The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-02-15
A Splendid Letter and Word. Of En-

A Splendid Letter and Words Of En-
49, couragement.
~--..-..s Leaman, ILL.,, Jan. q, 1900.
Editor Representative: l have just
read an extract from your paper, hc-
ing a report of the Minnesota st.te
central committee meeting, Dec. II and
%. l an delighted to know that ehes.
grand men OF the Gopher state are SO
deter mined in their efforts to inauguraie
that g. and reform-the adjustment Of
party conventions and the substitution
therefor of the precinct club plan u
nominating candidates for office. It
is the ideal way No man who is a
true Porulist win refuse to become a
member Of a party precinct club, and
we want no others In our councils.
Parties (politicaD are a necessity.
they are necessity only that men who
think alike may act alike. Organizl
ton is necessary in order to secure e.
feet. IT is necessary in the home, the
school, the church, and the state; ALSO
lutely necessary if the desired result is
expected to be obtained. And with
organization comes leaders,; not the self
constituted kind, let it be hoped, but
the kind honest, truthful leader, who
may be relied upon to execute the will
Of those people from whom and by
whom he was chosen, should the oppor-
tunity arise. And any organization
should hold suEh check upon it's chosen
leaders thatswhenever he fails to do his
plain duty hes may be recalled with
the same promRtness that removed Gen.
Methuen fromn his command after his
irretrievablS, bihnders in the land of the
Beers. For these rights Populists con-
tend. These principles they demand,
not only in party machinery, but in
governmental affairs as well. And no
one should've. permitted to keep his
name on Ropulist muster roll or carry
a Populist banner who does not openly
and avowedly practice these principles.
He is too apt to carry the banner over
into the camp Of the enemy as did But
Ter, Weaver, Allen ct al, at st. Louis in
1896. A nation cannot exist half free
and half slave: Neither can true
man exist half Democrat and half Pop
ulist. Either he is Of the earth Dem
ocratic) or Of the heavenly (Populist).
If he is Democrat what earthly bus
mess has he in trying to run Populist
conventions or debating Populist nomi-
nations? If he is Populist, in the
name of heaven, what business has he
in the reeking, rotten, vermin beseiged
Dmocratic camp? We hope the tried and
true Populists Of Minnesota will see to
it that none but true Populists will be
put on guard in the closing conflict
of the Nineteenth century.
l desire to specially emphasize the
closing sentiments in the article to
which l previously referred.
eff liberty and good government are
worth anything they are worth paying
for. 50 y!
Patriotism amounts to nothing that
does not have the tap-root in the peck
et.'' "a %.
Every great emission requires money
to push it to = successful fruition. No
church or mother missionary agency
would think Of sending its agents into
heather lands without first providing
the means forsftheir expenses and sup
port. .TheR why should we expect the
friends of GUN cause to 60 forth into
the wiideraess Of Republicanism and
Democracy proclaiming the doctrines Of
Populism unless we first provide the
means to meet his expenses? It is
enough that he should give gratis his
time. Besides we need money to cir
culate reform literature. This is a
very essential duty. It Is hard to get
an old partyite to subscribe for and
read a reform paper, and thus work out
his own salvation. But 1t is ours to
get this Literature INTO MS nanuL.