THE DEhVER NQERECCE
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Democracy
Editor Independent: The comments
we have seen in republican papers on
the Denver conference would Indicate
that the republican party is not only
gratified at the action taken by the
populist party, but is interested in the
same. Such comments are to be
viewed in the light of those made by
the same paper-, in behalf of the
statesmanship of Grover Cleveland.
The reform element must learn that
If it wishes to accomplish anything it
must, 'not "aliow ltseu to u Cut up mw
opposing and warring factions. This
has always been the tactics of the
rTlvlleced few when the people ae
manded a reform in governmental af
fairs giving equal rights to all and
special privileges to none.
. In 1896. when the reform forces
" were uniting for the greatest conte t
ever witnessed between the masses anu
the classes, the middle-cf-the-road
populists voted witn the republican?
while "old line democrats" voted the
Pulmer-Buckner ticket, and thus was
lost to the cause the strength that was
jrained from other retorm sources
TLis division of forces was planned
toy the money power and executed by
the republican party ana goia aemo
. crats.
Ever since the reformation of the
democratic Dartv in 1896, there has
been an effort upon the part of the
. gold, democrats to gain control of the
rt,rtv organization and make the aem
oeratic Dartv so much like the repub
lican party that to the privileged few
It will make little or no difference
which party wins. In this the gold
democrats are being aided by repub
licans. And now, lest their attempts
should Drove futile, the middle-of-the
road populists have been induced to
r.cme out from among the republican
., party where they have been hiding and
Dfintine. and issue a call to arms 01
il" former populists. No one can ques
tion their rieht in this matter, but
their motives surely are not above
suspicion. The call, coming at a time
n-hfin the democratic narty is attempt
injr to prevent its organization from
being captured by the political Danans
of American Dolitics. has for its evi
dent intention the disorganization of
fchn democratic Darty. and tne -promo
tion of the schemes of the reorganizes
with the hone of founding a great par
'" fc' out of the wreckage. But this is a
delusive hope. The democratic part:
.x not. wrecked, nor does its strengt
depend upon middle-of-the-road pop
. ulists. Neither Will the democrats
party be reorganized. ..
Tho rtpmnrratift Dartv as It wa?
mireed. cleansed and purified in 1896
is thfl greatest reform element with
which organized greed, has to contend
nr.d is stronger today than ever boroiv
The sentiments voiced in the Chicago
and Kansas City platforms, together
with a nominee whom money co-m
cot corrupt or buy, made it the party of
" al! true reformers ana such it is today.
The action of the Denver conference
will not weaken the cause of democ
racy, but will stimulate every voter
within its ranks to increased watcn
fulness, and in the contest of 190'
the middle-of-the-road populists will
present the humiliating spectacle of
again , voting the republican ticket
while all sincere reformers will
found a component part of the Bryan
democracy. J. MARION LONG.
Versailles, 0.
(Evidently Mr. Long's knowledge
regarding 'the Denver conference was
gained by reading the republican pa
pers he mentions. He has certainly
rot kent. in touch with the movement
by", reading populist papers, or ho
would have known that the "Callto
Arms" was issued by J. A.' Edgerton
- : secretary of the people's party national
committee appointed at the Sioux Falls
convention, which nominated Bryan
and Towne; he would have known
that the majority of those present
were what are known as "fusion pop
ulists" that is to say, populists who
threw tfheir heartiest support to Mr.
Eiyan both in 1896 aad 1900. Both
the editor and the associate editor of
The Independent were there and par
ticipated in the conference Nothing
fcut Mr. Long's ignorance of the facts
prevents these men from resenting the
statement that "they nave been nia-
ing and pouting" within the ranks of
the republican party but, of course,
cue cannot feel resentment toward a
' man who babbles ignorantly of some
thing he does nor. know.
Doubtless if Mr. Long really" under
stood the fundamental reasons which
give rise to a political movement, he
"would have a clearer Insight into the
history of third parties and he would
know why the populists who assembled
' at Denver said in their address that
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when the united people's party. should
declare itself emphatically opposed to
iny affiliation with either of those
parties (republican and democratic)
md unqualifiedly in favor of indepen
dent national political action." Per
haps The Independent might help him
t learn:
Qtrirmori of the high-sounding
phrases in their platforms, intended
to hoodwink the great mass of voters
nwor rAflll have anything to
say as to how their government shall
tot-, administered, every political pari;
represents primarily the economic
well-being of men engaged in certain
industries. Begi-ining at least with
Grant's election, the republican party
has persistently represented the well
being of the great capitalists engaged
in manufacturing, banking, transpor
tation, and allied - industries, usually
i-nnwr. as "nlutocrats" but never the
agriculturist or land-owner. The test
of this is to observe ths primary and
final ffert nf all republican legisla
tion ATI d administration always in
the interest of the plutocrats. Of
course, the farmer and the wage-
worker were led to believe they would
1 hMipfiterl indirectly by making pres
ents to the manufacturers and bank
ers and transnortation -corporations,
nnrl the reoublicaa party been kept in
power by the vrtes of men who are
rhhort hv Its Tin lCieS.
Thoro is tin room for the democratic
rpnresentative of the plu
tocratic classes mentioned yet thee
interests have found it to their ad-vnntne-A
to keen control of the party
i nrrior tn iia sa.ffl in tne event tnt
a sufficiently large number of th
farmers and .wage-workers should de
cide to desert the republican party and
to throw their strength to the demo- hj'.tor, grange, farmers' alliance, and
ciatic candidates and elect them, hop
ing for relief from republican robbery.
Logically" the democratic party should
represent the great ma. s of people en
gaged in agriculture and kindred in
dustries, it can have no other mis
sion and be true to the great majority
of men who form its support,
strange'-to sav however, until 1896
thp democratic narty never did truly
represent the well-being of the vast
majority of. its followers. True, me
campaign of 1868 may be counted as
ar. exception to this but tne people
then did not understand the real sci
ence of politics as well as they cto
now. Horatio Saymour stood upon a
platform somewhat vague, to be
sure which meant benents to tne
agriculturists, and, if elected, he would
have been true to the platform. It
may interest Mr. Long to know that
the chairman of the democratic na
tional committee that year, August
Btlmont, was the American agent for
European holders of our government
bonds and Seymour's election wouia
haw invented those bondholders
from robbing the American farmers of
half a bill on dollars. So ueuimont.
aided by Manton Marble, editor of
the New York World, deieated Sey
ThA st.nrv is too lone to tell
here, but Mr. Long can find it in Alex
ander Del Mar's "History of Monetary
Crimps."
Besinninc with the close of the war
there were a number of men who saw
clearly the drift of affairs and who
1. new what a tolItlcal party snoiuci
niand for. Seymour's defeat in 186S.
caused by a most damnable conspiracy
in his own . Dartv' showed them tha
ihor TiPfid exDect no relief from either
old party and the greenback, union
fir ally the popul'st movement, result
ed. At no time in the history of any
of these movements (in reality all one
ai;d the same), would the great ma
jority of their followers have refused
to vote the democratic ticket had they
been assured they could secure through
it. the relief they wanted. Most of
them cared nothing for party names.
ut they knew what they wanted in
the way of legislation and adminis-
tmtion. "
So when Bryan was nominated m
1S96 on a nlatform that was sufficiently
pcpulistic for all except the most ex
treme, he drew to him the support or
practically all wno had been- engaged
in third party movements. Tftey De-
it-ved in him and they do yet. But
they cannot agree now with Mr. Long
that "the democratic party is purged,
cleansed and purified" which means
i-.othine else than that it is nd or me
representatives of the great manufac-
L-rinc. banking and transportation
companies who want to build up them
selves at the expense of others and use
the democratic party as a republican
echo. The fact that Mr.; Bryan is right
now making the fight of his life to
control his own party, ought to con-1
vince any clear-minded man that the
democratic party lacks several de
grees of being "purged, cleansed and
purified." It will never truly repre
sent- the agricultural- interests of
America until every representative of
the manufacturing, banking, ana
t't asportation interests is "thrown
over the transom" and deprived of any
chance to control the policy of the
Prty. When that is done in good
earnest, the populist party's mission is
at an end. And until It is done, the
populist party has a reason for its
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