Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-11

never grander, never more worthy OF
our love and admiration than when he
in the hour OF his defeat advised his
followers at Kansas City to rally
round the stand ard of Bryan and
Stevenson. He showed that he was q
patriot who thought more of his coun-
try than of himself. We hope that
the same spirit will Undue all his fol-
lowers. >sgss II. u VI. =. ~ r %#I3
Adlai Stevenson il no novice in our
cause. When the money lords made
their first attack on the people money
by the destruction of the greenbacks
he opposed that nefarious work. The
Kansas City convention in declaring
for government paper money therefore
represents the views Stevenson fought
for over thirty years ago. Although
serving as vice president under Cleve-
lands second term he was not in SYM
pathy with Growers attack on silver,
and he openly and manfully fought for
Bryan and the Chicago platform. He
is in thorough sympathy with the Kan
sas City platform, and no follower Of
Towne need violate any of his prin-
ciples in voting for Stevenson.
Only the blind worshiper of a party
name will: refuse to do his duty
against the common enemy. 10 us
there is no such shibboleth. We have
fought for the peoples party, not on
account IF its name but for the prin.
ciples it represents. And now when
our party has accomplished the glori-
Gus work Of persuading a great ma
tional party to adopt our most i'm
portant principles we feel that we have
been victorious in the greatest sense,
though unsuccessful on one nomina-
tion. Having now secured the adop-
ton of these principles by the demo-
cratic party it is our duty to do all in
our power to place that party in posi-
ton to carry out our program. TO
do otherwise would be working
against Our own cause. Then when
that is accomplished we can push the
fight for other principles for the adop-
ton of which the times. are not yet
ripe.
Come along brethren Let US with
stout hearts get ready for the fray.
It will be no child's play. The forces
of imperialism, trusts and monopolies
are in possession OF the citadel. They
control the daily press. The St. Paul
Globe, Jim Hills organ, though
claiming to be democratic, announces
it's opposition to Bryan. The .privi-
legged classes are going to do every
thing in their power to defeat Bryan.
They cannot meet us with arguments,
but they are going to use more subtle
weapons. They will endeavor to
arouse animosities in the ranks of the
allied forces. They will whisper in
your ears that the populists have been
sold out to the democrats. They will
tell the old-llne democrats of the East
that Bryan is populist and his plat
form is anarchistic. They will appeal
to all the base" passions of mans ma
ture. They will buy promising young
men by offers of political preferment
in the future. Every trick that de-
based human ingenuity can devise will
be used, everything that money can
do will be done to defeat Bryan and
popular government. Are you going
to listen to the fatal songs of these
sirens? For the sake Of all that is
dear to us in the past of our country,
for the sake of the downtrodden and
oppressed everywhere we hope you
will not listen to them, but mapfully
take your stand for popular govern.
ment, equal rights to all. destruction
of private monopolies, and fair sys.
tenn of finance. That is the platform
on which Bryan and Stevenson stand