The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-10-12
Organization
Department.

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(Send communications for this col
umn to DR.. H. B. Fay, Al Washington
avenue, Minneapolis, MIMI
H. B. Fay, M. D.
Dear Sir: 1t is an uphill business
trying to organize referendum clubs
in Rice county, for the reason that the
only Populist paper in the county, the
Jeffersonian, is on the fence.
1t says, in substance. II Butler calls q
convention in accordance with contract
it will fall into the representative camp;
If Butler does not call according to the
contract, then, having no other place to
fall it will, of necessity fall into the
referendum camp. OF course, the JEFF
fersonian claims that the referendum in
politics is good thing and favors it's
adoption. So can say favor the COM
ing forth of Andrew Jackson and saw
favor the clutching with his ghostly
fingers of the throat of Bill Mckinley.
and choking his expansion imperialistic
policy out Of him. Will he come forth
because l say l favor it? About as
much as saying favor the referendum
In politics will cause it to materialize
into an active reality.
There are whole lot of good things.
but what is good thing good for unless
you Know how to use it? And knowing
how to use it, what is it good for if YOU
don't use it?
We cannot serve God and mammon.
In this case God is the referendum
and mammon the Devil. Choose We
TINS day whom We will serve. Don't nut
1t on to see whether Butler will live I'M
TO MS bargain, but get on one side or
the other of the fence. Quit sitting
straddle, as nuisance to the organiza-
ton OF referendum clubs. Now mark
you, just so sure as the Butler conyen-
ton prevails, just so sure will the Peo-
pies party be run on the representative
plan In 1900. And just so sure will the
referendum plan be busted, and we or
ganlzers be ridiculed for our simplicity
Inc Hon. Wharton Barker earlv |
pract1ced what he preached. got on the |
referendum side of the fence, organized |
ciuo and was made its president. |
That is to say he will STAND without
tying. But where is Donnelly, Milton.
Parks, label and others? | strongly
suspect they are straddle of the fence
yet waiting for Butler to pull them into
the representative camp, notwithstand-
Ing their loud professions of fea,ty to
the initiative and referendum plan in
politics.
l give notice right now that in the
future l will support no party by word
or vote run on the representative n,an
l am not writing for my health or pleas
ure or the fun of the thing, but for the
veal OF the great plain people.
Yours truly,
E. J. WHITE,
Morristown, MINI. {
YOU are awfully severe, friend White {
on us poor humans Make some lit {
Tie allowance for the centuries of on
preston ground into our natures c
Everyone is not so blessed as you with t
clear foresight and sturdy moral indie t
The people are not ready to t
open the only gate to freedom through
eIerendum clubs. For Gods sake tt
ION compel us to push our reluctant
into such straight and mar g
ow way, when there is broad short
Ut TO the public crib-when a grand n
Invention like that of SO, composed of N
III sorts OF Democrats, with all sorts of il
nlnds, will WHIT" 1t is only "HOW
y WIN that true 60 reformers nj
mould consider. When the true Peo- S.
les party shall have "won," then, and
nen only, we will stop using the tactics &C
Republicans and Democrats. Then re
no then only we, at least, will not dis
ppolnt the people. THEN, we will m
i've them the, referendum. co
AUL DIXON IN MISSOURI WORLD es
IL Is either safe rule by the members tr,
the Peoples party, or unsafe rule bv WI
and conventions, We saw OF
ever go back to committee and conven- ur
On rule again." TIL
Good for you, you splendid old sol. me
er, Paul Dixon, your magnificent Ing
huence is being felt far and wide sh'
the
Didn't the Democrats hit the trusts o'e
rd when they were in power? Didn't sn'
ey hit the whisky trust when thew ex- uel
nded the time for paying the $50 ooo.- ~,
taxes due the government? Didn't -
ey hit the sugar trust a fearful blow ga
len they dallied with the tariff hill -nA'
I'll the trust had scraped the earth for ~
sugar and brought it in free of ..o
ty, and then passed bill putting a usu
~ on raw sugar which was free under e4o'
Mckinley bill? Didn't they hit the auo
tional bank trust a blow when thew ''''
led in the house almost unanimously
reduce the tax or interest paid by the =.
1ks for the money issued to them nv =
government? Then they had such w..
glorious antitrust railroad commits 10,
A. which distinguished itself doing ~. .
hing to prevent tho m ;I,o.s. g. VII