The representative., 1900-05-24
FAVORABLE COMMENTS

The Butte, Montana, Daily inter
Mountain (Rep.), of May II, has this
to say:
At Cincinnati yesterday the Peoples
party unquestionably did the best work
for the benefit OF that organization
which the circumstances permitted
The individuality : Of the party was
maintained and two Of it's ablest and
most prominent members named for
president and vice-president of the
United States.
Mr.. Wharton Barker is journalist OF
rare ability, and has acquired an excel
lent reputation in newspaper circles as
editor of the Americana magazine
devoted to the discussion of the political
topics Of the day. Despite his eccentrici-
ties OF argument, and long-drawn con-
clrsions. he wields an able and interest
ing pen and is undoubtedly the most
able exponent OF Populism in the coun-
try today.
His running mate, Mr. Tgnatius Dom
nelly, is we'll known in literary circles
as the author Of many popular produc-
ton, and as the leading Baconian of the
century. In his Great Cryptogram"-
in which he endeavors to show that
Lord Bacon wrote the plays popularity
accredited to Shakespeare-he forfeited
all claims to- the Shakespearian vote,
and will also run behind among those
Populists who believe that Bacon was
naturally intended for table use rather
than for purely intellectual enjoyment.
In his "Ragnarok," Atlantis" and
other non-partisan books of an abstract
character, he has won a great deal Of
justly merited applause, doing much to
entertain and enlighten the better class
Of American readers. His Caesars
Column" hints at future possibilities,
up to which the present trend of civil
ization is supposed to be leading.
Whether Imagination or a prophetic in
stinct inspired this work the future
must alone determine
Mr.. Donnelly Is a public speaker Of
wide repute, his lectures being of the
most interesting type. Like his son,
DR.. Donnelly, of Butte, the Populist
nominee for vice-president is a superb
story-teller, and he will doubtless at
tract considerable attention on the ros-
trum during the campaign.
Both Barker and Donnelly represent
the ultra-Populistic sentiment of the
country-the real, original, simon-pure,
dyed-in-the-wool type Of Populism.
They hold In contempt those Populists
who are sucking the hind teat OF the
Democratic heifer, having no more use
for the Democracy with it's political
idiosincrasies, than they have for the
Republican party, with its wise legis-
lation and It's prosperity. While con-
temptuously dubbed the Middle-of- the
Readers, in contradistinctiOn to those
Populists who have sold their birthright
to the Democracy for a mess Of pottage,
these gentlemen unquestionably have
the only defensible position as Popu-
lists when adjudged from party stand
point. They recognize that in fusion
with the Democrats heretofore they
have fed the veins Of a political vam-
pire at their own expense.
Had the Populists maintained their
Independent attitude from the inception
Of their organization they would have
led the Democratic vote Of the country.
Of being largely absorbed by
that party. In Montana, for instance.
the Populists had double the voting
strength of the Democrats in 1894, and
The latter were begging humbly at their
feet for political help. Fusion revived
the dropping Democracy into life and it
turned upon its benefactor and devoured
t. The result Is the humiliating spec
tacle IL witnessed Of Populfst delegates
going from thfs state to the alleged
party convention 1t Sioux Falls, for the
purpose Of publicly confessing that their
ofganisatlon has neither the decency |
aor the dignity to claim place in tho |
Presidential race In vindication OF the
principles they profess to hold.
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