The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-27
CIRCULARS II AND q

issued by the fusion wing Of the
Populist party, have accidentally
fallen into our hands. From a
literary standpoint they are gems of
the first water. For the edifcaticn
of the people who may not enjoy
the privilege of seeing these circul-
ars in their natural state we will
present a few extracts. Circular
No. opens up in this way: "To
the Peoples party voters of Idaho::
Our purpose in giving to the
public an authorized statement at
this time is simply that of making
our position clear upon the political
questions that are now before the
people for solution. There have
been so many contradictory state
merits in the press, and so many
different opinions as to the posi-
ton of the Populist party
in the State campaign that
we deem it necessary to have an
authorized statement from those
who know the facts" Some ofthe
facts stated by the authors of Cir
cular No, / are as follows: The
pulse of the Popu1ists of the State
was felt and the result of that dag
rosis was the conclusion that the
Populists of Idaho are overwhelm-
ingly in favor Of fusion That is
one fact. Here is another. Know
ing, as we do, that a great body
of the Populists wish a fusion and
approve the one formed by us, we
shall give FOUR unqualified support
to the regular fusion ticket" That
is another fact and here is still
another: "The Populist voters of
the State almost without exception
have declared that they favor this
fusion" Now carefully note the
purport of these three facts. II
they mean anything they mean
thatthe Populists of Idaho are IL
unanimously in favor of fusion. But
here are few other facts from this
same Circular No. l.. "After the
/. agreement Cfor fusion) was reached
with the Democrats, we attempted
to secure the declination of our
nominees who were to give place
to Democrats, and while we had all
these destinations, or promises OF
them, at an early stage of the cam
paign, yet some influence has late
ly been at work that has prevented
our getting few Of such declina.
tons" Put that fact over against
the first fact cited in this article and
note the harmony of them. Now
here is another fact stated of course
by those who officially know the
facts: "But the Committee wa:
greatly hampered in its purpose tc
form a fusion with the Democrat:
4 by the efforts of some of our own
people to prevent such action" A
very remarkable circumstance, in
deed, that party which was prac
tically unanimous for fusion SHOULD
thus harass a committee which wa.
so benevolently engaged in at
tempting to effect fusion. Ant
right under the statement that til,
Committee was greatly hampered'
comes this one: "Those pursuing
this course blindly shut their eye
to the unanimous sentiment of thei
party" Now who in the name O
common sense were these insurrec
tionists among 'our own people
who were fighting against thei
own sentiments, because if tn,
statement that the sentiment of tn,
party was unanimously for fusioi
how could there be any sentimen
against it, But here is anothe
statement of fact: 1.-The State Con
vention in the heat of passion,
now just think of that! A Popu
list Convention in the heat of pas
sion! But to go ON with the quota
ton: 1.-THE State Convention in tn,
heat of passion did not unite witt
the Democrats" That is a mos
remarkable fact, and a Populis