The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-08-03
BUTLER AT WORK.
On to Cincinnati.

! paper. Butler is chairman of the PeO-
pies party national committee, but he
has nothing but abuse and ridicule for
every effort of the Populists to preserve
the Peoples party separate and distinct
from all other parties, as it was when
formed in 1891 and 1892. Give him two
years more of such opportunities, and
how much OF Peoples party will we
have in 1900?
Listen to him:
1.-The Peoples Party of California held it's
state convention last week and nominated
Cong FRESHMAN Mcclure for governor The
Barkerites OF course, bolted and will send
delegates to Barker's rumD convention at
Cincinnati on Sept. 5. We congratulate the
party on getting rid OF such diSorganizerS
and goldbug agents There are a feH OF
them in every state. AS long as they stay
in the party they can do little damage
but when they are out they can't hurt the
party and will no longer be worth anything
to the gold ring. We are surprised that
The Republicans don't make them stay In
the Peoples Party to act spies and dis
turbers. But this class Of monopoly agents
in disguise are now so marked that they
cannot longer be Of much damage either
inside or outside of the party
The straight Populists of California
carried nearly every county in that state,
and these are the men our chairman
thinks ought to be kicked overheard.
II it is right for the Populists in all
the states to fuse with the Democrats,
why will it not be equally right for the
Populists OF the nation to take the same
rn,yrso in 1qnOo And II ca u,bot &c tho
Peoples party but a machine to rope
into the Democratic party men who
naturally would not belong to it? And
If all the people seek can be found in
the Democratic party, what is the use
OF going to the expense and trouble of
maintaining the Peoples party?
If it is right and proper to make our
battle for liberty, for the next two
years, under the lead of Marion Butler,
why would it not have been equally right
| for the continental congress, after Bene-
dict Arnold took English gold and sold
| out his country, to have deposed Wash
ington and put Arnold in command of
| the army of the revolutionary patriots:
How many thousands of years would
1t have taken our forefathers to have
established this republic under such
| leadership?
And would not the men of 1776 who
patiently submitted to Arnold's dicta-
torship, have deserved to hang on the
nearest tree? And what do you deserve
if you sustain Buffers treachery?
And here is another of Benedict But
ler's utterances, in the same issue of his
paper:
| I'VE are glad to notice the PEOPLES party
press OF Minnesota, with but one or two ex-
! ceptions, condemns Donnelly's bolt The
| forces are gradually getting into line for a
/ grand campaign against the corrupt ma
i chine that has been robbing the state for
| nearly half century" -Nationa Republi-
| can.
Nothing here in favor of the People's
party, Of whose national committee
Butler is chairman, but "THE FORCES
are gradually getting into line" What
are the forces?" Democrats, Repub-
hcans and pie-hunting Populists: with
ticket four-fifths Democratic; with
gold-bug candidate to interpret the laws
In the interest of the corporations and
TWO others to help him deny the farmers
protection from the robberies of the
elevator ring.
This Is the game which meets with
the approval Of the CHAIRMAN OF
THE PEOPLES PARTY NATIONAL.
COMMITTEE-God save the mark.
And here is another gem from tho
same issue OF the Caucasian:
We notice that some of the Wharton
Darker disorganlzers bolted the PEOPLES
party state convention in Missouri and
heid boiling convention and elected dole
| gates TO the rump convention at Cincin
hatl on Sept. ). to nominate Barker for
president We also notice that the bo;tcrs
ciain tnat they had majority Of the con-
| Nehtlon with them. 1t is strange that q
majority should bolt from minority
| Now this Iago knows very well that
the Populists of Missouri were over-
whelmingly opposed to fusion with the
democrats, and that the state committee
OF the party had deposed one A. Rozelle.
VINO mad gone over to the Democrats
and was holding an Office under then,
and had elected new chairman in his
place. And thereupon Rozelle placed
guards at the doors of the convention
hall, with orders to admit no one excent
those having tickets issued under his
orders; and in this way more than 125
oeiesates were refused admission tn
their own hall, while 43 were allowed to
come in and nominate a ticket And
now this wretched liar, Butler. saws if
is strange that majority should bolt
the action of minority. What else
could they do when denied access tn
their own hall? Should they have re-
sorted to civil war?
AND BUTLER APPROVES OF THIS
VILLAINY!
And we are asked to leave him IN
possession of the machinery of orr
party Tor two years more. and at tho
END OF that time we can gather no the
fragments of the party in basket and
oury them to hide the stink,
Butler better deserves to be hung hv
the neck to the nearest tree. than to
longer be entrusted with power nv ,ha
honest Populists of the United STATES
Inc skies look black, brethren. INT
| they will clear up as soon nc mo 49,,
ourselves forever of the vi,lajnous crew