The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1900-03-17
slot Stuff Wilson" SAYS the
Fusion is a Fraud.
He was on the Inside and Knows
Whereof He Speaks.
1t ,c0s Organized to Employ" a
Large Corruption Find.
ne Pops of Grant Parish Who are In the
Movement Owe the Public an Ex-
PLANTATION on Their Part.


cut considerable figure at the Alex
andria convention, and afterward al
the combine made in New Orleans
where he was made a member of the
Republican State central committee.
Mr.. Wilson, who seems to be an
honorable and intelligent man with
some education, has lately sent In his
resignation to F. X. Williams, chair.
man OF that committee, and states
his reasons for resigning in plain and
eaustic language. His letter is too
long for us to publish in full, but we
make a few extracts in order to give
our readers It's tenor, as follows:
Dear Sir-I hereby tender you nv
resignation as a member of the State
eentral committee, to take effect i'm
lheuiSueiy. l have several res-
sons for taking this step, which, after
mature deliberation, consider it my
| DUTY to make known to the people of
fne State. When the cOnven-
non assembled in Alexandria, to nv
surprise and CONSERVATION, discov-
cred that the supposed to be Lily
White' organization had several del
egates OF ebOn hue in very prominent
and conspicuous places. 1t soon be-
came apparent to even the most cas-
uai observer that the convention was
packed. and for purpose
Your party, sir, is an abortiye at
tempt on the part of olden-time wire
workers to ride into office upon the
backs of unsuspecting people by
campaign calculated to arouse the
violent prejudices which have SO
often brought the fair name of our
State into disrepute.
1t matters not that your party
can employ a large CORRUPTION
FUND. and no doubt will make the
attempt to do so, the people of Lou
islana will not be very easily deceiy-
ed; and when they learn. as I hope
they Will, that the backbone of the
fusion movement Is nothing more
nor less than a lust for spoils, the I
fusion ticket will be sat down upon \
SO hard and SO completely that not |
an echo OF the fusion party's short
existence will remain to decorate the
pages of history"
Very respectfully, ETC., ETC."
The Populist leaders of Grant par
lsh took part in the Alexandria cir
Gus, and are actively supporting the
combine. They owe the critical pub
lie an explanation as to why they are
10 deeply interested in this motley
usion, that is SO repugnant to every
honest Populist in the land.
Mr.. Wilson plainly charges that the
combine is organized to assist In the
disbursement of that $25, 0o0. 900 cor
upton fund, which the San Francis
% Examiner alleges has been put up {
~ the trusts and monOpolies for the
lse of the Republican party in this
He was on the inside and
inows whereof he speaks. His allie !
'ations are emphasized by the fact >
hat Louisiana is the first State to
lad off, and, as the election of two +.
J. s. Senators hinges upon the result,
ne Republican managers can affordt
o spend million dollars or more In
his State, If by any possibility they {
an win prestige for Mckinley and
ne trusts. 1t would put them in po-
ltion to dictate both platform and
at the National Republican y
invention this summer, and furnish d
hem fine material with which they .
IN whoop up things in the presiden- 9
al election for protection to infant Z
ldustries" ostensibly, but to trusts !,
nd Imperialism In particular. "
Our POpulist friends have hereto q
re shut their eyes and gone it blind a
following their leaders, but we Sc p
ously doubt II they can be held in e
he on this deal, and the bosses will IL
1T be able to deliver the goods SO - -
'azenly bargained for. y,
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