Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-06-15
UNION,
The Case of the People.
A Ringing Letter From Commander
Cooper.


The Union cause to suooeed must =
a peoples nOvmeut. IL cannot s1c-
seed otherufse because the people
are party ridden nOE. and they are
not clamOriDg Tor q DeS party, %
much a. for new methods II is Ell.
mated that in twenty years Oregon
has produced ssO.OO0,OO q wealth
TO the last twenty years and but very
small prOporiion of this has been
kept in the state. The result Il
government by the old party zsethcd
has teen u imp0verish the peol le
and heap up wealth in the money
ceniers - nuE It - proposed to
start a new party mOYmeDt with d.
rect responsibility to the people We
crnn I'D the folloBinq letters:
AZ UNION BATTLE CEY.
state Chairman CDOper writes:
Here 10 Yamhill Ee will give tie
PopuIists all the committees IL they
want them. Our PopBlists are patri-
otic and can b trusted with the
wbule business. and they are certainly
- god 10 Oi her places a. here.
The intention Of the organizing
committee at the conference was 70
divide the members Of the committees
equally between the factions II
would be a good plan 10 make all
members Of the PopuIist and Demo
cratic cUu1ty and precinct committee
men. members Of the UaiDn COM
nIittees, provided they favor union
Of the people at the primaries. This
IS the rock on which We build and the
thunders Of fusion and dissensiOn can
not prevail against IL. Union Of the
people at the primaries. The pri-
maries are the bulwark Of popular
government.
Another vital principle is the prop
OsitlOn OF lcaying all party
management TO the people at the
primaries. No other party has ever
offered 50 completely to put the gov
ernmentOf affairs into the hands Of
the people, as the Union party. This
proposition is far more sweeping in its
tbOruugbness than one would think,
until they investigate il. No more
bosses, no more rings. When once
organized, the Union party will be the
most powerful, effective AID speedy
way Of expressing and enforcing the
will OF the people yet devised. II
there Is Democrat who believes in
equal rights 70 all and special prlyil-
eyes 10 none, and opposes this, he Is
not Democrat. IL there is POpu-
list who believes In the dnitiatiye and
referendum. and opposes this he is
not Populist.
The Union party has started in TO
fight the battle OF the century.
While many may have professed a
devotion for the people, the Uuion
party has established this rUck on
which they can build with the utmost
confidence. Primary and direct con-
troll OF all party and state affairs, by
primaries. The battle cry OF the
Union party is ONTO THE PR1MA-
RIES. And no other proposition will
be considered. To the primaries for
nominations, 10 the primaries for
party management and TO the prl-
maries for your laws.
Push for the primaries with all
your energy. Let speakers and writ
crs ring out the cry, let the people
join IN the refrain until the mount
aims understand that the people in
tend TO be heard. Don't let any
other matter come In the way.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY.
Union Chairman BrOwnell. writes
that he has called a mass convention
for county organization, June l6. He
says the Populists there take deep
Interest in the Union movement.
"They are patriotic and declared
themselves ready TO support principle
In preference TO men or party"
CLATsoP COUNTY.
o. W. Dunbar, as county commit
tee man, has thrown himself and his
paper into the light for the Union
party. He writes that the Union or
ganlzatIon Is being pushed. The
Daily aud Weekly Budget are redhot
for the Union.
FROM LANE COUNTY.
S. c. Sparks writes from Blue river,
June -:
In your issue Of 10th under the cap
ilon of Populists OF Lane county. Now
Mr.. Editor | Ic0nsider the report sent
Out through the Eugene Guard very
unfair and misleading. In fact the
middle OF the readers We're IN the ma
jorIty and middle OF the road propo-
sltlon was not voted down as reported
IN the Guard. But on the contrary