SIAN
VOL. XJ.
GOLDSBORO, N C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1G, 1893.
NO. 17.
GAUCA
i;i)ITOUS CHAIR.
II KIIII lilt !!.
i u uik-r Meinocratic voter do
i, in. noVr the men who come
,.,.! .luring the last campaign
in;:ly and pathetically begged
.. e..me to the rescue and vote
:u..rc time to save the grand old
v? livery one of tlnni wrumb-
- for a l office. No wonder nif)
-,d. They wen- hungering
for
Wh.it, h.iveyoti
gotten.''
thins far- W,M '"" t"'t a"-V
We will h--. Now is a
ood
fr v'i to cultivate a reflective
Mf (II llliliu.
I ,. TMi'K MirNI am to I.
i . 1.. , III", ur.rfli livinir ILM.l
ii lililh. liJi" " ' " ' r
Ij(.vt w-.rth working for.-
-Rev.
,n i; . "1.
Awful Sileiir.
hv Mil- a till silence about me
,,. -t mat are. oppressing
, During the campaign
f..1 .nil F sr- tlifk
jtir:;iMH aooui mese wiuigs miu
i i ii.. ii.: 1
ar.l from them many prom-
.it .-M-edy reiorm. is 1101 wiai
iiii.juitioud" now as it was
- Id not money as scarce and
1 O A . l.ss
at -i as low: nrc nut iuu.- j.vn-
....... f uliitii
a.- as euormoua mm imuu-anuK
sat's the matter? Why are not
Be fellows, who howled so to you
ng the campaign, now demand-
fun extra session to give the peo-
rf lief. They told you that you
.I not stand this oppression an-
ir year, yet you will have to stand
tire than a vear unless there is an
session, leswiiere are miwc
fl 1 - . . . . . . . c " r rr
Iws. inevaisuow ouiiuuiiug
iflice and leaving the people to do
i).-!t th. v can. Thev will have no
fi.:'-W u-f fr the people till next
.n. an.! the money power, rail
i II au.I other monopolies that
fihcd the cainpaigu boodle and
livcting the party machinery,
had any idea of carrying out
promise which the politicians
to the people. Well where are
i 1 ill" 1 t
i). opie wno votea ior mese iei-
Why are they not protesting
demanding that something be
and done speedily. They have
.und out yet that they have
tritlled with, when they do the
in ranks will grow. We are
f of thiri, for many of these men
t partisans, but men who in-
. vote for the best interests of
ri'i'fe irrespective 01 isariy.
I
mm
All Ckii Se It Now.
ing the recent campaign this
jr and all reform speakers aud
charged, that the silver plank
i Chicago platform demanding
peal of the present silver law
itering nothing in its 6tead, was
1 into the platform w ith evil
t. lhe Democratic speakers
ed that it meant to repeal the
man law and give the people
inaze of silver. We charred
other hand that the gold bugs
t so understand it and that it
beit object to completely de-z-i
ilver and leave ns where
W of 1873 placed us. This
jdignantly denied. But evcry
Iven the Democratic voter can
that it is true, Cleveland is
king the repeal of the Sher
Jaw before his term of office
pees and will not say that he
ivor of a law to take its place.
days ago a member of Con
i gold-bug Democrat, said that
nan who was elected on the
jo Platform wa4 pledged to
repeal the present silver law,
r a free coinage bill was pass-
lOt.
fiti.rr il, , t 1 1
i ue peopie nave Deen
I'hev voted for a platform
mgwhatit meaut It is
.'duty of all honest Demo-
f denounce the fraud that has
Jerpetrated upon them. It is
uvot every Congressman to
r wllut he knows hi neople
M need, no matter what Cleve-
nd the Lrold-hn(Tj , ,.i.,f
neans. Thev intr-..4- ;
' catch the votes of the people,
Je now interpreting it another
w people.
I iUin 'rd and HnmbuK.
""niiurton SUr savs:
appropriation for pensions
r agreed upon br the TTnn
uiLee is $ikk 100.000. ;..
f nf -fi Ko cm -
I - f-4,uju over me car-
ear ending June 30, 1893. The
ieil pension exrwnrlifr.,. r
Britian, France, German v.
"a, Hungary and Belainm
ftit to only $31,002,150."
reader remember that it is a
who reports in favor
who Promised- to reduce the
Jli rauds. Who is it that is
'hSliig the ieon p
ro" -t
--Mis
keless
ujuic jusuce tnere
.'V
Kansas Common
THK 'KW KANSAM KKMATOK.
Ilnw Ur Stand, on th luori twforf the
I'f opl-.
We clip from the Washington Tost
the following interview with Judge
John Martin, the newly elected Sen
ator from Kansas:
In answer to a question as (o his
politieal olicy, the new Senator
-aid : 'I am a Iiemocrat, yet after
a! I there are no essential differences
between the principles and policies
of the People's party and the Demo
cratic party, as I understand them.
I will say concerning current ioli
tics and the issues which are likely
to divide the people of the country.
I am unconditionally in favor of
tariff reform. I am in favor of tari
reduction of the most radical charac
ter. I would place on the free-list
all raw materials used in building
and the daily consumption of food."
"What is your policy on the mon
ey question and financial legisla
tion r
"I am in favor of unconditional
and unlimited coinage of silver as
money and without limitation as to
its debt-paying power. I am op
posed to national banks or any sys
tem which compels or induces a
partnership between private indivi
duals and the Government"
In regard to taxation he said : "I
am in favor of an income tax in or
der that the wealth of the country
may be compelled to pay its share of
the public burden. What may be
even a better system is a graded
property tax, as suggested by Jeffer
son in a letter to Hamilton in 1802."
If Senator Martin is a Democrat,
then Cleveland is not The differ
ence between them is greater than
the difference between Harrison and
Cleveland. If the Democratic party
stood where Senator Martin does,
there would be but little need for
the People's Tarty.
HOSII AMD TWOUULK.
The following is taken from the
editorial eolumna of the Richmond
Dispatch. It makes us real tired.
If Cleveland should come out to
morrow say that tariff, silver, pen
sions and all were of small impor
tance, but that the color and size of
postage stamps was the supreme is
sue, and that nothing else should be
done till that great and important
question was settled, then all the
little politicians and partisan papers
would make haste to cut the tails of
their coats th same lensrtn of the
kings. Here is the editorial:
4A Xew York special to the Cin
cinnati Commercial says that the
lresidut-elect has had proclama
tions issued in his name without
authority, and has consented to them
by silence, if he has not reached ex
tensive and important determinations
The first is that the great pressing
business question is the silver ques
tion, and the tariff-reform urgency
is secondary to it
Another special to the same paper
reads as follows:
'Suddenly we hear that Mr. Cleveland is
saying the tariff-resorm matter is not so
urgent as the silver matter the paramount
question of the hour is the silver question,
we are told. The ravapes of protection and
reciprocity may be endnred for a time, but
the horrors of the Shermon law are intolera
ble. In this a change ef front, a rectification
of the line, atiank movement, or change of
base? It must be a military manoeuver of
sOrue sort."
It is an illustration of the old
saying that the times change and we
change with them. If Mr. Cleve
land's financial theories are founded
in lhe fact then the silver question
is much more pressing than the tariff
question. If we are threatened with
a single silver standard then it is
time the President-elect were trying
to ward off the dangerous results of a
sudden fall in the price of silver and
a sudden rise in the price of gold.
xsot a few customs-duties, but hun
dreds of millions of dollars, are in
volved in this matter.
Quay Voted for the Foro Bill, Bnt Stew
art Voted to Table it.
To lhe Editor of the World:
Please answer this through your
paper to decide a bet of $25. I bet
that Quay voted in favor of the
force bill when the bill was betore
Senate the last time. If my mem
ory is right Cameron voted to lay
aside the Force bill and Quay voted
to keep it before the Senate. My
Republican friend differs and asks
you to decide the bet. Please an
swer through the World.
Ogleton, Del., Jan. 19. W. H. Burn
The vote referred to was taken
on January 6, 1891. Stewart of
Nevada, moved to lay on the table,
which prevailed, killing the bill
Cameron and Qua? both voted
against the motion that is, in fa
vor of the biUL Ed. WTorld.
Not Strange Brother.
Rev. A. h. Raven, editor of the
Keuansville Herald and Digest says:
"How strange is this human na
ture of ours! What we have plenty
of we despise, and what we lack we
long for. . The greatest luxuries
Boon pall upon our senses. We are
speedily surfeited with material
good. - Th people who have the
most to enjoy m this life are those
who suffer from ennui, and declare
tha; life is not worth living."
Not strange brother, it is one of the
wisest laws of providence. Life
would not be worth living if it wer
otherwise.
- Wyoming has Woman Safferage.
The Legislature of that State is now
ballotting for U. S. Senator. Mrs.
Mary. T. Bartlett recieved five votes.
She is the first woman who has ever
received a vote in. the State Legisla
ture for U. S. Senator.
I
Continued from last week.
BENEFITS OF MLVER MIXIXM NOT
CONFIXED TO MIXB OWNERS ALONE.
The agents of the gold monopoly
tell us that the industry of silver
mining Unfits no one but the silver
mine owner.
Thev even contend that it is an
unworihr and dishonest nr.rsnit.
By the demonetization of the value
of cold has been enhanced more than
"0 per cent, aud the miners of gold
have been largely benefited by the
increased value of their product
Why not revile the gold miners for
the gains they have made? The
statesman who would contend that
agriculture was beneficial only to the
farmers would be listened to with
impatience; or if he should contend
that manufactures were injurious
to all except those engaged in the
industry, the protectionist would
revile him. A cause which can only
be maintained by abusing honest
men engaged in a great industry
must fail.
THM ACT OF 1S73 AN ACT OF CONFIS
CATION. The motive of this wholesale
abuse of silver miners is plain. The
wrongdoer hates the man be has in
jured, because his victim reminds
him of his wickedness. The men
who abused the miners have robbed
them. The act of 1873 was an act
of conGscation. The miners ex
plored the mountains and deserts of
the continent and developed silver
mines, which, if worked and the pro
duct used as money, would have
continued the prosperity inaugurated
by the great discoveries of Califor
nia and Australia. It is not the
fault of the silver Miners that the
world is trerubling upon the brink of
bankruptcy and the masses of the
people are suffering from dear money,
stagnation and hard times, because
the mines which they developed
were amply sufficient to supply the
world with metallic money, but it
was the acc of 1873, passed and
defended by the men who are now
defaming the miners of the Wrest,
which has caused universal distress
in a time of profound peace and
abundant harvests.
SILVER HAS THE CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT OF COINAGE.
The miners who explored the moun
tain ranges from Patagonia to Alas
ka had a right to believe that silver
would always be used as money.
Such had been the custom from pre
historic times, such was the mandate
of the Constitution. The discovery
and development of silver mines en
titled their owners to protection
from the manipulation of foreign
syndicates or foreign money chang
ers. The financial revolution in
augurated by the demonetizatiom of
silver violated every principle of
iustice and honor. It doubled the
obligation of every contract. It rob
bep the people of money and destroy
ed the property of the pioneers of
the West who had furnished a metal
lic basis for the credit of the United
States which made it possible to pre
serve the Union,
DISHONESTY OF THE DEMONETIZATION
OF SILVER.
The manipulators who destroyed
the basis of credit founded upon gold
and silver, and changed the obliga
tion of every eentract from an agree
ment to pay in either gold or sdver
to an undertaking to pay in gold
alone, forfeited every right of pro
tection of law or government. Their
hypocritical cant about honest mon
ey disgusts the people. Was it hon
est to double the value of money by
legislation! Was it honest to change
all existing contracts 1 Was it hon
est to deprive the world of the rich
heritage of precious metals which
the pioneers of the West had discov
ered! Was it honest to substitute
falling prices and hard times for
progress and prosperity!- Is it hon
est to continue such wrongs! Is -a
dollar honest which is worth twice
as much as the debtor agreed to
pay !
THE ALLEGED SIXTY CENT DOLLAR.
What right have the men who re
duced the price of silver by exclud
ing it from the mint and destroying
its time-honored market,.to sneer at
the sixty-cent dollar and take ad
vantage of their own wrong to pre
vent the restoration of silver to its
proud place as money of equal value
with gold! What is more unreason
able than the bold assertion that
free coinage will not restore silver
to par with gold, when previous to
its demonetization silver never fell
below par in gold during all the
ages! .Silver was par so long as its
sovereign privilege of coinage was
acknowledged. Why will not the
par be restored when the privilege
shall have been again accorded to
silver, the better of the precious
metals! .
FREE COINAGE WItL MA INT AN PAR
ITY BETWEEN GOLD AND SILVER- '
Like causes produce like effects.
In the past free coinage maintained
the parity between gold and silver.
Why will it not in the f utureT Kight
the wrong of 18 3 .Nothing short
of that will satisfy the people. As
sertions and predictions of interested
parties are unsatisfactory evidence
against the experience ot ages. The
advocates of free coinage have long
predicted the baneful results of the !
demonetization of silver. They have j
wv.rned the gold kings that there
was not gold enouga ior use as
money- The gold produced in the
last nineteen, years, as before stated,
has been absorbed in the arts and
for other non-monetary purposes.
REPEAL OF THE ACT OF 1890 WITH
OUT A SUBSTITUTE DISASTROUS.
The repeal of the act of 1S90 with
out a substitute will soon stop or so
cripple silver mining as greatly to
reduce the supply' of. gold which
comes from silver mines. The arts
will then make rpid inroads upon
the stock of coined gold, and if the
gold standard is maintained gold
will advance with such ; rapidity: as
to : destroy the ' oroducers of - wealth.
The obligations now in : existence, it
they must be paid in gold under such
conditions, are sufficient to absorb
all the proper y of the ciTiliied world.
WHEAT AND CORN CORRESPOND WITH
PRICE OF SILVER.
An investigation of the question
of the average pric cornrnoditie
ior trie last twenty year will show
that the price of wheat, cotton and
all other farm produrt have respond
ed to and corresponded with the price
of silver. Silver ha not depreciated
in value as compared with commodi
ties. It i gold which has enhanced
in value. Weause the supply is in
sufficient, because the demand for it
as money in far in excess of the sup
ply, and lecause there is not enough
gold to sustain the credit aud busi
ness of the world. Th deficiency of
gold is made painfully manifest by
the struggles of every great financial
institution in the civitfzed world to
obtain gold to save itself from bank
ruptcy. FREE COINAGE A NECESITY FOR BET
TER TIMES.
The demonetization of silver has
already enhanced the price of gold
as compared with commodities fully
40 per cent., and tbe-jrork of con
traction is but just beffun. The price
of commodities must decline so long
as the gold standard is maintained'
If it is desirable that the farmer
should obtain a better price for his
products; if it is desirable that he
should be able to relieve himself from
mortgages which have bees doubled
by legislation since they were execu-;
ted; if it is desirable that there should
be independent real estate owners
cultivating the soil, if it is desirable
that our f -.rmers should not be con
verted into tenants of the gold kings;
if it is desirable that the productive
energies of the country should be de
veloped; if it is desirable that civili
zation should be maintained for all
the people and its benefits not con
fined to the hoarders of gold alone,
then silver must be remonetixed, and
no f airminded man ought to complain
if such restoration should repair a
part of the loss which has already
been sustained by silver miners.
THE ENORMOUS LOSS TO SILVER MIN
ERS BY DEMONETIZATION.
The miners of the United States
alone have already been robbed of
more than $100,000,000 in discount in
consequent of the act 1873. Not only
this, but the value of their mines has
been destroyed. Poverty and mise
ry prevail in large sections of our
country where prosperity was at its
greatest height when the secret and
clandestine blow was struck which
deprived the world of the best of its
money metals. It is not possible to
recompense those who haye been ru
ined by the loss of fortunes in the
confiscation of their property, but it
may be possible to relieve silver min
ing from the odious discrimination
against tha industry and assist these
who have not yet been absolutely de
stroyed in prosecuting a most neces
sary and useful employment.
FREE COINAGE WOULD FURNISH ABUN
DANCE OF MONEY.
The prosperity of silver miners
would be more beneficial to the peo
ple at large than the success of any
other industry, because it rould in
sure to all an abundance of metallic
money. It was gold and silver min
ing which laid the foundation of the
great States west of the Missouri. It
was the pioneers engaged m mining I
who made it possible to found the
empire of the West- The miners are
a brave, generous, honest and enter
prising people. They are citizens of
the United States, and it seems hard
that they should be destroyed to sat
isfy the greed of a combination or
ganized to enhance the value of mon
ey at the expense of the masses of
the people-
GOLD TRUST CONSTANTLY DISPARAG
ING SILVER.
The gold men demand the repeal
of the act of 1S90 and the utter de
struction of the market for silver in
Euiope and America- If this can be
done, silver bullion will fall very
low, perhaps to 40 or 50 cents an
ounce, and the silver miners will be
ruined. The gold kings will then
urge the great difference between
the price of gold and silver bullion
as a reason for continuing the use of
gold alone. They will maintain that
silver is no more useful for money
than iron, lead or any other metal.
Every decline in the price of silver
has been used as an argument against
its remonetization The repeal of
the act of 1890 is demanded to
strengthen the hands of the gold
kings and destroy the advocates of
honest money.
The advocates of gold are willing
at any and at all times to do any
thing to disparage silver, and the
repeal of the act of 1890. without
substituting something better, would
be the!last and final blow which would
bring disaster. If the gold kings
can repeal the act of 1890 and close
the silver mines, the farmers and
producers will be at their mercy- In
that event the gold now obtained
from the silver mines1 would be cut
off ; the volume of gold coin would
diminish year by vear: the monopoly
of the gold combination would be
complete, and the will of the gold
kings would be the law of the civi
lixed world. Nothing could wrest
their power from them but revolu
tion. Let them take warning. The
re-establishment of the feudal sys
tem in this country cannot be effect
ed without revolution. In that rev
olution the, gold kings may be de
thioned. -;
THK FREE COINAGE OF SILVER THE
PEOPLE'S CAUSE.
The free coinage of silver is the
ueoole's cause. - The unrest and dis
content now universal is the distant
thunder before the storm. . The peo
ple know that prices are failing, that
the value of money is advancing,
that bnsiness is stagnant and that
vicious legislation is the cause- . Pol
iticians may deceive them for a time
They may tell them that , it; is tariff
schedules, civil service reform, pro
hibition or any other reason they can
invent and divert them from the real
cause of their troubles. This decep
tion cannot last. The people will
discover that want of money result
ine from gold contraction is - the
cause. Discontent is on the increase
and will continue so until it ripens
into revolt against the tyrants whose
cunning in financial legislation has
usurped the civil and political power
of the government.
CTXXIXO AVD FORCE.
r Connine is no raorw iatifiabl than
lore?, vunning is aiwys tne ag
gressor. Canning enslaves; force
liberates. Conning absorb wealth;
force destroys the acumulatiou of
cunning- The content between enn
nmg end force is perpetual and uni
versa!- The French Revolution is a
conspicuous example of the results
of this contest. Cunning transferred
the wealth of the masses to the church
and the nobles. Force tore down the
Bastile erected to protect cunning
and either destroy or divide ail accu
mulated wealth- While cunning ab
sorbs wealth the end justifies the
means; but after force has destroyed
the acquisitions of cunniag aud lib
erated the people, impartial history
explains the necessity of force and
approves its use.
JUSTICE STANDS MKT WE EN CCNNINl.
AN D FORCE.
Cunning is now victorious. Uy th
act of 1S73 cunning is transferniif.
the wealth of the civilized world t.
a gold monopoly. Justice stands be
tween cunning and force- Jutie
rebukes cunning and avoids force
The people are appealing to justice
to right the wrong of 1S73. If jus
tice is deaf or powerless to enforct
the right history will repeat itself.
The ownership of pioperty must be
general to be enduring- Large occu
mulations in the hands of the few are
dangerous. Such accumulations ac
quired by cunning are condemned
by reason and justice. When a law
becomes powerless, force destroys or
divides. Let the kings of avarice
take warning in time, and let the
voice of justice be heard before it is
t jo bite.
PROMISES OF THE REPUBLICAN
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES-
In 1SS4 the Republican party
defeated because of hard times.
Democratic party promised
AND
was
The
free
coinage of silver and financial
re
lief, but that party failed to redeem
its promises. The administration of
President Cleveland maintained the
corner on gold for the benefit of
fixed capital. The convention which
renominated Mr. Clevelad in 188S
made no mention of silver. The He
publican party promised relief, and
promised to use silver as money, and
condemned the Democratic adminis
tration for its efforts to demonetize
silver, but the Republican party
failed to redeem its promises and
adhered te the policy of the Demo
cratic party which it condemned.
HARD TIMES CREATE DISCONTENT
AND DISSATISFACTION,
Discontent increased. Hard times
made the people lestless and dissatis
fied. The gold kings nominated
both candidates for the Presidency
and furnished them the same plat
form on the money question. The
Democratic party promised relief by
tariff reform- The Republican party
promised nothing but adherence to
existing conditions both as to tariff
and money. The people rebelled
against such existing conditions.
They decideu that no change could
be for the worse, and that any
change might be for the better.
Some in their apathy and disgust re
main away from the polls, others,
and a sufficient number voted for a
change, and the Republican party
was defeated.
The people put in a piotest under
the name of the Populist party. The
Populist party was without posi
tion, without organization, without
money; but by way of protest aud
without hope of success polled more
than 1,000,000 yotes. The Demo
cratic party has a lease of power
lmited to four years unless it mends
its ways. If it maintains the corner
on gold and does the bidding of the
gold kings, the day of reckoning is
at hand- The next election will
bring another change, more radical
and more decided than any that has
taken place since the war.
THE OLD PARTIES HAVE JOINED
HANDS ON FINANCIAS QUESTIONS.
Tbs strongest evidence of the ne
cessity of a new party consists in the
fact that the two eld parties in their
conventions have joined hands on
the financial question and have
agreed to sustain the act of 1873.
The same plank on the money ques
tion in both platforms is irritating
to the peopls. This system of tac
tics is not new. The experiment
was tried by the Whigs and Demo
crats in antebellum days. Examine
the platforms of those parties from
1843 to 1860, and you will find that
the Whigs and Democrats took com
mon ground on the slavery question.
Thev tried by that means to prevent
agitation and to prevent the people
voting on the question of the exten
sion of slavery. But the effort to
prevent agitation created agitation
and brought into existence the Re
publican party, which overthrew
both the old parties, abolished sla
very, and cemented the Union on
the oasis of equal rights before the
law without regard to raee or color.
HISTORY OF THE GREAT POLITICAL
PARTIES.
ine Kepuolican party started as
a party of the people. It came into
power because the people ordained
it. Its records will always be the
most conspicuous page in the his
tory of the United States- But its
leaders have surrendered it to the
sings of avarice, lhe power con
ferred upon that great party by the
people has been turned against the
people- The Republican party is
out of touch with the masses on the
money question. The Democratic
party, which has at times been . near
the people, is also trembling before
the majesty of money Kings
The shadow of Lombard and Wall
streets hangs as a cloud over the de
liberations of the Democracy. Al
thoncrh nine-tenths of the voters of
that great party are in favor of the
free coinage of silver and the liber
ation of the masses, yet it is feared
that the next administration may
serve only the gold combination, i
sincerely hope that such fear is with
out foundation, and that the opera
tion of the Treasury Department
msv be under the influence- of the
great mass of the party.
GRAND OPPORTUNITY OF THK DEMO-
. " " CRACT.
Foreign, influence in oui financia
affairs is hateful to the people of the
United states, and they will repu
diate it. No party in the history o
this country ever had sueh an oppor
tunity as is now enjoyed by the De
mocracy. 11 the Democratic party
j will brvk th enrner on fU, give
1 14" 10 tn PopIe the money of th
Constitution, and retore prosperity
to the masses, its )ea&of powei will
be indefinite. The pledge in it
platform to do th work of the gold
kings was obUiadby strategy and
is now binding upon the representa
tives of the people. I Congre
tepudiates the pledge to which th
people were not a party, but which
was aecurd by manipulating a eon
vention, the lease of power, which
was obtained on account of the dis
content of the people.will be abrupt
ly tei ruinated.
THE CALL OF THE PEOPLE.
If neither of the old parties will
rjpond when the people call, a new
party, a party of the people, will
eome into power and take charg of
the government. Fiee local elections
.till exist. The will of the people
annot be resisted so long as the bal
t is free and local self-government
-emains. The gold kings, who now
-em omnipotent, will be dethroned.
They La v parsed the limits which
'he people can endure. Their rule
nust be endel.
A 1'jtct and at Truth.
Bv K. F. Curtis In liht of Truth.
The great overturning in politics
last Fall was not love for Cleveland
over Harrison, or the Democratic
party over the Republican. It was
a scare, a real fright, by the people.
They had seen Homestead and Buf
falo. They had seen the whole mili
tary power of two great States turn
ed out against a few hundred honest,
peaceful, hard-woi king men who
wanted simple justice- In this act
these States had said: "The dollar
first, to the millionair, if he demands
it; man as a secondary considera
tion No matter that in the case of
Carnegie he has been the beneficiary
of the tariff to the tune of millions
at the expense of the government
and people; labor must not be allow
ed to coerce capital or to seem to do
so.
And of the Buffalo strike this can
be said; those very men who iefused
to pay decent wages for hard and
responsible work were in a eombine
to control the coal of the country for
the sole purpose of extortion. But
here, too, labor must be voiceless.
The toilers must not be allowed to
think that they can dictate prices to
rich companies or corporations.
Then, to put a fitting climax to this
infamous work, a great judge comes
to Pittsburg to pervert law and de
ceney for the purpose of making a
case of treason against the toilers of
Homestead. But for the! fact that
the Grand Juiy indicted Fnck, et al,
for murder, those honest men, will
ing and anxious to work for a tithe
of the wealth they produced, would
have been convicted of treason.
In the alarm of the people they
voted for Cleveland. It was, protest
a demand for a change. The one
mdlion and over of votes cast for
Weaver was in the same line, only
more so- A majority of the voters
of the country would have voted for
Weaver if they could have known he
would be elected.
ISTThe Democrats will nofand
can not redeem their pledges. They
were dishonest when they pledged a
repeal of the McKinley bill, in the
sense of lessening tariff duties. They
proposed no other plan of meeting
the enormous expenses of the gov
ernment but by tariff and internal
revenue. They will "follow in the
footsteps of their illustrious prede
cessoi," the Republican Party. The
gold standard will be maintained;
bonds will be sold to- redeem the
'legal tenders," falsely so-called,
paid for $150,000,000 of silver, as
worthless to the people as if sunk in
the Potomac River; though the act
of 1890, under which this silver was
bought, empowered the Secretary of
the Treasury, "at his discretion," to
coin this silver to redeem these certi
ficates. But Wall Street takes good
care that all Presidents be of their
'breed of cats;" so there is no dan
ger that President Cleveland's Sec
retary of the Treasury will have any
other choice on this matter than
gold-redemption. Shylock rules su
preme in the realm of finance.
The result of all this will be that
wages and farm-lands and their pro
ducts will still further decline; and
in four years the condition of the
toilers will be much worse than now.
The clamor and discontent of the
people will be great. No use for the
Republican party to come forward
then with the panacea of high tariff
and single gold standaid. By this
time the Populists will have educat
ed the people to see that law makes
money, and that it makes not a whit
of difference what the ' material is
out of which money is made so it has
the government stamp of "legal ten
der." There will be imminent likeli
hood that the Populists will elect
their candidate for President. This
will drive the money-changers to
gether. There will be no Republi
can and Democratic parties, as now.
It will be the plutocracy and the
people.
. .
Tw. Rpalllen.
Dialogue between two Republi
cans:
1st Rep. Old fellow we ought to
feelgood. I have seen the day I
never expected to come.
2nd itep. now s than it seems
to be that it is rather a bad time for
Republicans.
1st Eep. Why you know we used
to be the vilest, meanest and most
hated of creatures in the eyes of the
Democratic bosses, but now those
same fellows are treating us as
downright good fellows, while they
look upon those third party fellows
as being meaner than they said we
were.
2nd Rep. You are a down right
fool- Don't you know that the ma
chine politicians always curses those
whom he fears most. They don t
think we aie dangerous any longer,
so they are piling their abuse on the
Populist, and patting you on the
back because they think they may
need your help to beat , them-, In
stead of feeling good, yon haye much
to feel sad over. As for myself the
recent patronizing air of the bosses
is very galling and humiliating to
me, I rather envy, the Popnlist. .
We are not so particular about
legislation for ns as we are about
the repeal of legislation against us.
Iowa Tribune.
mm REFORMERS
mt wiry
HA&RiSHCRtvUKE Jan.27. WiX
Paul Vandtmnn-t, Omt A; VA,
Dear ,ir and Baa: At a nutt
ing of the State CVntral Committee
of the People's Party of the SUteuf
Oregon on the 5th int. the merit
of the National Industrial Lqjion
was discussed a.t thoroughly as
could be w ith the limited knowfedire
we had of its nature and object. The
propriety of bating an orjpuiiicr
lor this State was also eontidcml.
It was decided to know something
about it before p reived in further,
and for this purose W. H. Spauph
was requested to write jou for the
desired information, which he did,
and I have your answer before nie.
And after deliberate examination of
the earne, I am constrained to assure
you I can see nothing that can 1
accompli h-d by the X. I. U that
can not 1 done in the organization
of the People's lartj. In 7act it is
to carry out jliticlly the measures
embodied in the platform of tin
People's Party, which has already a
national organization, and is organ
ized to a greater or less extent in
every State in the Uniou, and in
working order, striving and determ
ined to attain everv object sought b?
theN.LL.
Perhaps I do not fully under
stand the wojh? of its powers for
good. wud if there is anything to
be gaiued by it promotive of the
principles and objects of the Peo
ple's Party that cannot be done with
an equal amount of money and
work through the organization of
the People's Party for the benefit of
the reformers of the State of Ore
gon, sUte plainly what it is
With my present light on the sub
ject, I cannot consent to substitute
the X. L L. for the People's Party.
1st. It smacks altogether too much
like a military organization.- I do
hope the advanced thinkers and
leaders in our great reform revolu
tion do not auticipata a probable re
sort to arms to establish the princi
ples we are contending for. If this
is true, we should by our teachings
or action furnish any ground e?en
for such a suspicion among the p
ple. So if you think it probable
that we will eventually have to
measure swords with the enemy on
the battlefield please answer. 2d.
Is it the intention that the N. L 1.
will take the place of the National
People's party organization? Or 'u
it intended as a temporary auxiliary?
I cannot understand why or how
two great national parties, both
holding to the same principles, the
same laws, could or should exist at
the Fame time. Please explain. 3d.
Another drawback te the N. I. L. in
Oregon is the money required to or
ganize and run its machinery. It
may be the proper thing in other
States not so in Oregou. It is not
adaptable to the condition or incli
nation of the people. Enclosed is a
plan or system under which it is
proposed to organize, to educate, and
drill the people of Oregon prepara
tory the great battles of the future.
Now, Bro. Vaudervoort, I have
spoken very plainly and frankly to
you, and I believe it reflects the pre
vaihng sentiment of our people with
the present light thev have on the
subject. More ligfit may change
their minds. Turn it on.
Fraternally,
J. F. IIemdkii,
Sec S.Ex. C. P. P., Ore.
vandervoort's axsweh.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 30, 1893.
J. F. Hexdrix,
Sec. P. P. Slate Executive. Com.,
Harritburq, Ore.
Dear Sir: I have received and
carefully read your letter of Janu
ary 27th relating to the Industrial
Legion. I beg leave to assure you
that the National Industrial Legion
j was organized by tbe National Com
mittee as the political club of the
Peoples partv. It takes the place
of the illy-organizet1 and feeble Peo
ple s party clubs throughout tbe
country. It is to be a strong, com
pact, political organization. My ex
perience in the past in organizing
the Grand Army and the Women's
Belief Corps and my services in the
last campaign was, I believe, the!
reason that I was placed at the bead
of this order. It does not supersede
tbe People's party, but is an auxili
ary, the same aa the Republican and
Democratic leagues, and is intended
to build up, strengthen, and enable
the People's party to win a victory
in '94 and '96. It is intended to se
en re the co-operation of all persons
sympathizing with the party and to
band them together in mutual co
operation to raise money, buy li
braries, and scatter People's party
literature, and supply political
speakers for missionary work
throughout the country. It Uso
brings in the young men over four
teen, half of whom will be voters in
'96. It also adds to the organiza
tion the families over fourteen of
the voting members of the organi
zation. We will thus be enabled bv
all the methods used by the Grand
Army and church organizations to
raise money to carry on the cam
paign. The d's adef ul work of taking
.. .. . ?it
up collections at every meeting win
thus be abandoned. Farther than
that, we will be able to show by this
compact, systematic order that a
small contribution from each mem
ber of the organization, contributed
through regular stated channels,
and accounted for every step of the
way, will amount to a very larje
snm in the aggregate," large enough
to pay all the legitimate expenses of
a great campaign- I knew what
yoar club organization was in Ore
gon last spring and falL There
I ttonyttrm atKit it; tbcre
no head nr tail to it; ar.d Ooql t
very tnoch wltHher. iq tho way vu
jprvpv it ttattid I mncti Utter.
had nothing to do atth the ia.
i iatiot of the tjrgioo. I wat rt
prrut whm I was elected, and I
do not desire the wiun rHw. I
am overloaded Un nork, and one
of my chief burdens ii trting t4e.
plain to the wp! who opght to
know, thai wc catmot in tbe Utile
aint the ntoncy-rot r without
the l-t ditieal organisation thai
ever formed on lhe Amerirafi
Continent. We ran make tti out
of the Industrial legion. nd
bate demontraUd that it cannot
I made without the jxditiCMl club
organization, ueh a c hac Lf!l
heretofore. Another thing, there
have Uvn seven or eight industrial
organizations, Allianev and -otherwise,
that lute admitted only ivr
tain cWjs into their or animation.
Memliera of all th-e order, mem
ber of tbe National Cumniiit
our leading aorktrs cirrvhrv,
have all agreed that we should haie
a place where every one briieving to
our twirtv and wishing for a sucrr
should tind a broad and :etierva
welcome. I wish yon to uudcridand
distinctly that we do act wUh nor
intend to suMitule the Igioti for
the People's party. I again reeat
to you, that it is.inpjy the titi
cal club organisation of the People's
party.
You object to the military plan.
That is only the skeleton. It U tbe
simplest plan of organization in the
world. 1 recommended many amend,
tnents to the plau adopted at Mem
phis, which were all agreed to, ex
cept the mere titles used to some ex
tent in the Grand Army. They
carry no rank with them, "and will
not add another human U-ing to tae
list of people who are not promoted
captains, colonels and generals for
bravery after the war.
Many of the best and noblest eo
ple m our party think there is great
danger of a resort to arms bv the
money ower of this land, lister
Hubbard and many great.-1 minds
even than his, believe that the le
gion will be the means of saving the
country from armed revolution.
Thirtv-two organized societies ia
Europe backed by the money jxiwer
and all the Jews and .Shylock of
Lombard street. France and Ger
many are shipping the scum, dregs
and tilth of the dirti.t haunt of
vice in the crowded cities of the Old
World to our shore. They work
for a mere pittance; drive out honest
labor and live ou w hat deceat peo
ple throw away. They have driven
into penury aud waut hundreds of
thousands of good people who once
earned a comforiabJe living and
lived in happy homes stirreunded
by plenty. They add to our impu
tation a seething mass of corruption
and anarchy, and can be hired for a
mere stipend by the money power
of the nation to burn and destroy.
It is not a menace to the lilierties of
this Government to have the com
mon, honest, plain eople banded
together, and they will never lift
their hands to tear down the flag or
raise the red rag of anarchy in the
nation we love. I know not whether
such a conflict will ever come, but I
do know unless we win the battle
against the oppressive money power,
that has fastened its fangs uou
the jM-ople of this land, this grand
republic will be destroyed. The
history of all nations demonstrates
this fact, and 1 assure vou that this
plan of organization will not injure
the party in the least, but lias met
with great favor all over the country.
The National Industrial Iegioii
does not take the place ;of national,
State, county or precinct com
mittees. They remain in full force
and rower. It is intended as a help
ful auxiliary, and is to te organized
so nrmly, aud the interest kept up
so strongly, that it will last through
the campaign of '96.
If you would apttoint county or
ganizers, the work could be done
very cheaply. The charter fee sent
to national headquarters is only
three dollars, and that is only untfl
a Stale organization is made possi
ble by the organization of live coun
ties. It is the same price charged
for a Farmers' Alliance and Indus
trial Union charter, aud the plan
of organization is just the same,
and the cost of coming in only fifty
cents. It is as cheap as any organ
ization can be devised, aud if taken
hold of properly, will do away with
the necessity of a fear men in each
community reaching down in their
pockets and paying all the expenses
of the campaign. Your plan would
do very weil, but it has leen tried
over and over, and proven a failure
in the line of systematic work. Tbe
Industrial Legion was organized by
the members of tbe national execu
tive committee. They have recom
mended in tbe most earnest terms
that each State and county com
mittee could take hold of this work
at once. Every State committee
but yours has taken hold of it cord
ially, and yon are the only member
of any State committee in the United
any
States that has, even iu mild terms,
protested against this organization;
and in accordance with the instruc
tions of our Executive Council, I
shall at once take steps to organize
Oregon. Yours truly,
lJLVL VAyDERVOOBT,
Commander-in-Chief, L L.
Wbat Xr Nmt Will D.
More money will lighten the bur
den of taxes, tat iff s, railroad charges,
interest and debt It will improve
the business of the merchant, em
ploy the mechanic, prosper the
farmer and all who labor, make the
families of the rich happier, advance
civilization, aid progress, decrease ,
poverty, lessen crime and insanity.
Missouri World. .
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