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iTHB COMING DANGER,
REV. J. D. BOTKIN L1FT8 A
WARNING VOICE.
"now Did You Vote? How Will You
Vote In the Future ? Can You Not
iuuuco Borne Melfhbor to Vote
the People?" Spread the Light.
with
.ditob Advocate: -It is a fact of
Universal history and experience that
calamities overtake nations and men.
! Another fact of equal notoriety is that
very few see the impending evil till It
strikes It is strangely true, , also,ttat
the few who have seen the coming
danger, and have lifted their' voices in
.warning, have been.derided and prose
cuted by the many. It was so in
? Noah's time and during all the pro
phetic periods Fifty : years ago the
men who advocated the abolition of
.elavery were persecuted as disturbers
of the peace. Ministers who preached
against slavery and warned the peo
ipeople of- the coming storm were , de
inouriced as political preachers and
driven from their pulpits. But the
fctorm came. It has. come in all ages.
. It will come again. '
f . According to the census reports,made
by republican officials, there were a
million tenement farmers in this
country in 1880, and a million and a
half in 1890. In New York- city only
four men in 100 own their homes 'free
. of encumbrance. In cities of Kansas
of 3,000 population and upward only
twenty-four in 100 own their homes
. free . of "encumbrance. Of Kansas
farmers onlyHhirtyne in 100 own their
farms free of encumbrance. Do not
these census facts show that we are
rapidly approaching a period when we
-shall be a nation of landlords and
tenants? Is not the money of this
country also rapidly concentrating in
-a few hands? .
In a great speech delivered in the
United States senate on Jan. 14, 1891,
John J. ,Ingalls, criticising the finan-
cial policy of this government,, 5 said:
than one half of the enormous wealth
of the' country, derived from the bounty
of nature and the labor of all, is
owned by a little more than 30,000
people, while 1,000,q6o' American citizens,-
able and willing to toil, are
homeless trainpsstarving for bread,
i requires adjustment. A social system
t which offers to tender, virtuous and
dependent women the alternative be
tween prostitution and suicide as an
cscapef rom beggary is organized crime
for which some day unrel-iiting jus
tice will, demand atonement and ex
piation." Since that speech was delivered
many thousands of homes, in country
and city, have passed from the posses
of their owners into the hands of capi
talists under mortgage foreclosure.
.many millions of dollars, earned by
the masses,5have passed into the hands
of a few moneylenders, and more than
2,000,000 of men and women have been
thrown put of , employment to become
Iramps, beggars and criminals. 'Ctn
the reader see no danger tothis repub
lic when 30,000 of its 65,000,000 of peo
ple own more than one half of its
enormous wealth, and the residue of
its wealth, under the present infamous
financial policy, rushing like a floojl
tide into the hands of the few'?. Can
you see any danger to this republic
when 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 of our citi
zens are unemployed, and the number
rapidly increasing? Can a republic
long endure under such conditions?
He is blind who can not see a storm
gathering.
-Who, in the light of history and
present conditions, is more near ly cor
rect, the man who says, "There is 'nb
danger; a -plague upon you calamity
howlers; you are the disturbers of the
peace of society; you are socialists and
anarchists, im worth v of the respect of
; decent people?" or that other man who
points out these facts, warns the peo
ple of impending peril and declares
that unless the old order of things,
under which the few have legally and
systematically robbed the masses, can
be speedily and radically changed the
republic is doomed?
- Which vote in the late election was
cast in the interest of the pei-petuity of
this republic? that which' helped to
advance the republican party, a party
pledged to the old policy under which
corporate power has been enthroned,
and under "which the wealth of the
country has been so rapidly concen
trating in a few hands for a quarter of
a century? or that oter vote which
was cast to advance a neRrty ' that
seeks to enthrone a newlJPlicy
whose best recommendation
that it is cordially hated and bitterlV
opposed by all corporations and by the
entire money power of America and
Europe? How did you vote? How
Will you vote in the future? Can you
induce some neis-hbwr who has I
I hitherto voted wi "m. tarporatioaa j
ana the money po to vole aerssfr
ter with the people? A good way to
do this is to ply him with our beat lit
erature. There is no better educator
than the Populist papers. If each one
of the readers would send some good
Populist paper to the unconverted,
susceptible neighbor for the next three
months, that alone would well nigh
insure victory at the next election.
Neodesha, Kan. J. D. Botxut.
FUSION MEANS DEATH.
f XVe Can Not 8erre God by Comprosils-
ing With the DevIL i
Populists can not afford to talk fusion
of parties with the democrats. ,ne
leaders of that party are plainly re-
f publicans, as far as their financial
policy goes.
There are lots of good men who vote
(the democratic and republican tickets
but we can not help them until they
jsee;the necessity of helping themselves,
and get out of the old parties.
There are Jfree silver republicans and
free silver democrats, and, yet the
Populist party is the only avowed free
silver party. The fact that they
tagree with us on one ; thing
fdoes not make them Populists,
land we can not afford to
sacrifice the whole Omaha platform for
a single dish of hash
We don't care particularly what
kind of tariff the country has for the
present. When the money question is
settled the tariff question will almost
jsettle: itself , as it must be adjusted to
balance the difference between the
financial systems of ours and other
countries.
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The Populist demands on Hranspor-
tation can never be secured by com-
fpromising with a party, whose
ueaders show a disposition to
fkill American workmen to protect
lEnglish stockholders in robbing the
lAmerican public, and oppressing their
mployes.
A bond issuing party will never held
,11s to secure an increase of the circu-
Latinc mpilinm.
air count by fusing with a party that
as just made itself notorious by elec-
ion frauds in the south. ;
Grover Cleveland is considered the
reatest man of the party. Do we
ant to propagate that kind of great
ness.
It is dying. Let it die. It is rot
en. We can't save it, and it might
ttestroy us.
There are place hunters in our party,
course, 4but. the sooner they are
rowded out, the better.
The workers are the men we must
ut in positions of trust to serve our
principles..
j Local fusion injures the great na
tional cause for which we are earnestly
:ightirig.w
Let is steer ' clear of all alliances
vith plutocratic parties.
It is as the poor man's party, the
)roducers' party, that we must suc
ceed, and the interests of the humblest
toter are greater than the ambitions
f the most brilliant politician.
The record of both old parties is
plainly against our principles. As
rue representatives of labor, we must
succeed, or through fusion go down
n defeat and disgrace.
And we will deserve it if we do.
Facts and Figures: Daybyiday the
omilists claim that railroads should
pe run by the government is being ac
centuated by actual tests. The North
western railroad recently fell into the
fiancls of the state of Georgia, being
abandoned by the owners as worth
,ess. 1 The state J having guaranteed
the bonds, took the road and operated
it. The result was that the road last
year paid all operating expenses, in
terest on the bonds, and turned 512,000
into the -state treasury. Let the gov
ernment take the
whole lot of them
ind do likewise.
It is the climax ofj demagpgism to
plaim that the democratic party is the
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pame j.o-aay, tnat ii was m me aays 01
jjJackson' and Jefferson. The confiding
jvoter that still clings to that , belief
vith all the facts against him, is cer
tainly very dull! of comprehension to
fsay the least Mr. Cleveland, in his
message, states! the leading issue of
the next campaign. That issue is
(' whether banks of issue or the Govern
ment shall control the currency of the,
country.
An amusing instance of German red
tape is recorded by the Berlin Neueste
Nachrichten, A Munich citizen came
to the registrar of births to report an
addition to his family. Being asked, as
to his religion, he declared himself a
Christian. The official looked over his
ist of religions, but could find no
igeonhole for Christianity, and as the
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ber M jYJOLesini aenominauon
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at. struggle.
as a grtl
The la condemns ihe man
r oj woman.
VJho. siedk a goose fnm oil .
(he common; s
PLURAL GOVERNORS.
ONE HOLDS THE WORD, THE
OTHErt HOLDS THE JfRIGHT.
The Dispatches FublUhed In the Daily
Papers in Beard to Rebellion,"
"Bloody Revolution," Etc., In Alabama
Are Mere Sensations.
There
is not, has not been, and will
not be any violence there unless it4s
precipitated by the democrats.
The dispatches have caused lots of
excitement, but there is ho' excuse for
such sensationalism.
The facts of the election; most people
already understand. Oates, the dem
ocratic candidate, was declared elected
by a majority of 27,000 votes; but Mr.
Eolb, the Populist candidate, alleged
that fraud had been committed, and
declared his intention of makinff a test
of the matter. It was noi Mr. Kolb's
purpose to use force. He simply de
clared his purpose to take
the oath of office I and be,
sworn in and protest against usur
pations He asked his friends to. cot.
tion. The step was taken advisedly by
Kolb as a technical one, and he carries
with him in his peaceful efforts wo
thirds of the white people and many of
the colored people of Alabama. J
J. C. Manning, the leader of the
Populists in the legislature, says they
will ask for a contest law to settle j the
title of office now in dispute bef6re the
general assembly. If this is: refused,
which it doubtless will be, they will
appeal to the general government with
a petition of 150,000 Alabamians for
for a republican form of government
in that state. i i !
A bill was introduced in the state
legislature "to prevent usurpation,"
and was aimed at. Kolb, but he will
violate the bill in; order to get' a chance
to test its constitutionality. If such a
bill were passed it might react to im
prison Oates instead of Kolb as a
usurper. - ; ' j
Oates was inaugurated with all mili
tary pomp and display, while Kolb
took the oath before a justice of the
peace and made an address from a
wagon. The proceeding's were opened
with, prayer. A Populist clergyman
mounted the wagon, and at his
motion the crowd uncovered their
heads. It was skid to be an impressive
scene. Every man in the crowd was a
plain countryman many with home
spun clothes and high top boots. In
simple language the clergyman in
voked the blessing of Godupon the as
semblage, "a plain people" he said,
"who are; here to secure; an honest
government."
And if the Lord is on their side, as
they earnestly belive, the eternal truth
of God proclaims that nothing can
stand against them.
CONTEMPT OF LAW.
Worse Than 'Contempt of Count"
Is
Contempt of the People.
On the twentieth page of the United
States journal, first congress, third
session, enacted June 16, 3794, is the
following law: i "i
. "Any person holding an office or
stock in any institution in j the nature
of a bank for issuing or discounting
bills or notes to bearer or order, under
the authority of the Uilited States, can
not" be a member of either house while
he holds such office or stock."
The bankers have never taken the
troble to have this law repealed, show
ing that they do not consider laws
that were intended ; to apply
to them of am' force. They
have had legislation in their
own hands for years, and might have
had this law repealed but they like
to show their contempt "for law and the
people, f
That law says they
'can't" but
thev do, -.Hundreds of bankers have
held seats in both branches of congress
since that law was signed by George
Washington.
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But turns ihe. greater villain
.cose,
YJho Sieas the common From
gse
The leader of the senate is a banker,
the President of the United States
recommends a banker's financial
scheme for the country, and the secre
tary of the treasury wants to place the
financial affairs of the country en
tirely in the hands of the bankers.
George Washington and other pa
triots of his time foresaw the
danger of bankers assuming control of
legislation. A little longer at the
present rate and they will have a ma
jority of the membership in congress,
and operate the financial affairs of the
country at their own sweet wilL As it
is already, they have greater power
than all other classes of business. It
costs them a little more to buy votes,
perhaps, than it would to secure spec
ial legislation from a congress com
posed entirely of bankers but they
get the legislation and- they want all
the seats in ; congress only to reduce
the expense.
They strike at the heart of govern
ment, when they plan to obtain control
of the! noney. j '
Give them j what they ask in the
Baltimore plan, and they will control
.every v business transaction 01 tne
with private' banking infetitu-
tions.
The function of furnishinc a
medi
Of exchange is so important
en into the hands of a few
to be
usurers.
The whole j people through their
own government only should is
sue money and regulate the
value thereof. The government
must do its own banking. That is a
part of government. To "promote the
general welfare," the government
must protect itself against usurers,
defilers of law and robbers.
The people "must take charge of the
government, and then take charge of
the bankers, and try to make useful
American citizens of them. They are
beginning to think they are the gov
ernment, and it is time that they were
made lo feel that their Uncle Samuel
is a lot of able bodied honest hard
working, healty minded men with
families to support and, homes to
protect. .
NEW SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
May a Man Conduct His Business as He
Pleases?
Carroll D. Wright says in the cur
rent Forum that a great many valuable
lessons will be learned from the Chi
,cago strike. While studying its
phases, its origin, its course, and its
close, two very far reaching ethical
economic questions have been con
stantly in my mind. These are: First,
shall a man conduct his business in his
own way second, shall the savings oi
labor be considered a reserve frork
which labor must draw in order to eu
able it to subsist during periods of de
pression or of adversity, while the re
serve of capital is kept practically in
tact under like circumstances, or, if
drawn upon at all, in less measure than
labor draws on its savings? Society has
long since answered these questions
in some important particulars. It
says to the property owner, the manu
facturer: "You must not so conduct
your business as to injure, the property
of your neighbor, nor must you conduct
your business in suqh a way as to in
jure the health oi your neighbor. No
property owner can do anything that
will interfere with the rights and
privileges of his neighbor, whether
these rights and privileges come under
the head of right of freedom from 'in
jury to property or the privilege of
living without damage to health." But
the question which is much more far
reaching, and which will inevitably be
answered by society, relates to condi
tions of men rather than to their ma
terial surroundings, and this question
is: "Shall a man or corporation who
does not, or is not able to, conduct his
or affairs so as to avoid public dis
turbance, obstruction of trade, loss of
wages, or the lowering of the stand
ard of living, be free from the inter,
ference of society?' The Times.
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k YEAR'S PROGRESS.
WHAT THE SOUTH ACCOMPLISH
KD IX 1HO-. I
A Steady He-Establishment of Confi
dence and a Steady Up-Butldlnjr of
'Manufacturing Interest A
Statistical Comparison.
Baltimore, Md. In its annual re
view of Southern conditions the Manu
facturers' lecord says:
The industrial situation in the South
during the past year was marked by a
.steady re-establishment of confidence
and a slow but solid up-buikling of
manufacturing interests. Prevailing
conditions during the year have not
encouraged unusual development, and
the general tendency has been to fol
low a conservative policy. The year
carried over as a legacy many of the
adverse conditions which were features
of the previous, year. Legislative
problems of national moment hung in
uncertainty during the greater portion
of the year. The panicky feeling of
the two previous years occasionally
made its iufluence felt, and the attitude
of foreign investors towards American
securities continued as a depressing
factor.
The year has been more a period of
recuperation than of progress, yet
there has been a movement which,
conceived with cautiousness, and a lib
eral application of business principles,
possessed of all the elements of health
f illness. Capitalists have been slow to
foster new enterprises, and only those
enlisted their support whose environ-,
ment bus offered the most encouraging
and legitimate prospects. The investor
became an investigator during the year,
and well-planned industries benefited
thereby. Enduring good resulted to
the South from this movement, and
its significance is already shown by a
wider and more personal acquaintance
with the investigating, public and its
resources.
The record of progress made during
the year evidences a well defined pre
ference for Southern investments, and
reflects a more general existence of fa
vorable impressions that, with the full
restoration of confidence i a the busi
ness world, will influence a considera
ble tide of capital towards Southern
ChffnueJtiS; and-as-the jeo-
for the new vearare more cheerful than
those which ushered in 1894, it is a per
fectly reasonable deduction to look for
greater prosperity and greater progress
in 1$95. The faith of Sonthevu men
in the future of this section, gains new
emphasis from astudy of the controll
ing jart their capital and enterprise
played in the advanceineat made dur
ing 1894. Nearly 600 more enterpris
es were established in the South dur
ing 1894 thaa is the preceding year,
the total number being 2,829, as
against 2,293 for 1893.
A pronounced feature in the build
ing of new factories during the year
has been the aim to establinh a class of
industries that will retain at-home trade
heretofore supplied from distaut points.
These new industries have also been
marked by the adoption of modern ma
chinery aud the employment of skilled
labor and improving methods. The
aim has been not only to successfully
provide for the home and neighboring
trade, but to invade dibtant markets for
their patronage. This je illustrated in
many lines of industry, particularly in
the building of machinery. Southern
made machinery is now found in many
Northern aud Western factories and
figures to some extent in international
trade. Southern flour is exported to
Europe in large.consignmehts, and is
winning extended popularity at home.
The products of the Sonth's stove foun
dries, canning factories, carriage and
wood-working factories, etc., are as
well making reputations at home and
abroad. Broad-gauged business meth
ods are wiauing success, for Southern
manufacturers and enhancing the pres
tige of Southern industries.
Comparing the year just closed with
1880, the statistics gathered by the
Manufacturers' Record show the fol
lowing increases:
Railroad mileage, from 20,612 miles
in 1880 to 46,900 1894; annual yield
of cotton, bales, 5,755,000 to 9,500,
000; annual yield of grain, bushels,
431,000,000 to 600,000,0100; coal mined
annually, tous, 6,049;000 to 30.000,000 ;
annual pig iron production, tons, 397,
301 to 1,560,000; number of cotton
mills in operation, 161 ,to 425; number
of spindles, 667,000 to 3,000,000; num
ber of looms, 14,323 to 68,000; capital
invested in cotton mills, $21,038,712 to
$107900,000; number of cotton oil
mills, 40 to 300;; capital invested in
same, $3,504,000 to $30,000,000; lum
ber, dressed, value of product, $46.
938,100 to $114,746,674; capital invest
ed, $26,992,644 to IS92.604.375; farm,
assets, $2,314,000,000 to $3,182,000,
000; value of farm products, $666,000,
000 to $850,000,000; capital invested in
manufacturing, $257,244,561 to $800,
000,000; valqe of manufactured pro
ducts. $457,454,777 to 31.000.000.000.
Chas. Yeager, a printer, aged 35, was
found dead in a viaduct in Forest Park,
St. Louis, Monday nightl A letter on
his body explained that be had killed
himself because type-setting machines
had driven him to want. He leaves a
wife and three children. He was in
sured iQT $2,000,
Georgia Helps the West.
Macox, Ga. Georgia is the first
Stat in the Union to respond it the
rail for help forth' Nebraska enffereTS
Tbe GeorfiU Southern & Florida Rati
road, musing bftween Macon and Pa
latka, Fla., with headquarters in thii
city, wired R. H, Edmonds, of the
Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore,
through Receiver W. B. Sparks, that
the road would cotributet carlpad ol
corn nd asking for directions as to the
shipment, Mr. Edmonds responded
as follows:
' Yours is the first contribution.
Will advise as. to shipment later.,"
Both the Georgia Southern and Macon
& Northern Railroads are sending on!
circulars to stations on their 4 line
asking for contributions and pledging
the roads to haul them free of all
charge. . The Georgia Southern &
Florida Railroad alone will send a
train load of grain and provisions tc
the sufferers, much of which will be
contributed by Macon merchants and
planters residing here. Notwithstand
ing five cent cotton, Georgia emoke
houses and barns are full to overflow
ing and the people have enough to
spare for their suffering brethren in
the far West d
Ex-Governor Northern is get&ng up
a car load at Atlanta to send West.
Earnings of the South Carolina & Geor,
gia Railroad.
New York. At a meeting of tho
directors of the South Carolina &
Georgia Railroad Company Aebbum
Hull, of Augusta, Ga., was elected dU
rector to fill a vacancy.
The statement' for the six months
ending December 81, 1894, partly
estimated, shows: Gross earnings,
$613,452; net earnings, $214,044; in
terest and taxes, $156,260; surplus
$57,794. . I
By a recent act of the Legislature
the company is authorized to purchase,
lease, own and operate a line of steam-;
ships between Charleston and New)
Ybrk and between Charleston andfor
ein ports, and is also authorized to
lease or purchase .-wharves and 'eTect
elevators and cotton presses and lease
orf consolidate ' with any railroad in
South Carolina or adjacent State
Made Two Months By It.
Raleigh, NC. Governor Cnrr is- j
Billy McDaniel andt Henry Webb, at c ' i -' A
Asnevuie, luarcu iiu. 1U 111
) ed a, man. a few months ago because ho
iWent home with a woman. They were
sentencedrto be hanged Jan r.aiy 1 1th. -They
appealed,, but had no case and
.the supreme court affirmed fho dccis-s
ion of the superior court.
L . 1 :n TUT L 1 rri.
Murdock Wins the Championship.
Asheviii.e, N . C. John A. Mur
dock, of Aehevile, won . the State
checker championahip from Howard
C. McNalr, o Robeson county, by a
score of eighfrto four and fifteen draws.
Thirty games were to be played, but
as McNair-could not have won if he
had beaten all three remaining games 1
it was agreed not to play these. t j
A Virginia Journalist Dead.
Lynchburg, Va. A special an
nounces the death of Chas. W. Button,
one of the oldest journalists in Virgin
ia, at his home in Appomattox. His
death had been expected for some days,
as he had been in a very critical condi
tion from a severe attack of pneumo
nia: Light narrow gane railroads arc",
aeaiu being tried in England and
France. - ,
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JOHN H. WINDER, Gen; Man.
B. E. BRANCH, S. P. A.,
Kimball House.
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