The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-02-22


sociates, Mr.. Ferris. were you not al
ways delaying and obstructing
the salvation of the Peoples party. l
honor you for not remaining within it as
hypocrite. In that case should have
felt justified in hurting at you all the
epithets our Lord, when on this earth,
unqualifiedly and unceremoniously ap-
piled to men of that class. We only
treat you as a common enemy, because
everyone knows that you have no faith
In saving the Peoples party. We have.
But of course we cannot expect to save
the oficeseekers and plunderers Per-
haps you refer to them instead of to the
Omaha platform
THAT JUNE CONFERENCE AT BUF-
FALO, n. Y.
| The fusiOnists have not the least idea
of uniting into one new party the men
whose names they have attached to
their call. The editor of this column,
thus believing, had already written to
these men, and secured their political
and economic opinions. One of them,
who refused to let me use his name, for
wish to be quoted, writes: Bryan has
absolutely no comprehension of the
modern spirit that is seeking transition
! through political action. l am glad to
Bryan and the Democracy. The Peoples
party was destroyed by the Weavers,
Aliens and Jerry Simpsons who betrayed
it to the Democracy at ST. Louis in 1896.
The men who killed the Peoples party
did the most revolutionary act that has
been committed in recent American
history. l do not see the material at
hand for efficient political action. We
have before us the necessity for an edu-
cational propaganda lasting many
years, and l should look forward with
something almost like despair as to any
tangible results within the compass of
ordinary human existence, were it not
for the abiding certainty that this prop
uganda is to receive it's strongest rein
| forcement from the folles and cruelty of
the other side. George the Third will
come again to force the issue.
No reader will believe that the man
| who wrote the above scathing words
about Allen and Simpson will meet those
same men at Buffalo in June to help
them delay the reorganization of the
| Peoples party The fusionists knew it
was lie when they inserted his name.
There can be no doubt, on the other
hand, but what our correspondent,
quoted below, will be there.
STILL CLINGs TO BUTLER.
| Editor Organization Column:
! IF anyone will furnish me evidence Suffi-
! cent to establish Buffers treason 1 WILL
! as a member of the national committee,
| see that he is promptly put upon trial But
| Ter claims he obeyed the Instructions of the
| national committee, and If any mistakes
| were made the committee made Them
HARRY TRACY"
But they say that ex-Gov. Altgeld will
be there. When will our people learn
by sad experience to cease worshiping
men? There is but one mortal man who
| is a safe leader. That man is the Man
Composite Of our united precinct club
membership. For Altgeld speaks as
! follows:
BEING ONLY A DEMOCRAT WORKING
| FOR BRYAN.
| 'fhe world is not ripe for the application
| of socialism There are as yet hundreds of
| tn ngs that not be done successfully by
| the state, and that must be left to the in
| dividnal. Open the question of ratio
| and you will get action in a century. To
drop the ratio is to betray the We
| are for the old ratio because it is right,
| because it will undo a great crime, because
| 1t will make prosperity possible because We
can not succeed in any other way, and be-
| cause the suggestions for a change come
| only from the enemy.
! This country needs more Andrew Jack
| sons-and the people believe that they have
! found one in William j. Bryan"
JOHN P. ALTGELD.
Here is another self-evident contra
diction and absurdity. For in their
call they have also introduced the name
of Debs Now read his letter to your
editor, and see how you can fit it with
the above reply of Gov. Altgeld to me.
Nothing can be palmer than that Debs
and Altgeld will never unite in 1900 In
a new party.
THE VIEWS OF EUGENE V. DEBS.
Editor Organization COlumn-I have to
| say that l am a Socialist and as such | at
| tach little Importance to the money Ques
ton. The real issue is the means of pro-
! ductiOn, that is to say, the means of life.
| AS long as these are privately owned and
! operated for private profit the present condi-
| tons will continue and grow worse, no mat
| ter what disposition Is made of the money
| question other side issues Nor will it
! be possible to long harmonic any party
which fails to go to the logical conclusion
of the Program of economic emancipation by
| declaring in favor of the complete over
| throw of capitalism.
| EUGENE " DEBS
Only fusiOnist would be guilty of
using such names to hinder us in our
efforts to save the Omaha platform
We have also received a letter from an
editor who claims to have in his pos
session a letter from Bryan, stating that
he does not believe the government
should own and run railroads. He states
that he will produce the letter in due
time. AS opposed to private ownership
and as it SENS to us, very nearly in