The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-02-02

arranged for that date. In the evening
there will be a mass meeting at the Mime
apolis auditorium. at which Butler and
others will speak, including Democrats
and silver Republicans"
We read this letter to the committee
and 1t led to quite discussion.
Mr.. Farmer, Of Minneapolis, clear
cut, able man, and radical Populist, gave
the history Of the struggles OF the CO.
terie, in that city, to force the poisonous
drug Of fusion down the throat of the
Peoples party, whether it wanted it or
not. Such men as Lynch and the alb
dOmimal Aver we're most conspicuous
in the work, and a squad of lesser lights
were backing them up. The intention
Is to hire an immense hall, on the
strength of the curiosity to hear. Senator
Butler, and pack 1t with crowd Of
Democrats and Free Silver men; then
have Butler talk for fusion, while the
mob howls for Bryan; and thus intimi-
date the state central committee, which
Is to meet the next day, and lead them
to believe that the Populists Of Henne-
pin county are all in favor of union
with the Democratic party at any price.
Mr.. Gibbs, the chairman of the state
committee, is honest; but he is no match
for the cunning tricksters who lie
awake O. nights devising plans to
slaughter the Peoples party; and he has
been misled into declaring that this local
meeting, in Hennepin county, should .lot
be managed by the Populists of Henne-
pin county, but by the state NATIONAL
COMMITTEE, which has no more to do
with it than the man in the moon. The
object is plain: That committee con-
sists Of Messrs. Meighen, Bowler and
Dobbin. Mr.. Meighen lives in a remote
part OF the state, and the management
Of the meeting will therefore fall into
the hands of Messrs. Bowler and Dob
bin, both fusionists Of the most pro-
nounced type!
Is it not horrible that the PEOPLES
party should be infested by such rat
like subterranean workers, constantly
undermining our party, led by man
Lynch) who is a Democratic office
holder. drawing his bread and butter
from the Democratic sheriff of Henne-
pin county; and working to pay for his
place; and who, more than a year ago.
proposed that the name of the Peoples
party should be changed to that Of the
Peoples DEMOCRAT party!
Is there no way to stamp these con-
spirators into 'innocuous desuetude"?
Cannot the Peoples party even hold
a committee meeting but that these
devils must try to make it Democratic
jubilation? Have we no rights that
white men are bound to respect?
What would the Democratic party If
Minnesota do, if when it's state commit
tee was called to meet, some Industrious,
local skalawag should get up a meeting
the night before, and invite prominent
Republicans to come in and eulogize
Mckinley, and advocate the dissolution
of the Democratic party?
The Democrats of that locality would
take those chaps out and hang thea
up, if not by the neck by the seat of
their pants, to the nearest lamp-posts.
II the Democrats of Minnesota want
to unite the Pqpulists let their state
central committee communicate with
out state central committee, and offer
to abandon their organization If we will
abandon ours. We will then have some
thing to discuss. But for the Democrats
to cling to their own party while their
bread-and-butter hirelings are at work
to break up our party, is an outrage Of
the most damnable kind.
We ask no more for the Peoples
party than we would ask for the Demo-
cratic party under like circumstances -
the right to live until the party and
state convention assembled formally.
agrees and resolves to die; and in the
meantime to be protected from all ne
farious tricks of fellows without any
standing or influence in the party.
l. D.