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The People’s Party Paper VOLUME 11. THEY READ THIS PAPER AND LEARN WHEN MR. WATSON OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN. Democrats Crying Aloud for a Leader Who is Capable of Exposing and Rebuking. The Atlanta Journal pleads guilty to reading this paper—and that re minds me, they all read it, even though they will not acknowledge it. It has a fascination irresistible. Truth always has. They may hide behind some friendly fence, they may cover themselves with the friendly shadow of their barn, they may slip into their office and pile down in some dark corner where they will not be so readily discerned when they slip it under the unwieldy ledger, but they all read it neverthe less. To them it’s stolen sweets. There’s a charm about stolen sweets. Perhaps they do enjoy it better ■when read secretly. Don’t envy them, boys. The Atlanta Journal learned through these columns that Mr. Watson proposes to open his cam paign in July. This intention gave them so much concern that they actually forgot or else quickly aban doned the ignoring scheme so lately determined upon. The Journal commented upon the fact. While the Journal hoots the idea of danger or even concern—oh, yes— yet they sounded aloud and earnestly, an alarm for old moss backism. “No danger, oh, no, not .the slightest, but we must, muat, must wake up and prepare to do.” The dear Atlanta Journal does .not know what campaign Mr. Wat json contemplates opening on the 4th |bf the said July. '1 hey fail not (however, to jump at a conclusion by presuming that it is the guberna torial, and that Mr. Watson is in the iraue Oh, how laboriously*they build away at this side-track from the Tjntli district. And how persist ently they endeavor to run Mr. Wat- Ison on it. They are indeed anxious to change the base of his operations, get him out of the Tenth. This is now their great aim. They know a thing or two, they do. That’s the reason they industriously and so carefully labor on this side-track. They will soon begin to try and make it attractive. Democracy does not wish the privilege and pleasure of running another campaign against Mr. Wat son in the Tenth district of Geor gia. They have run one. That was Jthe greatest of sufficiency. They are fully convinced that they would rather oppose anybody else. In short, they are not hogs, and they know when they have enough. The awful strain on their befuddled men tal faculties, the appalling drain on their procket-books, the total wreck age of their nervous system by doubts, was enough for them during the campaign of last fall, and they would prefer, cheerfully, gladly pre fer for Watson not to do so any more i/bis is why they work so hard on the aforesaid side-track. The side track will be mercy for them—the pnly mercy they wish—the mercy they would intercede for if they were not ashamed. But, dear Journal, your side-track won’t work. Mr. Watson is m the same old light and on the same old stamping grounds. You might as well trim your lip and prepare to pucker, for you have got to whistle. And there’s no time to lose. Soon green, green grass will be growing under your feet. You had better start the begging for another slush fund to buy the votes of the de bauched and ignorant; better get your “father before me was,” “don’t hit the Democratic party,” “flag trailed in the dust” orators in condi tion to import them, without excep tion, to the Tenth Georgia; better practice up your quill drivers in the art of getting off campaign rot and affidavits from everywhere and no where, for they will soon be needed —badly needed. The side-track you have laboriously constructed won’t hold the engine, bud. We know that you would be glad to learn, positively learn, that Mr. Watson contemplated moving far \ y est and opening a campaign out r ■- f - - •- to All Special Privileges to None.” there. We also know that your sigh of relief would be greater and the thrill of joy through the emaciated body of Democracy would be more intense if he would only decide to immediately emigrate to Honolulu and stand for coronation of that lit tle realm; but, dear bud, another dose is going to be administered to Democracy right in the old Tenth. No use to kick. And this time we are going to give the medicine in concentrated form—and deadly quan tities. And it’s going to do its work. If it don’t turn your toes up to the daisies, it will make you the sickest gang God’s sun ever shone upon. The Journal having settled upon the fact that Mr. Watson is going to run for Governor, speaks as follows: “The leader of the Democratic party should be a man who is capable of exposing and exploding the fallacies which a shrewd and reckless dema gogue will attempt to impress upon the minds of our people.” Welb what’s the matter with boss Nor then —are you afraid to risk him? Where’s Gordon of open letter fame? Also the “trailed-in-the duat ” leader from the Tenth? Why did the Journal fail to suggest one of these—or lonely, “forget-me-not, much faded Livingston ?” Is the task beyond their ability? Trot out the leader who is going to expose and explode. A hungry people are waiting, most patiently waiting, to be set aright. They are anxious to be shown where Mr. Wat son’s views are off and need to be set aright. Why keep us waiting so long? Why forever go howling around “expose and explode” instead of pushing forward the man who is going to perform according to the programme ? If you don’t imme diately proceed with the “exploding and exposing” instead of saying “we are going to,” the people will be jus tified >in believing mat you are all talk and no do. Soon we’ll begin to think that you are straining over an impossible task. Brace up, Democ racy, and proceed with the show. Why don’t these dear editors light out and do this job themselves instead of calamitously howling for some leader or brother of the quill to arise and “expose and explode?” Oh, why ? How many times must I repeat this question ? Gentlemen, the opportunity of a life-time awaits you—gently taps at your door—only this and nothing more. You may never have such a chance again. Oh, why let people go blindly fol lowing a demagogue ? When the people learn more fully about your crimiminal procrastination they will censure instead of bless. Let me beg you to “arise and shine” at this hour when the opportunity is here. Keep on procrastinating and peo ple will come to one of two con clusions—either that you are lying about there being anything to “ex pose and explode” or that you are incapable of being public teachers. If you are incapable, step gracefully down and let some one who is capable step in. This is your duty. You are certainly poor quill drivers or apologies for public instructors if you see that a certain demagogue’s teachings need “exposing and ex ploding” and yet you can’t expose and rebuke. Seeing that a thing is wrong or fallacious, are you inca pable of explaining how it is so? Is that why you are /startling the woods -with your cries for a leader with such a capacity? If so, get out of the editorial chair, for there’s plenty of men with half the brains you are “cracked up” to have who are capable of showing a thing to be wrong when it is wrong, and they will promptly fill the vacancy you leave. If it is true that you can’t show a thing to be fallacious when it really is so, what a speculation it would be to buy you at your actual market value and then sell you at what you think you are worth. The whole truth is that you have nothing to “explode” or “expose.” It is all talk—something your gang is good at, and all that you are good at. You would make good auc tioneers, and by entering the journal istic field you missed your calling. The people know you better every day. As they learn they like you less. Don’t grieve too much over these few truths Diogenes. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 12,1893. THE GERMAN CRISIS. CAPRIVI’S ARMY BILL DEFEATED IN THE REICHSTAG. An Election Has Been Ordered Which May Have a Far-Reaching Re sult in European Affairs. Berlin, May 6.—The army bill was rejected to-day by a vote of 240 against the bill to 160 in favor of the bill. The rescript signed by the Kaiser dissolving the Reichstag was immediately promulgated and the Reichstag is now dissolved. Immediately upon the result of the vote being announced, Chancellor Caprivi read the imperial message decreeing the dissolution of the Reichstag. The social democratic members of the Reichstag displayed the wildest enthusiasm over the re sult. They hurrahed repeatedly, fol lowing cheer with cheer. Great con fusion and uproar prevailed in the house, and public excitement is at the highest pitch in Berlin. The result of the vote on the army bill caused no surprise to the gov ernment. Chancellor Caprivi at tempted yesterday to rally the wavering members to the support of the measure by offering to reduce the peace effective even below the number proposed in the amendment offered by Freiherr von Huene.. The offer, however, did not gain a single vote. The house had made up its mind to reject the bill and the speeches made on the subject were addresses to leaders rather than to Reichstag. Dr. Leiber, who is a leader in the councils of the party, after attacking Chancellor von Caprivi for having, as he puts it, resorted to the worst form of Bismarckian methods to se cure the passage of the bill, said : “The center party fights to-day against the ambition of a centralizing Cmsarism. We protest against the militarism -which translates itself in persistent endeavors to extend the principles of the Prussian state into -x.he domain of imperial legisiMiuu. In the interest of the empire we de mand that the Prussian policy be confined to the Prussian Diet, while the Germnn prevail in the Reichstag.” Neither Chancellor Von Caprivi nor Von Manteufel, the Prussian conservative leader, attempted to re spond to Dr. Leiber’s attack. All the speakers on the government side simply ignored the expressions of anti-Prussian sentiment. The chan cellor commented vaguely upon the democratic tendency that has re cently been developing among the centrists and suggested that the policy now pursued by that party had its inspiration in the vatician, which he said was now the friend of republican France and trying to draw the whole Catholic world in the same direction. The German government, the chancellor added, had hitherto appreciated the support of the central party on social ques tions, but it had now learned a les son. The central party was Catholic first, and German afterward. The party stood ready to commit itself to whatever democratic evolution foreign influences might choose to dictate. Dr. Von Benningsen, the leader of the national liberals, gave moderate tone to the debate in a long speech urging the houses to accept the con cessions offered by the government. He deplored the inability of the reichstag to sink party differences, in the face of questions involving the external safety of the empire and its prestige abroad. The difficulty of successfully conducting the affairs of the country had always been en hanced by the absence of a stable parliamentary majority. A govern ment driven to rely upon a fortuitous majority could never present to the country a really consistent national policy. What the reichstag ought to try to obtain was a strong, moderate party, established on a broad, natural basis. It seemed pitiful, that no ma jority was forthcoming in response to the government’s appeal in behalf of the national honor and the ex istance of Germany. It was a bad contrast to the parliamentary life of other countries, notably England, where the most violent party antago nism never militated against the con tinuity of the imperial policy. Emperor William has sent to Dr. von Benningsen his special thanks for the tone of his speech. Hurriedly convened meetings are being held in Berlin and other popu lous centers to-night. The promptness with which the reichstag has dissolved immediately after the defeat of the government was announced, has taken everybody by surprise. The social democratic leaders alone are really ready for the electoral campaign. Herren Bebel, Singer and Liebeknecht will leave Berlin tomorrow and begin at once to stump the country in behalf of the socialist candidates. In every dis- trict in which the socialists have a fighting chance, candidates will be nominated and the party expects to have an increased representation in the next reichstag. Emperor William will not allow the dissolution of the reichstag to in terfere with hie coming to Europe. Before starting for North Cape, be -will go on a deer stalking expedition in Preckelwitz. Subsequently he will hunt over the estate of Copnt Hock berg, in Silesia. Count Hoensbroech, who was form erly a member of the Society of Jesus, has been excommunicated by the church in consequence of disclosures recently made by him and which are held to have been breaches of the confessional. AN OMINOUS ADDRESS. Berlin, May 9.—While reviewing the troops in the field at Tempelhofer to-day, the German Emperor ordered the principal officers of the imperial guard to gather around him and ad dressed them as follows: “ I have been seriously disappoint ed in the patriotism of the late reich stag. I hope the coming reichstag will adopt the military bill, but if the coming reichstag should refuse to adopt it, I am determined to carry the bill into effect, despite the un patriotic opposition. I know myself that I am alone with the federated princes and people.” The spepch of the emperor is caus ing great excitement among the peo ple. It appears in the North German Universal Gazette in double leaded prominence. Those who heard the emperor speak say that he spoke with unusual emphasis, pausing at every word in order to convey the sense of his determination to abide by his declaration. There is a profound and wide spread impression that the emperor would not hesitate to risk a conflict with the new reichstag should it prove hostile to the bill. The em peror’s concluding words in address ing his officers were: “ 1 felt the necessity to tell you candidly my decision as I told you my hopes when the bill was first pro posed.” The officers who heard the em peror’s words maintained ‘Mjuie silcnec,-idthougL. eviutiiUy .* A creep sympathy with the kaiser's views. Leading men in German politics who have heard of the emperor’s speech now consider that he lias embarked on a policy of Prussian high toryism, and that the chances of the freissin nige party to bring about a moderate liberal era have vanished. The Public Debt Increased. Washington, May 2.—Secretary Carlisle will return to Washington to-night and will be at the Treasury to-morrow. It is expected that he will then put in motion the machin ery to build up the Treasury gold, as it is understood here that he has made arrangements, as the result of his New York conference, to secure a considerable block of gold there. His Chicago conference is looked forward to with interest, and it is believed that Chicago banks will supply of their $20,000,000 gold as the New York banks will some of their $57,000,000 gold. In the mean time Acting Secretary Hamlin is re ceiving daily small offers of gold, three being accepted yesterday morn ing. The operations of the Treasury Department during the month of April, as indicated by the debt state ment issued yesterday, show a net increase in the public debt of $3,726,- 819.40. The bonded debt decreased $421,008 and the cash in the Treas ury decreased $4,137,824.40, the net result being an increase in the debt. The total cash in the Treasury was $756,544,116, against which liabilities were outstanding, including $97,011,- 330.08 gold reserve, amounting to $732,072,542.63, leaving and availa surplus of $24,471,563.73. The receipts for the month of April were $28,599,942.29 and ex penditures $33,771,365.73, In March the receipts were $34,437,844.99 and expenditures $32,372,997.73. Cus toms receipts decreased from $19,- 664,874.60 to $15,418,667.53. The payments for pensions decreased from $13,839,e20.10 to $12,871,- 761.38. The Treasury Department yester day purchased 320,000 ounces of silver, as follows: 30,000 at $0.8400, 100,000 at $0.8419, 25,000 at $0.8420, 100,00*0 at $0,8424,15,000 at $0.8425 and 50,000 at $0.8435. The offers were 403,000 ounces. Watching the Nicaragua Revolution. Washington, May B.—The dis turbed condition of affairs in Nica ragua will probably result in the United States sending a war vessel to the west coast of that country. Such action is being considered by Secretary Gresham. No information has been received at the State De partment concerning the uprising since Consular Agent Holman wired last week that a serious revolt had occurred. Newspaper accounts, how ever, show the administration that the affair is of no mean dimensions. OH NOW, COME OFF! A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TO A MUGWUMP PRESIDENT. Oregon Does Not Smile Under Insult — Pennoyer Makes a Pertinent Sug* gestion to Cleveland. Portland, Oregon, May 3.—The following telegraphic correspondence today passed between Secretary of State Gresham and Governor Pen nover: Washington, May 3.—Governor Pennoyer, the Capitol, Salem, Ore: Apparently reliable reports indicate danger of violence to the Chinese when the exclusion act takes effect, and the president earnestly hopes you will employ all lawful means for their protection in OOregon. W. Q. Gresham. Governor Pennoyer immediately sent the following reply : Salem, Ore., May 3.—To W. Q. Gresham, Washington, D. C.: I will attend to my business. Let the pres ident attend to his. Sylvester Pennoyer, Governor. Governor Pennoyer, speaking to the Southern Associated Press repor ter said: “ The Gresham telegram is an insult to Oregon. I will enforce the laws of the state and the president should enforce the laws of congress. It was with poor grace for the pres ident to ask me to enforce the state laws, while he, without warrant, sus pends the exclusion law. ” SHERMAN AND PLATT. Interesting Political History Coming to Light. New York, May 3. —Some inter esting political history is coming out in connection with the feud between Senator Sherman and ex-Senator Platt. A story comes from Raleigh, N. C., today, to the effect that at the Republican National Convention of 1888, nearly all the delegates from tb it State, includin '- James A Mott, Colonel W. P. Canaday, J. C. L. Harris and Green B. Raum, were pledged to the support of Senator Sherman, and that Mr. Harris being appointed a committee to arrange a deal with Platt for the 72 votes of New York interviewed the ex-Sena tor and then waited upon Senator Sherman with this proposition: “ Mr. Senator, ” he said, “ the sup port of ex-Senator Platt of New York will secure you the 72 votes of that State, and you will be nominated as soon as it is known that New York is for you. Under these circumstan ces will you not authorize one of your friends to say to Mr. Platt, if he can see his way clear to support you, that in the event of your elec tion you will make him Secretary of the Treasury?” Mr. Sherman hesitated for a moment before he answered and then said: “Mr. Harris, as much as I desire to occupy, at the hands of my fel low-citizens, the highest office within the gift of men, the gratification of that ambition would be too dear at the price suggested by the consent you desire and the promise to be made for me.” Mr. Harris combated this decla ration of Mr. Sherman, and argued that it was a perfectly legitimate po litical act that he was asked to per form and that on the score of ability and service rendered, Mr. Platt was entitled to the Treasury portfolio. Mr. Sherman repled : “The Presidency would be too costly at such a price.” Mr. Platt has never made any se cret of the fact that he defeated Senator Sherman’s ambition in the convention of 1888, and his friends claim that a deal was made by which he was to support Harrison and be made Secretary of the Treasury in the event of his election. As is well known, Mr. Harrison repudiated this bargain. How the Water Came Down. Toledo, May 4.—The Great Mi ami river has its source in Lewiston reservoir, and begins at the waste way, which broke. The first break took away 100 feet of the waste way directly in front of a covered bridge 150 feet long, which spanned the Mi ami river only about seventy-five feet from the reservoir. This bridge was supported by heavy piling driven into the ground eighteen feet. This mighty force of water, covering 17,- 000 acres and making the second largest (the St. Marys being the largest) artificial body of water in the world, struck the bridge. These pilings were as matches, and the heavy wooden bridge, weighing tons, was hurled down stream and lodged upright 200 feet from its original place. The continual rush of water tore away another fifty feet, and then only a short time elapsed until the entire country for three miles south of the reservoir was inundated, NUMBER 34 and the distance across the wrter east and west is three miles. Col. Perkins,chief engineer; Col. Bachtch, assistant engineer; John O’Connor, superintendent of division, and Hon. Frank McCullough, members of the State board of public works, are on the scene and doing everything that can be done.' Col. Perkins places a rough ’estimate of the damage at $150,000. The loss to Logan county in pikes being washed out, and the displacement of the bridge near the reservoir will amount to $120,000. Farmers along the river will not;lose much but their fences and crops. The water is still spreading over the country around Lewiston. As soon as the level is reached, then the river will begin to rise rapidly. The warn ing has been ample, and no great loss of life of man or beast should result. Mexican Water Famine. Zacatecas, Mexico, May 3.—The water famine in this city and along the line of the Mexican Central road in the States of Coahuila, Zacatecas and Chihuaha has become alarming, and the traffic of the road on this and Northern divisions is seriously inter rupted. Word reached here today that seven freight trains are tied up owing to a lack of water to supply the engines. The situation in this city is growing worse daily and what water there is here comes from poi nted wells, causing an epidemic of sickness. There is a total failure of crops, and the poorer classes have no money with which to buy the corn shipped here from the United States and sold by public boards of charity at cost price. The same condition of affairs exists in San Luis Potosi and other cities of Mexico. Official. Washington, D. C., May 1,1893. To the Officers and Members of the Vari woub State Farmers’ Alliances: Brethren :—By the unanimous action of the Executive Committee of the National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union, Brother D. P. Duncan has been chosen as Secreta ry-Treasurer of the National Far mers’ Alliance and Industrial Union, and all businvi^pertaming -1 no that office, including remittances, should be addressed to ( him, Columbia, South Carolina. The Executive Committee very re spectfully, but urgently request that all delayed remittances be forwarded to Brother Duncan as soon as possi ble, as funds are very much needed to carry on the necessary work con nected with the National offices. By direction of the Executive Com mittee of the National Farmers’Alli ance and Industrial Union. Fraternally yours, H. C. Demming. Sec’y Executive Committee. Public Monopolies. Private monopoly is odious. Public monopoly is a blessing and the test of experience proves it. Again and again it has been tried with fear and trembling, but the results have in the long run been gratifying. Public ownership and management of rail ways have in Germany succeeded in many respects even better than their advocates anticipated, and the opin ion of experts in Germany favors them almost, if not quite, unani mously. The writer happens to know of no exception. The right of purchase of a natural monopoly without paying anything for the franchise itself, but only for value of capital actually invested and for its value in its condition at that time of purchase, ought always to be reserved. Local natural monopolies ought to pass into the han 3 of local authorities as soon as possible, and no charter ought hereafter to be granted for private gas, water or electric lighting works. The income from them may be diffused in two ways. First, charges may be placed so low that the price will simply cover the cost, as is done in our postoffice and by the English Telegraph company. Second, a profit may be derived from these pursuits, and this used to lower taxes, or to do things of benefit to the people as a whole, as to improve our roads and streets and parks, and all our schools, to encourage art, lit erature, and the like. Richard T. Ely. The Truth Follows After. Faison, N. C., May 5. In an article published by the At lanta from a Raleigh correspondent, it is said that Mr. Butler made the statement that all parties would become corrupt after holding power for a long time, even the People’s party. Why should he pervert the truth? I heard Mr. But ler make the same declaration, with a proviso, which the correspondent was very particular to leave out— which was if the Farmers’ Alliance organization went down there would be nothing to hold in check, as ex perience has already shown. As Colonel Polk said, you must wait a week for the truth. E. J. Faison.