The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-07-20

merits of the Omaha platform and multi
plying proselytes to its support. What!
Prostitute Ou- efforts and conventions TO
the scandalous ways of pot-house polite
ians, bartering for immediate office and ex-
changing votes with profigate dema gogues
without patriotism, without reform impulses
and without political honor. Heaven for
bid.
The political Democrat has not a single
sentiment purpose kindred 10 those of
the true POpulist. Those fellows who man
irulated our late convention and brought
infamy to our organization by their treas
enable conferences with the harlor party
OF American politics. are not Popus.s and
it is brazen effrontery ard criminal false
pretence for them to parade before the
public as such Many of the mple-mnded
delegates. who knew not what they did,
when they voted to carry out the idle
schemes and political debauchery of the
convention manipulators Gnsane TO become
candidates for petty offlce), l suppose
ought to be ignored by the pen of indign,i-
tion or at least more mildly criticised.
But the mystery is, how the audacity and
Willingness to assume delegate functions
and responsibility be coupled with such
gross ignorance and dull stupidity. There
are times in all mems lives when indecison
as to what Is right wrong suspends ac-
ton. But to determine how a Populst
delegate, whose cerebrum has reached a
development sufficiently greater than that
of a monkey to nominally classify himself
with Populists, can be ''hoodooed' by in
sincere. loud voiced political mountebanks
into the support enthusiastic at that Of
Democratic candidates and, at the same
time. ignore, vituperate and menda ciousy
SANDER the very best and ablest advocates
and friendly promoters of Populist princi-
pies is incomprehensible.
Some OF my mid-road Trends, whose hearts
are more enthusiastically set On the sue
cess Of the Peoples Party than is mine (ow-
ing maybe to the fact that they have a per-
sonal interest in posterity, while 1 HAYS
none) throw indignant eyes and bitter de-
nunciation al me- because 1 remained in the
convention while they did otherwise. They
suspect and doubt my Populistic orthodoxy.
Mr.. Editor, you left too early. You left in
anticipation that something like the i'll
starred conference report, as amended by
the Hoskyn's resolution. would be adopted
You ran away before the battle between
political honor and party degradation had
been fought, or even commenced, beyond
a little desutory skirmishing. / had no
right (nor did YOU to anticipate that our
party, on the 18th of July, 1898, was to be
overwhelmingly disgraced, ard our plat
form OF principles reasonably abandoned
And had you ard your conferees remained
in the trenches, l think the Internal Span
1ards would have Surren ierel to us at about
. p. m. on that memorable 18th
But the great transaction is DONE tina
worst has taken place. and the great
shadow OF defeat and calamity rests upon
the Populist party of Hcnrepin county
The eloquent chairman Westf.ll GRATED
while he advocating the surrender of
our party to the Democrats, that we were
making history for an unlimited range OF
the earth's surface and coul tless multitudes
of readers Cor words to that effecD which
hyperbOlical utteranceS seemed to start{e
the convention and conclude it's resolve to
ANONYMOUSLY surrendered. l learn on the
streets that the subscription for copies Of
that history aforesaid then and there man.
ufactured. are meagre. l further hear that
the bellicOse Chapman ana the Stalwart
Ebert and the silver-tongued and many
others Of id omne genus have suddenly
abated their fierce hostility toward the mid
readers. and are contemplating change in
their political conduct as soon as they fix
their latitude and longitude and learn
where they at"
And SO. MIR. Editor, it was great con-
vention. a sui generis convention There
was gathered there material (numbers) for
many wise, patriotic, magnificent states
men. Delegates were there Gf only the
seductng, corrupting influence of the DEM
ocratic party could be eliminated from
their environments) to whom you and l
would, with unfaltering trust, commit the
construction of governmental machinery
the superintendent Of republican empire
the proper adjustment of the sacred rights
of g. great people, and the observation-disclosures
Of the multitude of social and political
complexities evolving from human passions
OSHcctti LIE DuiIuIS glare our
monday civilization, etc. And so Mr. Ed
itor, it was an interesting convention.
AS tumultuous farce to idle onlookers il
was q merrtment. AS demonstration of
the incompetency and compatibility of the
presuming leaders of our reform forces, it
was for our opponents Jubilation. But to
those having reform at heart who have
labored and sacrificed much for it and are
capable Of approaching the gravity of the
situation 1t was a tragedy. These strange
doings In our Populst convention con-
strained myself and many others of the
same mind to remain after you abandoned
1t. l was a credential committeeman but
L achieved the honor without the aid of the
Democrats. l think l was reported on the
resolution committee, but l either forgot it
or did not know it. The resolutions are
farthest possible from my sentiments. l
am county committeeman for the Third
ward unwillingly and I hereby lay my res
ignation before you la Cation to confer
ence committee.
Now. brother 'mid-roaders" did 1 do
wrong? Am l excused? Do Doc. Fay,
Twitchell. Nelson. DonnelIy and Jim Till
still extend to me the hand Of fellowship,
and will they hereafter divide with me
the "Magnates" Doodle of which irresponsi-
bic fuslonists so much and so mendacousIy
pirate? ]. A. TEMPLE.
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