The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-01-13
LOO A Year, in Advance.
DECLARES AGAINST FUSION.
NO OWEN-LYNCH BUSINESS IN
THIS.
The Chairman of the Western Branch Of the
Peoples Party National Committee Square,
ly Sustains the Views Of The
Representative.

Boston. Jan. 10.-George F. Wash
burn, member Of the PEOPLES Party
national committee, today issued an
address to the Populists of the United
States, as follows:
We are to be congratulated upon the
growth OF our party, and the fact that
in the recent election nearly half of
the voters OF the Union Endorsed much
of our platform. No party has ever
achieved more brilliant success in so
brief time. Although handicapped
in the late campaign. we emerge from
the contest much stronger than ever.
Our party alone has voting force
larger than that which elected Lin
coin, and an able effective reform press
of nearly 1000 papers. We elected sew
eral governors, as we'll as hundreds of
other state, county and town officials.
We hold the balance OF power in the
United States senate, and have four
times as many congressman as ever be-
| FORE
We united with the silver forces in
the recent campaign, not because we
believe free coinage OF silver is the So
luton of the financial problem, but
because it would better existing con-
ditions, would meet with the least re-
sistance and would become the enter
ing wedge of our main issue, viz, full
legal tender paper money, issued and
regulated by the government alone.
Having proved our loyalty at the polls
we are free to act separately on ad-
vanced liues, and to emphasize the
real issues our party was born to ad-
vOcate. We cannot in honor lay down
our arms and cease our activity until
the war for which we are enlisted has
ended in victory for our cause.
The Democratic party proposes to
continue the silver fight. Two parties
cannot exist on the same issue. The
greater absorbs the smaller. There
fore, ii we remain mere camp follow.
ers of another party, dsintegration
will result. Our party success alone
forced the Democrats to adopt the
Chicago platform and nominate Pop
ocrat for president. Converts made
by party regularity cannot be trusted
with the reform or the future. Z
We are not Democrats, and can not
be classed as such. We simply unite
for single campaign. The Democrat
ic party is but the rear guard OF our
own. We do not stand for redemption
money, but for scientific dollar, kept
invariable by proper regulation Of the
money volume Then why should a.
high school scholar graduate re-enter
the intermediate grade? Our grand
est achievements are in the future.
The proposed retirement of the
greenbacks and the discussion Of the
Pacific railroad question will bring be-
fore Congress the two strongest meas
ures of our platform, and whatever is
sues the other parties may adopt the
logic of events will SO force upon both
Congress and the people the consider
alton Of these measures as to over
shadow all others, and win to our
ranks thousands of voters from both
the Democratic and Republican par
ties.
Isuggest that national conference
of party leaders and workers be held
as soon as practicable, that we may
have full and free expression of opin-
ion regarding our future work. We
hope, therefore, that the reform press
will give the fullest possible expOsi-
tiOn Of their views on this Important
subject; and our friends are invited
to write me, or our national chairman,
expressing their ideas on the inde-
pendent party action herein proposed.