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and the Palmer-Buckner Democrats 80
much as he did in addressing the So
called middle-of-the-rOad POpulists at
Des Moines.-Eureka Union.
The Union talks just like the Repub-
licans did in 1890. They said to PETER
why, man, you're playing into the
hands Of the Democrats" But PETER
went straight ahead, as he Is doing now.
Mr.. Union, let us suppose case. Sup
pose an incendiary should set fire to
your office. What would you think Of a
nelghbor who, having knowledge of the
fact, should fail to apprise you Of your
danger or do something to extinguish
the fire, for the reason that such con-
duct on his part would please the viii
lain that undertook to destroy your prop
erty?
II the Union will but think seriously
for moment about this matter it will
see how untenable is it's position. The
last issue Of the Union comes to our
table with four marked editorial para
graphs, all relating to Mr. Peffer's treat
ment of Iowa POpulists. Here is one of
them:
''If ex-senator PETER is wise enough
in his own conceit to think that he was
safe and sound politically in making his
recent Des MOines speech and thus
bringing down on himself the censure
Of the Peoples party and free silver
press and the complimentary notices Of
the entire gOld-bug press, he is not the
level-headed man the writer always
considered him to be-"
We have scanned closely what our
exchanges have said on this subject and
the most important thing about their
comments is their failure to copy that
Des MOines speech or any part Of it.
The Advocate printed over page of
extracts from the speech so that our ex-
changes as we'll as our readers might
be correctly informed as to what was
said. That Des Moines speech was care
fully prepared, it was reduced to manu-
script, every word of it, and it was de-
liberately read from the written pages.
Had that speech been delivered before
the Democrat Populists Of Iowa it would
have been favorably commented on by
these people who are now turning up
their noses because it was delivered be-
fore POpulist Populists.
Had it not been for the courage of
Weeks, Kicker and other loyal Popu-
lists the party in Iowa would now be
off the political map, for the State Elec-
tion Board, few days ago, decided that
the other faction of the party-the Dem
ocrat POpulists-had abandoned their
party name and assumed that Of Demo-
crat
The Union, in another paragraph,
says
"The Greenwood county voters reply,
almost as one man, that Mr.. PETER has
a right to be just what kind Of Populist
he wants to, but that there were only
eleven such votes cast in this county
last year, and the number has not in
creased any since then, so far as we
know"
The Union knows very we'll that Mr..
PETER Loyalty supported the Bryan and
Watson ticket last fall, not only in
Kansas, but in Nebraska, the two Da-
kotas and Minnesota, and faithfully
abided by all his party obligations to
the last day Of the campaign. And
whether the Union knows it or not, after
having thus honorably discharged his
duties with respect to the triple alli-
ance" he felt that he was again free
Populist, as he does now. His vote for
Brvan and Watson discharged his obli-