The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-07
CAMPAIGN DEPARTMENT
A Danger.

AQWI ALUM VEl ANl@ENl
A Danger.
Minneapolis. Mimi, June /. 1900.
Editor Representative: Will you grant
me space to appeal to all Populists to
emphasize that sentence of our Cincin-
natl platform which says, I'VE affirm
our mistaken belief in the. Omaha plat
form"
Although privileged by the credentials
committee to represent South Dakota
as one Of the subcommittee to draft the
Cincinnati platform, 4 did not myself
then realize the danger that in our de-
sire to get one the people could remem-
Der. it might be even too short. Con-
sequently. as l now see, people are al
ready forgetting such grand sentences
of the Omaha platform as these:
Our homes are covered with mort
cages. labor impoverished and the land
concentrating in the hands of capital
lists The urban workmen are denied
the right Of organization for self-pro-
lection; imported pauperized labor beats
down their wages; a hireling army, un-
recognized by our laws, is established
to shoot them down, and they are rapid
~ degenerating into European condi-
tons; the fruits Of the toll of millions
are boldly stolen to build up colossal
fortunes for few, unprecedented in the
history of mankind; and the possessors
of these in turn despise the republic and
endanger liberty. From the same pro-
life womb of governmental injustice we
breed THE TWO GREAT CLASSES
TRAMPS AND MILLIONAIREs. .
Decreasing the value of human la
Dor. A vast conspiracy against
mankind has been organized on two con-
tinents and it is rapidly taking possess
sion of the world. If not met and over
thrown it at once forebodes terrible So
cial commissions, the destruction of
civilization or the establishment of an
absolute despotism. Restore the
government Of the republic to the hands
OF the plain people with whose class it
originated. A free government
built upon the love of a whole people
for each other and for the nation; that
cannot be pinned together by bayonets;
ONE UNITED BROTHERHOOD.
The forces Of reform this day organized
will never cease to move forward until
every wrong is righted and equal rights
and privileges established for all the
men and women Of this country; we de-
clare, therefore, that the union of the
labor forces Of the United States this day
consummated shall be permanent and
perpetual. Wealth belongs to him
who creates it, and every dollar taken
from industry without an equivalent is
robbery.
IF man will not work, neither shall
he eat The interests of rural and civic
labor are the same; their enemies are
identical. ."
wish Mr.. Donnelly, with his mastery
OF the English language, would mould
these sentences into one concise state
ment to be printed with each issue of the
Cincinnati platform, and thus avert the
danger of preventing union of all real
wealth producers under the flag Of Pop
ulism against the few who, aided by un-
productive parasites, would usurp every
thing with which to hold in slavery the
masses.
Finally. as we have no executive COM
mittee. 1t behooves each state commit
teeman to Immediately inaugurate for
his own county an aggressive attack on
both the old parties for six months. and
with the harmony In our own ranks, the |
impregnable position Of our platform,
the divisions among all other parties.
and new accessions coming to us each |
day, we have a fighting chance to win in !
November. If it is to be Mckinley, Cor
man and Barker, or Barker, Mckinley.
Bryan, with some other Democratic tick |
ct, any one of them has as good a chance
rs the others.
Respectfully,
HENRY D. FAY, M. D.
every Populist should occasionally
read the Omaha platform. He can bet
ter understand the current political dis
cussfon and distinguish between Popu-
ism and Socialism, between reformation
and revolution. The Omaha platform
sets out more in detail the evils from
which we suffer. The Cincinnati plat
form is more definite as to the remedy.
-Ed.)
Hurrah for DOnmelly.
WealthWOOd. Mimi. Nav 26. 1901