The representative., 1899-08-10

you make one grand STRIKE at the,
ballot box? Do you ever stop to think?
Not many of you.
!. Look here.
Statistics show 100000 agricultur-
lists and 100000 mechanics and labor
ing men-16, 100000. Now, suppose
these had common sense. Where would
the Depews, Rockefellers, brutal Han
mas, shave-shop bankers and corpora
tion lawyers be? Out of jobs. Where
would the laborers and farmers be
then? But you have too many paid spy
traitors among you on salary.
Weed them out through the referen-
dunn system.
ELM GROVE, w. Va.
Editor Organization Column:
Dear Sir: The columns of my paper,
the Search Light, are always open to
Populism. AS to the outlook here, l
can say it is very dark and very bright.
II we were only able to push the fight,
I believe that we could sweep the state
next election.
But it seems there is no one to do
anything but myself, and am too poor
to keep up an aggressive and constant
warfare. But l am hoping that some
thing will turn up. 1 am preparing
pamphlet for next campaign, which I
believe, il freely circulated, will prove
an earthquake gun to the plutocratic
camp. 1t will be called 1.-The Crimes of
49," I want to put it into the hands of
every voter.
j. CLARENCE MARBLE.
Send us some to sell, brother.
GEMS FROM THE BUTLER FREE
PRESS.
One faithful Populist can circulate
the plan and get others to sign it. Then
elect officers some day when you meet
under shade tree. That is a begin
ming. Later additions may be received
and in the fall a regular campaign in
augurated. Keep in the middle OF the
road and work. 10 Parker has shown
that the undoubted purpose of some of
our backsliders who met at Buffalo late
ly Is to lead us into the Democratic
party. Pay no attention to them
Whenever we hear politician say
that crop prospects are good and hence
Populism Is dying out, we get disguised.
A man who thinks the crops control
the opinions of Populists on matters of
principle is fool. Populism is as i'm
portant and as true in times of pros
perity as in adversely. Populism means
equal opportunity to ALL 1t means a
scientific monetary system.
Ex-Gov. Boies is in favor of all Dem
ocrats getting together on some middle
ground. We think that will be the out
come, and the fusion Populists will be
in the Democratic gizzard, or will come
back to the only Populist party-the
dRoaders.-The Initiator.
We have cOmmingled with a great
many people of all sorts of politics late
ly, and will freely assert that there are
at least 100000 Populists- -Middle-of-
he-Roaders-now ready to vote that
ticket If the party machinery was in the
hands of active, earnest men who could
be trusted to stay with the principles
when the hours Of trial and temptation
come.-Referendum, Shoals, Ind.
ALTA, Ia, July 3, 1899.
Editor Organization Column:
If we are we'll organized the battle is
won for the people; if not, for the cor
pOratiOns. Do you not think it
would be good plan If we could have
referendum votes taken on different
questions as often as once a month?
Would it not have a tendency toward
building up our club system? Would
make us feel stronger, and also be a
great factor in getting more of our good
people interested, and make it more in
teresting to us all? 1t is very hard to
get the boys out in the summer months,
while a referendum vote, participated
in by all clubs, would make it interest
ing, and get them out to man. There
are not many clubs yet, but enough for
the test, if our chairman, Milton Park,
will take hold of it. FRED HUNT.
Yes, good plan. And the question
which should be the most often referred
is, SHALL WE SUBSTITUTE THE IN
ITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PLAN
FOR CONVENTIONS, COMMITTEES
AND BOSS RULE?
A convention of printers lately de-
cided to abolish the referendum method
after using it for several years. But
this decision had to go to the printers
lodges for approval. They vetoed it by
an overwhelming vote. So should and
will be overthrown all attempts to abol-
fsh the Cincinnati precinct club plan.