The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-12-14
Barker and D0nnelly.

BILE year, educating nobody, trying to
make up your minds on better men.
Make no converts to the Omaha plat
form, but, like old party politicians,
foolishly figure on a landslide for off,
ces, under another fusion name, en-
bracing every unsuccessful Office seeker.
Such late combination of such dis
cordant elements is impossible, and
would be most ingloriously beaten by
the united Republican war party of
1900. If you really want big party,
earn it, by teaching converts, not by ex-
pecting those of other parties to give up
their hobbies.
Oh, Reform! Thou art ned to british
beasts,
And men have lost their reason"
Reformers indeed! Pattern after the
generous hearted Socialistic educators
in their methods, but omit their vaga-
ries.
Our candidates, each in his own way,
and taken together, cannot be beaten.
They amply satisfy us. If our army
under them, fighting for the Omaha
platform, as reasserted at Cincinnati, is
too aggressive for you, drop out. Far,
far in the rear Democracy may pick up
your spiritless body. You are acciden-
tally in the wrong rank.
Our national plan of organization
makes our candidates direct heads, with
power to issue instructions to our ma
tional committee, receive it's reports and
appoint the campaign committee, to act
with that body. AS secretary of the
committee on organization plan at Gin
cinnati, l know it was not intended to
make our splendid candidates immova-
BILE sign posts.
Now comes some hopelessly near
sighted fellow, crying, boss" because
we didn't nominate those men to do
nothing, and in year make them and
us ridiculous by superauous referen-
dunn. mo, my poor fellow, not in a
thousand years." Why" he replies"
Didn't Capt. Burkitt pass resolution
that these nominations be subject to a
referendum" Certainly; but he &C
eepted my amendment that the referen-
dunn should be taken according to the
national plan of organization. So we
are no longer afraid of bosses Our Of
ficials become our efficient servants. In
this particular, above all else, we differ
from old parties. They talk only of
men. Depend on the whims of men? Not
we. When any of you idle 'kickers
want referendum you can get it. How?
Thus, and no other way can be found in
our national plan of organization: No.
Ia of our national plan shows that we
consider the referendum and imperative
mandate to be identical. So, when
ever you have a fault to bring against
to stand and prove it, go about it in
the same manner that platforms can
be changed. (See No. II national plan).
Suppose that you have thus proved your
charge "by a majority vote of the pre-
cinct club membership of the nation"
and have some favOrite horse of your
own, Tor, in case of resignation or
DEATH, trot him out, introduce him to
our national committee, who may (No.
national plan) by majority vote
nominate him.. Then if we wish, we
in turn can kick your man in the same
way.
But honestly are we men, and can we
in this short life find no nobler, no more
useful work to enlighten the awful
darkness of our near approaching
graves? God helping, we will. The
Cincinnati convention was in answer
to a referendum, did what that refer
endum called for gave us leaders, clear
ed away the smoke of doubt. Because
more men, who can now increase the
action, were unable personally to be
there is no reason why we shall like
fools wander back into the fogs of a
super1uous referendum, except as indi-
cative above: to do so would be to par
alyze all our movements, just as we
are ready, after two years of hard prep
aration, to strike. Let our watchword
be that Of the Liberty League" of 1914,
DUTY Is Ours; Results Are Gods" We
have not lost belief that the three car
dinal tenets of Populism, (money, pub
lie ownership and the referendum, are
as true today as when they commanded
their greatest vote. We are still will
ing to sacrifice self in the long uphill
work of teaching them, until true pros
perity shines on our land. 49,. 3d.
Dewey was not like some of you. Had
he been, just before the sinking OF the
Spanish fleet at Manila, he would have
sailed back to some safer Asiatic port,
and done nothing. He would have said,
This berth suits me comfortably. I
will do nothing. Perhaps l may strike
a year hence, if the enemy comes my
way"
Brother Populists, plutocracy, a
far more dangerous enemy, has come to
relentlessly crush all happiness out of
the hearts of our people. We must
strike this winter. 1t is our best, our
only time.
To this end, brother, mail Barker and
Donnelly a postal, with these words
Il will stand by you, following your di-