The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-07-19

There are many honest men In Texas
Populists, Democrats and Republicans
who have felt that the Mercury has beez
too radical In its statements in regart
to the plan upon which the campaign
OF 1900 would be fought. Some hav,
even condemned US when we said tina,
there was q deep laid plot to wipe the
Populists as an organization OF the DO.
litical blackboard. Others have believ.
ed, no doubt honestly, that the Mercury
| was disposed to raise q row In the camr
| because 1t was not in the lead with those
who having eyes see not. ears and hear
not and brains. but could not under
stand. We have not arrogated to our
selves wisdom superior to our fellows
We have never cried wolf when we saw
no wolf. We have stood as an honest
sentinel at our post and have not FAXED
to sound the alarm when We saw danger
to our people approaching. We have
not considered any time. personal pre-
ference or financial gain in anything
we have said or DONE Our object has
been to be true to the trust reposed in
us by the people whom we serve. How
well our prophesies have been based,
the events Of the past few weeks will
bear testimony. About six months ago
we told our readers that there wus =
scneme on foot to deliver the Populists.
body and breaches, into the hands of our
bitterest enemies; and for, this there was
showered on our heads anathemas I'M
numbered. What we phophesied In.
January is history now. At the recent
Democratic national convention at Kan
sas City the last card in the treacherous
game 1 deception was played, and now
the credulous, unsuspecting, honest Pop
ulists who put their trust in Butler.
Allen. Tracy ct al. find themselves who'll
ly swallowed up by the Bryan whale
at least as far as the gulping down could
be effected by the unfaithful leaders
whom they implicitly confided in. Bryan
has been named as the leader of the
p1ebald Democracy. and Cleveland's run
ming mate has been given second place
on the ticket. This is the dose the fusion
Populists, the confiding, broad, liberal
Populists are asked to swallow. The
Sioux Falls platform, nor the Sioux Falls
nominees were mentioned. Not even
q man with a record as a reformer was
allowed the second place. No man
whose record would bear Inspection
whose work in the past was in behalf
of the wage slaves of this countrywide
by word or deed ever declared for equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none, was allowed. No, nothing of the
kind was permitted. Not the semblance
of the faith pledged at Sioux Falls was
to be permitted. Now that the dupes
were in the dragnet there was no further
effort to placate them. Even David B.
Hill. the man who despises Bryan as
the devil does holy water had the privi-
lege of refusing the second place on the
ticket. Such a disgrace even Hill would
not accept. But Adlai-old, decrepit,
Adlai Stevenson, the side
partner of Cleveland in 1892, and his |
vice presidency in 1895 was set up as the
have been loudest in their denunciation |
Of him.
This is the elimination of the plot set !
On foot by Butler. Allen, Tracy ct al.
VIII the honest Populists anywhere. yea,
the honest Democrats anywhere sub
nit to such disgrace, such deception? |
We think not.
There is q ticket in the field which
every honest reformer, every man who
believes in clean. pure politics, who il
1ot a place hunter nor a hero worship
r. can safely support, the ticket nomi-
,ated by the straight Populists at Gin
:innati in May last. There are no ADLER
cen than Barker and Donnelly. No men
Who understand the needs of our people
better than these. No men, who in the
most trying hours, have stood flrmer
or the peoples rights than they. They
ire men of experience, men of culture,
men Of integrity and honor, men whom
he people can safely trust To the
lonest voters Of every shade of political
bought we extend a cordial invitation TO
DIN US in our effort to free the land
rom the rule Of our oppressors. 1t mat
ers not what your position may have
'een in the past. No matter what mis-
axes you may have made. We ask, we
rge, we beg you to rally to the rescue OF
he country from the hands of its de-
poilers. Read our platform, study our
rinciples and vote our ticket and peace,
and happiness will be your
Mercury.