The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-12-14

desire TO organize In your section Of
the country before we have the op-
portunity of sending lecturing knights
there, you will find full instructions In
section IS of our constitution. Hop
Ing that you will be ableet do some
thing along this line, we remain,
Yours for victory in 1900,
A.. G. WOODWARD,
Recording knight.
Petersburg, Mich, Dec. 5, 1899.
A. G. Woodward, Esq, Denver, Col.
Dear Sir: Your letter of the LIST inst.
received. While I am an advocate of
the free coinage of silver, l am no
deputy Democrat. am a Populist,
and as such am not fool senough to
waste any time in building up either
wing of plutocracys political machine.
You may be Democrat if you are
1t may be all right for you to try and
humbug the Populists and Silver Re-
publ1cans to promote your fellows into
once; II you are either Populist or
Silver Republican and have any faith
IN the Democratic party bringing
about reform, then be honest with
yourself and the people and join the
Democratic party. l have no faith in
the rotten old concern, and shall do
as l did in 1896-fght fusion and de-
leat every fusion nominee that I can,
and vote, only for Populists who are
not pie hunters.
You may be able to get the
Silver Republican organization tn
unite with Democracy. You may get =
Populist convention to do the same
out | doubt it, unless. Democratic
methods (GoebeD are pursued as in
70. But one thing is certain. II viii,
De an empty Endorsement, for the rank
and file will vote like solid wall
against you and your gang, and there
VIII not be five states in the union tn
nave fusion electors to vote for, for the
straight Populists control in most
states as in this and will have
s'ra1ght Populist ticket in the field
L have no use for humbugs and
therefore decline to have anything to
40 with your outfit, or any other of
the same ilk.
Respectfully,
JOHN 0. label,
Chair. Mich. S. Com. Peoples Party
FROM DIVISION ORGANIZER f. ]
TRACY.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 30. 1899.
Dear Dr. Fay: There is no time To
De lost Push our campaign. We must
put ticket into the field or we can
never hope to have our principles on
do'eo INTO law. We cannot trust
either. OF the two old parties. We must
nave third Independent party in |!
thelr place. 1t cannot be got by unit |
ing with the Democratic party any
more than the Republican party. For
the masses will not have any conf |
dence in fusion tainted with either
old party name Mid-of-the- Road Pom
ullsts here are glad to unite with a
party that will place principles above
gain. | shall at once commence to
send out the proper material to tho
ma that we shall have full ticket.
Yours Respectfully,
E. j. TRACY.
FORMER FUSIONIST SPEAKS
Wadena, Mimi, Nov. "a 1899
Dear DR.. Fay: If you succeed as
nope you will, in your earnest, brave
EFFORTS for reorganizing the Peoples
'arty, you must keep the howlers from
ightlng among themselves, or how
will you expect private soldiers to
ct?
tIhe referendum and that alone
rlend Paddock, will accomplish that
The hardest thing will be for Won
o get the people to pay the necessary
expenses.
(The referendum. friend Paddock
arried through locally by the sepa-
ate counties themselves will fix that)
| am disguised with every politica1
arty there is. H..
$50 is the referendum, friend Pad
ock. But let us have a referendum
or the Peoples party. It can't en-
race the two old political machines
I the two old parties.) ,-
When you bolted our regular con-
entlon you did badly, for the funda-
rental principles of the Peoples party
that the majority shall rule.
fTrue, if you mean the majority of
uf rank and file Populists. Not true
case referred to. because that con-
entlon represented only Democratic
lie hunters.)
worked for the fusion candidates
lo9e-'9S. AS result l now see no
lore show for the Democrats to carry
he election in 1900 than there is of
~ flying. BRYAN OR LIND WILL.
EVER BE ELECTED AGAIN The
la]orlty of the Peoples party men
Ill be found voting the Republican
cket
FIhe referendum will reunjte tho
ue Peoples party men. friend Pad
)ck)
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