The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1897-04-30
A CALL MEETING.
Proceedings Of tho Populist
Call Meeting.

WRsrERFIELD, KY, April 20.
The Populists met in this precinct
last Saturday to consider whether to
vote The Democratic ticket again this
election as stated by one Of the coms
mittee, who was made temporary
chairman. After the prelim nary
work was completed a committee on
resolutions was appointed. The com,
mite retired from the room for about
twenty-five minutes and returned with
resolutions denouncing fusion with
any party.
The resolutions, before their pas
sage, called forth quite a number Of
ardent and very candid speeches, r..
lating TO the recent scheming and
sell out by the leaders q Of their par
ty.
Speeches.were made By K IL Mar.
tin, J. r. Heory, W. A. Helm. VIM.
Lake. Elder Hawkins, Jacob Weller,
Robt. Hickey, Henry King, Aaron
Hawkins, r. ID. Dodson and others
made short expressions to indicate
their displeasure at the recent pro-
eeedings OF their wouldsbe leaders,
who attempted to plunge them into
an abyss of political ruin, and taruish
the moral purity Of their unsullied
name. One said their party had been
largely delivered to pie-hunters, but
he wanted it understood he would
never be delivered again. Another
said the Peoples party formerly had
two enenies-the Republican party
and the Democratic party-but now
it has the fusion party, which is the
bitterest foe it has ever encountered;
because its leaders assume to be
friends, which they are only Office
seekers, class repudiated by Pop
ulists. We, as Populists, care not
for the source from which refforma-
ton comes, just so it comes; but De-
mocracy is too degraded to give relief
to any body, and no one capable Of
pefoeiving present environments and
their past record can reasonably ex>
pect it. Another said he never.voted
the Democratic ticket but once, and
that was at the last election, he was
sold and delivered, but would never
be again.
Several said they leitthe Democrat
ic party because it is dead and rotten
and if they could get nothing better
to vote for they would stay at home.
They left it because they were asham-
ed Of it, and possessed too much man>
hood to return to such shameful aud
iisgraceiul an organization and give
their suffrage to sustain their fend-
ish devotees.
Another said he desired a full Pops
ulist ticket so he could vote his exact
sentiments, but let it be known that
if he selects between the cabin and
the rooster he would take the cabin.
Another said fusion Is running the
party, because, if iusionists, we are
on the BLOCK and liable to be deliver
ed to any market where the demand
and remuneration are sufficient, and
no one desires to enter such a party.
We are men Of principles and by our
principles we'll "sink or swim; live
or die" our party may die, its piiu-
ciplss never.
Another said the Demmies refused
to give up their device, as their chair
man stated, because it disorgauizes
and discredits their party, and its
voters are too true to chicken to
touch their stencil under the Plow
aud Hammer, but the same sule the
Demmies applies to himselft applied
to the Populists will destroy them
Let the Demmie vote under the roos-
ter, I'll vote under the Plow and
Hammer.
1t was suggested that they give the
Democrats no other chance to bait
their hook for them. They had bit
once too often already. Many other
things were said. but these I write
that you may Fnow that Populists
can not be delivered by party bosses
into the fold Of any party.
1t was developed during the meet
ing that some one Of the fusion ele-
ment. when the Demo~Pop commit
tees were considering how to con-
duct the campaign. that they dis
courage the use Of Populist literature.
as it was all against fusion.
The meeting was composed OF some
Of our most scrupulous aud upright
citizens. Citizens who are sacredly
devoted to the Populist party.
The resolutions were carried by a
unauimous vote and are to be sent to
the Fordsville Express and the Hart
ford REPUBLICAN, for publication.
A VisIToR.