The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-05-25
The Free Silver Republicans Dissat-
isfied With Their Democratic Allies.
DON'T LIKE SUPPORTING DEMO-
CRATIC GOLD BUGS.
They Are Disposed to Cast Their For.
tunes With the POpulists-DOn't
Want the GOld-Ocrat. Mitch-
ell, ON the Supreme Bench
for Six Years


which we feel that the Populists of the
state are entitled to know.
We had supposed that everything was
perfectly lovely and harmonious be-
tween the Democrats and the Free Silver
Republicans. In fact, we had felt
rather hurt that the latter had shown
determined disposition in Chicago in
1896, and ever since, to attach them
selves to the Democrats; and give the
fopullsts contemptuously cold
shoulder. We could not understand this
for most Of the Peoples Party came
from the Republican party, and the
Republicans and Democrats had been at
swords points ever since 1856. But 50 it
was
1t seems that lately the Free-Silver
Republicans and the Democrats. at
least in St. Paul, have had a rather
cat-and-dog existence.
The Free-Silver Republicans charge
that the Democratic leaders, or some of
the more prominent ones, belong to
that porcine but unamiable breed of
creatures out Of whom Armour made his
millions. In other words they charge
that they are egregious HOGS. They as
sert that all their pretty talk about
those who think alike voting together. u
is simply bosh. That they propose to
get all the Populists and Free-Silver
men to help them into power, and then
grab all the Offices in sight. It is
charged that in 1896, just before the elec-
ton, the Democratic leaders openly de-
clared that if S. M. Owen was elected
to congress, and Bryan was elected pres
ldent, the honest and persuasive Sidney
should not have smell" of the patron
age; but that Mr.. Bryan had agreed that
the Democratic state central committee
OF Minnesota should control it all,,!
We learn that, at one of the fusion
gatherings, recently, the elements almost
came to blows. A prominent Free-Sil-
yer Republican made fiery speech, in
which by the nine gods he swore." that
ne would be eternally dumped into the
bottomless pit, and golwolloped gener-
ally before he would support for mayor
OF st. Paul a gold bug Democrat who
had voted for Mckinley, and had never
recanted! And that thereupon a prom
1nent Democrat, who stands very close
to Mr.. Bryan, insisted that the said gold
bug must be the candidate, and. he
said, he would not be dictated to by any
dfsgruntled Republican that had even
emerged into the light of day from the
foul belly of fanaticism. Others Joined
in the fray, until the gathering assum-
ed the characteristics of a Sioux scalp
dance.
The Democrats triumphed and nomf-
mated their gold-bug Mckinley champion.
and he was so utterly cleaned out, at the
ballot box, that there was hardly enough
left of him to bury. And now the sun
Of harmony, with a big H, no longer
shines on those who think alike" and
there is weeping and wailing and gnash-
Ing Of teeth among the followers of Mr..
Bryans policy of conciliating the gold
bugs, by putting up gold-bug candidates
for mayor, this spring, all over the coun-
try, and getting incontinentally threshed
by those who care more for free silver
than they do for Mr.. Bryan.
But all this important and picturesque
history has been carefully suppressed by
the fusionists and their Republican news
paper allies; and not a word of it to
this hour, has leaked out, to startle the
world from it's serenity.
Why? Because the argument Olive
all think alike"--is expected to capture
the Populist convention on the 18th of
June; and if it became known that the
special friends of free silver and w. ].
Bryan, in the Democratic party, were
pushing gold advocates and Mckinley
supporters to the front, the Populists
might not feel so ready to scuttle their
own noble craft and climb into the
ram-shackle tub of Democracy.
In the meantime the Silver Re-
publicans of st. Paul are up on their
ears. and waltzing all over the piano.
rama. And their club of 225 members
splendid. first class men-are seriously
contemplating joining the Peoples Party.
and marching into our convention on the
18th Of June, with drums beating and
Banners flying, amid laundering well
come that would shake the state.
They say that they are not indisposed,
even yet, to cooperate with the Demo-
Gratis, if they tote fair" and act like
men; but they be fabbergasted eternally
If they are going to let them ride over
them rough shod. It Is even claimed
that Mr.. Lind wants the 18th of June
convention to put on it's ticket for the
supreme bench, as nominee of those
who think alike the Hon. William
Mitchell, of Winona, now of that court,
the biggest pill in the plutocratic box,
and gold plated two feet thick!
But then, as Mr.. Owen says, cit makes
no difference what name we call our
selves, or what banner we march under. %
provided he can march into congress
and pocket $4,000.
Now wouldn't it be better, brethren, to