The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-08

Every Populist should cut out and
preserve this yea and nay vote. When
your backbone gets weak and your
knees knock together it will strengthen
your Populism.
Show it to your fusion friends. Ask
these think alike" fellows to kindly
explain the whichness of the how. Ask
your think alike" fusion friends why
the seven Democrats, Turpie, Lindsay,
Mitchell, German, Murphy, McEnery,
and Gallery voted with the Republicans
for Wall street and for bonds Ask
why these seven Democrats opposed
silver and greenbacks.
Ask why the eight Democrats, Gray
and Kinney of Delaware Smith of NJ j.,
Faulkner of West Va, George and Walt
| hall of Miss, Mills of Texas and Vest
of Missouri, sneaked into the cloak
rooms and refused to answer when their
! names were called.
Note that rs senators cast their votes
and there were only IL absentees Or
sneaks. OF these IL sneaks 8 of them
were the Democrats named above. Of
the entire number of 81 Democratic SEN
ators Is either voted for the bonds or
refused to vote against them and we
are told that Democrats and Populists
think alike" OF the silver Republic
cans be it remembered that every man
had the courage of his convictions aiG
voted against the bonds or like Teller
make speeches against the bill Of the
Z Populists the entire delegation weed
| against the bill except the fusionist
Kyle.
| In the face of this record and these
facts the Democrats and Silver Repub-
! 11cans have The gall " ask and the
surance to expect that the Populists of
/ Hennepin county shall submit the nom
ination Of their congressional candidate,
! L. J. Cation, to the acceptance or rejec-
! ton Of committee of Democrats, 5
| Silver Republicans and Populists.
Populists believe in the referendum
principle, in referring all questions, all
| nominations as far as possible to the
whole people or a large number of re-
personalities
! POpulistS would not entrust the NOM
ination of congressman to a COM
mittee of chosen from their own party
and it is absurd if not an insult to the
intelligence of our party to expect or
| ocly hot
a committee, majority of whom are
chosen from other parties. The chumps
are not all dead neither are they all
Populists.
Think Of these gentlemen under a
flag of truce and an alliance banner
making us heads l win tails you lose
proposition" Think of the Democrats
coming into our convention and making
us the proposition that "They would
take the turkey and we might take the
owl or we might take the owl AMI
they would take the turkey" No gen.
tlemen, we care not for the offices. II
is the good fat turkey of substantial re-
form that we are fighting for. We be-
lieve Mr.. Cation will do his best TO gel
it for us. We believe he will neither
vote for Wall street nor sneak from
duty in his country's peril. Our allie:
say they seek the same ends They
claim we all think alike. Let then
prove these assertions that they thinl
with us by voting with us.
II these allies should refuse to heart
lily support genuine Populist congress
man, the unanimous choice of the Pop
ulist party, such refusal together will
the foregoing record of Democratic sen
ators should settle for all time the wis
dom of our present Independent action
E, A, T,