Today no party dares go before the
people that does not reflect some of
the spirit and advocate some of the
truths of Populism. The literature
of the nation in magazines and else
where, is filled with our ideas and is
carrying forward our battle. And
whether consciously or unconsciously
the majority of American voters to
day are standing on our platform.
Ours has been a victory unique in
political history. When other par
ties seemed to take up some of our
ideas this deception lost to us for
the time our par ty success, our press
and almost our organization. Our
patriotism and unselfishness made
this possible. In the result we have
proved once more that he who loses
his life for the sake of truth shall
find it again. Ours has not been the
success of numbers, of shouting or
of noise. The glamor of place, of
office, or of the world’s acceptance,
we have not courted or received. But,
after all, these constitute only the
shell of success. We have what is
better, its substance in the rapid
progress of our principles.
Nor do we rejoice in this through
any narrow spirit of partyism. Party
without principle is only a name.
