The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-05
MIDROADERS
STRIKE BACK
PARKERITEs, THEY SAY, ARE THE
REAL JUDAS IsCARIoTs. !
Secretary Of a Peoples Party Contra!
Committee Replies to the Broadside
of Quaint "Bill" Walpole More
Fuel Added to the Row in the South
Dakota Camp. 4
Special to The journal.

Special to The journal.
Sioux Falls S. D.-The warfare between the
midroad populists Of South Dakota and men whs
were formerly populists but are now members OF
the democratic party has not lost any of its
bitterness. to judge by the tenor of a letter
which has just been issued by Sherman Wilson.
secretary of the peoples party central commits
tee of Meade county. @ .Ezs
In public letter recently given out by Wiz
liam Walpole, of the original populists of
the state, who is now full-fedged democrat q
midroaders who are behind the calling of a state
convention, which is to be held at Yankton on
Sept: IA for the purpose of nominating straight
populist congressional and state ticket. Mrs
Walpoe referred to the midroaders as Benedtct
Arnolds and Judas Iscariots
Mr.. Wilson has now issued reply in behalf
of the midroad pOpulsts of South Dakota, and In
it he takes occasion to say that the former pops
ulists who are now supporting Parker and the
democratic state ticket are the ones who are
traitors to the principles of the peoples or popus
list party. His letter Is in part Us follows:
t. 'As, you. have come forth as the armed and
dauntless champion of those opposing the reors
ganization Of the peoples party, perhaps you will
| explain to the public how you are going to sups
port candidates running on a ticket headed by
Mr.. Parker, bound to platform indorsing
Mr.. Parker anG still not lend your actual assist
ance to Mr.. Parker. Are You supporting these
candidates because they are bound to Mr.. Pars
! ker, do they. perchance claim secretly to ref
pudate Mr.. Parker? ~" 7
s.If this is the case,s those candidates are
stultihed and unworthy of any mans support,
for they. have: gone into Mr.. Parker's camp and
have gone to him and said Mr.. Parker, you
! may have confidence in u.s. your cause and your
| interests safe in our hands and we will
give you hearty. undivided, enthusiastic
support WHILE behind bis back. they come I'd
| you and say Mr. Walpole. we bound our,
| selves to SUPPORT Parker, but we didn't mean II
| any of the time; we are just entrapping him;
! and all the time we held an ugly knife behind
onr backs AMI mean to plunge it into him
just below the fifth rib, hilt deep, and turn il
round and round. ...-s.
"Now, Mr.. Walnole, you speak Of scuttling
ships, but will ask you to- explain If any gang
of pirates band of assassins ever conceived
dishonest. diabolical course? 1t might
be we'll to consider whether you or Mr.. Parkei
Is to be let down. or If there is some way they
| can hetray you both-if~its would serve thet,
| purpose-for, after promising start, they
surely would not scruple at tribes.
| "You refer to Mr.. Grill (the democratic nolnt
| nee for governor of South Dakota) and ask
will you midroaders support him? 1 never have
been mtdroader. ,+ On the contrary. supported
| fusion, when agreed upon, with all my power
but most emDhatically L shall not support Mr.
Grill nor any other man who masquerades as
reformer while lending his aid and assistance
| to Mr.. Parker, and his name to a ticket headet
by Mr.. Parker, representing, as he does, Day'
i Hill, Perry Belmont, August Belmont, and, thr,
and monopoly in all their FORMS. 80
1.-THE peoples party advocates today just wha
it has advocated from the time of its birth
from which it has never varied, It has "a plat
tial ticket acceptable to all true reformers, ant
after our state convention on Sept. Il we shall
have ticket composed of tried and true popu
lists.
, Of all real popusists, Will properly be given
, these, who viii honestly proclaim themselves a
| reformers under the banner OF reform and NO
under that Of the enemy -