Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-21

tically no voting since 1896, l think I have
voted but once in two years didn't vote for
president in 1896 because | would not vote
for Bryan and | could not support the re-
publican ticket | realized at that time that
the program was for the democratic party to
swallow up the populst party and betray its
principles and its cause, and Holcomb and
Allen, with their political lieutenants, have
no doubt been working assiduously all these
years to accomplish that purpose
A. A. Perry, another well known old-line
populist, seems to recognize in the inuma-
ton in the letter of M. C.. Harrington to
Juan Boyle that after another year the pop
ulst party will have been swallowed but
an expression of the secret purpose he has
fathomed for years.
81 believe" says Mr.. Perry, that there is
no populst party in Nebraska today. We
, Of the party we're notified two years ago when
the three parties met in convention at Lin
coin that our party was to be absorbed
The leaders of the populst party called the
populists to a meeting preceding the con-
vention one day, and they had gathered in
that meeting tho very best talent and
strength there was in the populist party of
Nebraska The speakers at that meeting
told us distinctly that we had to abandon
the peoples party and unite with the demo-
! cratic party, and that democrats as class
were so welded to their party that they
would never come to us. Cyclone" Davis OF
Texas made the proclamation, and was Sec
onded by bryan, Hocomb Allen, Weaver OF
| Iowa and Towne of Minnesota. | con-
sldered when l heard them that the popu-
| list party had met It's death right there
| and then and every movement since that
day has confirmed that conviction. In pur-
| % thnt Mar plt hai
| man OF the peoples party national COM
mittee, with Weaver of Iowa and others
| whom l cannot now name, went to the
| peoples party convention at Minneapolis
4 and pursued there the same tactics they had
! adopted in this state. Nearly all the mem
| bers OF the peoples party believed in sena-
! tor Allen until he himself admitted that he
! pocketed a telegram that belonged to the
national convention of the party at ST..
| Louis and kept a knowledge of its contents
from the convention. 1t was telegram
from w, j. Bryan, in which he
| declined to accept a nomina-
| tion from the populists on their platform
| unless they also nominated Arthur Sewall
for vice-president. That convention, in spite
| of all efforts to make it otherwise, was a
| peoples party convention, and If that tele-
| gram had been given 1t Mr.. Bryan would
| never received its nomination as president.
! came home from the state convention
| two years ago at Lincoln fully convinced
! that what was lost of the peoples party at
| that time was to be buried shortly, and
| since then have refused to take part in its
| affairs at all"
John o. Yeiser, although generally res
| ogpizcd as a middle OF the road populist,
10 inclined 10 view with considerable com
placency this apparent effort OF Bryan ana
his field marshals to land the populist
party in the democratic camp. Speaking of
the disclosures in the Sixth district case he
| said
1T seems to be a question OF veracty be-
| tween Boyle and others b whether or not
the democratic convention gave authority to
the committee to Nil vacancies | have heard
that IL did ana | have heard that il didn't.
II don't make much difference as to results
whether it did or not, the democrats OF that
district because OF Harrington's withdrawal,
| mus vote for a populist for congress If they
don't want 10 vote tor a republican We
can stand all that kind Of swallowing they
want to put up. As to Harringtons asser-
tion that in another year there will be no
third party, it may be that that is Harrng
on'S hoI est belief, and don't feel unkindly
toward him for It, OF course l don't agree
with him ! believe that when the present
fusion is over the democratic lamb will be