Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-09-20
AN LOSES !. ! AZ A. i ss%s; MANY VOTES s sss A. 4. I !sfT 4, IS BEATEN
.pULIST.
pretensions Dissected
Former Supporter.
\. o,,th Is a Prerequisite TO
~, Reform, Says George
,,a,dord, the populist.

Us Ion
ened with n
organize Rutherford, one Of the pion-
%punleyy. b ponulist party in Marion
d secretary home county. is out
Jr. n .. br'an
; have been Bran.
I..1erford has been a Popuiist
cattle fro, ,hat marty was formed and
ue from Cha ,ollowing in this State, as he
ana mead y IA fayorably known as a man
inch i .-,scrity. When giving his rea-
mt. Z, voting for Bryan this year,
4. 1sos Mr.. Rutherford said:
Y usa ~ IA mv connection with the Re-
4 from !. Marty solely on the question OF
they h.,s citing for Peter Cooper in 1876.
n ever ~ "a I'm 1896, | uniformly voted,
ard win,s,N [sipg at all. for the presidential
Hpro, \, II the third party.
4 finn Ve1 soorted W. J. Bryan four years
enrollm.,s Lsuse:
81 sasaaa H. stood for bimetallism at the
ancs a. te 10 L. demanding also in the
thar ~ ~ 4 thai the standard silver dollar
n i full legal tender. equal with
"a 4 Al debts public and private.
az "a M Democratic party, for the first
~ 49, the Civil War, took the affirm
u3y M Of the live issues. and we Popu-
IT e.ouna mod ourselves into the belief that
sor Z tysn and his party really meant il
least. as many years as five.
That party actually named a can
: nas et hr President outside OF New
/" pditical heresy they had not dsr-
WV h rilty OF but twice in ~thirty-siS
enpoye npnot support Bryan and Steven
h year for various reasons, some
kh are:
lpstaesl They stand for a Ascent silver dol
q Co a BIZ p~urposely leaving ont Of their
tne coy plsnk ct Kansas City the legal Ten
~ lnee hsuse, their so-called silver dollar
1~u ~ Ks 10 its bullion value.
u@h Gr. Bryan said in accepting the
Isl nomination: II is true that the
nave LEts believe in an irrcdeentshle
! church back. while the Democrats believe
I uasaa gpenback redcemable in coiL.
Gereef m Merritt of Salem says: In fishing
cegsl7 spaists you need no bait. Instead
'mpany In the naked hook: they will bite
vwsM Vthiug.' Bryan and Tom attended
4 ~ ksne school.
Bryan's party relegated TO the rear
! has Ever question by 'paramounting' the
g the s Imperialism which is a child Of
GIN Ans b~egetting, he acting as accouch-
was al ii securing the one m,ioqitx for tho
le fa1 ekA-American treaty. Then he took
~ pace OF Wet nurse, having the child
u pee al Kansas City, afterwards csr.
to Indianapolis. and holding the pub
T. Feakiing up before the gaze of his
TORS. he attempts 10 justify his liai-
.M BY the following self-conviating test.
! pelieye that we are now tn q better
,s1 aeh 10 wage q successful contest
iw last imperialism than we would have
- z mad the treaty been rejected
! nv ne not like st. Paul. would do evil
good to his party might come.
NM ms actions in urging the members Of
party IN the Senate TO vote for the
Aaealon OF that treaty. ana his Ian
q y s IN Justification conyicts him be-
q aOuot to say the least. Of duplicity.
y y treaty provided for the payment OF
No. 'rVVV to Spain for the Philippines.
q .li'ed States agreeing to certain
NJ plauons, the performance Of which
N ~es Ten years from the date OF the
~ AHauon OF the treaty. 4 fight had
~ 1"u Detween the American soldiers
Tue rlllpinos two days before the
~ was ratified; and that treaty CON
- y 'ne following section: The civil
3 ~ and political stains OF the native
a"aants OF the territory herein eeded
fN tf IDIrnh L. 49, n
Congress-,
( ~ " TINS Mr.. Bryan knew, yet he
4. - the champion OF the ratification
spawned Imperialism rs well as the
n supon anti-imperialist.
Inc Kansas City platform charac-
- the Philippine war as "A war of
= . !. aggression Mr.. Bryan running
b 'nat platform said in Substance at
saaapoiis: If elected President. my
utter inauguration will be TO con-
congress in extraordinary session
give TO the Filipinos a stable and in
wxsaaent government
u Mr.. Bryan is a fricnd of tha Amer.
so'uier, as well as a friend to the
tnos' now can he be consistent in
rsuorsement Of that clause OF his
,ya showing, as he does. that il can
p.r 10 other effect than the encourage
co. u the latter to fight on till after
! may be able 10 reconcile 1t with
ec;.,r" eiaoundant love for humanity. es-
b. IN Tue democratic portion OF il, on
saeory that it puts him and them in
9, position to wage a successful
n against Imperialism than IL It was
~ N the platform.
top,as Deinocratic party has the bold ef-
,oyas.s 10 talk about the consent of the
n ueu' when they are the only party
~e United States that has been and
fhsis a'y OF governing people without
h ~ "nsent, and not long since believed
Mother. ISN'T % one mns TO own
II o.i1 y not been for the TRANSMISSION
y ~ a,zed Populist blood into the veins
rer;a, democratic party in 1896 the odd
ths seence would have ceased chenting
weu,a rtaker, and a sandstone slab
s,ss ,a now be marking the spot OF IFS
Il. 'asting home. Its death is prereoui-
yer;, = any political reform. II Is the
todso'e dog In the manger. 1t stands
ma as 1t has always stood, aslnineIy
pros,~ ssuobornly across tho pathway Of
Inc party with whlsh