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accomplished only by arranging for a division of the 

 electoral votes in every State possible, securing so 

 many electors for Bryan and Watson and conced- 

 ing so many to Bryan and Sewall. At the opening 

 of the campaign this, under the circumstances, 

 seemed the wisest course for your committee, and 

 it is clearer today than ever that it was the only 

 safe and wise course if your votes were to be cast 

 and made effective for the relief of an oppressed 

 and outraged people. Following this line of policy 

 your committee has arranged electoral tickets i 

 three-fourths of the States and will do all in its 

 power to make the same arrangements in all of 

 the States." 



The committee felt it necessary to warn the 

 people of the danger of "a certain portion of the 

 rank and file of the People's Party being misled by 

 so-called leaders, who, for reasons best known to 

 themselves, or for want of reason, are advising 

 voters to rebel against the joint electoral tickets 

 and put up separate electoral tickets, or to with- 

 hold their support from the joint electoral tickets." 

 Such so-called leaders were said to be aided and 

 abetted by "Democrats of the revenue stripe, who 

 are not yet weaned from the flesh-pots of Egypt," 

 and by Republican "goldbugs " who in desperation 



