The representative., 1898-08-10
Nominate Or Surrender.
(RV II r Fav NJ DA

CBy H. B. Fay, NJ. d.
Naclllating Populists, like laggard school
boys without a teacher to ring the bell,
will never begin an educational campaign.
Then there are men like Tracy, Motsinger,
Morgan and Ferris, urging the states to a
midrOad, the nation to a fusion course.
consistency thou art jewel" They are
lodging" and echo Buffers cry, Delay!
delay delay!' Butler knows that nothing
is required to break the back of the party,
but a few expensive meetings, Ito outline
policies,' /. e., to do nothing. Even Rey-
nolds and Dixon deign to listen to Butler S
policy of waiting another six months, and
another, and another, until Democracy
wins. But Texas speaks for nominations
next month, or Gen. Tracy has falsely re-
turned the count, or, a DOss,. carries
those hundreds of thousands of votes in his
pocket. We cannot believe 1t Texas is
not looking backwards, like Lots wife
Minnesota, where the farmers are so busy
summers, must have at least two winters
of four months each to advance against a
sea of prejudice with a few men and no
means for educating the masses. Mime
sofa rather displease few leaders
than by not nominating next month, to dis
obey, dishearten and demoralize the rank
and file in their fight this fall. against a
combined army of sDOilsmen. There Is
secret password given by plutocracy to its
spies, permitting such men to live even
on the reform forces and preach reform
doctrines, provided only they steathily de-
feat at the final and critical moment STRAIT
egic movements like that OF nominating
this year. The nominations CWITH REF
ERENDCM CHECKS), will not divide true
Populists, but unite them closer and sepa-
rate them from scheming, envious, trad
ing politicians, men afraid of their own
shadows, black followers of crowds ana
brass bands, selfish, baggary, sneaklng
spies and evil associates of fusionists mas
querading as Populists to murder the par
ty. Having, since the government start
ed, tried, generally with poor results, the
old plan of nominating men shortly before
election, rushing them into office by means
Of brass bands, inspiring man worship, let
the nation now quietly and sensibly noml-
nate a scholar, inspired by a holy cause,
able and willing to teach our grand prin-
ciples in every precinct in the United
States between now and 1900. There is
not moments doubt as to which style OF
a convention the people themselves will
indorse. If given plenty of time for making
comparisons. On the one hand, you have
the later political convention of our enc
mics, united only by greed for office, trad
ing votes, patching differences promising
anything to rush into office adventurers.
left free to plunder the people. Fusionists
will be in control. On the other hand, re-
alizatiOn of the fact that the people can
expect nothing from any combination our
enemies formed after these fall elections,
has been spreading, until there VIII be IN
Cincinnati next month, despite jealous ri
walls. sufficient noble reformers to select
men for nomination who are willing to
become honest servants OF the people.
They will prove it by consentlng to work
under reform checks. The conventlon
will grasp the last and only chance left TO
give the people real peoples candidates for
president and vice president. Their plat
form will be the only practically effective
one that can unite the industrial classes OF
the South with those of the North, many
blanks of which have been already en-
endorsed by all civilized countries except
ours. the popularity of which was proven
by events prior to 1896, and now, In novel
and necessarily striking way, to be enliv'
ened by the most important personal ele-
ments. Or, if you please, the two KINDS
of conventions might make one Rembrandt
picture. the dark background OF sensn poi
iticians serving to set in strong light our
September convention, standing for justice,
equality. relief from special privileges and
freedom from slavery of the momeo ana
abroad clQueS.
1t is not wise, to shut our eyes, now
ever, to innumerable obstacles. 1t Is not
prudent to anticipate a large convention or
that it will be free from eloquent opposi-
ton to make nominations on the part or
Jealous minded aspirants, or others, VINO,
perhaps may travel in palace coaches on
passes given by the railroads. The IL
humble fishermen of Galilee, since they
were in the right as We believe we are,
did not need a crowd In order to turn the
world upside down." AS your good wife,
my brother Populist, counts out the last
dollar of her hard erned savings for your
fare. and spreads the sandwich for your
lunch or as you sit up in the common car
during the long night hours to save the ex-
pense of a sleeper, call to mind other hus-
bands and wives left at home, unable to
undergo even that outlay. Shutting your
eves To what may look unfavorable at
cincinnati open them to view that half
of our population which possesses abso-
lutely nothing as well as to that small
per cent which owns so per cent OF all the
wealth Of the country. Act for the m1llloIa
of industrial slaves, begging tor chances 70
orL for q mere subsistence. Your privi-
lepe is grand Nominate and the toilers
will magnificently respond and indorse your