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Union vs. Absorption.
The Silver Knight of October 10th
has an editorial “to the Populist
party,” from which it seems that Sil
ver Knights are on the lookout for a
ready made party. “It is much easier
to utilize; a great pa*ty like the
Populist party than to create a new
one.” That’s so; the creation of a
new party, whether in politics or re
ligion, is a s'ow and laborious process,
as every one finds out who under
takes it; and, perhaps, for this very
reason the PopuLst party would have
some little objection to being uncere
moniously “utilized” and otherwise
appropriated. It would perhaps want
to make conditions before the trans
fer was made, it might want some
sort of say in the matter. “We all
should unite and go together.” Even
so. If reformers do not pull to
gether in ’96 both they and the coun
try are ’goners—more or less. No
doubt the opposition will pull together
regardless of party names and asso
ciations, and if reformers don’t, then
they are left. But it is much easier
said than done. How are we to
unite and how pull together? “The
Populists duty is to confine them
selves to money refoims upon which
all can stand, and the silver people
stand ready to go with them, shoul
der to shiuder, into this fight.”
Well, that looks more like Populists
going with silver people, than the
other if silver people will adopt the
Populist pla form we will go with
them, cheek by jole, and through
thick and thin. It seems that all the
Silver people ask of the Populist
party is to furnish the votes ; they
will furnish the platform and do the
rest. It is quite possible the Silver
Knight mistakes. The Populist party
is not a party 01 pie hunters; it is a
people’s party whose only interests
in the party are its principles and the
legislation that is to follow.
How is this ? Silver Knights
“stand ready” to unite with Democ
racy if it adopts the 16 to 1 plank.
They don’t ask Democracy to re
nounce its other principles. But
Populists must “confine themselves
to money reformers.” There must
be something very objectionable
about the other reforms proposed by
the Populist party. Whit is it? My
idea of what the Populi-t party’s
platform in ’96 will be is something
hks this:
1. Sliver 16 to 1.
2. Legal tender non-redecmable
paper money, direct from the gov
ernment.
3. Cumulative tax by the general
government.
4. Government ownership, by con
struction or purchase, of main lead
ing lines of railroads, telegraphs and
the like byway of competition to pri
vate monopolies in these things.
5. The manipulation of tariff and
kindred taxes with reference to es
tablishing manufacturies in the South
and West.
What insuperable objections have
Silver Knights to the last thne
planks, which prevents them going
with a party that agrees with them
on the first two?
Monetary reform will do the peo
ple little good so long as they are
devoured by monopolies and extreme
wealth, so long as freights eat up the
profits and so long as the Northeast
does the manufacturing for the South
and West.
What good is money to the people
if it is at once taken from them by
monopolies, by speculators, by trans
portation and by Northeastern man
ufaotures ? Coin all the silver you
may and very little of it will reach
the people so long as these obstruc
tions an 1 drams exist.
Suppose Democracy sound on sil
ver 16 to 1.
■What better do they propose than
Populists in the balance of their
platfoim. Is state banks and the
present banking system better than
legal tender non-redeemable green
backs? Is the income tax better than
the cumulative tax? What does De
mocraey propose about the transpor
tation monopoly ? As to the tariff,
Democracy throws all the protection
to the second producer, the manu
facturers of the Northeast the first
producers, the farmer and miner
of the South and West, pay the pro
tection and get none. Yet siberites
are ready to swallow all that; but
can’t down any thing with Populists
PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER, ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 25, 1895.
but money reform, their own princi
ple. Populists must discard every
thing else but money reform before
siberites will consent to * utilize”
them. They must think Popul ate
are exceedingly anxious to be “util
ized” and appropriated, after all the
trouble of all the years of their build
ing up. Indeed they and all others
treat the Populists as an erring child
who does not know what he wants
until grown up people tell him. But
we will learn them a verse or two
better than that. As soon as they
arrive at some point which Populists
long since passed they make a great
noise and insist that Populists come
back. Why didn’t they get a mone
tary move on themselves years ago
while Populists were in the notion
and while they were “< onfining them
selves to money reforms-?”
Siberites and certain Populists say
that money reform alone will give
the People’s party a stronger draw.
Ii didn’t do it any way, Whi'e the
party confined itself to labor, and to
money reform, it didn’t amount to
much. As soon as it took on its
other principles it jumped up to
1,500,000 votes. These other things
must have a special pull. In fact
silver does not get up the enthusiasm
in the South it does in the West.
The only interest of the South in
silver is in the increase of currency,
w’hich could be had by the use of
greenbacks. But silver is a great in
dustry in the West, and builds that
country up in many ways besides in
an increase of currency. Os course
the South has no objection to this,
for it is bent sited als r.
But the South can’t get up the
same furor for silver that the West
has owing to these special advant
ages. But the South, owing to cot
ton, has a special interest in manu
factories. The manipulation of the
tariff so as to estsblish manufactories
in the South gets up an enthusiasm
similar to the enthusiasm for silver
in the West. But both sec ious are
interested in both, and if gol-ibugs
and manufactories in the Northeast
can co operate in the Republican
party when their interests are op
posed, the South and West ought to
be able to “go together”,©)! silver and
manufactories when their interests
are identified. And what is there in
greenbacks, in the cumulative tax
and in government competiti >n in
transportation to keep them apart.
The interests of the South and West
are identified in these things also,
and there is not an earthly reason
why they should not go together in
them.
But suppose they can’t. What
then? If siberites, silver Democrats
and Republicans and Populists can’t
agree on principles, they can’t merge
together as a homogmeous whole.
There is then nothing left for it bnt
to co-operate as separate wholes in
’96. This combination won’t work
in the way the Silver Knight hopes,
and if it knows as little about creat
ing parties, as of combining them on
a special occasion and for special pur
poses, we can’t be surprised that it
feels discouraged about creating a
party and prefers to “utilize” some
existing party.
Ii is a four cornered matter, silver
Democrats and Republicans and Sil
verits and Populists, each in their
corner with iheir principles and pre
judices. How will you get them to
gether ? The Silver Knight says to
Populists come over in my coiner,
adopt my platform, do all the sacri
Being, then we will go together. But
that way won’t work. Every corner
would say the same thing; and no
body would move and ought not to.
That would be a surrender, and not a
compromise resulting in a combina
tion. To effect a combination ail
parties must leave their corner and
meet at the center of the square, for
every party will refuse to “go to
gether” at any other point.
Now I think it much the best to
make this combination temporary, or
for a special occasion and purpose.
The occasion is '96, and the purpose
is to oust that crowd at Washing
ton, whether Democrats, Republi
cans, Populists or Siberites, who
have been legislating against the in
terests of the great common people.
If we make the combination tempo
rary it will offend party prejudice
less and the combination is much
more likely every way to prove suc-
cessful. Moreover, Populists will
not go into any combination perma
nently that does not include the five
planks of its platform, for all those
planks will be found necessary to the
prosperity of the country. And if
those reform® are not made the Popu
list party, retaining its organization,
will beg leave, gentlemen, to retire
at the end of four year, and wdl
concede, of course, the same privi
lege to the others.
Now, in effecting a combination
both the people and the pie eaters
are to be consul-ed. And the pie
eaters are much the more difficult to
manage. What Democratic, Repub
lican, Populist and Siberite people
ought to do is to eff«t a combina
tion and form a platform independ
ent of the politicians. And then let
the politicians fix up the spoils mat
ter among themselves, eacu class
taking offices according to talent and
the number of voters their party fur
nished the new organization or com
bination rather. This they could
agree on if fairness was the rule.
But with the politicians I have noth
ing to do, and I take it for granted
they are willing to act for the best
interests of the country, regardless
of pie.
As an outsider or onlooker w io c e
only interest in politics is as a philo
sophical and religious question, and
who has unbounded faith in that
power Which says: “Blessed
is he who expects nothing, for he
shall not be disappointed,” I make
the following suggestion, in the ful
lest confidence that no attention will
be paid it:
The one thing that is playing h—l
with the people is mon ’poly : Money
monopoly; land monope ly ; transpor
tation monopoly; manufacturing
monopoly by the Northeast; wealth
monopoly; and a host of minor
monopolies such as large mercantile
monopolies in the cities, beef mono
poly, ale monopoly, sugar and coffee
monopoly, leather monopoly, wheat
and flour combines and just one
thousand others. Monoply includes
everything that is diabolical.
Then why not bring the four cor
ners—Republicans, Democrats, Pop
ulists and Siberites—together at t&a
center of the square as an Anti
monop -ly party, with one plank,
anti-monopoly, as a platform. Then
let Sil elites hammer away to their
heart’s content on the money m>no
poly; Republicans and Democrats on
whatever mouopo'y they specially
don’t like ; while Populists will goon
as usual pummelling the whole outfit
of monopolies. In this way all the
me ins of grace will be used to bring
the people into the combine.
I guess this arrangement will suit
the Populists, for People’s Par y
means anti-monopoly party, and anti
monopoly includes every demand of
the Omaha platform.
During the Chicago riots I made a
study of the people. I found them
bristling with fight toward what they
termed “monopoly.” Men who all
their lives had voted for “monopoly”
were rather more anxious to fight
monopoly than were others. Their
sympathies were wit’> labor as a ainst
capital, but they called capital “mo
nopoly.” Monopoly was their slogan.
Where they picked the term up 1
don’t know, but certainly they had
it, and handled it as though they had
never done anything else. I thought
to myself then, what a draw an anti
monopoly party, with an anti mo
nopoly platform, would have with
the people. That one plank would
be enough, and they would
make it meau everything they didn’t
like. Nothing would afford them a
greater pleasure than to vote against
monopoly; no term would arouse the
same enthusiasm, for the sentiment of
he common people is very bitter in
that direction. The term for them
means all the diabolisms.
The Silver Knight, is pre-aminently
right w ten, by its invitation to editors
to talk out in meeting, it invites an
open and tree discussion of policies
of union between the different reform
forces. If there is not union the
dog is dead. The other fellows will
be united and don’t you forget it.
It is doubtful if there will be more
than one monopoly candidate for
president. There will not be, if they
can best serve their purpose that way.
If they run a Democratic goldbug it
will be for the purpose of keeping
silver Democrats away from the anti
monopoly candidate. And after this
candidate is nominated,' if they find
he don’t answer the purpose, he will
be dropped, and monopolists—De
mocratic and Republican, will center
their votes on the Republican. The
tight is between monopoly and the
people and •» e had as well prepare
for the fray. The monopolists will
be united; the only possible defense
is union among the people.
The secure this union Democratic,
Republican, Populist and Silv< rite
editors must discuss it by proposing
plans. Out of the multitude of coun
sel) will come wisdom. Let them
reproduce each others articles, when
worth it, so that the people may have
a chance to form an opinion for
themselves as to which is the better
plan. If each class of editors con
tents itself with whispering in a
corner to its own readers it will
amount to nothing. The different
classes of editors must discuss the
matter with each other and with each
others people, if an agreement is
reached. They should begin it now,
for the agreement must be reached
before conventions are called aid
nominations made. After that it is
too late, everlastingly too late.
Tnis discussion should be fearless
but courteous of course. It should
bo concilatory in view of the great
common purpose to be accomplished.
Don’t be afraid of offending the
Northeast: however, for not an anti
monopolist will you elect in all that
region round about Wall street.
F. J. Ripley.
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How any honest man can approve
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is more than we can see.
The number of negroes registered
as just twenty-one is evidence of
fraud. Yet by this manipulation
they claim to nave elected a demo
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whole affair has the stench of fraud
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The man Black, who claims the
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If he was questioned he would say
he was in favor of American liberty,
and majority rule, etc., but bis acts
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If Black holds his fraudulently
obtained seat in congress, will he
vote for the welfare of his people ?
—People’s J >urnal.
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The Silver men who have found it
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party on a single idea platform pro
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The proposed basi) of partnership is
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