The representative., 1900-04-12

like humble bee in the Atlantic.
e. A. T.
BUTLERISM ARRAIGNED.
A. w. Files, national committeeman
from Arkansas serves up Butlerism in
manner that will suit the taste Of
every true Populist. Mr.. Files was a
member Of Buffers committee, but was
anti-fusion. unwilling to bend the knee
to Boss Butler and that settled it. But
Ter proceeded to weed him out. Popu-
lists should read Mr.. Files letter care
fully to the end that they may recognize
Butlerism when practiced in their own
state. When the head or executive Of
fcer of a national or state committee
commences to weed out his committee
1t is time, for the whole party to call
that man down. That Is bossism, that
Is one-man power. that is overriding
the will of the masses, that is Butler
ism. POpulfsts cannot too closely
watch heads of committees for these
danger symptoms of party dissolution.
1t committeeman are for any reason
to be dropped or weeded out, the job
should be attended to by their constit-
uents. The rank and file should de-
termine who shall represent them on
committees. It is Butlerism that has
depleted our ranks. Butlerism disfran-
chises and in any party can have but
one conclusion. It ends with a few self
constituted bosses who piled the weed
ing knife, deserted and detested by
the rank and file. And in Minnesota we
have Zekeism and Zeke is now engaged
in wedding out his state central COM
mittee to the end that it shall tolerate
no member not Bryan man, no mem
ber that dares oppose Zeke. We notice
from our exchanges that Zeke is weed
Ing the congressional committee in the
Seventh district to defeat Boen and his
friends We understand he proposes to
determine who shall be nominated for
congress in Hennepin county by recon
structing our congressional committee
Populists will. in time. learn to recog-
nize Butlerism on sight and then our
party may expect again to grow.
We need few men like Mr.. Files to
watch Zeke and symptoms of Butler
ism in Minnesota. He is man Of met
tie, has clear conception of what he
wants to say and ability to say it.
At the Lincoln meeting N. H. Mot
singer was Butlerized and dropped from
the national committee, not by his con-
stituents back in Indiana, but by But
Ter and his tools on his committee. Mr.
Motsinger is one of the truest and aplest
Populists in Indiana and has recently
been elected to the national committee
by popular vote of his party at home
but he was anti-Bryan and anti-Butler
and that settled him. Mr.. Files saws.
Il have seen the searchlight, Bradley's
paper, the News. Patterson's paper and
other reports Of the late meeting Of the
national committee. and from reports the
Mld-Roaders appear to have been bad men
from Bitter Greek. But taking the worst
possible phase of the action Of the Deayer-
Parker gang OF toughs, I would like to
nave Davis, Tracy and Bradley, especially.
and Butler, Allen. Weaver Schilling and
Patterson. also, say, in ell seriousness
whether any action of the 'bolters,' as they
are called, surpassed the actions of the
fusionists in declaring that was not a
Populists and refusing to recognize me as a
member of the Iational committee? Per-
maps they may say that I violated the
Omaha agreement of 1893. That will not
avail them, because was never at Omaha,
aid was not rarty to any agree ment made
there. May lie that they'll say I partici-
pated in the Cincinnati Barker Donnelly
nomination. That dodge won't work. for
was never In Cincinnati n my life. and had
nothing to do with the affair." They must
fall back upon the charge that / am on
posed to fusion with the Bryan Democracy.
To that charge I plead guilty. 1 was op-
posed to 1t ever since and am yet, is that
question one Of policy, or is it a crime to
oppose 1t? Since when and by whom was it
decreed that fusion with Bryanism or any
other ism Is an essential element to Popu-
lism? Certainly not in 1896, nor by Tracy.
Tor IT my eyesight did not deceive me-
Harry was Ole Of the 10 able lO3 It can
not be that Mr.. Butler so decreed 1t, for
he has been like the fellows lost cow-on
both sides of the branch He sometimes
fuses with the Republicans, and sometimes
with the other fellows.
NV Uuo Cdu lay SO grave q charge uD
against Gen. Weaver for II there's been anv
party organized since he was old enough
to hold office, that he has not Joined and
quit, that party has escaped my memory.
Did Cyclone have anything to do with it +?
Oh. no! Jim is too solid and consistent for
that oh, now / think have it.! It must
have bene the Boy Orator of the Platte
enunciated through his oracles, w. v. Allen
and ]. X. Jones.
We'll, to be serious. was duly elected.
accredited and accepted delegate to the
national convention in 1896, was dulv elect
ed member of the national executive
committee, sat in the meeting, voted for
Senator Butler for chairman; was then
as now, opposed to fusion; but after it was
entered into stood by it In good faith.
THE Peoples party of my state has since
honored me by making me their nominee
for governor, elected me chairman of tha
state executive committee, and have re-
elected me as one of the state members Of
the national executive committee and I have
been recognized as such up till the Lincoln
meeting, Feb. 10, 1900. Mr.. Butler recoe-
nized me as a member of that COMMITTEES
as late as January last, and wrote me and
permitted me to vote for time and place
OF meeting of the committee, which / did
(but did not vote for Lincoln as the nlacel
Senator Allen recognized me and wrote me.
asking me to vote. for Lincoln. J. u. Ed
misten, chairman Of the Peoples partv of
Nebraska, recognized me, and wrote urr-
ing me to vote for Lincoln, and after the
place was selected, wrote urging mo to at
tend the meeting, and ON Jan. &c wrote me
again, and sent blank PROXY certificate for
me to sign, authorizing him to place II