The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-05-15
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE.
Mr. Cooper Urges the Necessary of Form
ing a Union Party.

ld ing q Union rarity.
ED. TINES -MoUNTAINEER:
+. Several requests have been receive
in from newspapers asking correspon
ss dence and report of the progress Q
10 the union movement. The committe
a has been too busy with the persona
o. correspondence to comply until now
,e In the very short time since the frs
r. call was issued, letters and reports al
ready give assurance that seventeen
counties will be represented at the Al
bany conference which was proposed
to be held on June I'd. 1t being thu
a farmers busy season little has beel
- done as yet in the way of union meet
ings.
IL Letters from many prominent mel
"a desire for union of the people at the
primaries to renovate state and county
governments, reduce taxation and tt
bring the burdens of the people within
the constitutional limit: by the elec
ton of men on IL como mon platform
that will not pcrmit evasion or equivo'
: cation. People are tired of being thus
fooled and want plain, common sense
and positive results. 1t would not be
proper to give these letters for publi-
cation without the permission of the
writer's, but these few extracts from
many in the various counties will show
that the leaven is working and Il union
state ticket is fixed fact:
Jackson-'That voice of the people
the law of the COMMITTEE May God
speed the move"
''The plain people of all parties who
supported Bryan and Watson can be
relied on as favorable to the proposed
union"
1.-THE people are anxious to stand to-
gether in opposition to the gold bug,
plutocratic monopolists.
"We agree unanimous upon the ur-
gent necessity of union of the reform
forces of the state"
Josephine-"I shall do all I can to
hold the forces together in Southern
Oregon, and especially in this county"
cit is highly important that we keep
the reform elements together"
! Douglas-''It seems to me that if
ever there was time in the history of
the country when men should act WISE
ly, when they should De absolutely
honest, when patriotism should rise
| above party, when personal ambition
should give way for the public good,
that time is right now."
1.-THE masses of the people in this
county are anxious for a consolidation
of the reform forces. and the only thing,
in our opinion, to be done is to settle
the details for union in state
matters"
"A union will be forced. We will
be represented at Albany"
81 am too old TO do much work. but |
will vote right. We want union"
Coos-"We must not fight each |
other, we want union of forces"
Lane-"The time is ripe for action,
your call covers the ground. The |
coming party must be governed by the
people,"
"We have very few kickers in this
county. Populist, democrat and
silver republicans all want to begin at
the primaries.
I'VE must have union of forces at
the prim aries, we all want it."
"All the Bryan and Watson forces
will stay together"
Limit will work for union of
forces.''
"This is the time above all others for
union of the people"
!, sMarion-s.You are engaged in the
greatest political work ever UNDER
taken in the state. The prayers and
labors of patriots are with you.'
''The Bryan and Watson forces must
stay together to win."
Benton-"It is the only thing the
people can do to get relief. They
must unite"
Polk-"You heard from Polk last
November. We will stay together"
"We want union and will stay to-
gether."
Yamhill-"Averagem majority for the
union ticket in June 800, nearly 300.
Thousands of dollars saved already in
the salaries of the county officers alone.
Will do better in '98.'''
Wash1ngton-"We must follow the
great heart of the common people, that
heart alWays beats rights
"We are ready for union work"
Clackamas-"If congress lives up to
the st. Louis platform we must borrow
gold. I fear the history of Rome will
be repeated in America. The people
already see the mistake of last Novem-
ber. heartily approve of your CALL"
Wasco-"I am for reform in politics,
and believe the only way we can reach
it is by the laboring classes uniting
and holding together, and let party
names have no influence"
"This county will be represented at
Albany, if prosperity does not hit us
so hard we cannot come"
Baker-"I heartily assure you that
am in sympathy with the movement"
Many more letters have been re-
ceived, but they would only repeat the
same story. They are all from repre-
sentatives men in the state who know
what they are writing about.
The naSional campaign arrayed the
money power, bondholders, trusts, the
great corporations and all the profess
sional boodlers with everything pur-
chaseable, all on one side. While the
plain people with all this arrayed
against them. and deserted by many of
their great leaders, stood like stone
wall for human rights, through the
fury of the conflict. They are not de-
feated but are still camped on the field
where they fought eager for a renewal
of the contest, with many coming to
their assistance who allowed them
selves to be lined up on the other side
by delusive promises and the pharisaic
cry of ''sound money" which has
proved their apple of Sodom. L
The promised return of prosperity
cannot be fulfilled under the gold
standard. With famine in Asia and a
war in Europe our products continue