The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-11-16
WORDS OF CHEER.
Pleased With the Ticket.
WINNIE ROT ian We

WINNIE BOUJON. Wis, Nov 20
Editor Representative:
Not wishing to take up valuable space in
The Representative at this important time
is my apology for the long silence There
Is so much of pressing urgency to record to
meet the demands of the battle so soon to
be fought at the polls that he who writes
especially for The Representative should
consider point and breyity the cardinal ele-
ments of his contribution. am or was, so
delighted over the action of the peoples rep
resentatives at Cincinnati that | have hesi-
tated to give currency to my feelings lest [
should be regarded as abnormally effusive
but now that time has been given for a cali
survey of the action taken and also time
for reaching certain conclusions as to the
consequences. l think / may venture a
thought or two without being considered
wild or demonstratiye. The first thought
that SO greatly pleases me is that we are a
party. distinct, having no political relations
Whatever with any other political organiza-
ton, and consequently whoever wishes any
of our goods in future will know Just where
to find us-at the Peoples party stand. ready
at all hours to serve them. provided we
have their exclusive patronage. If we cast
a million votes this fall, they are ours. IL
we elect our candidates two years hence
they are ours-nothing Democratic or Re
publican any more.
If there is single word more hateful than
one that rhymes with well, it is the word
fusion" What does it mean? What can it
mean but temporary success-an office here
and there? The leaders thereof care not a
farthing beyond self ACKNOWLEDGMENT, no
more than did Mark Hanna for the veal OF
the farmer mechanic or other la borer in his
wicked campaign to elect Mckinley.
BY fusion one of the other must lose. suf-
fer. In the last campaign it was the Peo-
pies party-literaly swallowed up, so at the
close We could not tell how many We're one
or the other. as the Democrats claimed
everything. But we have passed that pue-
rile period, and now a party that is com.
mitted to the noble work of elevating labor
and the laborer to their proper rank in the
scale Of human existence. let us work for
the election of our noble and patriotic can
didates, whose humane attitude to the peo-
pie has long been the theme of admiring
millions.
Barker and Donneily! We think this
should be inverted. 1t is rare indeed nv
Populist friends, that you fine one person
the embodiment of such combination OF
great administrations orator scientist and
stateman. For work of exhaustive refer
ence and profound thought l refer YOU to
Atlantis; for thrilling story. beautiful in
conception and rhetorcally embellished I
refer YOU to Caesars Column" If you
are in pursuit of an orator with the power
to instruct and entertain an audience no
other man can. at whose door will you
knock, if you pass his? If you are looking
for a statesman. in the broadcast sense of
that term l refer you to tina author of the
Omaha PLATFORM. n view OF these refer
sycea and thousand other references do
you chide me for saying that the ticket
should be reversed? l admire Mr.. Dom
nelly for his great. generous heart. his
mighty intellect. his broad ana varied intel
lectual culture. and this will rule our land
instead of money, avarice or chicanery So
mote it be. f. w. B. HARVEY.