Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-07-24
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF COUNTY.
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OFFICE IN TRIBUNE BUILDING.
20s Fourth Street.
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- second class mail matter.1
WEDNESDAY, JULY "a, 1901.
LIGHT IS DAwNiHe.
The Freeborn County Standard has
been one OF the peoples party papers
that since last fall has seemed to be in
favor of abandoning our organization
and joining the democratic party
bodily. Undoubtedly q majority of
the populists would have favored this,
if they could have been given the per-
feet assurance that the Chicago and
Kansas City platform would remain
the party creed, and that the men who
had brought about that revolution in
the democratic party would continue
to dominate it's policies. But the PERM
cious activity OF the gold-bug demo-
cracy Immediately after the election
convinced many of us that there would
be struggle for mastery in the demo-
cratic organization and that the two
defeats of Bryan would weaken his
side and give his opponents the upper
hand. The Ohio convention has opened
the eyes of many, among them the
editors of the Standard. In it's last
issue it contained the following edi-
torial:
eff this is the kind of men that are
to rule the democratic party, and If
their alleged principles are to compose
it's platform, every self-respecting
democrat who honestly stood on the
platforms of the last two national con-
ventions, rather than stultify himself
by surrendering his convictions and
following the trail of such q gang of
political pirates, will vote the repub-
lican ticket.
But this will not be necessary. For
it the enemy succeeds in Selling the
national democratic organization, the
time of the peoples party will then
again come, and it will reorganize and
rise more speedily and in greater num-
bers and power than before, and it's in
fuence and results the next time will
be more far.reaching and effective than
in the past. For it will have the bene-
fit of the experience of q previous be-
trayal of its confidence, and one lesson
will be enough. Certainly if the demo-
cratic party passes under the DONNA
ton of the evil bourbon influences that
controlled the Ohio convention, it will
forfeit the confidence and support of
all independents and they will repudi-
ate it and create potent organization
that stands for true democracy, for
Justice and free and honest govern
ment as expounded by the patriot
founders of the republic. i"
That is the way to talk. This is not
a question of party names, but of prin-
ciples and leaders. AS long as the
democratic party stood for the reforms
the populists wanted we supported it,
and were glad of the chance. 1t added
to the voters who desired reform that
vast array of voters in an old party
that will vote for party name, re-
gardless of platform. We know that
many of the democrats did not believe
in all parts of their platform. But
Bryan was in earnest. If he had been
elected he would have chosen for his
assistants only those whom he knew
were heartily with him, and the luke
warm ones would have been powerless.
With the organization in the hands of
the trust people this will be reversed.
The democracy of Bryan will be power
less. Had the populists had their main
strength in the East they might have
Joined the democratic party and beaten
the "re-organizers." That is the
section where help Is needed. But our
strength is in the West, where the
Bryan democracy is strongest. The
thing for populists to do is therefore
to build up their organization so as to
be ready to welcome the large array of
genuine Bryan democrats who during
the last two campaigns have been
educated up to many of the demands
of the populist platform. There can
hardly be any doubt that the demo.
cratic party will be rent asunder. The
opinions held by the two factions are
too Numerically opposed to each
other to allow q union, It was only
the issue of Imperialism that held it
together last year. Events have now
proved that that bond is not strong.
enough to bind those elements together
again.
Brethren Of the populist faith, we
have seen enough to know that the
peoples party will be the only one to
bear the standard Of reform in the
next national campaign. Close up the
ranks, organize and take in all those
who are getting disguised with the
monopolistic tendencies Of the two old
parties. There are signs Of strife in
the hitherto solid phalanx of the re-
publican party, and. many an honest
republican will join our forces when he
sees plutocracy defeating any attempts
by members OF his party to remedy the
trust evil. Thus out Of an apparently
crushing defsat may spring glorious
victory. s.....
Is -
G.. .Glasier has sold tho Morris
tTflaes to Messrs. Allen, 8 Noyes.
Tia - a,a,p VII continue. fla,nnnr Akin