Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-04-09

coinage continue 10 speak ulStluStiuiiy VI
'The Chicago Democracy who made long and
forced march toward our lines last summer )
and still denounce those hard-fghting Populist
leaders, Weaver, Butler, Allen, Simpson, Ro-
zelle, and other so-called fusionists
"And then have the supreme political att
dacity to turn round and say: 'One-idead free
silver fools, come to us Tricky Bryan Dem
ocrats, come to us; Weaverites, Butterflies,
Allenites, Smpsonites and Rozellans, with all
your misguided fusion followers, return to the
sony simon-pure- genuine DR.. .-Townsend-sarsa'
parilla' Peoples party-come to us y
"Cannot our middle of-the-road friends see
the folly of keeping up the system of lambast-
ING everybody in the party who doesn't agree
with them as to the past and present plan OF
campaign (Which may have to be changed on
the political battlefield as battle plans often
must he cfanged) plan which canno: be made
to fit the fight of 1898, much less the fight OF
1900?
"We don't care if the Director has to stand
alone, apart from every other Populist newspa-
per in the land, we shall not tie ourselves to
partisanship. The nations liberties are in
great peril, and the peoples fight must first be
won, if at all, OH one issue-be that what it
may.
"The next great political battle will be fought
on single leading issue; and around that is
sue it will be necessary to rally all the forces
friendly to reformor the battle will be lost
and the nation lost.
"We certainly are not pledged to fusion
and we as certainly shall not pledge ourselves
against fusion. We believe in self-ownership.
"Who knows what may happen? The great
Republican party may split iii two-it is pos
sible-even probable. All the Bryanites (it we
may use the term) may see the absolute neces-
sity of throwing their strength where it will do
the most mortal hurt to the money power
Who knows
"In 1000 it will not be a question OF choos-
ING what the issues shall be, for issues like cy-
clones, grow out of rapidly changing con-
ditions.
'In 1000 it will not be question OF what
set of men shall lead the Peoples party, but
for patriotic leadership.
''In 1 200 it will not be question OF indors-
ing a platform in its entirety, but OF thwartlng
the deep-laid schemes of the money power.
'sIn 1000 it will not be a question of under
taking all that ought to be done, but OF doing
what can possibly DO done.
'In 1900 it will not be question as to what
man we shall nominate, but whether the next
president shall be man Of the people or OF the
We wish to add little to the Directors ar
ticle. The writer only mentions one class OF
critics: the "middle- f-the-roaders. They
have done no more toward creating dissensions
han have the "fusionists' and other support
ers of Bryan and Sewall These latter men
have said and are saying many bitter and un-
G ,led -forthings about the 'lniddle- -of-theroad"
people In fact, they began TRADE of abuse
of Tom Watson and his friends and followers
after the St. Louis convention OF
July 22d, and have kept it up ever since This
was wrong--unj just-and Watson and his friends
cannot be blamed for striking back
There is one thing we cannot help mention
ING in this connection, which has caused the
Kasas Peoples party papers to criticiss the So
called middle -the-road movement, of which
Abe Steinberger was the head The AG1TA-
TOR contended all along for Watson electors,
and we were inclined charitably toward him
and his coadjustors, believing they were honest,
until Iohn H. Couch was induced to become
omdde -of-the road" candidate for appellate
iudqe, in the interest of the Republican ncm-
iuee. 1t was then that we learned the true an
linus of the Steinberger movement Couch