People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-11-19
WHOLE NUMBER 374
ANSWERS MR.. BATEMAN.
Another Poprlist Criticism for the Man
from Maine.

Another Poprlist Criticism for the Man
from Maine.
Editor Peoples P erty Paper.
In your issue of Oct 30. We find an
he says the Populists must under no
considera ton nominate Populist like
Watson or Norton in 900 and that he
will spend no more time or money in
fighting forlorn hope if long haired
cranks are to rule the roost and dictate
our policy. Now, Mr. Editor, as to
the hair, 1 plead guilty to the first
count, and if refusing to SUPP ort any
but Populist who can show the scars
of many we'll fought battle consti-
tutes crank, then 1 plead guilty to
the whole Indictment, and am happy to
say that have earned the title of long
haired crank and expect to be able to
hold it in the future. Immediately pre-
ceding and following this paragraph
Mr.. Bateman dictates to the Pops that
they must nominate Wharton B srker
or they might just as well scuttle the
ship.
Why bless your soul Mr.. Bstemsn,
the ship was scuttled at st. Louis by
such men as Butler, Allen, Weaver,
PETER, Pence & Co., for a mess of polit-
ical hash, and the only consolation
had out of the whole business was that
they did not get the hash.
Nary &I,;c inf o1f011o 1011 11o
that the only hope of the Peoples Par
iy lay in the nomip alton of Bryan be-
cause he was silver Democrat. Now
saw letter from Butler as chairman
directed to one of our fusion D. mocrats
Il don't recognize fusionist as Pop
ulist) debating to us Pops up here that
we must fuse Get one or two electors
if we could, but we must fuse anyway.
We fused by endorsing the whole DEM
ocratic ticket and I fused by staying at
home ard spending the day in fasting
and PRAYER, as did the rest of the Pop
ulists in this State.
Now. Mr. Bateman virtually admit
ting that Barker is a silver republican,
saws the Pops must nominate him in
1900 or they had better scuttle the ship.
Butler, Weaver, Allen, PETER, Pence
& Co, told us Bryan was silver DEM
ocrat but we must nominate him or our
party would cease to exist, and had it
not been for some Old wheel horses
like Tom Watson who stood like patri-
OTIS in the middle-of-the-road and did
gallant service in the cause of the hui
man race Populism would have been
numbe with the things of the past.
1 have learned to swear by the
o naha platform and one clause of it,
if remember rightly advocates the
mi iative and refer ndum in govern
ment. Now why not apply it in our
party management We have plenty
of time between this and 1900 to find
out exactly who the plebia that COM
pose the Peoples Pa ty want as our
standard bearer in 1900 and thus dis
pac.s5 tn lSlass i.e.frse
short haired cranks at the same time.
If we cannot trust our people in the
management of our partv affairs we
had not best try it in the affairs of gov
eminent. I, like Mr. Bateman, have
been upon the picket line of tha' grand
little army, who have been battling
for human rights engaged in cutting a
road througl the forest of political
prejudice and bridging the slough of
| ignorance in which the American voter
was wallowing.
Now, am free to confess that I am
cranky on some subjects and one of
them is that men like Norton and Wat
son who have borne the heat and bur-
den of the day, when suppAr is about
ready shou d not be asked to step aside
any thing to earn it sit down at the
first table and eat all the pie Once for
all let Populists keep straight down
the middle-of-the-road. look not to the
right or the left, always keeping in
mind the fate of Lots wife. Don't
stop to ask silver Democrats or silver
Republicans what to do, and when peo-
pie see you have confidence in your
selves they will have confidence in you.
D ID the Republican party ask the DEM
ocrats or Wings who to nominate in
COZ In fact did any party ever make
a success by panderinG to the dictates
of ether partiesP Where would our
Republic have been if Washington had
asked British Generals where to place
his men and who should command
them? Let us have done with this
pickering and if we have Populist
Party let Populists lead it, then the old
guard will buckle on their armor, then
our ranks will close up and the column
move on to victory.
S. B. HAZEN.