The representative., 1900-10-25
MILFORD W. HOWARD
nREAT POFULIsT ORATOR SHOWS
UP THE BOURBON MACHINE.
THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED
is NOT ASKED BY THE DEMO-
CRATIC STATES.

Is NOT ASKED BY THE DEMO-
CRATIC STATES.
DENOUNCED BY BRYAN, BUT SUP
., PORTED BY HIM.
A great deal Of nonsense and political
buncome is being 1ndulged in by the
Democratic party over this new Issue oi
"imperialism."
They tell us that Imperialism is the
paramount issue this year. On this "is
sue" they invite Populists to abandon
their party and lay aside all their prin-
ciples for this campaign, because as
they say, they have found an Issue
which overshadows all others.
Mr.. Bryan raised the great hue and
cry about the consent Of the governed, .
charging that we purchased the Fill
pinos at $3.50 apiece. and, because oil
these alleged facts, he and the Demo
cratic leaders draw the conclusion that
we are rushing headlong into an en-
pire.
Before Populists desert their party
before they lay aside the principles fol-
which they have contended for years
and join the mad chase Of this will-'o.
the-wisp-this fantastic shadow-would
1t not be we'll to calmly look certain well
known facts in the face?
In the first place, who is responsible
for the purchase of the Filipinos al
$3.50 head?"
Who is responsible for the injection
Of the Philippine question into Ameri-
can politics?
Was 1t not the same w. J. Bryan who
secured a ratification Of the treaty
with Spain. which completed the "pur-
chase?"
Is not he, more than any other man.
responsible for this transaction?
Bryan maintains "dignif1ed' silence.
Immediately after having secured a
ratification Of that treaty, he raises the
cry of imperialism. The Democratic
readers shed copious tears because they
are so much opposed to governing the
people without their consent" and in
the agony of the anguish Of their souls
they gave birth to, the great ca issue
Of Imperialism.
There is such thing as protesting too
much. The man who shouts most loud
ly stop theft" is frequently the man
who should be watched.
The party raising the cry of the "con-
sent of the governed" should be care
fully scrutinized.
What is its record?
What has been it's record in the past
Fresh from the CORY fields of Ken
lucky, where the most damnable i'm
perial political machine ever construct
ed-one that disfranchised more than
one-fifth of the voters of the state
had been constructed by the Democratic
party, whose leaders set up the howl OF
stop thief"
Fresh from the recent exploits in the
various states in the South, where the
negroes had been disfranchised by the
wholesale, simply because they were
negroes-these friends of the down
trodden and oppressed-these patriots
set up q mighty howl about the
oppressed and much abused, because
forsooth. we refuse to haul down the
American flag and declare the freedom
and independence Of a people who are
In open rebellion against us.
And they call this government with
out the consent of the governed"
Let it be remembered that these same
disinterested patriots passed. without
submitting to the vote of the people
state Of Mississippi, which requires
that the voter be required to read any
clause in the constitution of the United
States, or the state. or explain it when
read to him. This explanation must be
made to the Democratic clerk Of the
court, who is usually so patriotic that
he is a candidate to succeed himself
What has been the result? The vote OF
Mississippi has been reduced to about
10000. With this beggardly handful OF
votes they elect seven members ol
congress. The negroes have been dis
franchised, all except those who vote
the Democratic ticket, and the illiterate
white man who is not a Democrat, can
not explain the constitution to the salts.
faction of the Democratic patriot on the
r qualifications of the voter, hence he Is
disfranchised. 1t is a notorious fact
that no man tn Mississippi has been re.
fused the right to vote II he was a par.
tisan Democrat ana proposed to vote the
Democratic ticket.
In South Carolina, in addition to
other qualifications. they have a prop
erty qualification, requiring man to Day
q certain amount of taxes before
he Is qualified voter.
Before the echoes of these disinterest.
ed patriots have ceased to ring in the
Kansas City convention hall, the Dem.
ocratic RED Shirts" were riding owe,
North Carolina, armed with Winches.
ter rifles, driving the negroes into the