Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-01
BETRAYAL OF THE POPULlSTS
Vigorous Protest Against the Domination
Of Democrats.
PARTY PRINCIPLES SACRIFICED FOR SPOIL;
Specific Allegations of Democratic
Fad Faith and Corruption Made
By the Populist National
Committeeman.

The following interview with d. Glenn
Deaver, national committeeman OF the peo-
ples party has been given to the public.
In this interview Mr.. Deaver replies to SEN
ator William V. Aliens criticism Of his
former address to populist voters.
"Yes, l have read Senator Aliens reply
to my address, and 1 notice he does not in
the least deny any of the specific charges
l make against the corrupt gang. He says
something about the impropriety OF man
criticising certain actions because OF GER
tain ambitions whims, etc, being denied, but
he does not say anything about ambition to
stay in Office influencing the minds OF men.
I want to say that have high personal
regard for Senator Allen, but / am losing
faith in his political wisdom. He may not
know it, but 1t is a fact, nevertheless, that
his defeat for reelection to the United
States senate is due directly to the treachery
OF the democratic machine in this state. In
\ tho west end of the state the democratic
machine defeated three members Of the sem
ate and house because they were honest men
and outspoken against corruption. In Doug
| las county barter and trade between the
| democratic machine and republican bosses
was the order of the day. One faction OF
the republican bosses made trade with the
| democratic machine, that in consideration CT
the machine not making hard fight againet
the republican legislative ticket in Douglas
| county the said faction Of the republican
party would throw their votes to the demo-
cratic candidate for congress in this dis
trict This trade was carried out to the
letter, and Allen was thereby sold out and
defeated. 1t is common talk In this city
that this was the cause of Aliens defeat for
re- election to the United States senate and
that If the democratic organ had made the
fight against the republican legislative ticket
that was expected of 1t 1t could have brought
success to the fusion legislative delegation.
Aliens Mistakes.
"I think Senator Allen made a sad mistake
in judgment when he, as chairman Of our
St. Louis convention, withheld telegram in
tended for the convention. think he again
made a sad mistake when he aided In fore
ing our party in state convention TO adopt a
platform without debate, q platform which
he said himself did not meet his own views
What better evidence is needed to show the
dependency of the party? think the sena-
tor is in error himself. and that sooner
or later he will see through it the same ae
do now. The insincerity of the gang was
plainly shown in the closing hours Of the
last senatorial fight when all but two of the
peoples party members were induced by the
for a man for United States senator whom
they had denounced at the beginning of the
session as the most corrupt man in the state
and this too was acquiesced in by Senator
Allen. l wish to say, however, that the can
didate referred to has since demonstrated
his loyalty to the state and has shown him
, self to be most worthy citizen, but tha
fact would now debar him from fusiol
favors, as it is clear they are looking TO
none but corruptionists. c.
Evidence of,Treachery.
{ "What more evidence Of the ibenefcent as
similation of the popuiists by the democrat
do we want than the demand for mandarin
e made in this county that the courts orde
that the clerk Of the county shall officiall
: recognize the, populists and democrati
= parties as merged into one party? The fac
is the rottenness of the machine has drive
the populist party almost out Of the field i
Douglas county. A few years ago populis
T candidates in this county received from zoo
to 5000 votes, but the registration of tw
n days shows only 2S5 registered as populist
out Of over $1,000 votes registered in Oman;
e and sixty-two registered In South Omaha a
y populsts out of over 1000 voters registered
These figures speak louder than words an
h clearly demonstrated that the party is bein
decimated rapidly.
d I'VE as a party must cut loose from ii
> democratic party and be independent or v
" might as well disband entirely. The demt
a cratic party has thrown itself across IL
path of progress and will be buried out
); sight for the next twenty years. 1t hi
taken an unpatrfotic position and cann
C hope to succeed We should not allow OF
d party to become further entangled with it,
:, Corrunt Chumps
Is aside from the democratic machine beir
:, corrupt they are also a lot of chumps.
n 1896 we carried this county for most of OF
y ticket and If judgment had been used v
could have kept control of the county al
y city for years. But no, the very first thiI
l. they did was to fraudulently seat in Il
d legislature the candidates that had been d
= feated by people at the polls. Then
l. the legislature they must have a chart
lie with the emergency clause attached, callil
lc for spring election in this city. TT
e. chumps fixed up nice nest calculated +
themselves but the republicans captured Il
IN nest as soon as it was completed. For dow
"a right stupidity that case capped the china
Id Then to expect the peoples party, youl
e. and progressive party, a party made up
enterprising men, to glide down the scale
time with a crowd of corruptionists al
chumps is more than we can stand"
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