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

Butler committee They will follow their
own plan of organization adopted prior to the
election of 9s, and Fay does not belong to
that organization, he has deserted it to
become the tool of Parks.
The Kansas City plan authorized Parks to
appoint a national committee of three in
states not having such a committee and
with the assistance of those committeeman
TO select state organization committee
of the same number of members as the then
existing state central committee and
through these committees to organize as
far as possible organization committees
in congressional districts, counties and
voting precincts" I"
Did Milton Parks follow these instruc-
tions? No; he did not Whyo | take it
because he knew that in Minnesota we had
Mid-Road Populist committee that could
not be fooled, buldozed or bought and for
reasons best known to him he chose to
ignore the committee, probably because the
committee was independent enough to go
ahead with it's business without consulting
a dictator.
Our national committe teemen j. B. Dukes
5 W. Powell and E. A. TWitchel did not
indorse H. B. Fay's appointment as organ
izer and the state central committee was
not consulted in the matter. If they had
been the answer would have been for Parks
to attend to affairs outside of Minnesota
and to leave this state severely alone
Parks uSurpation of authority was uncalled
for, was not the conduct expected from
reformer, and will not be winked at by
Populists Of the state. Dictators cannot
thrive in this atmosphere, and he who
attempts that rule will get hard fail
c. B. MABEN.
This entire letter is based on the false
assumption that Mid-Road Populists of
Minnesota withdrew from the Populist
party June 16, 1898, ceased to be Popu-
lists from that date anG organized them
selves into a little new party called
Mid-Road Populists, party purely To-
cal and confined to the limits of Mime
sOta
In some incomprehensible way he in
dorses the Cincinnati action as Mid
Road
How or by what process of reasoning
he does this no one can tell
The Cincinnati movement was a ma
tional affair. It was movement to
preserve the original Peoples party, and
not to form new party. At Cincinnati
a few delegates like Maben wished to
abandon the Peoples party and form
a new one, it was discussed to some ex-
tent and turned down. 1t was there |
shown that in Illinois, Indiana, Ken |
lucky and throughout the South the |
Peoples party organization was in con-
troll of the anti-fusion wing of our |
party.
Minnesota was about the only state !
where the fusionists had captured the
and it had become neces-
sary to assume a distinguishing name. |
When Populists of Minnesota adopted |
the name Mid-Road, they did SO to dis
tinguish the pure from the spurious Pop
ulists, and with no intention of forming
a new party. This is what Maben per-
denies and herein lies his error
Last year Maben published a voumin
Gus book of "whereases' and be it re-
solved and at considerable expense in
time, money and wind circulated it
through the bushes around Mile Lacs
bose codes of procedure to arouse un-
enthusiasm, especially in the
bushes around Mile Lacs, and that in
quick time this enthusiasm would be-
come epidemic and spread to the far
therest confines of the republic and that
when under it's. magic spell POpuliSts
had gathered from far and from near,
The author of such inspiration would be
crowned the High Mighty Go Wump of
Ill the POpulists. But disappOintments
are the common heritage of man and
A1aben was disappointed. POpulists did
not take kindly to memoriZing large
volume of unnecessary rules. Minnesota
Populists promptly turned the thing
lown and adopted more simple plan
lnder which Milton Parks and Doctor
FAY, as his deputy, have made an effort,
both honest and earnest, to reorganize
,ur discouraged party.
While their efforts have not accom-
)lshed as much as some hoped for, it
las been mainly due to these growls
rom the bushes and the general apathy
n the ranks.
Milton Parks has made an honest ef
ort, and Doctor Fay does not lack en-
rgy. For effective organization one
nan of action is worth thousand men
# grOwlS F. A. r.