The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-28

No.
district Mr.. Ringdal is running on the state
issues on the fusion ticket, and has not
word to say about silver. The cry goes
forward that the Democratic party must be
united. In Connecticut they are united by
the gold bugs vote. And 50 1t is going to
be through this whole country. All this
talk about Fitzhugh Lee. nephew of Gen.
Lee for president. and all this talk about
Harrison. Of Chicago, for candidate, what
does it mean? They are getting ready to
squelch Mr.. Bryan, and II they do not
squelch Mr.. Bryan it will be because Mr..
Bryan will tell them that he does not think
of free silver as he did. Uaughtero He
will be like the boy who tried to sell the
dogs hide to the tanner. Ahe tanner says
to him. WAS the dog fat?" Why" was
the boys reply. "he was the latest dog
YOU ever saw in your life Then the
tanner said, II cannot give you as much for
the hide. because fat dogs are not good"
"Well, to tell you the truth, says the
boy The was not so gol earned rat AFTER
ALL" UAaughter)
And 40 uar Bryan will not he so much
free silver, or, if he is. he will be beaten
in all probability in the Democratic ma
tional convention.
I SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE DONE.
Well now my friends. can we tie our
selves neck and heels to the Democratic
%,
record behind 1t? Why since 1892 five
democratic states have voted down bills
10 declare that gold and silver are lesai
tender for the payment OF debts. what
have they done? They nave haoe con- :,
tracts certifying that the debt must be paid
i'm gold. although the constitution says that
gold and silver are the legal tender. IN
five of these Southern states Wnen the at
tempt was made to declare that such con-
tracts were in violation Of the constitution
Tvoffn Kate
them down.
Now my friends if all of the Democrats
of the United States were as good as the
L best of the Democrats OF the state OF Min
nesota I would go with you in any COM
bnation with them, but the Democratic
party is like Millions description OF sin.
as it sat at the gate of hell, wv omen 10
! the waist and fair but ending vast IN
many sickly fold, voluminous and louf.
At the top of 1t is the shining face or
William j. Bryan at The TAIL Grover CleVe-
land You cannot very well take William
! j. Bryan at the head without Grover CleVe-
land al the TAIL and the question IS, IN l9Oo
will Grover be at the head and w 1lllam j.
at the tail? Iaughter.) They never could
! have put down slavery in this country by
either of the old parties as they then eX-
listed. They had to have new party made,
especially to fight slavery, or 1t would nave
existed till this time. Supposing that old
Wing party had existed for both the South
ern and Northern. If it had come to us
who were In favor of freedom, and said,
I'VE re all right" that you disband your Re
publican party, that we all think alike. as 1t
don't make any difference what banner we
march under; let us all go IN together, ana
if we had done so, how long would it have
been before the old Wing party would have
| risen to power? Now the Democratic party
says to us Scuttle your own ship, Silk It,
Jump overheard and swim to our craft. If
we scutte own ship and find ourselves
prisoners on the deck of the pirate vessel
what do we gain by 1t? You remember the
story Of the man who was walking through
the village church yard and he saw upon
a tombstone these words: when this you
see prepare for death and follow me-" He
took out his pencil and wrote under it:
'To follow you we are not content.
Unless we know which way you went
THE poPULIsT PARTY.
Now we know what the Populist party
is. It is not composed Of plutoc-ats. but
in it's ranks are POOR men, first and last,
farmers and mechanics and wOrkinsmen,
| and we know Of no other. What their
principles are we know. We have no
| Eastern end. We have no David II. Hill.
nor Whitney, nor Cleveland. or lot Ct
| hungry office seekers ready to sacrifice
| party il they only get something. They
! are like the member of the Irish parlia-
| nent-in England 100 years ago, who was
| accosted by friend who said to him why,
my friend. you would not sell your coun-
| try. would your Eyes I would" said he.
! land be glad that had country to SELL"
| That Is the condition of these fusionists.
| Ever since the party was created in 1892
| at Omaha they have been following this
/ Mr.. Butler who has been preaching fusion
| most all of the time? My friends, the
first case of fusion that is recorded in
history is where the devil led a certain
distinguished individual up into a mountain
and offered him all the kingdoms o. this
! earth if he would fuse with him Caught era
| Why we all think alike good and evil
are only relative terms There is neither
| day nor night because they come a. the
| end together at mignlght, and .here arc
| great many good men in hell" says the
devil. And the Lord said unto him get
! thee behind me, Butler" Haughter)
My friends. we put up a ticket at Gin
/ cinnati two and one-half years be-
j fore the election, and why? Because that
man Butler wants to go back to the senate
by Democratic votes and to get those votes
he would sell you and the whole country.
/ He has been going around preaching this
i doctrine his paper and on the stump that
we must break ranks and all go into the
: Democratic party. We never authorized him
to make any such proposition They took
him by the neck in Omaha and said that
he must not enter any state to give advice
to anybody except in favor of the Populst
! ticket, and he agreed to it. l have a quota
ton from his speech indicating that he is
! an enemy Of the party. A more horrible
state of affairs never existed. Can you
/ imagine the chairman Of the state conven-
ton of the Republican party of the state of
| Minnesota coming in at that door and COM
ing up here to this platform and saying
| to you Republicans present to support the
! Populist ticket that there difference
between us, and that all think alike? My
. friends, the REPUBLICANS would take that fell
low and hang him and it would be what he
, deserved.
| TOUCHES UP JOHN LIND.
! Well. they have gentleman for governor.
party l am not going to say anything I'M
kind of Mr. Lind Personally he is a nice
gentleman. but man should be either fish,
flesh or good red herring. Naughter). Can
any man tonight tell me to what party Mr..
Lind belongs: 1 pause for a reply. CA
voice, ''the Republican party). If he is,
then why in thunder is he running against
the Republican candidate? He has never
said he was Democrat. He has never said
ne was a PoDulist and yet have been
fooled a great many years and humbugged
thinking it our bounden duty to support
him, because they say he is an honest man.
Has honesty got to be scarce in NEnne-
sofa that we must elect the only man that
possesses it governor? We will have to
hunt up some means for the perpetuation
OF the race of honest people if it has come
to this pass OF Mr.. Lind | say that he is
as honest the rest of us, and that is not
saying q great deal but | believe n man