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Vol. XV. LINCOLN NEB., MARC? 3, 1904. ' No. 41.
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The Dreams That Old Guards Dream Come True.
The Vanguard of Populism
A Twin of the Old
Liuard
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To be a member of the OKI Guard
of populism to be able to say, "I
have rome all the way over tho trait"
u ground fur pardonable, pride on
(he part of tho? who havo been in
the thick of the flsht from the days of
P ter Cooper. !'tit there U today ood
rtason tor creating n twin orgar.ua
tlim to go hand In hand with th Old
Guard of l'lM"'".
Criticism ha bft'tt made lately to
tht effect: "Vonr Old Guard enroll
merit la all rlssh!. It' a good tl;ln to
hear from tho uM-tlnrr who have
Wva Ashtlng for reform many
year. Put a really vital political or
ganization mml have ) otitis men in
It, full of rnthmhum, pish, kur
mu:atlon, and Ihe physical itrt;lh to
da inmli of tb tiara work that )cur
Old Guard a good many of them, at
least -are physically unable to do, no
matter how willing they may Le."
! reeoRtilzif the force of thesw crltl
turns, although, an a matter of fact,
there are many more young and mid
!e-rgtd men enrolled In the Oid
Guard of Populism than thrr-c crltUa
knowmen of visor both mentally
and physically. Hut the title Itself Is
a ttlrle rnl'leadltiK, now that tho St
l.ouU met ting I over am the na
tlonal rtm vent (on railed,
Atitithe! ttoull tKe'-t that tfle
twin orsanlaUon h railed the
"toung Guard of i'opulum," but after
lonxblerable tudy over th ulttiatljn,
I am toiuinred that a urterabl n&mi
U Iko VanpnrJ of Populism. Tt
rearon follow:
In tho coming campaign i. Is e blent
that populist an pirt must vomo from
two (lapses: (a) thoso, regardless of
arc, who havd heritriore amilated
with the w-ojle'n party, who have
"kept the trull." whether they rtartcl
in tho day of Pt t r ( wip r, IWnjv
mm K. Ilillcr, or Jamca It. Wearer;
and (b) the rM rti its tlue wealth'
prodtn era who bave hitherto bnen nf
filiated with Mm tther rty, b'.t
arc cow atlll', that the populist
pro j; rim rlvej greatest pifmhe of
trlnuln? ielie( (nun plulfn ra ' plun
d rliic. Miiuff tly, it ouKl U ua
m to have two auvilnry orj;an(ia
tlor.i divided in thli manr.rr. Th
rfimtt must bo welcomed, lie ruuit
ftr the rlsht band of fellowship.
If? must be given work to Jo.
A little thought should tom:n(e us
that the division should not be made
nlons the line of age. Many men In
thsi Hoventiea, ye, evea in the elgh
tlej, count thniiHelves a to many
"yium young." Other. In ile thirties
and forties, are physically liuapa. i
tattd fmru taking an dttlvo pU in
the campaign. Itvslles. U U a rather
d.llrnte nutUr to draw the IHie lw
twern youth and a;e. The 0!J Guard
of Populism was Intended to desixnalo
those old In reform work, witbo-it te
Kurd to their yearg on eartn. Pur
example, W, S, Morgan of Arlaota
la M year of anot an eld mm
by any means; yet he has never ro.e
a.i old party ticket, but itarted out m
tha greenback movement at It it begin
nlnit. 1I at "old' an 0?4 Guarvl