The representative., 1900-05-24
HAS BRYAN CHANGEDs

Our friend Lgnatius Donnelly attacks Gen.
Weaver, because he denounced the Demo-
Gratis and fusion. about 20 years ago. But
at that time the Democrats were Cleve-
land Democrats. Mr.. Donnelly forgets that
people who live in glass houses should not
throw stones. Four years ago Mr.. Don
nelly supported Mr.. Bryan, now he bitterly
and viciously opposes him. Yet Bryan has
rot changed then why should Donnelly?-
Schilling's Advance.
Robert Schilling, one of the old-line
Populists, here asserts that since 1896
Bryan has not changed and would lead
the reader to infer that on such argu-
ment Bryan was in 1900 entitled to the
full and undivided support of Populists,
because he got it in 1896.
Mr.. Schilling lives in large city, is
we'll informed and. we are unable to ac-
count for his present position in politics.
In the same issue of his paper from
which we clip the above, he says that at
Sioux Falls: willis J. Abbot, of the
Democratic national headquarters, look
ed over and changed the Populist plat
form before it was adopted"
Again, from the same issue of hi, pa
per, we clip the following:
81 hardly believe the Kansas City con-
vention will nominate Towne'' said Mr..
Schilling. He expects difficulty as to
vice president Similar to that with Wat.
SO nand Sewall four years ago. He claims
that Sewall was not in sympathy with
Bryan and the Chicago platform, and he
says the chief thing the Populists are after
now is to head off the Democrats from nom
mating for vice president a man out Of
touch with the head of the ticket. In
case there are two candidates for vice pres
ident Mr.. Schilling says the electors will
be apportioned according to the strength
of the respective parties in the different
states. Should success follow the combin-
aticn the national committee will decide on
the vice president.
81 have not the remotest idea the Dem
ocrats would have indorsed any vice presi-
Dental candidate the Populists put up
said Mr.. Schilling
And Robert Schilling criticises the
action of the Cincinnati convention and
sneers at it as flasco.
Schilling was a delegate to Sioux
Falls. That convention nominated for
president an avowed Democrat, for vice.
president a Silver Republican, and
adopted a platform dictated. as Mr..
Schilling confesses, by Democrat, Will
vention was a grand success. Strange
notions Mr.. Schilling must have of what
constitutes Populistic success. The true
Populist at Cincinnati formulated their
platform and no Democrat looked it
over or changed it before its adoption.
The Cincinnati convention nominated
for president a true Populist and for
vice-president they nominated another
true Populist and adjourned sine die.
The. Cincinnati convention appointed
no conference committee to submit it's
action for ratification or rejection to
the Kansas City gang Of politicians. or
candidates will go before the people in
November whether Democrats are will
ing or not.
Mr.. Schilling hopes that five to seven
hundred thousand fusion Popu-
lists may head off six to
seven million Eastern and South
ern Democrats. He hopes to see
gopher head off jack rabbit. If the
majority of Sioux Falls delegates shar-
ed these hopes with Mr.. Schilling, in our
opinion their hopes would have been
soonest realized by interposing at Sioux
Falls a backbone stiff enough to have
nominated Populist candidates on q
Populist platform.
In 1896 and 1898 true Populists felt
it an outrage that men openly support
ing Democratic Bryan should still claim
to be Populists and make no apology,
but what must we say Of the disgrace
of true Populists by that band Of office
holders who at Sioux Falls hadn't the
courage to nominate Populist and