The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-26

haven't enough interest N tn,
welfare q the country. TO-. nip copper
on how to vote whsrs they don't know
can stay at home and lot the conventions
and machines do all tho electing, % they
have done oil the nominating. Leave
the handwriting ON the wall: No politi.
cal party iniouity can b contaminated
without the votes Of the people.
Party thought il party character.
/ As It thinks in its heart. 80 1t is, nc
matter what the name. Already. as II
the monarchy wa, already here, -Reppb.
lican party press hucksters are shout
ing "treason!" as the proper charge to
bring against any man for using his
liberty to speak the truth In opposition
to Mckinley the Fraction, who always
writes his name AS fraction. and yet
SO far. forget he Is a fraction, and holds
only fractional position, the executive
one-thtrd, in servant-government, not
a ruler-government.
Mckinley repudiates the constitution
at home and abroad. his only authority
for action anywhere, and his party in.
dorses his position. Thou shalt not
kill!" ':Thou shalt not steal!" THOU
shalt not covet." etc. Thou shalt not
bear false witness against thy neigh
Dol" Thou shalt not take the name OF
the Lord, thy God, in vain!" are some OF
the Ten Commandments which he has
'demonetized," as Weaver used to say
but, of course, 1t is all done in Macs
own beautiful, pious and benevolently
assimilative way.
NO VOTES, nothing, is the easy cure,
and deliverance absolutely sure without
cost and within the reach of all. This
comes first, and later on means double
votes for another.
The rest is: Will the Populist party,
by binding its candidates to Caucus
with no party on any public questions
against the welfare of the country; >or
not to caucus" among themselves there
on against good mathematics and good
bookkeeping, showing always a balance
sheet for the general welfare, the well
fare of the whole people, not the few?
Will it give free and full swing to the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth on any public question, making
by anti-caucus now what the referendum
seeks to make sometime, q mo party
party?"
Freedoms volunteers, substituting
mandamus proceedings for petition, for
a place on the official ballot, to which we
have constitutional right without petit
ton, or any process of law, affirming
that petition Of other law-process is only
made necessary by incipient or actual
perfidity Of our sworn and paid serv-
ants.
Will you move to call the delegates to-
gether, or will you use the no-convention
method opened up to all?
This should be attended to at once II
you want to gather those in who want to
find home and still have the party a
servant of the country instead of the
country the servant Of the party.
For myself, I will venture nothing on
any party that sets a bar on the whole
truth or ban on those who know and
speak it, to favor, instead "guessers'' on
any question.
With the straight Populist party open
a mt ia In yholn
light, and all lovers of country and hui
man rights, and "dead-lined" against
"caucusing" their common sense and
conscience with cowardice. ignorance.
stupidity and perfidity, you will do more
than deserve success-you will compel
them to vote against their convictions
in order to defeat you, and no sure thing
on the defeat at that.
Let us have charity for those whose
love for right and country is still true,
though in frenzy at the peril of the re-
public they have tested bogus Demo-
cracy and bogus Republicanism, beyond
decency and almost to the crime limit:
clutching at rotten straw only to be
kicked until they come to themselves.
Wipe away their tears. use their own
weapons-no votes-beating both, and
winning victory as quick as wink. Aye,
shut down on two million votes, shut
down tight and Bryan is beaten, hope
lessly beaten now. The same shutdown
on the vote mill which the G. o. P. made
on the money-mill, beats that party.
Double votes for the right. Teller and
conferees have principle, but they are
badly ratified. Make room and victory is
yours and mine for the whole country,
and equal human rights with no thanks
to nQlitical hays for It