The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-05-18
FUSION
A Summary of the Whole Situation
for Busy Men.

A Summary of the Whole Situation
for Busy Men.
This pamphlet Is dedicated to the
packers of conventions, who for lack
of brains to argue, hiss and cry
s'Hanner BOOdlers," by
The Compiler,
Henry ID. Fay, NJ. d.,
Minneapolis, Mimi.
Concluded From Last Weekly
CHICAGO PLATFORM
COMPARED TO THE POPULIST
PLATFORM.
The Chicago platform is full of mis-
leading statements. With flourish Of
trumpets it declares: 1--WE therefore
denounce the issuance of notes intended
to circulate as money by national banks
as in derogation of the constitution. We
demand that all legal tender for public
debts, or which is receivable for duties
to the United States shall be issued by
the government of the United Sta es
and shall be redeemable in
COIN" What does this amount to?
1t is merely a we'll established law which
no one disputes that only the govern
ment can make legal tender But even
when congress shall exercise it's legal
power of making money the Democratic
party wants to brand its creation as
INFERIOR TO GOLD AND SILVER.
The Democratic party is thus seen to be
still true to the Loco Foco declaration OF
1885 by which. as Prof. Sumner, himself
a Democrat, states his party recognizes
only gold and silver as constitutional
currency, The Populist platform Of '96
whether paper or metal shall be legal
tender. The Populist platform demands
that the circulating medium be speedily
increased until it restores the just level
Of prices; Democracy proposes no sub
stantial increase in the volume of
money. The Populist platform demands
ga just, equitable and efficient" means
of getting money into circulation after 1t
has been issued; the Democratic plat
form contains no declaration on this
point. Populism favors the free coinage
of silver to increase the volume of
| money, and pay our coin debts; Democ-
| racy also favors free silver, but would
use it as reserve fund to redeem paper
| money. In 1892, furthermore, the Ma
tional Democratic platform contained a
demand for the repeal Of the prohibitive
10 per cent tax on state bank issues The
Chicago platform made no positive dec
laration to the effect that banks must
not issue non-legal tender paper In
other words the new Democracy is still
true to its early policy that the banks
may control bank issues and that the
government 90 out Of the banking bust
ence policy Of government: every man
for himself and the devil take the hind
most"
The Populist platform demands that
money be issued by the government on
ly, without the Intervention Of banks;
Democracy declares only.sagainst ma
tional banks, leaving room for private
or state banks.
Where the Populist platform favors
government ownership of railroads and
telegraphs the Democratic platform Of
1896 favors the old idea of trying to reg
ulate such monoplies while still allow
ing them to remain private property.
The Populist platform favored recog-
nizing Cuban Independence. The Chi
cago platform extended SYMPATHY to
the Cubans.
Lastly on all the following points Of
vital interest the Chicago platform, ex-
pressing the position of the new Democ-
racy is silent. On all the same points
the Populist platform of 1896 expresses
its positive and emphatic approval The
points are:
1.-The initiative and referendum.
2.-Election of president and vice pres
ident and United States senators by d.
rect vote of the people.
3.-All public salaries should be made
to correspond to the price of labor and
its products.
4.-That idle labor should be employed
on public works in time of depression.
5.-Disapproval Of the scheme for re-
funding the debts Of the Pacific railroad
company; and demanding the execution
Of the law on that subject
establishment of postal savings
banks.
7.-Condemns the excessive grants Of
land to corporations.
S.-That private monopoly of land and
alien ownership should be prohibited by
law.
But by some it may be thought that
a great leader like Bryan may rise SUI
perior to his party and by his personal
qualities reform it. "Straws show which
way the wind blows" When BRYAN
was in congress he yielded to the tempta-
ton of voting for the SALARY grab"
Bryan in the Kentucky campaign
made 10 speeches not only for a man
who had never spoken for free silver but
against one, Joe Parker, a Populist, who
had made 300 speeches in '96 for Rrvan