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PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER. Subscription, One Dollar Per Year, Six Months 50 cte., Three Months 25. In Advance. Advertising Rates made known on appli cation at the business office. Monev may be sent by bank draft, Post Office Money Order, Postal Note or Registered Letter. Orders should be mads pavable to PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT. W. H. Lowe, Room 8, 17| Peachtree Street, is the advertising agent of this paper. TO ADVERTISERS. The circulation of the People’s Party Paper is now 17,000 copies to actual sub scribers. No better medium could be found for reachihg the farmers of Geor gia and of the South, and advertisers are requested to consider its merits. The following certificate of the postmaster at Atlanta, Ga., the office of publication, needs only the additional remark that the paper used in the publication weighs 44 pounds per ream to fully explain itself: Atlanta, Ga., July 25, 1893- This is to certify that The People’s Party Paper, during the week ending July 23d, 180*2, mailed sixteen hundred and sixty-three (1,663) pounds at this office. J. R. Lewis, P. M. The circulation is steadily increasing, and most advantageous arrangements can be made for space. PEOPLE’S PARTY TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES B. WEAVER, of lowa. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, JAMES G. FIELD, of Virginia. For Presidential Electors, At Large-A. L. NANCE, of Hall. W. R. KEMP, of Emanuel. 1. GEORGE H. MILLER, of Chatham. 2. A. R. JONES, of Thomas. 8. JOSEPH J. STEWART, of Sumter. 4. J. W. F. LITTLE, of Troup. 6. W. O. BUTLER, of Fulton. 6. W. F. SMITH, of Butts. 7. A. F. WOOLEY, of Bartow. 8. GEORGE T, MURRELL, of Clarke. ». J. N. TWITTY, of Jackson. 10. D. N. SANDERS, of Taliaferro. 11. R. G. HYMAN, of Johnson. For Governor, W. L. PEEK, of Rockdale. For Secretary of State, W. R. GORMAN, of Talbott. For Comptroller General, A. W. IVEY, of Thomas. For Treasurer, J. E. H. WARE, of Fayette. • For Attorney General, J. A. B. MAHAFFEY, of Jackson. For Commissioner of Agriculture, JAMES BARRETT, of Richmond. Please Take Notice Os the change m price of this pa per in clubs. Our temporary offer of the People’s Party Paper m clubs of 10 for 50 cents per year is with drawn, and in the future we will be compelled to have 75 cents in clubs. We will, however, permit those who ure now making clubs on that rate to complete the clubs already begun at the 50 cents rate, but after that will be obliged to require 75 cents. TO OUR READERS. Notice is hereby given that the offer to send the People’s Party Paper to subscribers for two months at 10 cents is withdrawn. All per sona who have collected money on lists under the 10-cent offer will please forward at once, without seek ing to add to the number, and the paper will be sent as ordered. Henceforth, besides those who have already paid the money to some one kindly acting for us as agent, no names will be entered on our subscription books for less than 25 cents and three months. The Department of Agriculture. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 25. It seems that the department of Agri culture in the State of Georgia has drifted from its non-political and non-partisan position into the hot-bed of politics. I will try and review the administration of the present incumbent from a business and agricultural stand point. Has Mr. Nesbit protected the farmers’ interest or disseminated information among the farmers that would improve their men tal or physical condition ? Since his in duction into office, has he made any effort to recover the land script fund of the University and to have it used to establish agricultural schools or a college? As ex-officio president of the Experi mental Station he has permitted that in stitution to be run on a deceptive plan, and has been in league in hiding up the deception. The director published a statement that cotton could be made for cents per pound, and when he was making the experiment he was feeding his stock on Western corn and oats and timothy hay. I was told at the Station recently that the farm did not make enough to feed the stock, and that sixty five acres of land was cultivated with four mules, and that fifteen acres of new ground’were rented out for $1.50 per acre, and that the land was worth over $50.00 per acre. With all the flourish of trumpets of economy there has been no saving made in the department. If we examine the report of Mr. Hen derson and that of Mr. Nesbit (or what we can get at in Nesbit’s) and compare them, we will that it has cost nearly $4,000 more under the so-called econom. ical administration of the present incum bent than under Col- Henderson’s. Why should he permit the negro p( r tion of the Hatch fund to be used to es tablish ajcity negro school instead of an PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SWTEMBER 2, 1892. agricultural school for negroes? Same old tune —the farmers do the work and the city swallows the profits. Why has he never made an effort to have the sur plus arising from guano and oil inspec tions applied to establishing and agricul tural college ? Why does he not protest against the Rock college fraud and the expenditures for the expenses of Prof. White jaunting over the State trying to establish useless farmers institutes, for the people are not prepared for them ? Nesbit has not improved the adminis tration of the department in a single item, and his whole idea has been to re duce salaries without any idea how to apply the funds arising from the reduc tion to the benefit of the agricultural people. We have a technological school for the sons of mechanics ; we have an indus trial school for the girls, but we have neither an agricultural school nor an agricultural college, although the United States Government has given to the far meis of Georgia the Land Scrip fund, which jields about $16,000 per annum, and the Hatch funds of $16,000, which will increase to $25,000 per annum, and what have got for all this money ? Rock college, without bona fide students, and the Experimental farm at Griffin that does not make food enough to feed its stock, but can teach the farmer’s to raise cotton at 3£ cents per pound, and bought supplies. What practical farmer be lieves it ? I would suggest to Mr. Nesbit not to play the detective with the guano factories, but to catch the thieves that have run away with the land cript fund and reform the fraud at Griffin. The State chemist is open to grave charges in analyzing for manufacturers their guano in advance of the inspection analysis ; also, the clerk to make illegal charges and to refund the money. Has Mr. Nesbit made his annual statement to the governor, and if he has, why not publish the same? The system of in specting guano at present is impractica ble and virtually leads to no inspection. Education is the important question with farmers, for with education they will learn and apply the great economic questions of the day to bettering their financial condition, and whoever may be the Commissioner of Agriculture should direct his energies and intellect to advance this great object among the producers. Educate the farmer m intel ligent agriculture and political economy and he will take care of the guano and tax systems. We have had too much inspection and too little care of the edu cation question in the Agricultural de partment of this country. A change we need and a change we will have, as this is an age of practicabilities. James Barrett. THE MOVEMENT IN AUGUST. Enthusiasm all Along the Line—Or ganizing Victory—What the Papers Say. The month that is closing is big with the fate of the effete political organizations that have ruled this country for generations. Boodle or sectional bitterness may rule the country for a time, but not all the while. The indictment found by the peo ple’s party at Omaha has done much to shatter both the democratic and republican parlies ; the remedies pro posed by the people’s party have done more. Republican papers like the Kansas City Star admit that in Missouri and Kansas the popular support of the people’s party threatens to carry the. two states over to the new organiz ation. August has put California in the ranks of the doubtful states. Scores of letters to The New Nation give assurance to reformers in New Eng land that the populists hope and ex pect to carry California. The south ern half of the state is ours already. United State Senator Stewart of Colorado has come out for the peo ple’s party. This means that the four silver states are for Weaver and Field. It is now generally admitted that the Alabama farmers, headed by Kolb, carried that state. The Jones (democratic) majorities were from the 16 negro counties. The Kolb forces will be for Weaver in Novem ber. It will be little short of a mir acle if the state remains solid for the democracy in November. August was a populist month in Alabama. Gov. Boyd of Nebraska admits that his party cannot carry the state for .Cleveland, and says that he will sup port Weaver; so will the democrats generally. The Kolb men and the people’s party committee have selected Sep tember 15 at Birmingham for the hold ing of a convention for nominating Weaver electors for Alabama. Gov. Toole of Montana has come out for the people’s party. The democratic split in Texas is nuts for the people’s party. Judge F. L. Nugent, the populist candidate for governor, is holding rousing meetings, and his friends think he will sweep the state. People’s party encampments, lasting three or four days, are the order of the day. At a recent one at Stephenville, over 6,000 people were on the ground the second and third day. Roger Q Mills held a joint debate with Harry Tracy of Dallas a fortnight ago, and Mills while Tracy was speaking left the platform. There were 7,000 peo ple present and a large majority of them were populists. The South Dakota democrats have ratified the people’s party ticket. Government Railroads. In Hungary, under government ownership of railroads, the rates are so low that it costs only §1.92 to travel a distance equal to that be tween Chicago and New York. A system of tickets somewhat like post- age stamps has been adopted, which travelers can use on all lines and with which freight can also be pre paid. The saving is enormous, and the people get the full benefit of it. In this country the ticket, freight and advertising agencies which compet ing railroads companies are employ ing cost over $200,000,000 a year. The princely salaries and “pickings” of presidents, directors and contract ors and a host of parasities, amount to fully an equal, if not larger sum. Then comes the interest on stdeks abundantly watered. For all this the people pay. It is safe to say that of the gross earnings over §800,000,000 would be saved to the people by government ownership and operation of national highways. The Belgian government took charge of the railroads of that coun try in 1865. The first eight years the tonnage increased over one hun dred per cent, receipts almost fifty per cent, and saved the people in re duced rates §4,000,000 after paying a profit to the government of §1,500,- 000. From 1870 to 1883, according to the latest reports at hand, the re ceipts increased 164 per cent with the very best service and manage ment iu the world still in vogue. —Exchange. Appointments of S. A. Walker’s. State Alliance Lecturer. Irwinton, Wilkins county, Tuesday September 13th. Sandersville, Washington county, Wednesday, September 14th. Grace wood, Richmond county, Thursday September 15th. Eatonton, Putnam county, Saturday September 17th. Montecella, Jasper county, Tuesday September 27th. Madison, Morgan county, Wednes day, September 28th. Greenesboro, Green county, Thurs day, September, 29th. Lexington, Oglethorpe county, Fri day, September 30th. Pleasant Valley, Stewart county, September Ist. Eastman, Dodge county, September 5 th. A Pennsylvauiau’s Testimony. Washington Letter in Nazareth (Pa.) Item. Washington, D. C., Aug. 4 The country, or at least that por tion of it which has had its eye upon our National legislators here the past few days, has witnessed some very exciting and disgraceful events in Congress. In that body is a gentle men from Alabama, Gen. Joseph A. Wheeler, small of stature but very lively with his tongue, and who would rather make a speech than eat the best of dinners. And his desire of Joe to talk is what has got him into trouble. He talked at the wrong man—Hon. Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia—who, when stirred up, is as lively as the little wasp, and his words sting deeply and painfully. But Joe seeemd to forget this in his anger over a little book entitled “The People’s Party Campaign Book,” written by Congressman Watson, and which contained, among much other information of interest to the voters composing the farmers’ Alli ance, the following: The Congress now sitting is one illustration. Pledged to reform,they have not reformed. Pledged to economy, they have not economized. Pledged to legislate, they have not legislated. Extravagance has been the order of the day. Absenteeism was never so pronounced. Lack of purpose was never so clear. Lack of common business prudence never more glaring. Drunken members have reeled about the ’aisles—a dis grace to the Republic. Drunken speakers have debated grave issues on the floor and* in the midst of maudlin ramblings have been heard to ask, “Mr. Speaker, where was I at ?” Useless employees crowd every corridor. Useless expenditures prevade every department. Now, Joe lives in a district that has a large percentage of Alliance people, therein, and also has an Alli ance, or People’s Party Candidate for his opponent in the next Congress ional race, and remarks like those quoted nettle him, particularly so when coming from a young man who had himself been elected as a Demo crat in the last House, and so, catch ing the Speaker’s eye (a very hard thing to do by the way near the clos ing hours of the session,) he procured the floor and proceeded to wipe the gentleman from Georgia from the face of the earth. But Joe wishes he hadn’t made that speech now. The gentleman from Georgia didn’t “wipe” worth a cent! When Mr. Wheeler had finished without inter ruption the “effort of his life” Mr. Watson took the floor in his own defense, and in a cool, calm, deliber ative and convincing manner, inter spersed with biting sarcasm, proceed ed to flay the gentlemen from Ala bama in a manner he will remember to the end of his days. That all he said in his book was but the truth, no one present who witnessed his im pressive manner and heard his speech of defiance will doubt for a moment 5 and that he had the courage, in the face of overwhelming numbers not in sympathy with his utterances, to stand by his writings as truthful and reiterate hi§ charges on the floor, has made him a host of new friends who will be pleased to see him return ed to Congress by an increased ma jority. Mr. Watson is a young man, having been born in 1856, and was sent to Congress as a Democrat, but has since allied himself with the Peo ple’s Party, and because of his ability has been the leader of that party on the floor of the House. This has caused all the majority to turn all their heavy guns upon him. But he has proved himself an able fighter, capable of bearing the brunt of bat tle, and in him the People’s Party have a brave, energetic and worthy defender. Managing the People’s Party Clubs. A People’s Party club, if it is to do effective work, in the first place, must be thoroughly organized. It must have a simple yet complete constitu tion ; also a set of clear, concise rules or by-laws. Again, the club must have on its roster the names of all the People’s Party men in the territory where it is designed to work. The old men should do the counselling, and the young men should do the work* The club officers should be represent ative men and men of energy. Cliques and factions shonld not be tolerated. It is the design of political clubs to heal any soreness that may exist in local politics. Every club should have a regular meeting place; if pos sible, a room for its exclusive use. In the club room should be kept on file some of the standard People’s Party newspapers, and illustrated papers. There should also be such printed matter as shall make clear to the most ignorant inquirer the precise position the People’s Party upon all the issues. A club may not try to meet often er than once a week, except in the hot test part of the campaign. There is a danger of squandeiing enthusiasm* It should be economized and made always to accomplish something. As often as possible some well-informed man should be secured to speak at the club meetings; a man from a short distance will usually be more interesting than a local speaker. A club should work for the young men. It is well nigh impossible to convert an old, dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, but it is possible to con vince and convert his son. Personal work by club members is the most effective. Poll the district which the club is designed to work, and then assign to some club member each man whom yo< poll shows is in the slightest degree doubtful. It is a good plan to get the ladies inter ested in the club. The ladies are often tempting bait to young voters. On election day let the younger dub members see to it that every reform voter is brought to the polls. The chairman of your state ex ecutive committee will probably fur nish you with campaign literature. In Kansas. The Topeka Advocate notes: The Democrats of Georgia are do ing some standing up for their state. They recently attempted the assassin ation of Col. Peek, the People’s party nominee for governor, and his com panion, the Hon. C. C. Post, this be ing thought easier than to beat them in the campaign. The Georgia pa triots have been taking lessons of Judge Botkin and his friend Bren nan. The Advocate treats the “wolf” cry of the Republicans in Kansas as follows: The Advocate and several other reform papers have had a hard task for a year and a half getting the peo ple to realize that it was Republican politicians who were doing most toward injuring the name of the state. Now it is as plain as day to everybody that had it not been for the attempt to annihilate the People’s party by viilifying and misrepresenting it the bug-a-boo of repudiation and anarchy would never have stalked east to frighten the wretches who live on the productions of western brawn and muscle. The honest men snd women who built up Kansas are here to stay. They know what they want. They acknowledge their indebtedness and want to pay it when they can. They have stood up for Kansas for a long time and they are not to be browbeaten now by the sound of their own motto, “Stand up for Kan sas,” when it comes in mocking tones from their enemies. Our farmers, mechanios and laborers will be stand ing up for Kansas when these money serving politicians will be sneaking back to their wifes’ folks. Tenth District. Appointments of A. E. Strother, district lecturer. Appling, Columbia county, Septem ber 9th. Thomson, McDuffie county, Septem ber 10th. Warrenton, Warren county, Sep tember 12th. .Crawfordville, Talliaferro county, September 13th. Sparta, Hancock county, September 14th. Gibbon, Glascock county, September 15 th. Louisville, Jefferson county, Sep tember 16th. Corruption Fund For the Tenth. The Southern Alliance Farmer. Tom Watson has got to fight the combined power of hell and money in the tenth. Livingston said at ville in the presence of six witnesses that one hundred thousand dollars had been raised for the tenth. He said there was no doubt but what Watson had a majority of the white vote of the district, but they would buy up the negroes and floaters with this hundred thousand dollars and elect Black. He said the national campaign committee would put in fifty thousand, the citv of Augusta twenty-five thousand and some sister city outside the district had subscribed twenty-five thousand. This is politics with a vim. De nouncing the force bill and yet propos ing to bribe a whole district at one fell swoop. This is a specimen of campaigning that the democrats de nounce the republicans for, yet when an opportunity presents itselt they are just as ready to do the dirty work as the republicans. We do not believe the tenth is a purchasable district. We do not believe that the honest hardworking people of the tenth are ready to sell their patriotism and love of country for a few paltry dollars. We do not believe that the colord voters of this district are so void of principle as to exchange their right of suffrage for a little money. We do not believe that these hell hounds who are seeking to stuff the ballot box with bribed votes and defeat the will of the people will succeed in the tenth. The people are in no humor for such high way robbery as this and the political party that undertakes such ballot box stuffing will lose the respect of all hon est law abiding and liberty loving peo ple in the land. It has been said that this was a fight of “ignorance and poverty against wealth and intelligence.” The people who are standing up for their rights, for a just share of the wealth they pro duce, are poor, thirty years of robbery is sufficient to make them so, but they are honest. They are not graduates; they have had no time nor money to go to college, but they do know what they need and where to get it. The fight narrowed down is this: The people against plutocracy, honesty against thieves in high places. We believe that this public * attempt at ballot-box stuffing by bribery in the tenth is only a speciman of the pro gram in every other districts. Will the nonest people submit and uphold such a diabolical scheme to des troy forever the hope of solving these problems honestly at the ballot box. List of Appointments for the Ninth District. Ebenezer, Forsyth county, Saturday September 3d. Cons Creek, Cherokee county, Mon day September sth 1 p. m. Ball Ground, Cherokee county, Mon day September sth 8 p. m. Jasper, Pickens county, Tuesday Sep tember 6th, 2 p. m. Talking Rock, Pickens county,Tues day September 6th, 8 p. m. Elijay, Cilmer, county,Wednesday September 7th, 10 a. m. Morganton, Fannin county, Thurs day September Sth 10 a. m. Dawnsonville, Dawson county, Fri day September 9th 2 p. m. Dahlonega, Lumpkin county, Satur day September 10th 2 p. m. Cleveland, White county, Monday September 12th 11 a. m. Blairsville, Union county, Wednes day September 14th 11 a. m. Hiawasse, Towns county, Thursday September loth 11 a. m. Clayton, Rabun county, Friday Sep tember 16th 11a. m. Clarksville, Habersham county, Sat urday 17th, 3 p. m. Homer, Banks county, Monday Sep tember 19th 11 a. m. Gainesville, Hall county, Tuesday September 20th 11 a. m. Jefferson, Jackson county, Wednes day 21st 11 a. m. Lawrenceville, Gwinnett county, Thursday September 22nd 11a. m. Alpharetta, Milton county, Friday September 23d 2 p. m. To The Brethren in Georgia. Having been elected to the office of State Lecturer for the Alliance, my appointments will be made by Presi dent Ellington, therefore you will ap ply to him when you need my services. Yours Fraternally, S. A. Walker. Thompson, Ga., Aug. 23d., 1892. E. H. Camp, of Douglas. Editor Southern Alliance Farmer: I have thought a great deal for the last two weeks about a conversation I had with a gentleman from the Tenth District while on the train from At lanta to Griffin to attend the State Ag ricultural Society. Before I state what was said in the conversation, I will try to describe the gentleman so that he may be located. I have wished a hundred times since that 1 had asked his name. If I mis take not he was from Warren county, lie was rather tall and thin visaged, wore a linen duster, and I think, wore a cream colored straw hat. His beard or whiskers was tinged with grey and rather thin in production. This de. ssription may not be exactly coirect, but hope it may be sufficient to locate him. ’ Now comes the language that ho used: He said that the democrats were going to spend §200,000 in the Tenth District or beat Tom Watson. He further stated that if they could not beat him fairly they were going to do it foully. I can prove the above statement by several as good citizens as ever lived, in Georgia. If any citizen that lives in the Tenth can locate him and he de- . nies it, the proof is forth coming. Now, a word to the good citizens of Georgia. Let us have a free ballot and a fair count. We do not want the history of the late Alabama election repeated in Georgia. I believe I speak the sentiment of every People s Party man in Georgia when I say that I want a fair honorable election. Let each party have a good and true man at every precinct to see that justice is done. ~ This is what the People’s Party ask, and they will not put up with anything less. Give tis a free ballot and a fair count as our constitution guarantees, and we will be satisfied. I hope the good peo ple of the Tenth district will see that this is done, notwithstanding the threats of one of her citizens. I write this that the People’s Party in the Tenth maybe on their guard and ward off any unfair means to defeat the will of the people. God knows we have a set here in Douglas that old Nick him self cannot beat, but hope they will not resort to any false and unfair means. All we ask is a free ballot and a fair count, and if we are beaten we will bow ■with submission to the will of the majority of our citizens. This we not only ask, but this is what we demand and will not be con tent with anything less. We simply ask that justice may be done. Give us a man and you take a man and let them receive and deposit the ballots and*then count them out as deposited. We ask this and will not take anything less. E. H. Camp. Douglasville, Ga., August 28. Who was it that fought the revolu tion? Laboring men, principally farm ers. Who fought the war of 1812? Laboring men, principally farmers. Who fought the war of 1861 to 1864 on both sides? Laboring men, farmers, mechanics, clerks and laborers. Who produce all the wealth of this country? Farmers, mechanic, miners and labor ing men. Then in the name of high heaven, common sense and reason, who has the best right to govern this country? The same class of men who fought the country’s battles and will fight them again when necessary. Who raise the wheat, corn, oats and meat that feed us all, the wool, cotton and flax that clothe us all, that raise the coal that warms us all, that dig for the iron, lead, copper, silver and gold used by all. And by the eternal, as sure as God reigns, they are going to doit, too. J. A. Henderson. <Adel, Ga. Peek’s Appointments. Waynesboro, Thursday Sept. Ist. Mgrgnn, Chatham County, Saturday, September 3d. Blakely, Early county, Monday, September sth. Fort Gaines, Clay county, Tuesday, September 6th. Cuthbert, Randolph county, Wed nesday, September 7th. Dawson, Terrell county, Thursday, September Sth. Smithville, Lee county, Friday, Sep. tember 9th. Ty Ty, Worth county, Saturday, September 10th. James, Jones county, Monday, Sep tember 12th. Milledgeville, Baldwin county, Tues day, September 13th. Monticello, Jasper county, Wednes day, September 14th. The Second District. Mr. O. B. Stevens, who was endors by the alliance in that district, has just been defeated with a clear major ity of the delegates in the convention. No Ocalla democrat need apply in the Second or any other district. Ev erett has been defeated in the Seventh. . Livingston and Moses have been re nominated as a reward for their deser tion of the Ocala platform. Sixth District. Appointments of S. C. McCandless, District Lecturer. McDonough, Henry county, Sept. sth. Griffin, Spaulding county, Sept. 6th, Zebulon, Pike county, Sept. 7th. Forsyth, Monroe county, Sept. 13th. Thomaston, Upson county, Sept. 14th. Bibb county, Sept. 19th. Clinton, Jones county, Sept. 20th. Milledgeville, Boldwin Co. Sept. 51st. Fayetteville, Fayette Co. Sept. 24th. Jackson, Butts county, Sept. 27th. .S NOT A REVOLT; IT IS A REVOLUTION. . • Tom Watson’s Book Now on hand. For sale at the Office of the Peoples Party Paper. A 'campaign terror. Everybody needs it. Speakers must have it. Price, One Dollar.