The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-05-31

Spouse in the hearts of the people in every
nook and corner of this broad land. 1t
has blazed the way to higher and grander
civilization, and the people will not be slow
in rallying around the standard there set
up. The proceedings of that convention
should be placed In the hands of every
voter.
Southern Mercury, Dallas, Tex.
Never In the history of the Peoples Party
was there ever gathered in national conven-
ton a body of men more resolute and de-
termined than that which assembled at
Cincinnati on the 9th instant. From the
sunny slopes of the far South to the rock
ridden shores of the far North, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, the came, inspired
by the same motive and filled with the
same desire-that desire and motive being
to perpetuate In its purity the Peoples
Party. The demagOgues and tricksters who
have been so prominent in former national
meetings we're conspicuous by their absence.
The Aliens, the Buffers, the Bradleys.
the Weavers and the Simpsons took no part
In the proceedings. No lying lips nor
perjured hearts found place in that aggre-
cation of honest reformers, who for years
have toiled and struggled to secure relief
for our oppressed people.
The harmony and good feeling that char
acterized the whole session emphasizes the
fact that the jealousies and animosties
which usually prevail in large political
IL
The men selected to lead in the coming
campaign, to bear the banner of Populism
In the coming struggle are the peers of any
men in the nation. They are men who
know what the people want, what the peo-
pie need and who are able to meet the
field of argument and in honest debate on
any issue. They are men not only Of
national reputation and standing, but are
men known wherever the English language
is spoken, or wherever the stars and stripes
have been carried.
Messenger Okolona, Miss
Now the question is, since fusion has been
abolished, after one of the most uneven
contests; that of the unorganized, honest
rank and file, against the perfectly organized
pie hunting crowd Of high salaried schemers
of the Butler Allen stripe; will the people
once more buckle on the armor and fight
for victory, II not this year, at the earli-
est possible moment? If the Populist party
has finally been saved from the same fate
that overlook the Greenback and Union
Labor parties. it is certainly important that
every true reformer in the land exert him
self to make the party as strong and ef-
fectual as possible in the shortest length of
time that the work can be crowded into.
(From the American, Wharton Bankers
Paper)
Regenerated the Peoples party rises
sphinx like from the ashes of the fusion
pyre, untrammelled by tainting alliances
with old parties that are parties to fraud
and debauchery in our party politics. with
it's own grand principles of brotherhood kept
ever in view as the one beacon light point
ing the way to victory that never can be
false, 1t goes forth again to do unceasing
battle for the people, for the rights Of man.
until victory shall crown its efforts. And
when it shall win it will be and continue to
be q peoples party unpurchasable. for the
convention in which a party may be sold
through the purchase of it's leaders will be
no more, nominees will be named and poll
cies dictated by direct vote Of the people,
then. without the corrupting of the pople
the party cannot be debauched and turned
to the serving Of other interests than those
Of the masses. And so will the party re-
main unpurchasable. for the corrupting Of
the people is impossible.
United, enthusiastic, the Peoples party
enters upon this campaign In which 1t Is
destined to play great part, a campaign
which many who attended the convention
think will see Its triumph, the exaltation Of
man above money, the emancipation Of
struggling humanity. the recognition in this
fair land Of the doctrine Of brotherhood az
. living force.