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J PROaBBSSIXTB FA BMIilK : OCTOBER 25 1892. i i THE CAMPAIGN LIARS. Politicians Stooping to Low, Mean Methods A Strong, Manly Let- . ter From Marion Butler. The machine politicians have stooped to everrlow method to try to break the re term . movement, xney nave ap ealed to race feeling and sectional ha1 atred to save them. They are just now lying on Mr. Butler, trying to damage him and the reform movement charging that he is in the pay of the Republican party, -Read the following Correspondence : Boyd, N. C. Mr. Marion Butler, President F. S. A. - Clinton, N. C. , Dear Sir and Bro. : In a public speech last Saturday, Col. J. M. Gal loway, of Madison, said that a conduc tor on the C. F. & Y. V. Railroad told him that he saw you receive 1400 from the Republican campaign fund. We would be glad to hear from you on this line as some Democrats around here are doing all they can to make tffe people believe that the People's party candidates are paid by and are run ning in the interest of the Republicans. Fraternally, P. R. WiassTER, Sec'y G. H. A. Clinton, N. C. Mr. P. R. Webster, Sec'y, Boyd, Rock- iugham County, N. C. Dear Sir and Bro. : Yours of the 6th received. Say to my friends and the public generally that the charge made by Cel. Galloway are wholly and unconditionally false. Demand of him the name of the conductor on the C. F. & Y. V. referred to. Denounce the statement of the conductor and dare him to substantiate his charge with an affidavit. These false charges and ru mors are made and circulated for campaign effect. .' They are made to damage me and the cause of reform. Don't you know that if these charges were true that affidavits to that effect would be published in every one of their papers? Don't hesitate to call for their proof and dare them to give it. I have nothing to fear from the truth, but much to fear from base and cowardly slanderers and liars. Brand for me every charge or insinuation of a deal or collusion with either the Re publican or Democraty party a3 a base slander and an infamous lie. I am fighting for principle and common jus tice against both machines. I am in the middle of the road and will fight to the finish, receiving no aid or com fort from either nor give any quarter to either. You must not allow your enemies to deceive and discourage you. Are you willing to trust the manage ment of your government and your liberties in the hands of the men and the parties that stoop to such infamous measures? Then let every reformer, every freeman and patriot buckle on his armor and do his duty: No people have ever gotten justice who did not have the courage to uemand it and T-otefor it. Will you do it? I believe you will. Fraternally, Marion Butler. 3-U19NEs COUNTY RESOLUTIONS. v 1 Mr. Editor : At a regular quarterly meeting of the J ones Uountj Alliance, held at Trenton, July 14th, a commit tee was appointed to draft resolutions in regard to the death of our great leader, L. L. Polk. The committee offered the following, which was unanimously adopted : Whereas, God in His wisdom has seen fit to remove from time to eternity our beloved President, Leonidas L. r- n. rm e 1 jroiK.. mereiore ue it Resolved, That in this sore trial that we bow in humble submission to the Divine will, believing that the Judge of all the earth will co right. 2. That we consider that the cause of reform has lost its greatest leader who has laid the foundation of our Order broad and deep for the good of the whole people so all can build upon it. 3. That we will strive to carry out with renewed energy the work which he has so ably represented. 4. That we tender to the bereaved widow and family our sincere sym pathy with the assurance that their grief is ours. 5 That these resolutions be sent to The Progressive Farmer with the re quest that they be published. J as B. Stanley, C.C.Andrews, KJ. Ail. L. L DlLLAHUNT, D. L Mallard, - Committee. TO THE VOTERS OF THE FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Having been selected by the "plain people" as a candidate for Congress, 1 Tvish to state that I am desirous that 11 men win have the same interests shoull give the same votes. If you understood your interests vou would do this barrins old time tearh inc And I prejuaices. t,very farmer and farm laborer have the fame interests at stake and should cast the same vote. So with fvery other industry and calling. Why mese uivisionsi it musn be the work of designing enemies. Here we have farmers voting against farmers, labor- era against laoorers, merchants against l merchants and so on und any man of common sense knows that each class, ill they knew their interests, would '-vpte the same ticket. tjow in order that each interest may etarmine what is best let them meet onvention in each township ana It like white men, throwing away party mouve, ana tnere uu tua.1 exenanee 01 tnoucuo " uai exchange ot though they should vote and vote all togeiaer. I am a non-partisan and am wiiuug leave all these questions to the peopi to D9 aciea uuiu u. noapariisau knowing that if we can drown partisan spirit the people, wui ao , n gn ?. in a comjp oy iiki people muse ""uui.uo same. time seeking to cut vote together. xue r cummuu e have them divided mr meir own iu. csts Got them fighting, each other Gn t'tfcsm cornered by great calamities kaiu i lhT YOto against the old 'to party. These things are drivers made for the purpose. If the Ppl cjf ry township in the district will hold a convention, each interest Jy itself and come to an agreement uun - ''a; its vote solid for any party or candi date, it will be the most Ierful means of procuring justice and good laws. There are too many people in this country for each man to stana alono and to fight the enemy sing e handed. All of the same wterest must pull together. In order to do this you must meet together and consult to gether and agree together. " Jis plan will work all the schemes of the enemy will be broken. It don t mat ter as much about the man or the party so you are united and combined m isuch a manner as to show your strength and that your will cannot be disobeyed, bo regardless of party, caring nothing about party, get together as one man after the sentiment of George Wash ington, and if you will do this every thing will be satisfactory to me. 'What you do dj quickly." W. R. Lindsay. LETTER FROM TEXAS. Walnut Springs, Tex. Mr. Editor: No doubt many of my fraternal friends and brothers that I initiated into our noble order in 1878 would be glad to hear from Texas. Fine crops were made in the greater part of the State more corn than was ever made yet several counties bor dering od Mexico are in want from drouth. Politics i3 at red heat and sparks flying. Five candidates are in the fieli for Governor. The old mo nopoly party split over the spoils of office, the Hog faction and the Clark faction. Both factions belong to mo nopoly and Cleveland. The Republican party split wide open, the Cuny fac tion and Houston faction, known as the Lilhe Whites and Coley Blacks. The blacks put out no candidate but endorsed .the so called Democratic Clark faction. The Prohibitionists, headed by Judge Pendergest, a promi nent Texan, was no doubt persuaded by the monopolists to put out a ticket to weaken the People's party. The great Democratic majority of a hun dred and eighty thousand four years a?o (before they fused) will very prob ably be turned into a majority for the People s party oy November 8th. Here is my reason for thinking so : The vote of Texas is estimated at four hundred and forty thousand. At the State Al liance in August the Secretary reported 106,36 male members in good stand- mg. urop on over lb.uuu ijr tne miners and monopolists yes in the Order, leaves 90,000 members who will g through the rain to vote for their liberties. I have met with no one who" will dispute a fact staring them in the face, that there are two voters outside of the Alliance, wherever I have been, who will vote the People's ticket to one vote in the Alliance. Now multiply 90.000 by three and dropoff 20,000 who may be -hindered from going to the election leaves 250,000' votes, making our manly and patriotic T. S. Nugent Governor Many a gc od but untaught and indifferent man goes blindly alter I the teaching of his parD leadersvjbt mg his sectional-hate ana party preju dice, mistaking them for his manhood and patriotism. How can an intelli gent and truthful man say he i$ a friend to the farmer and laboring in terests and then cast his vote for tAe old monopoly parties? l! J. B. Barry. HAS BEEN STUDYING IT. Roper, N. C.s Mr. Editor: I have been reading and. watching the signs of the times for several years, and have given the reform movement much thought, and am thoroughly convinced of the justice of our cause, and that if we will be true to our demands and platforms we will succeed. I am not ignorant of the de vices of our enemies, the length they will go to defeat us. of the low, dirty tricks they will resort to for our defeat, of the ostracism, vituperation, slang and abuse we are receiving, all because we please to differ with them and have the manhood to express our opinion. I tell you, Mr. Editor, the old political bosses down East are puffing and blow ing and as mad as old wet hens. Well, may we quote the old adage, "whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad." I am of the opinion that the treatment Gen. Weaver has re ceived in Georgia will give him 75,000 or 100,000 votes in the United States. Eastern North Carolina will give the People's party a handsome maioritv in November. We wanted W. P. Exum to come down this way at the club meeting last Saturday night (of course a Weaver and Exum club.) There was 150 men present and we took a vote for President and all voted for Weaver except six. So you see how things are working down here.- I think Wash ington county i3 all right. You may put her down for Weaver and Exum. Men of old North Cirohna. have the manhood to vnt.o v mr Rpntimpnha and don't let these old corrupt political bosses decoy you back into the old par- ties that seeks our destruction. Many will not vote the People's party ticket Decause xney dare not do it. Fellow citizens, you see the situation. Be true and loyal to the reform movement So mow iu us. Unus Tl 1 1 At is an an errej?imia mictnu rro- wiULion aoes not protect th a Arwo laborer. it is a brierandiVi rK forcing - tribute to those who ready so gorged, that evis UvVUUu J are al- i wouia actually add to thm, mfA-t 1 1 VJ r v n V IM I HI.II III inuikof it 1 The iron workers of Cen- i ""ojivania have furnished QO i a,, "u. ui liir or tne riots in this count yare striking for bread, at nearlv iy season. Thev actual! v find it tssary to fight for food. Yet iron protected commodity of all These iron barons, rightly or wrom3l Uy crying for protection1 Z"L waSes of their emnloveea Tf i uoa protected the lahnH why this abnorrntl state gnS among those most protected! It i lie. Protection protect the Tmar is a 1 manufac- turer. Carnegie is many tioies mil lionaire, and the men who havtf helped him to become such, with their fami lies, are 'suffering the pangs of hunger, or living on the bounty of their fellow laborers, who are forced to self sacri fice, in order, to send a loaf to their neody brethren. The laborer does not need protection. He needs justice. Justice to all will remove the barbiric seizures upon the world's commerce, and allow supply and demand to regu late prices. Give us justice! It is time we departed from the robber methods of three thousand years ago. Progressive Age. RED LETTER DAY AT BURGAW. Burg aw, N. C. Mr. Editor: Tnis was a red letter day for the People's party of Pender county. Marion Butler and Dr. A. A. Maynard were here according to ap pointment, and as this county seems to be considered by our friends of the Democratic party as a hot bed of Peo ple's party ism, they sent Mr. R. B. Glenn to meet Mr. Butler and ask for a division of time, which was very cheerfully granted. Mr. Glenn led in a speech ot two hours, Mr. Butler reply ing in an hour and a half, with rejoin ders by each ol; fifteen and twenty five minutes. It was conceded on all sides that each was an able champion oC his respective side of the argument, but as Mr. Butler had truth and justice on his side of the question, it i3 needless to say that he wonthe day. After the speaking a convention of the People's party wa3 held for the purpose of considering the question of nominating a county ticket. After ma ture deliberation it was decided that, as this fight is one for the rectifying of bad laws and- not a scramble for county offices, it would be wise to nominate only a candid ite for the House of Representatives and make no nominations for county offices This was adopted by the convention unani mously, thus showing that the People's party people are not a lot of disgruntled office seekers For candidate for the House Mr. A. H. Paddison was nomi nated. After appointing an executive committee the convention adjourned. A motion was adopted to send the proceedings to The Progressive Far mer and the Caucasian. In regard to Senatorial candidates for this district the executive committee was empow ered to act. Dr. Maynard, the People's party can didate for Congress in this district, ad dressed the convention, as well as Dr. Pearson, candidate for the House from Wayne, and Mr. R. G. Wax well, of Duplin, candidate for the Senate. A H. Paddison, Ch'mn. SHAMELESS LYING. A Sample of the Democratic Slanders on Gen. Weaver Exposed. Aberdeen, Miss., Sept. 13. A little campaign episode occurred at Amory, in this county, to day. The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham train pulled into the depot, and as usual. Atopcqd fcweptv jrainute.3 forvJbn. r engines andcreww (Jen. Weaver, took advantage of the stop and put his head out of the car window and began a speech to the crowd of about fifty voters, who were standing on the plat form. He had uttered about three sentences when a ladj seated two seats in front of him, put her head out of the window and said: "Gentlemen, this man, General Weaver, is the m n who, during the war, robbed every body in the Southern States who fell in his line of march. I know this to be no, for he stole two pounds of but ter from me. Do not listen to him, but go vote the Democratic ticket straight." Her speech wa3 cheered to the echo, and Gen. Weaver drew in his head, closed down the window aid had no more to say. The above appeared in the Times Democrat ot Saps. 13th, as a "special" and has since been published by a number of Democratic papers a choice morsel. It bore falsehood so plainly on its face that when the editor of the Leader first read it he addressed a let ter to Hon. T. R. Caldwell, one of the Representatives from Monroe county ia the Legislature, who lives at Amory. enclosed the dispatch and requested him to correctly ascertain and write us the real facts. Below we give Mr Caldwell's reply, which points its own moral and needs no comment : Amory. Miss . Sept. 17, 1892. Mr. B. T. Hobbs. Jackson, Miss.: Dear Sir: Yours of the 14th re ceived, and in reply will say that I was present at Amory when General Weaver passed through and. at my re quest, he came out on the steps of the sleeper and shook hands with, I sup pose, 20 men. Did not offer to speak to the crowd, and as the train moved off he returned to his coach and a lady from the car window waved her hand kerchief and said, " Hurrah for Cleve land I" 'That was all there was of it, and I am satisfied that a dozen as true Democrats as there are in Mississippi would certif y to same;' I refer to such men as Dr. Brown, McDermot, Smith, Gilmore and others who are business men of Amory. And there was no 44 thief "or "butter" in the lady's re mark. From all appearances she was a perfect lady. Yours with respect, T. R. Caldwell. Mississippi Leader. . LETTER FROMJOHNSTON. MrJ Editor: The people of John ston county have had quite a treat in the speeches of our old friend W. F. Stroud, of Chatham, who never fails to add names of Democrats and Republi cans to the People's party at every pre cinct. Mr. Bunn is a good' man and the people like him, for he is like unto the sun, he giveth light unto the world. Mr. Sanders is also a very nice man. He is like the moon, he giveth light in the darkness. But our good old friend Mr. Stroud, the nominee of the People's Partv for Congress, is like Joshua of old he i3 going to command thensun and the moon to stand still and they will obey. R. II. MCLean. ' PEOPLE'S PARTY PLATFORM. Adopted by the Convention at Omaha, Neb., July 4, 1892. PREAMBLE. Assembled upon the one hundred and and sixteenth anniversary of the Dec laration of Independence, the People's party of America, in their first national convention, invoking upon their actions the blessing of Almighty God, puts forth in the name and oa behalf of the people of the country the following preamble and declaration of principles : The conditions which surround us best justify our co-operation; we meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine on the bench. The people are demoralized ; most of the States have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to pre vent universal intimidation or bribery. The newspapers are largely subsidized or muzzled, public opinion silenced, business prostrated, our homes covered with mortgages, labor impoverished, and the land concentrating in the hands of the capitalists. The urban workmen, are denied the right of organization for self-protection; imported pauperized labor beats down their wages; a hire ling army, unrecognized by our laws, is established to shoot them down, and they are rapidly degenerating into European conditions. The f ruit3 of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of man kind, and the possessors of these in turn despise the Republic and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes tramps and mil lionaires. The national power to create money is appropriated to enrich bondholders ; a vast public debs, payable in legal tender currency, has been funded into gold bearing bonds, thereby adding millions to the burdens of the people. Silver, which has been accepted as coin since the dawn of - history, has been demonetized to add to the pur chasing power of gold, by decressing the value of all forms of property as well as human labor, and the supply of currency is purposely abridged to fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprise, and enslave industry. A vast con spiracy against mankind has been or ganized on two continents, and it is rapidly taking possession of the world. If not met and overthrown at once, it forebodes terrible social convulsions, the destruction of civilization, or the establishment of an absolute despotism. We have witnessed for more thin a quarter of a century the struggles of the two great political parties for power and plunder, while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon the suffering people. We charge that the controlling influences dominating both parties have permitted the existing dreadful conditions to develop, without serious effort to prevent or restrain them. Neither do they now promise us any substantial reform. They have agreed pose to drown the outcries of a plun dered people with the uproar of a sham battle over the tariff, so that capitalists, corporations, national banks, rings, trusts, watered stock, the demonetiza tion of silver, and the oppressions of the usurers may all be lost sight of. They propose to sacrifice our homes, lives and children on the altar of mam mon; to destroy the multitude in order to secure corruption funds from the millionaires. Assembled on the anni versary of the birthday of the nation and filled with the spirit of the grand general chief, who established our in dependence, we seek to restore the gov ernment of the Republic to the hands of 44 the plain people" with whose class it originated. We assert our purposes to be identical with the purposes of the National Constitution, to form a more perfect union and establish justice, in sure domtssic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the gen eral welfare, and secure the blessings of' liberty for ourselves and our pos terity. We declare that this Republic can only endure as a free government while built upon the love of the whole people for eacn other and for the nation ; that it cannot be pinned together by bay onets; that the civil war is over and that every passion" and resentment which grew out of it must die with it, and that we must be in fact, as we are i i t t m name, one uniuea Drotnernooa of freedom. Our country finds by conditions itself confronted for which there is no precedent in the history of the world. Our an nual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars in value, which must within a few weeks or months be exchanged for billions of dollars of commodities consumed in their pro duction; the existing currency supply is wholly inadequate to make. this ex change. The results are falling prices, the formation of combines and rings, the impoverishment of the producing class. We pledge ourselves that if given power we will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation in accordance with the terms of our platform We believe that" the powers of gov ernment in other woras, of the peo pleshould be expanded (as in the case of the postal service) as rapidly and as' far as the good sense of an intelligent people and the teachings of experience shall justify to the end that oppression, injustice and poverty shall eventually cease in tne land. While our sympathies as a party of reform are naturally upon the side of every proposition which will tend to make men intelligent, virtuous and temperate, we nevertheless regard these questions imp ortant as they are as secondary to the great issues now pressing for solution, and upon which not only our individual prosperity, but the very existence of free institutions depend, and we ask -all men to first help us to determine whether we are to have a Republic to administer, bo fore we differ as to the condition upon which it is to be administered, believ ing that the forces of reform this day - organized will never cease to movfi for ward until every wrong is righted and equal rights ana equal privilege's estab lished for all the men andwomenof this country; we declare, therefore. UNION OF THE PEpPLE. First That the union of the labor forces of the United States, this day consutnated, shall be permanent and perpetual. May its spirit enter into all hearts for tne salvation of the Re public and the uplifting of mankind. Second Wealth belongs to him who creates it, and every dollar taken from industry without an equivalent is rob bery. " If any will not work, neither shall he eat." The interests of rural and civic labor are the same; their enemies are identical. - Third We belive that the time has come when the railroad corporations must either own the people or the peov pie must own the railroads, and should the government enter upon the work of owning and managing all railroads, we should favor an amendment to the Constitution by which all persons en gaged in the government service shall be placed under a civil service regula tion of the most rigid character, so as to prevent the increase of the power of the national administration by the use of such additional government em ployees. PLATFORM. We demand a national currency, ?afe, sound, and flexible, issued by the General Government only, a full legal tender f jr all debts,;public and private, and that without the use of banking corporations, a just, equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to the people at a tax not to exceed 2 per cent, per annum, to be provided as set forth in the Sub Treasury plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or a better system ; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements. We demand free and unlimited coin age of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1. We demand that the amount of the circulating medium be speedily in-, creased to not less than $50 per capita. We demand a graduated income tax. We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand that all state and national revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the gov ernment economically and honestly ad ministered. We demand that postal savings banks be established by the govern ment for the safe deposit of the earn ings of the people and to facilitate ex change. CONTROL OF TRANSPORTATION. Transportation being a means of ex change and a public necessity, the government should own . and operate the railroads in the interest of the people. The telegraph and telephone, like the po8toffice system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the government in the interest of the people. RECLAIMING THE LAND. mi 1 3 - 1 1: . 11 of all" the people and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All land now held by rail roads and other corporations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. RESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions were offered independent of the platform, and were adopted, as expressive of the sentiment of he convention : Resolved, That we demand a free ballot and a fair count in all elections and pledge ourselves to secure it to every legal voter without Federal in tervention through the adoption by the States of the unper verted Australian or secret ballot system. 2. Inat tne revenue derived from a graduated income tax should be applied to the reduction of the burden of taxa tion now levied upon the domestic in dus tries of this country. 3 That we pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union sol-diers-and sailors. 4. Th t we condemn the fallacy of protecting American labor under tne present system, which opens our ports to the pauper and criminal classes of the world and crowds out our wage earners ; and we denounce the present ineffective laws against contract labor and demand the further restriction of undesirable immigration. 5 That we cordially sympathize with the efforts of organized working men to shorten the hours of labor, and demand a rigid enforcement of the ex isting tight-hour law on government work, and ask that a penalty clause be added to the said law. 6. That we regard the maintenance of a large standing army of mercen aries, known as the Pinkerton system, as a menace to our liberties, and we demand its abolition; and we condemn the recent invasion of the Territory of Wyoming by the hired assassins of plutocracy, assisted by Federal officers. 7. That we commend to the thought ful consideration of the people and the reform press the legislative systim known as the initiative and referen dum... 8. That we favor a constitutional provision limiting the office of Presi dent and Vice-President to one term, and providing for the election of Sen ators of the United States by a direct vote of the people. 9. That we oppose any subsidy or national aid to any private corporation for any purpose. 10. The People's party, desiring at the outset to secure permanent control of the party organization to the people unaffected by the interests of those in public service dees hereby in n itional convention assembled on this, the 4th day of July, 1S92, hereby establish thi3 ordinance as fundamental law of party organization. No person holding any office or position of profit, trust or emolument under the Federal or any- State or municipal government (includ ing Senators, Congressman and mem bers of the legislatures, State and Na tional) shall b any convention his ?r vte copy of this nHinoLlni? Pa.rty, toeverycallfo7anSSanMl of the party. ulUre coaventi0i PUT IN YOUR Rusk- (Tex .511 man who is tWtohfcSW' 4 self cannot be false to any bod K him- McKinney (Tex.) D,mocrni. merchant should Lnu" oc,rai- Th prices for products means 71 ness for them. more busi. The great trouble with tha reli ef wage slaves is that thev realize that they are slaves 1 4 2 m Fort Worth, Texas. es" dnce, In 1868 it took 50 bals nf pay the salary of ono n ULlonto no w it takes i?6 bales to w EST wonder he wants lna- No Alliance Echo. a "wney.- Mi! ton (W. Vfl ,k . TT the agricultural masses of the TnS States ever fret out of Z JM1 interest on the debt is larger Cn Z vi. TV veil Lti. The Sub-Trpftsn dood the country w&h be redeemable in th L.i r onl farm.-PaoZa TimeZ "WU"S01 " The tariff bill shrmM fa-Mi . , ... to prevent the diffuse hi. DU . Ff?!?0? b?in? enjoyed peuyieui. me united States."-70 John A..Kasson, loica ' An 3 no more riht to pile un wealth and impoverish hi f.ti '.. . P than he has to dam up aU the sprinS and cause them to perish from thirst Wytheville (Va.) News. ' Buffalo (N. Y.) People's Advocate When a man steals n. in f .p i j ; keep from starving they send him to prison. If a plutocrat; RtPl o r.;iY rolling stock and all, they send him to It is folly to fall out over politics If you cannot convince your honest friend who differs with tr.n h.. u.- alone, but above all be friends As for your enmey leave him alone 'alto gether. Pioneer Exponent. Cholera is bad enough-but it only kills the bodv. Destrnvinty f- :J age for silver makes bankrupts, dwin- UiCO vcviuco, iuipuvensnes widows and orphans, and drives its financial unfor tunates to suicide. Rocky Mountain News, One of the many queer things in nature is the perverseness of the aver age human mind, as strikingly illus trated by men who work sixteen hours a day for a bare living and still cling to the idea that they are plutocrats People s Rights, Montezuma. t Tho ightful men see and admit thf via wuuuy xo ueuuuiiuK less ana M l democratic and more and more pit cratic. The ambition and self lovef some men are so great that they incapable of loving their countif wauer y. uresnam quoted trq jrena. Maine ha 3.310 vacant farms a totsl J3K?a rdL 2S4 512. rtwA i 3v- - - - wonder there is a falling off in the vote in that State this year. Abandoned farms and disheartened farmers are an object lesson on present conditions that no stump orator can cover up. The Vanguard. Can anyone tell why it is that people who preach "that dress don't make the man " will Always bow to the fel low who is donexup in the latest style, though they know his head is as empty as a dried gourdi and pas his poorly clad but scholarly brother with averted head? Grange Advocate. Cotton 6 cents taxes higher than ever before the rich growing richer thepoor growing poorer public ser vants acting as rdictators statesmen 44 for revenue orjly" at the head of State and National governmeats anarchy reigns "the people be damned." DecaHur, Texas, Times. Lebanon (Ore)) Advance : By plac ing wocl on the free Ikt Congress thought to pull the wool over the eye3 of the wool sTOwer, hoodwink the farmer, fleece tpe consumer, and please the manufacturer. The laborer is not as easily duped as formerly and can not be caught With bait fat only for catenmsr sucKer. 4 NO WONDER THEY ARE SICK. Excelsior, N. C. Mr. Editor: 2V leading lawyer tweu wanted to be a Qleveland elector but who by the way was defeated by a more fortunate brother) recently fcaid in a speech in Brunswick county thai 44 the reason tho Peoples party had so many doctors in it was because it was sick." This waisai 1 no doubt as an in sinuation. But i am of the opinion tnsi every man with Peoples party prexn lections will acknowledge that tney are sick, and if a review of the condi tion of our country, revealing as a does the inconsistencies of Radical anu Democratic legislation, will not mi an honest man Aick, he may congraw late himself as having the stom-noj a bear. But the! doctors have not been called to prescribe (or more proper i3, according to Ratiical and Democrat ic usage, proscribe) in this case, out c said to their crt dit that honesty a intelligence has prompted a number of them) to ca&t their lot ww us of their ownfree will and von But a noticeable feature of tbeoIpji ties is that lawyers are w great mand, a fact sufficient ot iwe tarmers rrom tn'r raiiKs. . f he iitpd mlcc 1 ' '3 - i red ia - 3 manip interest of the r of a class whesf cai with ours, f in rT-C nteresiw th aid be congenial wig nnot account for tn; ours? But-wjei lawyers being the ranfca oi (if a virtuous public i of , misapplied a is because they are two great part will pardon thd jective) unless record. when ar- ashamed of tl rrrA o th ' irof public opimuu, gnea at tn s rm J. it up for i need law; T fil-e: too the ?rn eo thev i i i. TO 1 and them eo they j not plausible, l0S3. c. $ f - - -
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Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 25, 1892, edition 1
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