Salt Lake Herald | 1904-07-07 | Page 7 | Passing of Populism

PASSING POPULISM OF T STORY OP OF RISE of the th 1 party has often been told the story of its decline and fall may mayb mayl b written this year If appearances l to t fw fr anything the Populist party will the next few months montha take its place in the political cemetery v her He burled boded the remains of o the the Free Sellers the Know Knew Nothing the Whigs and an all the others othern have preceded it itA ItA A a years age the Populist can candidate didato Sec for the presidency had twenty two in our electoral college It seemed OB on the high road to prosperity Its popular vote aggregated more than thana a n It was wan a party to be reck reckoned with Today there are none poor poorS S nough to do it reverence The chair chairman man m Its national one once elected te to the United trotted States senate by bythe bytha the tha Vs of Populist legislators has baa K it At Its national conven convention tion there were only a paltry dele delegate gate The Populists have had no regular candidate far fot the presidency since 18 i In they endorsed Bryan for pres pree president ident Iden but nominated one of their own i for the vice presidency In li they both Bryan and Stevenson It S Ii true that the t Populists had a candidate in innO nO Wharton Barker of Pennsylvania but h he received only votes a little litt more mere than taa half bait as no many as were by the can candidate candidate It IB possible that their can candidate Oils tisla year will wili receive more vote votee but the Populist party as s a party Is It caw ean hardly be said stid that the Populists I lists lIMO have ILPO n t served a useful purpose They have bave Some of ot their doctrines have been adopted by both of the great political parties artIes and sooner or later some Populist principles win will be crys crystallised into law But the will never again reach rea h the prestige they attained in 1 Their prominent lead leaden leader en er have forsaken them their follow following ing is 15 scattered Th nb threads may be gathered to together together gether aam aln and woven into some sort of fabric hot but the name of at the fabric fabricS will not be Populist or Peoples Party S