The People's party paper. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, October 30, 1896, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text6 From Indiana. Elkhart, Ind., Oct. 12, 1896. To The. Hon. Thomas E. IFatoon, The People's choice for Vice President. Respkcteii Sir: In your earnest, persistent, efforts to rally the be trayed, discouraged, and humiliated legions of Populism, have doubtless observed, that the cry, which Histor- I ians assure us was wrung from the lips of that great Carthagenian Hani- : bal, when confronted with the trunk less head of his murdered Brother, “Oh, Carthage, in this, I see thy des tiny.” Is the burden of the refrain, ! of millions of America’s honest I yeomenry today. As they look upon the crushed, mangled, and wellnigh | lifeless remains of that, erstwhile powerful young champion of justice, the Peoples’s Party. Surely you kind sir, in view of the above facts, ought not to ask “The Old Guard” to longer sit, in passive silenoe and unreasonable expectancy, while our gallant leader is being forced into the attitude of a supplicating mendi cant, before those in authority, to the end that he may obtain Justice. For strong as is our desire to prove loyal to the wishes of our peerless champion, and great as is our admir ations of sterling integrity, sublime unselfishness, ar.d spartan courage, of Georgia’s noble son. Yet; the admonition we send is “marvel not” if when the votes are counted, the fact shall appear that, the men who have pledged their lives, their for tunes and their sacred honor, to re deem this fair laud from the blight ing curse of mammon’s rule, have re pudiated that infamous transaction consumated at St. Louis in July last. Which transaction had for its object, the trailing of the colors of true j Populism, beneath the feet, aud in 1 the dirt of that “abomination of des olation” bourbon Democracy. “Jo back to Georgia to the niggers, where you belong” says the self confident Mr. Joner, of Arkansaw'. If you happen to meet him “Tom” tell him we’ve done gone back. But, we’ll rise and come again, after tha ob sequies. Recognizing the fact, that in the open, armed with the re cord" and Demo- cratio parties, the forces’ ot VEf 11 '' ' “"are as ftivtnctble as was lianibal’s emaciated followers, on the plains of the Po. But when confined j within the walls of modern Repubii • canisin or Democracy by fusion, re formers are as defenseless as was I that great Pagan General, within ’ the walls of Carthage. Therefore ■ the rank and file are listening for tha order, to right about-face ami march, to victory in 1990, the man who gives the order is the coming MAN. Will you be that mm? Millions of your admir.rj earnestly wish it so, or must it come to a “show do wn” as it it did in France? With a fervent petition that the ‘giver of every good and perfect gift” will preserve and prosper you, permit the writer to suggest three cheers and a tiger for T. E W. Very sincerely yours, “Middle of the Road.” P. S.-Sinee writing the above, the fret has developed that our State Organ, The American Nonconform ist, which has heretofore been so ably and fearlessly conducted, by that earnest advocate of true reform Cnarles X. Mathews, has been sur reptitiously transfer d to the posses sion of that element, which is steering the Bryan-Sewall campaign in this State. The indignation offered the People’s candidate for Vice-Presi dent, through that cmtemotable deal together with those imposed upon Mr. Mathews, at the time the trans fer was made, will cost Popoeracy 15,000 votes in Indiana. However let them on with their cussedness. It is but the logical sequence of their puerile attempt to establish some ■ sort of fellowship between “Christ and Belial,” when the ruler of the universe himse'f hath pronounced j such a relationship an impossibility, , Still the voice of the great cmimon people is heard in “vivo la,” Thomas E. Watson. They Will Never I>o It. The Constitution pabl'shes one of its usual hypocritical appeals to the ■ Populists, in today’s issue, to stand i by Bryan and Sewalt. That paper is always pa'roniztng when it wants to work an unholy deal for personal advantage. To call the Populists patriots to. , day, after the treatment that they j have receivtd in the past, is nothing less than hypocritical gush, whi h far 'from having the desired effec. ill further antagonize them. Tp patroirze them and condemn j their state leaders, the chiefest among whom is their idol, Tom Watson, is a piece of assininity that can but turn them further frem the consideration of the great necessity that presses on every patriot, the complete massing of the friends of silver on honorable ground for common battle. If, as the Constitution asserts, the , proposition of the Populists war made for the purpose of preventing I fusion, and that its language was in sulting, then why did the editor of that paper seek Mr. Watson at the ; latter’s home? i If, as that paper says, the rink I j and file of the Populists are patriots who have been betrayed by selfish leaders in this state, what, pray, has I the Constitution to say of the little gang of political leeches that fatten at the expense of the rank and file of the Democracy? If these men are controlled by principle, and place measures above men, and the Constitution can en dorse such position, what has it to say of its condemnation of those Democrats who are disposed to do the same thing? If it was wr ng in the Populists to demand that Watson be compliment ed by the full electoral vote of Geor gia, a Democratic state, how can it be right in the Demoara's of Ne braska, a Populist state, to receive the full electoral vote of that sta e for Sewall ? If Watson, out of delicacy, refuses to interfere in Nebraska on account of it being Mr. Bryan’s home, should Sewall stand in the way of Watson in the latter’s home state—especially when Democratic magnanimity in ■ Georgia would help Bryan through | out the country? i Should ail the sacrifices be made I by Watson, and none by ths man from Maine? Is it fair to charge the Populists with the responsibility of patriot'c submission, so long as the Democrats are in greedy possession of the pie counter ? Is it reasonable to expect tjmid noninterference on the prrt of the Populist party, while Democratic politicians sand bag their leader? i I f the fusion proposition was wrong 1 and insincere, whv did not the Dem- , ■ ■ . - .. | ocratic committee make a ocuntor . proposition on the lines of right and I sincerity ? I Tne Constitution says the Demo crats were insulted by the demand. ! What becomes of all this prating about patriotism, when these politi- I cal censors allow personal pique to interfere with a plain patriotic duty? Hadn’t the Populists been ins ilted time and again? Hasn't their leader been scorned and sandbagged? Yet they waived aside these things when they would fuse. Couldn’t the Dem ocratic committee rise to the plane of unseifish patriotism and at least ent .-r upon negotiations, aflerthe de spised Populist had blazed the way? Is more patriotism to be expected | of the Populists than the Democrats? If tha proposition to fuse was I couched in insulting language, isn’t j it a tr.llo singular that the Constitu tion was six days in detecting the I indignity? If the proposition of the Populists was so insulting aud unieasonable, why did the editor of the Constitu tion favor treating with them in his speech before the committee, wherein ho is reported to have said, “that Bryan could not be elected without the suoport of the Populists?” Why did he, after making this statement, introduce tho resolution that put an end to all further negotiations? Can he, in view of this strange double dealing, be considered a friend of Bryan? In the light of this incident, how can the Constitution show the gall to i write two-column appeals to patriots? What weight will these heavy edi torials have wiih the people who are forced to doubt the sincerity of their | author? If the Constitution had placed pa triotiem above selfishness, it would still be trying to reconcile these con flicting forces in away to poll eviry Populist vote for Bryan. But the editor of that paper didn’t waet it to , go before the country that a national committeeman had been turned down by his state committee, and he jumped in the band wagon. This is an every day experience of the Joseph-coated publication, and it * ill influence just as many votes j for Sewall by continuing in its ques- I tionable attitude, as it will for Dink Botts. Tne idea of a self-respecting Pop ulist voting for Sewall! It is impos sible?— Atlanta Daily Commercial. PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER, ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 30, 1896. II hat Nashville Conference. “Nashville, Tenn , October 23. — Tom Watson arrived in Nashville this morning unheralded, ?nd Hading no eno at the depot to meet him, quietly went to the Duncan, where he remained alone until nearly noon, when a local Populist discovered that he wns there. 11. W. Reed, Popu'.ist national committeeman from Georgia, arrived from Atlanta on the same train without knowing it, and went to the Maxwell, while George F. Washburn, chairman of the Chi cago branch of the Populist national executive committee, came in from Chicago and put up at the Nicholson. “These three came to Nashville, however, by sgroetnent, and about noon got together in Mr. Watson’s room at the Duncan. They met again twice during the afternoon. Mr. Watscn invariably returned word to the newspaper men that he had nothing to say for publicaton. “In discussing the failure of Tem esssee Democrats and Populists to fuse, however, he said to Chairman Buchanawt'l indorse your action.! ou could have done nothing more or less and retained your independence and manhood as individuals or Popu lists.’ “Mr. Reed had but little to say. He remarked: ‘I will do my talking after I get back to Georgia.” “He did say, however, that the Popul sts of Georgia were tired of the treatment they had been receiv ing, and as they had some independ ence, G aorgia nrg it be lost to the Democratic state ticket. “It was learned in a roundabout was that Mr. Watson is still opposed to any compromise or surrender, as he calls it. ‘Mr. Washburn, who seemed to be the spokesman for the party, said to night:] “ ‘I came to Nashville to meet M . Watson and Mr. R.’ed and report the status as to fusion. I returned from Georgia to Cnicagoto ascertain from Senator Jones what could be accomplished regarding the different fusion matters then held in abeyance, as wo hoped to straighten out all hes? complication before the elec tion, but tho action of the G .-'-rg - It rijo.rats.in. reJLui’HJ. to accept, the. proposition made by’ the Populist-, and in declining to make any coun ter proposition, together with the action of the Democrats in Tennes see in refusing to enter into fusion in this ssite, had rendered it impos sible for us to continue our negotia tions, and they were, theiefore, de clared off entirely.’ “‘We have no hope of con summating any < f these arrange ments, and shall make no further ef fort. We hoped for an honorable alliance of all the silver forces in all the states, but we would not submit jto a surrender. It seems to be the policy of the Democrats to earnestly desire fusion in stales whtre our votes are needed, but they reject our overtures in States where it is | thought we are not needed for suc cess. Fusion was desired in Georgia by our committee because of the favorable effect it would have out- 1 side of Georgia in doubtful States in ■ bringing out the Populist vote for Bryan. The arbitrary action of the Democrats in Georgia, Tennessee, A'abama, Virginia and other States will have a most depressing effect on our people who had expected fair treatment.’ “‘Wil the Populist electors of Giorgi 1 withdraw or ba withdrawn?’ i was asked. “ 1 Wo leave that entirely with tha Georgia State committee,’ said Mr. ! Washburn. “'The national committee, as well as M r. Watson, have protested against any such step, but the feeling in Georgia is very strong, and the com mittee will 1 robably exercise their i own judgment in the matter.’ “ 'Cannot your committee force an arrangement?’ was asked. “‘We have declined to interfere, leaving it to the judgment of the i State committee. I will say, how ever, that wo especially desired fusion in Tennessee aud Georgia for the effect it would have had. If fusion I had been arranged in these two I States, and it had thus been shown that they had sought to recognize ' Air. Wa'soL', even in the slightest manner, it would have been worth all the efforts of a thousand speakers; the result wonld have been magica l .’ *li> closing the interview Mr. Washburn sail no proposition had bien advanced, discussed, considered, accepted or rejected at today’s con ference. Mr. Washburn returns to Chicago tomorrow morning, and Mr Real to Georgian Looking Both ways for Sunday. It seems to The Commercial that National Committoeman Howell oe. capiea a position that will bo diffi cult to explain to Chairman Jones and Mr. Bryan. To begin with, Mr. Howell was instructed to represent Chairman Jones before the State committee, on the fusi.n proposition made by the Populists. When he went before the Demo cratic committee, he spoke in fiver cf fusion, saying, it is claimed, that Bryan cou’d not bo electei without Populist support. After seeing that he was in the miairity, he, with an alacrity that is common to father and son, jompel in the band wagon, in order to avoid the humiliation of being turned down, and really introduced the resolution rojecti- g the terms proposed, and re fusing absolutely to offer any other way out of the difficulty. It was a radical position for a fu sionist to take—but Mr. Haward gulped it down, so it is said, as he has many other sweet morsels of crow. Especially is his position, as pre sented in the telegraphic correspond ence between him and Mr. Jones, re ferred to in another column, queer, in view of his knowledge that the Populist committee is still in ses sion, awaiting some developments favorable to Bryan, while the Demo cratic committee, with Mr. Howel 1 , has adjourned sine die. Another singular and interesting incident connected the pi esent attitude of committeeman II .well, is tho alleged offer by Captain Howell, of tho fail electoral vote of Georgia to Wat so a, provided that the Popu lis'.s would withdraw all their elec tors. This proposition on the part of Howell the father, makes ridiculous ho pres nt position of Howell tho on, and the editorial attitude of the Constitution, ihe queer product of the dual brain. The truth about the whole matter, is, if’The oratnercial’s information is correct, and we have good grounds for believing all that we have heard that the Constitutian and its editors, w mid be stown up in very .bad light ii certain gentleman with whom th -y have lately conferred, should feel called upon to tell all all they, know about the conferences held. Thismiy be the next political story that is given the public, and tho public need not be surprised to see a publication disclosing some in side history at any time. It was a lucky thingfor Tom Wat son that he held to the action of his own committee. Recent develop ments have only tended to emphasize the common estimate that there are some politicians in Georgia who are like the barnyard beetle, they push one way and look another.—Atlanta Commercial. FOR ONLY $l.OOl ‘R"' <Kr=2ir=s> ""a? "'U E We Can Sell You First Class Heat- 3 ing Stoves for Only SI.OO. 3 FivT-s Our stock of £ ’ -ip? 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For the latter party, then, to come to the Democrats with a proposition of fus eion, which contemplated taking the electoral vote frem Sewall, the na tional vice Presidential nem nee, was akin to the farcical. It was out of the question that such a suggestion should bj considered ani the Demo crats of the S ,ate did not suppose for a moment that their State com mittee would give it a serious thought. Especially in Georgia is the Demo cratic party the party of the people. This has been proven time and again There is no room here for Populism Had the executive committee at tempted to fuse on the line suggest ed by the Populists—or on almost any other line—there would have been significant Democratic luke warmness in Georgia toward the national ticket. 51 any Democrats would absolutely refuse to support a fusicn ticket, and the integrity of the party would have been assailed. Literary Notes. 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