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

ha compact, acting as il such compact nev-
er was made.
He is also supporting the fusionists OF
Minnesota and denouncing the straight
Populists, who are trying to keep the
Peoples Party alive.
On this point read the following from
the Fergus Globe, edited by Hon. H. E.
Boen, ex-congressman from the Seventh
district of Minnesota:
ga letter just received from a prominent
POpIlist in Oregon says that the sO-called
middle Of the-roaders not only bolted the
Populist ticket, but they went further, and
on the day of election instead Of voting
for their boiling ticket, voted the Rcpub-
lican ticket. We had suspected as much.
There is abundant evidence in many quar-
terS of the country that number Of the
leaders of the so-called middle of-the-road
movement are simply adjuncts of the Re
publican party. There are many honest
men who are middle e-of-the-roaders from
conviction, but in nine cases out of ten they
are following paid agents Of the Repub-
lican party."-The Caucasian Butler' s
paper)
We should like to ask that peak-nosed
scoundrel (Butler) If it is not just as hon
orable to be adjuncts' of the Republican
party as to be adjunets of the Democratic
party?
1t has been Senator Buffers politics ALI
along to steer the Peoples party into the
Democratic camp And he has succeeded.
WHAT THE EDITOR OF THE LEADING
KANSAS POPULIST PAPER, Abe
STEINBERGER, OF THE WESTERN
WORLD, HAS TO SAY:
1.-THE call issued by the national commit
tee of the Peoples party for national
convention at Cincinnati, Ohio. September
s. 1885, and given in full in this paper, is
deemed by earnest Populists the only soiu-
ton of the unfortunate attitude IN which
the party has found itself since the ad-
journment of the ST. Louis convention in
July, 1896.
''There was nothing left for the organiza-
tion committee to do proceeds Mr. Stein
berger. "but to call national convention
this year, despite the iron rule Of the But
ler wing. if it can be called a wing of the
Populist party and this has been done.
There can be no misunderstanding of the
situation. 1t is the parting of the ways.
Either the Populists Of this country Will
rally to the call for this convention and
line themselves up as true Populists, cr
they will be delivered absolutely to the
Democratic machine. Butler and Allen are
the authorized managers OF that portion
of the Democratic machine which is to de-
stroy the Populist party. The men who
have Joined as members of the oreaniza-
ton committee are opposed to such de-
livery, are determined that the Popul.st
party shall live, and have offered this last
opportunity for Populists to get together
in delegate national convention and lay
their plans for future work. The World
believes nine-tenths of the Populists Of
the nation will accept this call as a solu-
ton of a stald and infexible policy of the
party and rally to It's support"
HOW THE RASCALS MANAGED 1T.
WHAT GEORGIA ERITOR SAYS:
w, J, Henning, editor the Augusta Trib-
une, sat in the national committee meeting
upon proxy With Gen. Phillips he repre-
sented Georgia at the Omaha meetings, and
this is his terse report. No dependency
about it, 1t breathes hopefuness, new life.
inyigoration in every line:
LAS constituted in the beginning, the
Populists had slight majority over the fu-
sionists in the committee To change this,
Senator Butler appointed one-sided Gre
dentials committee with Senator Allen as
chairman, which sat cut ali of the first day,
while kilograms were being sent for proxies
and still not having enough to give them a
majority by II O'Clock at night, Senator But
ler stated that the committee would not be
able to report before next morning, but
would remain in session until agreed on
their report, and in view of this he asked
that motion be made to adjourn until
next morning. A motion was accordingly