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Sioux Falls they will be confronted
with this question:: The national COM
mittee (as recognized by Butler, with
those dropped from the rolls whom he
desires to drop will have the selection
OF temporary organization, and the
makeup OF the temporary roll OF the
convention. In this temporary roll
they will seat fusion delegations from.
those same states when they have un-
seated straight members of the commit
tee; thus on opening the convention the
states of Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Ill--
nols, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, New
Jersey, Michigan, California. Oregon and
Pennsylvania, at least will be represent.
ed by the fusionists, though the party
in the several states is against fusion.
II this policy should be limited to these
states named it would seem that 252
votes on temporary organization would
be taken from the mid-roaders and
transferred to the fusionists. But would
it be limited to that? If Buffers COM
mittee could not recognize the mem
bers from Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama.
Louisiana and other Southern states,
would they not. if necessary, refuse
to recognize their constituency? In
that event, would they not shut out Of
the temporary organization the delegates
from those states? OF the other states
the most liberal estimate would give the
Butterflies 349 votes to 153 for the mid
readers; while II they did not unseat
the delegates from the Southern states
ignored at Lincoln, the mid-roaders
would have only 80. Thus on tenn
porary organization the fusiOnists could
count about 623, and the mid-roaders
about $50. They would organize the
convention to suit themselves, select a
committee on credentials of the same
sort, and this committee would bring
in prearraged report unseating enough
straight Populists In the coa|ea4lea to-
give the fusionists control of the con-
yention. This temporary organization
would adopt this report, and the poor
mid-rf aders would be fired over the
transom, to use the inelegant express
sion OF Senator Allen, applying to the
peculiar style Of political rascality
adopted by the fusion party.
But, you say, the Populist delegates
would not permit this. Why wouldn't
they? How could they help it? Admis-
sion to the hall would be by ticket, and
Butler would give out the tickets. The
police force would guard the door, as
they did at Lincoln, and no one with
out a ticket could enter. So what
would you do about it?
A few weeks ago the suspicion Of
such program was founded merely
on conjecture; now we know what will
be done. The meeting at Lincoln fore
shadowed the other. Later the Ne
braska state convention of the fusion
lists emphasized it. Straight Populists
though In minority were shut out on
the plea that they were not recognized
and contesting delegations were denied
the right of hearing. Regular dele
gates sent by their counties were fired
over the transom' without a hearing,
because they favored the Cincinnati con-
vention. Tickets were withheld scrup-
llously from individual delegates who
were opposed to fusion. while the fus-
lonists on the same delegation were
given cards and seats in the convention.
Brother Noble. II you think you
would have fair chance in a conven-
Ion run in this way you should go to
Sioux Falls. But cannot see it that
way. I left the Democratic party be-
:ause of ring rule and bossism; but /
lever knew, not even in the midst Of
1oebelism, such open and above-board
corruption in the Democratic party as
his. And while some may criticise
ny action at Lincoln, or may even ques-
ion my motives, can only say to them
nd theirs: Do as you wish; lie down
With the hounds If you wish to get up.
With f1eas. But as for me and my
louse, we'd rather stand alone in a
wilderness than to dwell in the tents.
t these ungodly political brigands.
Yours truly,
IN DApKI0D