The representative., 1899-05-11
Organization
Department.
Aiding the Trusts.


written for The Representative.
Any combination or organization is
practically a trust.
Tribal clans were diminutive trusts.
Then came the feudal system. European
kingdoms grew upon oppression until
new outlets were found in colonization
that has so far saved European govern
ments from political explosion. All these
things are trusts.
The founders of our government con-
ceived the idea of organizing trust of
their own. In pursuance OF this end,
Thomas Jefferson, by the suggestion of
Thomas Pain, drew up a compact of
treason against the government that
gave him birth, and signed it with his
own hand. Washington was a red hand
ed revolutionist. Thus trust of demo-
cratic government was established;
government of the people, for the people
and by the people. Now then comes
the many forms of business trusts that
have grown up in this democratic gov
ernment. These trusts have grown from
legislation favorable to themselves.
Lastly comes a form of labor trust,
Knights of Labor, Farmers Alliance,
etc. Finally these labor trusts COM
bine in political trust, the Peoples
Party. If the Peoples Party has any
cause of action that has any merit in it,
why not sustain it? Bimetallism as a
sole issue never was any part of the
purpose Of the Peoples Party. 1t is
a Democratic humbug to ride into Of
flee on. If a gentleman and a states
man saw in the Peoples Party worthy
cause of action that should succeed, he
would gather around it and support it.
But Bryan, the political exploiter, jumps
into the middle of it to confuse and de-
stroy it, and drag it's fragments into the
Democratic party to elect himself presi-
dent of the United States.
Do not deceive yourself.
But the question is asked, why not
have new party into which all re-
formers can come? Hades is full of
reformers. We do not want them. The
people have organized their party. They
will abide by it. A new party organiza-
tion will be composed of those that God
never heard of before, and never will
again. You who want a new party go
and organize one. A new party organ
ization will be a slight Of hand per-
formance to dump the Peoples Party in
to the Democratic party. we know
where we are at. The plutocrats have
no use for us, we have no use for them
We do not want any feather bed states
men to council in our party. We do
not want any celluloid soldiers in our
ranks. We know that there are those
who would trade the national organiza-
ton of the Peoples Party for local sue
cess on fusion ticket. We are not of
them.
The national Peoples Party commit
tee appointed at Nashville, Milton Park
chairman, has come to be the commit
tee of this country. 1t will meet in
Kansas City, May IA. The National Re-
form Press will meet May Is. One-half
the states will be represented we'll or
ganized for Barker and Donnelly; the
Southern states will be a unit Look
the field over Nebraska Populists and
catch on to the situation.
Bryan aims to herd Nebraska Popu-
lists as sheep herder herds sheep.
"Shoo" them along until he gets them
into corral where he can shear them.
Bryan aims to 'shoo' the Pops along
will be raised, I'VE must support Bryan
and his Democratic party; we can do
nothing else Right there Bryan pro-
poses to drop the fusion Pops through
the slot. There are lot of us that will
not be with you.