The representative., 1900-10-25

mountains. and there. Tina life Of her
mitage. hugsed to their 81 bosoms the
grand truths Of the universe, the result
of the labor Of centufies, the love Of
liberty, the accumulaEedb learning of
sges. When from sheer exhaustion
incarnate man rested again on his
arms. these men salIiedf forth from
their caves and illumiaed the world
with the riches OF the archives they
had so carefully guarded. The truths
which they brought forth from moldy
tombs have conquered the world.
III we could do anything!" We can.
We can go on with the work Of educa-
ton. In 1896, under fusion, there were
some things we could not say for fear
OF driving away Democratic votes.
There were some things the Democrats
could not say for fear OF driving away
Populist votes. About all that was
left for us to do was to make faces at
the Republicans. It was a campaign
OF vituperation. We Joined the Mega
tion army. We denied the allegation
and denounced the alligator" We
lodged and twisted and squirmed. We
prostituted our principles and our man.
hood to elect few people to Office. We
Inundated ourselves for the purpose of
having our mail handed out to us by a
Democrat instead OF a Republican. We
did this because some one called It pa
tr1otism. We lost the fight. and what
was worse. we lost our self-respect, and
the respect OF the people.
What can we do? Retain our self
respect. Stand by our principles, our
manhood and our banner. Before YOU
vote the Democratic ticket, or for any
one who is allied with the Democratic
party, examine its record. It went into
power in 1892 on pledges to reform the
tarih and restore free coinage of sill
yer. The Wilson tariff measure was A
stencil in the n0strils of honest men.
But the very first piece of legislation
the party enacted was to wipe out the
only silver law left remaining on the
statute books 1t defeated five free
silver bills in one day, and as fast as
the clerk could call the roll. II placed
In power because of it's pretended op-
position to imperialism it could not be
relied upon to redeem its promise. The
real bulwark against imperialism. at
home and abroad, is the PEOPLES party.
The place for the anti-imperialist is in
It's ranks. =
In every state where fusion prevails
1t Is led by men who are clamoring for
office. In every convention where It ia
advocated, it is by Office holders or Office
seekers. Fusion means the joining to-
gether of two organizations holding
different views. The bond of union Is
based upon division of the offices.
Two things are necessary for its sue
cess. A compromise Of principles and
a division Of spoils. Eliminate either
of these and fusion fails. There is no
patriotism in division of spoils or
compromise of principles. 1t is making
commerce of politics. It is crucifying
humanity on the cross of inconsistency.
1t is selling virtue on the block to the
highest bidder. 1t is dragging honor
in the dust and exalting political du-
plicity. 1t makes the political juggler
of more account than the patriotic
statesman. 1t places political chicanery
above patriotism. It licenses the politi-
cal medicant to ply his vocation, and
places premium on demagogism. 1t
promotes confusion, invites corruption,
leads to ascension and ends in vituper-
alton and dissolution. 1t is too big a
price to pay for the defeat of either Of
the old political parties, even if that
defeat was assured. When that issue
is not assured fusion is folly-it is
worse it is a crime, because it burns to
ashes, on the altar Of selfishness, the
hopes Of the people.
w. S. MORGAN.