The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-05-11

This pamphlet ts dedicated to the
packers of conventions, who for lack
Of brains to argue, hiss and cry
sHanner Boodlers'"tby
The Compiler
Henry b. Fay, Nj. d..
| Minneapolis MIMI,
PREFACE.
The self seeking fusionists who form
the tail OF the Democratic party will tell
you that have no right to express these
views on politics. But if not l, then
are you or anyone else to be allowed the
right of free speech by these fusion
bosses. They have called themselves
reformers, but they have become des-
pots. In the Offices Of city lawyers they
have cut and dried the whole fusion DEAL
would force candidates on us from any
party but our own, even select in ad.
vance the very building in which to con-
duct the funeral of our party. If you
protest, it is not they, but yourself, they
say, that is breaking UP the Peoples
Party. Good God! what brazen impu-
dence! When the whole country knows
that it was nothing but the fusion deal
of SO which broke up the Peoples Party.
Were it not for fusion, the moneyed dig
archy might even now be all but over
thrown. Are these fusionists Russian
cars that in place of argument they try
to send all who oppose their selfish
schemes into Siberian exile of personal
SANDER under the guard of hirelings who
know not the truth?
But they say the old Democracy has
mysteriously vanished into thin air,
while a new reform Democracy has
taken it's place.
The object of this pamphlet is to show
that Wall street. the Democratic party
and fusion office seekers have combined
to kill the Peoples Party and Indefinite
ly postpone the reign Of equality. Plu-
tocracy knowing that Republicanism is
breaking up, unless the present war
saves her, is already fastening itself on
w ILLS 1NClOlLuCu democracy, is put
ting Gold bugs up in every state 1t
is more than likely that plutocracy now
wants bimetallism and rising prices, so
as to unload to advantage it's property
obtained under the decentralization of
silver and falling prices. T.
The national fusionists either premed-
ltated the destruction of the Peoples
Party for personal advantage, or are
guilty Of such foolish Judgment as to be
unworthy of leadership. Senator But
ler's paper admits that the gold wing OF
in 1900. 1t even cites such proofs as
the elections of 81 by which the Demo-
Gratis obtained gold mayor for Boston,
another for New York city with free
silver Democrats helping Tammany hall
and gold bugs nominated everywhere in
Pennsylvania as we'll las in Maryland
which also went for gold
We ought not to abuse men who hon.
estly believe that the Democratic party
can better conserve the interests of the
people than the Peoples Party, however
much we may disrespect their good iudg-
ment. But such men certainly can no
longer be classed as Populists. They are
Democrats. But on the other hand we
can have no respect for such fusion
leaders as Senator Butler, who admit
that the Democratic party which they
have always criticized, will befriend the
mOneyed oligarchy in 1900, and yet de-
mand that we fuse with it. Nothing
but disaster to the cause Of human free
dom can result from following such Of
fice-seekers. To them nothing is sacred
These fusion leaders would sell the Peo-
pies Party for the sake of a promise to
the Democratic party that has always
broken its promises. They are unlike
ly to get from Democracy even few
pieces of silver, as Judas did.
Do they f1atter themselves that there
will be time enough, in 1900, to bolt the
Democratic convention when it goes
wrong as Buffers paper predicts it will?
The monopolies of our great cities living
upon the toll of others, on tax exemp-
lions and other special privileges, sup
port the political rings of the Democratic
party just as much as those of the Re-
publican party. These Fusionists, pre-
tending as reformers to be devoted to
the interests of the down-trodden, and
to fight monopolies. trusts and the
money power, are applying for aid to
one of those old parties, which has ever
been and still is dependent for it's exist
ence on them Therefore we can look
for no more help from them than we
can in our war with Spain by going to
that country for generals. If these FIJI
sionists are too cowardly to carry on
political warfare now by themselves, if
they now believe fusion necessary for
success, it is foolish to expect that their
opinions would suddenly fchange at the
eleventh hour. They haYe, not enough of
the reformers spirit lin them to resist
the temptation of fusing in 1900, since
they yielded in 1885,, The difficulties of
reorganizing boiling faction at so late
a date, even under Bryan, would be in
superable. There would not be suffici-
ent true men left under such a policy
to play lone hand at the political game
of solitaire