Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-06-15

1.-THE state Centeraf COMMITTEES vas Iais
on the ts1le. uaffl the nzKt meefiui
MT beczu-e the zentiment - 10
meeting op7ossd the action ofstb'
sCenterzl c0mmittee- But in ordel
tha- fuii and fair expression might
Ihe reached frum the PARTY q Lant
county.
Tee EszeDe Guard has slEays OD
po-ed POpuiisf principles. which
10 has q perfect rig5t to d.
Bot has o. right - misrepreseni
the actiou taken b. it, members ia
f these meetings
7 Down % money the G1lTd viii en-
d0r-e he Union party platform, and
7 get that platform f. pure middle q
I the rad d5-trine-
The Tat d the PJpIiist party f.
57-Duing very poplar: al that T.
oe-essaTy is % iab-l % S1-1ethinz
0.Hsr tIaa PJDI'i>t. - b. 90, q true
r 5guli-t wants q. that tle-e 5eclara-
tions Of Driaeip ipies5e enacted into law.
And nothing short q that vii sat-
isfy the party.
I say amen % the Union party
when you insert the initiative 10 yo8r
platform. through a uoi0n c1nyen-
ton
DESTROY THE OLD PARTIES.
W. n. Black. editor % the Official
organ of the Peoples party a. Hills
bro writes:
Al will agree that II the reform
forces win q victory over the combined
forces u plutOcr4cy in 1870, it viii b.
necessary "a unite them 10 one solid
body. II there j. a division the bat
tie will be lost 70 humanity. and lio-
erty will be lost and dark age will
asafu settle down on the people Of
the world. 10 the light Of this fact
the union q forces becomes a cODsid-
GRAFTON u vital Importance, FOR on its
contamination perhaps hangs the des-
tiny Of civilization.
Why then are the people divided.
There is but one answer u this Ques-
tion, and il i this: The reform forces
are divided today because they ind
themselves in political party corrals
which they have built around them
selves. These people have come to
love their respective pens with their
great high walls of prejudice. II is
the party walls that is keeping the
people apart. The Democratic and
Peoples parties are becoming prisons
where the voters viii be tied hand
and foot and rendered easy victims To
plutOcracy's combined forces Would
I destroy the Democratic and POpu-
list parties? Yes. most certainly /
would. / would raze the party
walls to the ground. Yea, had / the
power, would blot out the last yes-
tige Of those two gigantic Obstruc-
tioas 10 the advancement OF our cause,
the cause OF common humanity. Not
because object to the principles
AAEs az fD~AeNf OAL DIg4N1I NuIg
keep the people divided. The
existence OF two political organiza-
tions working for the same end is an
Inconsistency which no man can de-
fend without doing violence TO his
reason. But some will ask me would
/ favor the Abandonment Of the Pop
ulist party if the Democratic party
refuse TO disband My answer to
such IS that we as champions Of the
Peoples cause, who hold principles
above party, should set the example
in this necessary movement and let
the Democratic party take the respOn-
sIbility II il refuses 20 follow the die
tates Of common sense. For a Union
party with ell the Populists in it and
the millions Of Republicans aud Dem
ocrats that would join it would be
much more formidable than the Pop
ulist party standing in the middle
Of the road and in deadly strife with
the already organized Union party
and the Democracy. In my judgment
we will not get the reform forces to-