The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-10-12

deliberately debated the question whether
they should fuse with the Populists or with
the Gold Democrats. and that the Populists
were spurned when they only asked for
two places on the ticket, and that the Gold
Democrats were received with open arms?
Do you know that in this state the Demo-
Gratis who were loudest in their profession
of love for the Populists, men like ]. J.
Rider, your illustrous editorial progenitor.
who came to my house on different occa-
sions and tried. with all his persuasive
powers, to induce me to become an "honor-
able-co-operator," but when Bryan was
nominated, bOlted not only Populism but
Silver Democracy and voted for Mckinley?
You would not let anything harmeless
as name stand between you and reform"
Neither would we. And we have proved
our sincerity by our" actions. Nearly three
months before the Peoples party conven-
tfon, after confering with many Populists
of both factions, we made the proposition
that all organizations which profess to be-
HeVe in reform should drop their names for
this one campaign and take new name
The fusionists said that Mr.. Donnelly would
turn all his guns If we did so. He was
IN Philadelphia at the time and, unknown
TO him, we had our plan published in his
paper, the Representative. Mr. Twitchell,
the assistant editor indorsed us in we'll
written editorials. When Mr.. Donnelly came
home he did likewise Then the fusionists,
who had agreed to stand by us, said: Yes,
Peoples party" Afterward T. J. Meiehen
and A. ID. Stewart appeared in print as in
dorslng the plan. At the state convention
the plan was introduced by r. J. Meighen
and seconded by Stewart, Donnelly and N.Y.
SELL linen 1t was that the fusiOn1sts made
the most abusive attacks upon us ever wit
messed in convention, and called in the
city police to brOwbeat us. In the most
scandalouS language they told us they
wanted to get rid of us. Well, they are get
ting rid of us, or rather We are getting rid
OF them.
These scalawags who are willing for q
mess of pottage to sell out our principles.
are the only enemy we have to fight during
thlS campaign, and We shall keep up the
warfare so long one of them is left in
the fopullst camp. If We had any faith in
the leaders of the Democratic partv #
would be different.
Do You know all these things ?If you don't
we 40. and we consider the good opinion of
such traitors as dangerous to honest men
History does not teach us that an old and
corrupt pont1cai party was ever known to
reform itself, therefore we utterly and ab-
soiutely refuse to make trades with either
OF the old parties. We helped to make the
Greenback party and saw it fused to death
with the Democratic party-sold out by the
Weylers and Benedict Arnolds who had
sworn to uphold it. The Popuist platform
says: The Peoples party was born to live
ana with the help Of God it shall not die.''
we nope to be Cne of the humble fndiyId-
uals through whose instrumentality Cod
Aimlghty may save the only party which
stanos Tor the immortal principles contained
in the Declaration of Independence
For many long years we have fought an
open zoe, who, with gatling and siege guns.
battered us from every side, and we are now
ready to fight renegade Apaches. hired
hessians and Spaniards, that the banner of
true Populism shall not be trailed in the
dust. And we call upon all who believe &c
we 90 10 rally to our support Though there
Is not one chance in million that we can
gam even the outmost ramparts of Tho
enemys fortress, yet with the spirit of the
IN t,iinortal SoO at Thermopyle. we can make
the charge and die fighting to tbe 1ast 80
over our dead bodies posterity will march
INTO the promised land and occupy the citi-
dal of their hopes
20, stranger and to the Lacedemon toll
nat here ooeyrng her behests, we fell"