The Caucasian., 1897-07-08
GOOD P0PUlIST WORK.
Our Senators and Cosxressmsn Arc D.,,.
work 81 which The Party should be
Prood-Ths Populist Press should oivs
The Facts To Their Readers Each week,
instead Of Abusing and Criticisips Z
Them.

Instead Of Abusing and Cri.,cis,,. !.
Them.
Nonconformist.I
Two weeks ago the Nonconform.
ist called attention to some OF the
good work being done by Populists
in Washington. AS We proceed in
this direction, more and more comes
up to the credit Of our faithful band
in Congress. The Nonconformist
pleads guilty to a lack of that ener.
getic newspaper effort that should
appear in every we'll regulated Pop
ulist paper to magnify the good
work done by our representatives,
The old party press uses it's best en-
deavor to hide what is done by Pop
ulists and magnify the work done
by their own partisans. We should
learn wisdom from their tactics and
let our people know what our rep
resentatves are doing. 1t is with
shame that we review the past win
ter and see many Populist papers not
only refraining from any favorable
notice but actually engaged in un-
just and bitter criticism of those rep
resentatives. Such action is doubly
disastrous. 1t withholds the truth
from the reader who wants to learn
what his servants are doing, and
when he is heartsick from lack of
good news, he is made well-niph
frantic by the MUST attacks of the
only newspaper he takes, and the
tendency is to make him lose faith
in mankind; lose respect for all
organized effort, and look forward
with fOrebodings to the time when
red-handed war will dreuch the land
with blood. Such is the fruit of our
careless neglect of duty toward our
standard bearers. The Nonconform
ist has not in the past indulged in
criticisms of those representatives.
but hereafter, we do not propose to
ignore their work. Several of them
have sent us kind acknowledgements
of the brief recognition given to
their efforts and the more we exam
inc the work being done, the more
we find to commend. We have had
many letters commenting the speech
es as published in this paper, of
Congressman Howard and Vincent.
Several papers have copied those
speeches and the demand is increas-
ing for this information. The Non
conformist halls with delight this
turn of affairs, and if we shall sue
ceed in rousing some of the old-time
enthusiasm in the boys we shall be
we'll repaid for the effort. We are
pleased to have been the means of
bringing these speeches to the no.
tice of our press brothers, and they
are invited to continue in the good
work Of scattering abroad the good
news, from any source obtainable,
of the work being done along dis
tincrively Pepullst lines in Congress.
Carrying out our threat to expose
the actions Of Populists in Congress,
we will begin right here with some
of the trouble made by Senator
Butler. The principle of the Refer
endum is q dIstinctively Populist
doctrine, and on December %, last,
MIR. Butler introduced the following
resolution (No. 346) in the Senate.
"REsoLvED, That special COM
mittee, to consist of three Senators,
be appointed and hereby instructed, ,
through sub committee or other
wise, to inquire into the feasibility
of applying the principle of Direct
Legislation through Initiative and
Referendum to the legislation of the
Federal Government, and to report
to the Senate at this session, by bill
or otherwise, the results Of said in
quiry; and that for the purpose
hereof the committee be authorized
to sit in the city of Washington, or
any other city of the United States,
and employ such clerical aid as may
be necessary"
The resolution failed of adoption
at that time and Mr.. Butler is mak-
ing another effort now. The ad-
vantage derived by such an inquiry
is very evident. 1t is an expensive
and lab 'rous task for a man at his
personal expense to investigate the
history and working of the sy ste m of
the Initiative and Referendum, but
when public officials shall nave &C
cumulated at public expense the
needed information, and we have 1t
in public documents ready for our
use, we can all appreciate the value
of the labor. This Mr.. Butler is
trying to do. Again Mr.. Butler has
introduced the following resolutions
in the Senate during the present ses-
sion:
No, II: "REsoLvED, That the Sec
retary of State be, and is hereby di-
rected to send to the Senate any in
formation in the possession of the
State Department, or which may be
hereafter acquired, relative to the
nature and operation of the various
postal savings bank systems now in
operation in other countries"
No. 90: "Resolved, That the Com
mittee on Postoffices ard Post-roads
be, and they are hereby, directed to
examine and report to the Senate as
full information as practicable con.
cerning the nature and operation ol
postal savings bank systems now in
operation in other nations; and
further to report whether a postal
savings bank system can be success
fully and advantageously put in op-
GRAFTON by this Government. Thai
said committee shall have power te
prosecute their inquiries through q
sub-com mittee, which may sit during
the recess of the Senate at such
times as may be thought necessary
No. 96. "REsoLvED, That tn,
Postmaster General be, AID is here
by, directed to send to the Senat,
! the reports received by the STATE
Department in obedience to . circu
lar sent by Secretary of State Blain'
on May twentieth, eighteen hundred
and eighty one, to the consular rep
resentatives of the United States in
structing them to obtain from tn
severel foreign governments certain
information as to the practica