The Washington times., 1904-08-07
POPULIST PARTY WILL BE
A POWER IN CAMPAIGN
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letter from Jay w. Forrest, the presi-
| dent of the Albany county Democracy.
telling me that they have indorsed the
| POpulist ticket.
4 have received five letters from
! professors Of political economy in diff
ferent colleges throughout the country, |
stating that the money plank IN the
POpulst platform is the only scientific /
ally correct statement of that question |
ever made by a political party Now |
let me read that plank TO you, said
Mr. Tibbles
Before beginning to read the plank the J
! Vice Presidential candidate looked up /
/ skeptically and said: But che Eastern |
papers won't Print that plank; they are
afraid of it
The Money Plank.
Mr. Tibbles read:
The issuing of money is a function |
of government and should never be !
delegated to corporations or individuals. ]
The Constitution gives to Congress |
alone power 10 coin money and regulate
its value.
I'VE demand, therefore. that all
money shall be issued by the Govern
ment in such quantity as shall maintain
stability in prices. every dollar 10 be
a debt redeemable in other money"
How many votes viii the POpuiists'
/ ticket receive in New York State and
city, the correspondent asked
we already have the names of 100000 |
| voters, largely from organization, VINO
have pledged themselves to vote the
/ POpulist ticket Fully half Of these are
/ from New York city and Brooklyn
| Which party will these votes come
from
Draw Away Democrats.
principally from the Democratic
party. because me party has floDped
| from the position it took IN both 1886
and 1900, and is now more monopolistic
than the Republican party. That por-
| ton of Wall Street that backed Mark
Hanna and Mckinley in the last two
campaigns were much more respect
able set Of men than the Belmont-Shee-
| han crowd that are the chief promo
| tors of Judge Parker.
| In West Virginia we are fairly
| strong. ] have made q special ana
| thorough investigation as 70 conditions
/ in West Virginia. In 1891 l went into
that State and wrote severaI s-rtlcies
on the labor question there found
| that Henry g. Davis the Democratic
candidate for Vice President. was ship
Dipg Italian laborers into West Virginia
/ IN large numbers and took them 10 ms |
mines In the mountains and WORKED
/ them under guard.
party in that State hate Davis more
| than they do Parker. They personally
know Davis TO be a plutocrat ana
/ denunciatory letters l receive from any
| section OF the country come from west
! Virginia concerning Davis.
Two Political Tyrants.
Davis in the Democratic party and
J c h.. N
party. have run things in that State
with a high hand and the people of West
Virginia are tired of it. Now that Davis
/ is the Democratic Vice Presidential
nominee he VIII have to answer on cleo
tion day for the sins Of both himself
and Elkins. 1t ayin be the peoples
chance 10 get zen with both.
] Every difficulty is being put in our
| way in West Virginia 10 prevent US
| from getting on the ballot. When the
/ Populists Of West Virginia began voting
/ tor Bryan our organization was allowed
/ to lapse. On account Of the peculiar law
| in West Virginia II may be cIf1cult Tor
US TO get on the ballot so that our vote
/ will be effective Notwithstanding this
ticket in the field and show our strength
| IN West Virginia. at any rate
In both Kentucky and Tennessee the
/ Populists today hold the balance OF
[ power In both the last elections Bryan
/ was our candidate just as much as he
/ was the candidate of the Democrats
! There will be a heavy Populist vote in
/ Mississippi Georgia, and Texas.
Example of Williams.
According to the Congressional Direc-
tory I see that John Sharp Williams.
minority leader OF the House of Rep
resentatives, was sent to Congress from
a Mississippi district. having population
| Of 10000. by 1,4SS votes. and no candi-
date opposed him. In the future there
will be two political parties in the
South and men who run for Congress.
state or national Offices will have gen
uine opposition. The time is coming
when the Populist party will build up
| great vote In the Southern States.
| 81 keep in close touch with Colo
! rado, where they are bitter anti-Cleve-
! laudites, ana they hate Parker Just as
much, because Cleveland loves Parker
I and Colorado Identifies Parker with Wall
Street as 1rrevocably as they did Cleve-
land. We are establishing a State POpu-
list organ at Denver. We have several
papers in that State already. Were IL
not for the strong socialist ticket In
! Colorado, and the considerable support
/ that that ticket will receive we would
feel certain of carrying the State.
The working people and farmers OF
! Colorado have il in for both the old
! parties The Republican party Is the
/ exponent OF PeabOdyiSm. and the Demo
! cratic party Is the exponent of Wall
/ Street and Parkerocracy, and Parker
| ocracy is plutOcracy personihed," said
| Mr.. TIbbles.
A Party Resolution.
in answer to question the Populist
candidate for the Vice Presidency said:
THE action OF the st. Louis conven-
tiOn produced a revolution within the
party. The Farmers Alliance in 1890
first started the study Of political
! economy among the masses In this
| country. Bryan took up the work in
| 1892 when he first ran for Congress. BY
his elOQuence he engaged the attention
| OF all the people in the Democratic
party. This work OF education went on
through two Presidential campaigns.
| rs there any one in this country so
| insane as 10 believe that every man Of
! the 6.5O0OO0 men who voted for Bryan
VIII flop over just as the convention did
! at St. Louis and abandon principles they
deemed TO be absolutely right and upon