Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-14
from A. H. Mattox, editorial mana
ger of "The National Economic
League, - which has headquarters at

from A. H. Mattox, editorial mana
ger of "The National Economic
League. - which has headquarters at
13 Astor Place, New York City. The
letter is addressed to a Missouri
banker, whose name and address is
omitted by the Coming Nation"
Then follows long letter in which
the danger of the socialists coming to
power is dwelt upon and plan for
combating the same is outlined:
Enclosed with the letter is IA par
tial list of the Board Of Editorial AS
sociates, Contributors and EndOrsers.
Among these is the name of Grover
Cleveland: also the name of Lyman J.
Gage, the same Gage who assisted in
working the silver trick in '95 96.
cit will be seen from the foregoing
letter that the money-power is going
to attract the public mind to social
ism. It is going to beat the socialist
drums and tomtoms, blow socialist
horns, as it did beat silver drums and
tomtoms and blow silver horns, for
the purpose OF having socialism the
paramount issue and to encourage re-
formers to abandon the practical de-
mands Of the peoples party, abandon
the peoples party organization and
take up with socialism and the so
cia|ist party, we'll knowing that the
peop'e are ready for populi7m and
that if they must choose between the
old parties ana socialism the old par
ties will be safe. Read the letter over
carefully and see how ingeniously it
is worded for the purpose Of encourag.
ing reforrners to take uo with the So
cialist party. What a blessing it
would be to the democratic party, and
therefore to the horsepower, if, while
the democratic party is dropping the
issues it took up to head off the peo-
ple's party, there would be no place
for the Bryan populists and true sill
YER dt1.-ccrats to 60 except to the So
cialist party.
"As stated above, the name of
Grover Cleveland appears in the list
of ''editorial associates, contributors
| and endOrsers." Grover, 20 doubt
was aware of # not an actual assist
ant in playing the silver trick Of 1895
We are inclined to think he was in the
CONSPIRACY to circumvent the people, :
party. Now he figures as one of the
league to fight socialism. His nam
is thus parade1 to make the trick
work, the schemers believing that any
thing old Grover appears as oppos-
ing the active reformers will the more
likely support. The~letter falsely ex-
presses fear of a socialist victory,
for the purpose Of encouraging re-
formers to abandon the demands Of
the Omaha platform, abandon the peo.
pies party for the socialist party.
"We have no doubt of the genuine
ness Of the letter, though every lire ol
it has q fraudulent purpose. How the
Coming Nation got it to publish we
do not know, but it was evidently
written with the purpose Of making
it public and especially getting it be.
fore refOrmers.
Let the populists and believers in
the demands of the people's party
generally set it down for fact that
the plutocrats are going 20 try to shift
the reform movement from the practi
cal demands of populism, for which
the people are ready, to the demands
Of socialism for which the people are
not re ady, and will not vote. Does
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