Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-01
POpullsm and Populistic
Tendencies.

POpulism and POpulistic
Tendencies.
1t is not our intention to enter upon
long treatise concerning the tenets
and principles Of populism Popuism,
like everything else-we mean the
Populistic party-has many good
things I'm its platform Of principles.
It's undertaking opposition to monopoly
as monopoly is understood in these
days, is certainly commendable, and
that far it is parallel with all other
political parties. AS to its adoption
Of the so-called principles Of fat money
for which it now receives So many
lectures from the Republican and in
dependent press it has only to go back
very few years when the Republican
party was advocating the same thing.
Even that astute fnancier-who after
ward became such an able defender
OF hard money and a single standard
John Sherman-was in favor Of pay
ing the 500 bonds in greenbacks. And
the Supreme Court of the United
States after having been reinforced
by Strong and Bradley went a long
way in making fiat money respectable.
And now there stands unreversed in
the reports a decision of the Supreme
Court wherein promises to pay have
bene declared constitutional when
the Constitution in express terms says
that nothing but gold and silver shall
be a legal tender by the states. The
| Republican party ywasa free silver party
until fl dared become something else.
Mckinley, at Toledo, criticised Cleve-
land and his administration for doing
so little for silver and he also praised
the Sherman act POpulism has done
no more yet the Independent press
don't see fit TO lecture Republicans.
But after all are Republicans and the
Independent press honest in their de-
nunciauons of Populists and Demo
Gratis for sometimes fraternizing with
them? Is not the present hue and cry
simple hypocracy and nothing else?
Has any Republican paper ever yet
Iectured Republicans for its unnatural
alliance with Mahoneism in Virginia?
That was worse a thousand times than
Populism. For the sake of our vote in
the United States Senate the patron
age Of the whole state of Virginia was
turned over to Malone who at once
became tyrant and a nuisance but
it was all right with the Republicans
and the Independents.
We ask in all candor and sincerity
have the Republican and independent
newspapers ever condemned the union
of Populists and Republicans in North
Carolina? .
It is notorious, but true, that but for
the union OF Populists and Republi-
cans in the Tar Heel State one Pritch-
ard-who now rattles around in Zeb
Vance's shoes like a grain Of corn in
a Conestoga wagon bed-would never
have sat in the United States Senate.
! He swallowed everything-free silver
and all--and voted for it--yet Repubi.
cans gladly welcomed him and have
criticized Allen OF nebraska, and made
fun Of Tillman, but Pritchard who
stood with them and voted with Chem
on free silver was held up as a states
man.
, Later on when It was found Kyle OF
South Dakota was ready to make ar
alliance with Republicans to return
to the Senate Populism was at once
, popular and the alliance was immedi
, ately formed.
p Now, this is pontics and probably
good politics, but let us hear fewel
? lectures condemning Democrats fo
what Republicans do every day in tn,
, year. Jones and Stewart Of Nevada
! both elected as Republicans turneC
D Populists They we're called crank
q especially the latter, in the free silye
/, question. Now they return TO the KC
T. publican party with the smell Of PoI
I Iullsm still on their garments.
Z We repeat we are not here to defen
j. Popullsm, neither do we rashly cor
o denim Il. We would rather speak kind
J. ly for there are good, true and SINGER
s men who are Populists. We advis
r those critics Of Populjsts who neve
l. have anything good 70 say Of ther
t to 90 and study the decisions Of tn