The independent., 1903-01-29
FUTURE poPULIsr POLICY

policy of the democratic party for
the last six years he cannot help feel
ing astonished at the folly of its man
agement. If after the St Louis con-
vention democrats had shown the
least consideration for the honest con-
yictions of southern populists, the
votes that Bryan lacked in the north
to elect him could have been easily
obtained, and obtained in spite of all
that Mark Hanna, Dave Hill and
Cleveland could do to prevent it. That
was lesson that the managers of the
democratic party should have learned
but they learned nothing and four
years afterward they perpetrated
worse folly at Kansas City when they
turned down the brilliant and pa
triotic Towne. By that action all the
fire and vim was taken out of the
campaign in the northern states and
especially in the west and northwest.
Any man who had common sense
knew it would. The populists and free
silver republicans who were at Kan
sas City when that silly thing was
done, saw at once that defeat was
inevitable The editor of The Inde-
pendent met Senator Teller within
half an hour after Stevenson was nom
mated and he said: THE action beats
us, but we will make as good a cam
paign as we can, save what it is pos
sible for us to save
The populists, patriotic and as un-
selfish as always, withdrew their can
didate for the vice presidency, but
they did it with the full knowledge
that there was no hope of success in
the campaign. Everywhere when the
populists have given away to the
management of the democratic, party,
defeat has followed But still the
Mad Mullahs of the democratic party
rushed on. They learned nothing from
constant defeat. Out in Colorado they
tried their old tactics, with the never
failing result, and lost everything.
Here in Nebraska when the populist
policy was adopted, victory percheL
upon the united banners and when
the democratic plan was followed W.
| were beaten out of our boots Twice
! the democrats have insisted on having
the head of the ticket and each time
the result was disaster. They learned
nothing from the first defeat and the
! second defeat did not change their
opinions.
That sort of management, and
there seems to be no indication that it
will be changed, is what has led a
large number of populists who have
been willing to cooperate with the
democracy to give up hope of accom-
plishing anything by such co-opera-
ton. They do not believe that such
management has been by the advice
| OF Bryan. He was altogether too
large man for partisan democrats to
comprehend. He has ever been
courteous and willing to listen to the
opinions of populists. Neither does It
alter the fact that if the trusts and
the republican party are to be over
thrown that all those who oppose plu-
tOcracy with all it's robberies aid
piracies upon the common people,
must vote for he same candidates for
president, vice president and members
of congress.
After six years of failure to get the
democratic party to treat its allies
with the respect and consideration due
to an ally after it's insistance upon a
policy that has always resulted in de.
feat, a good many men think that the
time has come to drop all attempts a.
cooperation with party so blind 10
it's own interests as the democratic