lips
saying they were delegates repre-
senting some State of this Union
in this convention. They were
and are the pure chattelS of the
British gold power
Toward the close of his speech, after
an historical analysis showing the
points of resemblance between Napo-
leon and Mckinley, Senator Allen
spoke of the anxiety of the Republi-
cans about the action of the Populist
convention, and said:
Before / left Congress a few
weeks ago several distinguished
gold monometallists, officers of
this government, occupying high
positions, said to me, why, Mr..
Allen, you are a Populist; you have
talked Populism ever since you
have been here; you will go home
and keep the party in the middle
of the road. as far as you can,
won't you? Now. how did they
become interested in the welfare
of the Populist party? applause
and laughter).
why, my fellow citizens, it is
safe rule to follow in business, and
especially in politics, to do just the
reverse of what your political enc
mics want you to do. What did
they want me TO do? What do they
want you to do? They want you
to promulgate a wild platform
that viii be the subject of ridicule
upon the part of these persons.
Then they want you to take some
man and place him upon that plat
form as a candidate for President,
who is willing to run for the presizss
dency, with certain defeat in store
for the mere empty honor of rum
ming. applause and voice,
Keep in the middle of the road.)
Yes, they want him to keep in the
middle of the road. [ tell you
that every boodler in this city to-