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elect Mckinley Electors in Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska and many other
States.
Second ON the other hand, suppose
the Populist and Silver parties CONSOLE
date and pursue the policy Of nominat-
ing d ticket of their own, and unite with
the Democrats on electors, what Will
then be their status before the coun-
try In the place of an annex to the
Democratic party, they will become an
ally for the following reasons: First, 1t
will preserve the Peoples party organ
izDtion for future use, and by making
an alliance once with the boiling Re-
publicans the Populists will outnumber
the Democrats and make them the third
party at the polls next November; sec
Ond, if the combination ticket is sue
cesSful, the PopulistS will have either
the President or the Vice-Presi-
dent, and will also be in a posi-
ton to demand an equal share OF
the Federal patronage, including the
Cabinet and foreign appointments;
third, every Democratic newspaper eX-
cept the daily press viii be compelled to
treat the Populists on equal terms with
the Democrats; this will give the Pop
uI1stS daily press in the South and
West; fourth, the Peoples party has
the best literature on the silver and
money questions, which will be in greeS
demand and the Democrats will have to
help circulate it; fifth, in the South the
Democrats will be compelled to give the
Populists a fair count and a represen-
ton ait the polls, because, if an alliance
iG Ia hat no tNyn ha l.
lot-stuffing and counting out would not
so; sixth, it will preserve the Populist
press and make it more powerful than
at the present time; this alone ought to
appeal to every Populist paper in the
land to oppose the idea of becoming an
annex in the place of an ally; seventh
when that portion of the platform upon
which Democrats and Populists agree is
enacted into law, the Populists can
continue to educate the people On the
other demands of the platform.
These are two roads which confront
the Populist and Silver parties at their
national conventions. Do these two par
ties possess craftsmanship and general
snip enough to take advantage of the
situation and become an ally in the
place of am annex VIII they preserve
party dignity, and prove to the world
that they are able to cope with the most
astute politicians of this generation, or
VIII they surrender their principles and
organization at the behest of an oppo-
nent which has never let an opportunity
escape to stab them to death"
This statement is to be presented to
the St. Louis convention by Chairman
Taubeneck, according to Mr.. Mellow
ellis statement
DID NOT HEED THE APPEAL.
LITTLE ROCK (Ark.), July 15.-The
Populislt State Convention met here to-
day. The entire session, was taken up in
the discussion of a resolution to in
struct the delegation to st. Louis to vote
for Bryan for President.
y substitute was offered providing
that the delegates be instructed to ar-
firm the Omaha platform, and tender
the Presidential nomination to Bryan
ON the platform adopted by the Peoples
party, and to nominate a true Popuiist
for Vice President Twenty five
speeches were made pro and con.
The convention tonight. by a vote of
1882 to 2112, rejected the substitute.
and voted unanimously to send an in
structed delegation to St Louis. They
were instructed to vote as a unit