The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-02-01
INSIDE HISTORY.

INSIDE HISTORY.
(From the Nacogdoches, Tex, Plaindealer.)
THE Missouri World gives great atten-
tion to the Mercurys Note of Warning as
If it were really a serious matter. The
World has been in bushes long enough to
have discovered the rank folly Of magnify
ing molehills into mountains. The Plain
dealer has fought fusion with Democrats
from its first issue and we are still on deck
to raise rough house with the first flu
sionist who pOkes his head up. We are
naturally opposed to mongrels in politics
as well as other things. We have no con-
fidence in a man or party that won't hoe it's
own row. In this respect the Plaindealer
thoroughly agrees with it's valued contem-
porary at Dallas. Any blamed fool can see
that fusion schemes stand no show in Texas
where every Populist convention held for
three years has refused to adjourn without
throwing a brick at Bryan. There are one
or two, perhaps a few more, weakened,
spindle shanked, lantern jawed monstrosi-
ties In the POpulist party who would like to
join hands with the grand aggregation of
wind TANNERS and political acrobats led
by God knows who towards God knows
where but these few will not cut enough
ice to dull the saw. The convention to be
held next Wednesday at Lufkin will set
down on them hard as far the Second
congressional district is concerned, and the
same news will come from every other dis
trict. If it don't we will miss guess-and
that's rare occurrence. 1t is more than
true that all kinds of wire working is being
tried by the Democratic bunco steerers
with the object of bringing about a fusion
deal. They have been successful in some
state-more's the pity-but we believe that
when the national convention meets, the
man who rises to nominate w. j. Bryan for
president on the Populist ticket will get
treat Of ancient hen fruit that will give him
a case of perpetual nausea. Every delegate
from Texas should carry basketful along
for that purpose
Upon this the Missouri World,
Brother Dixon's able paper, comments
as follows:
MANY other Texas Populist papers crit-
else Mr.. Parks editorial in his paper the
Dallas, Texas, Mercury. Will say that the
editor of the World was at the national
committee meeting at Omaha in June, '98,
and saw there that the fusion virus was get
ting hold in Texas. 1t was Texan who
jumped up right in the midst of the strong
fight made to secure a new national chair
man and said: will not ask South
erner to retreat under fire. that Is, he
f1unked in the effort of the Populists to
secure a Populist chairman for the national
committee.
Give members Of the Texas state COM
mittee have issued an address declaring the
implications in the Mercury's editorial
wholly false. The Mercury in its last issue
replies to this address We had hoped to
publish the reply in full but cannot this
week. The substance of the Mercury's re-
ply is that it did not charge the state COM
mittee with being in fusion DEAL but
that certain Texas Populists were at work
to commit the party to fusion in Texas.
The Mercury says that ]. H. (Cyclone)
Davis, of Texas, brought proposition from
the Northwestern fusionists for the Popu
list convention to nominate Bryan; that
Davis submitted this proposition to Harry
Tracy and that Tracy accompanied Davis
to Hillsboro to lay the matter before ].
S. Bradley the Texas state chairman; that
they went to Austin to see S. c. Cranberry;
that J. H. Davis paid Harry Tracy's ex-
penses that David said that the money for
that purpose was furnished by the fusion
lists.
1.-The readers of the World know that Cy-
clone Davis, for a long time the lone fu-
sionist of Texas, has been lecturing for
the fusionists ever since the spring of 1896.
He was sent away off to Oregon by the
Bryantes even before Bryan was nominated
by the Democrats, and he visited several
of the Missouri congressional conventions
in 80 in the interest of platform trimming
which was the first open policy of those
who had conspired to deliver the Peoples
party over to the Democrats nationally in
exchange for state and congressional offices.
And now Davis and Tracy are travel
ing together and the fusionists are paying
the freight. Take this in connection with
Tracy's declaration at Omaha: L will not
ask Southern man to retreat under fire.
and we think the charge that fusionists
are trying to capture the Texas delegation
Is pretty we'll made out.
''Nomination by the referendum is the
only safe way.
"Fusionists will hatch out under the con-
vention system faster than they can be
killed of"
And here is more Of the corrupt
scheming:
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 2S.-The Popuists of
Texas publicly announce that w. J. Bryan
will accept the nomination Of that party for
president II it is rendered him. circu
lar letter Quilting the plan of action for
the coming campaign was today issued by
Chairman J. Foster of the Twelfth congress
sional district, who claims to secure his in
formation and the propositions outlined d.
rect from the national headquarters. The
circular letters Is addressed to all county
chairmen and reads in part as follows:
eff the Bryan Democrats, when they meet
in national convention, reafi1rm the Chi
cago platform Of 1896 with a direct legis-
lation plank as an issue, and 1t seems prob
able that they will, and nominate w. j.
Bryan and some irreproachable Southern
man, that such action will be the death Of
our party Should the Democracy do this,
it will be only repetition of their policy,
plans and like their advocacy of is to /,
be short-lived.
"yvhen our national convention assem-
bles it should reaffirm the Omaha platform,
with direct legislation as the paramount
issue, nominate w. j. Bryan land the assur-
ance has been given by Mr.. Bryan's friends
that he will accept the nomination. and some
Southern Populist. The Free Silver Re-
publicans will indorse the platform and its
candidates, and Mr.. Bryan's friends will 60
before the National Democratic convention
with demand for Endorsement of the action
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