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THE PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER.
Entered at the post Office at Atlanta, Oa.. as
second-class matter, Oct. IS, 1891-
Office 84 1-2 South Forsyth Street.
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find your name on the mailing lists.
OUR NATIONAL TICKET.
FOB PRESIDENT
WILLIAB J. BRYAN,
of Nebraska.
FOB VICE-PRESIDENT
THOMAS E. WATSON,
of Georgia.
"our state TICKET. _
FOR GOVERNOR,
SEABORN WRIGHT,
of Floyd County.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
J. A. PARSONS,
of Milton County.
FOB TREASURER,
WILLIAM C. SIBLEY,
of Richmond County.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
DONALD 11. CLARK,
of Effingham County.
FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
SEAB )RN J. BELL,
of Burke Coutty.
fob commissioner of agriculture,
W. E. SMITH,
of Decatur County.
Populist Congressional Nomina
lions.
Hon. G. IL Miller—lst District.
“ John A. Sibley—-2d “
“ S. S. Montgomery—3d “
“ C. J. Thornton—4th “
“ W. L. Peek—sth “
“ A. A. Murphy—Oth 11
“ J. W. M Garrity—7th “
“ Thos. E. Winn—9lh “
J. T. West—loth “
'J^JF<lik„n— 11th
the
McKinley.
true friends of
silver in the Democratic party will
bring some pressure to bear on the
men who claim to be the head of the
Democratic party in this S ate, they
will wake up the warning after the
election to find this State in the Mc-
Kinley column. We have already
warned the readers of this paper on
this line.
The outrageous circular printed
elsewhere in this paper will convince
the doubting that the “men who con
trol” are in the last ditch, and that
they will do any and everything to
keep themselves in power. Many of
these leaders are preparing the public
for their final act of infamy by hint
ing that Bryan is already beaten.
That simply means that they are
going to take care of themselves.
I' Bryan is beaten it will be charge
able to the party that nominated him
at Chicago.
We believe there is a determine ■
tion on the part of the “men who I
control” to deliberately sacrifice
silver ard Bryan, for their own selfish .
purposes. The following clipping :
(from the Atlanta Journal, Demo
crat) an interview with a prominent
Republican, should bo carefully read I
by every friend of ilver :
Sp aking of the colored vote in his ■
district, M-. Paterson made an im- j
p"rtant statement. “The Populhts
can’t pull them to their side,” said he.
“They won’t get fifty votes in my
county. The negroes have some sort
of understanding with the Democrats
that they will keep hands off the j
State ticket if they get a fair shoin/
in the national election.”
Did yon hear Tom Watson’s great
Dallas speech? We hoard it, wi-h
we could publish it entirely i ir. can
not for want of space. One thing 1
we know, the Di m crats made a fiat
mistske when thiy refused to tako
old Bewail down and put Watson on
their ticket with Bryan. Any south- i
ern man who would vote for Bewail '
in preference to the brilliant Watson i
would have made a poor soldier in '
the sixties. Many Democrats in the
north would prefer Watson to Se
w-ui, but our southern Democracy
(at leai-t the leaders) are too blarsted
cowardly to vote for a southern man
.or vice president. Had rather lick j
Lho hand of a New England pluto
crat. Alt right, the Pops will de
feat them in Texas, and trust to the
good sense of the Amerioan people
to do fir them in other states. Had
b-’t>.r taken Sewall down and put
A atson on your ti :ket —Ennis Pon- I
ulist. 1
The Boomerang Circular.
They can’t suppress it,
Like a lie once started it will never
ba overtaken.
The Democratic tricksters must
stand by their outrageous work.
Os course no one, white or black,
will vote for them.
They overleaped the bounds.
There is a limit to what even a Dem
ocrat will stand from the party
bosses. Never in the history of the
State has such a plea been made to
the worst element of society.
Every intelligent negro knows
there can be no confidence put m
such men or such a party, if they
represent a party.
Above all it shows how weak the
cause when such desperate methods
are adopted. We call on all men,
white or black, regardless of party to
denounce and condemn these trick
sters who would try and bring sus
picion, distrust or conflicts between
the races.
Don’t be made the tools of de
signing men who are using you
for their own vicious purposes. I
want every sensible negro who reads
that circular to notice one or two
lines especially.
“Vote for W. Y. Atkinson and his
ticket. Help him in his work of get
ting innocent negroes out of that
horrible place—the Georgia peniten
tiary. He has done much for the
race; he promises to do more. He is
a whole-souled man, and we ought to
see that he is elected. If you defeat
him, there are some poor convicts
whose hearts will ba saddened. Help
birr; help them! It is a duty to your
solves an d to your race.’’
There is not a negro in the Georgia
penitentiary who was not put there
by a Democratic judge, a Democratic
solicitor, (and as they have token
Populists off the juries) I might say
a Democratic jury.
Yet to catch your votes, Demo
crats (we will not use the word, they
are not Democrats, the party is not so
lov) those men, declare that they are
innocent, The judge, solicitors and
juries got paid for putting them,
in the penitentiary, and now
you must pay to get them out
by voting for Atkinson. “He promises
to do more for the race.” If the man
he can turn them out in
at W ■
morA
whichto do it ? His friends know
they are innocent for they say so.
Why not turn them out at once ?
Will you be caught with any such
chaff ? Are such men honest ? Are
they to bo trusted? They made the
judges, they made the solicitors, they
named the jury commissioners, and
now they declare these men to be a
sat of scroundreis who put innocent
negroes in the penitentiary. Who
can trust such men, who will vote for
them ?
They would not let the Populists
| help name these precious judges but
I named them in a Democratic caucus
and then elected them. They now
declare they condemn innocent men
to death and to the penitentiary.
A Journalistic Monstrosity.
The Augusta Herald takes us to
task for speaking of the good looks
of our candidates. It intimate that
because a man is handsome it is no
reason why the people should vote
for him.
We would gracefully accept the
■ rebuke, if upon any other hypothe
sis, than that of good looks, we
could account for the candidacy of
the editor of the Herald, Os course
he il.n'3 not leant office.
If it is not on account of his pret
ty face, what apology will the Dem
ocratic party of Richmond county
make for thrusting him for 100 days
upon the pay roll of the State.
His dollish editorials clearly dem- ■
cnetrate that he has neither genius
or maiktd ability.
As there is no opposition it c.-.n’t
be because he is able to come forward
with a dime every time the voter
drops a ballot in the slot machine.
Surely such a chivalrous looking
gentleman has never played the part
of ward heeler, and is now receiv ng I
his reward?
Is he not too well posted in the
ethics of bis profession for it to bo i
assumed that he has, in his paper, i
ever contorted or, toppressed the I
nows, for partisan purposes? Then I
why doei the peculiar type of D m I
ocracy, that luxuriates in Augusta,
thrust greatness upon him thus inti- I
mating that he will ably represent
it in .he councils of the state? If it \
is no. his pretty face, it must bo his !
erratic honesty.
Let us illustrate.
A sworn statement as to the act- I
ual circulation ot a newspaper is a I
PEOPLE’S PARTY PAPER, ATLANTA. GA., SEPTEMBER 18, 1896.
valuable document even when de
liberately planned and executed.
No one can estimate the value of a
spontaneous statement obtained with
out regard to plans or specifications.
For the sake of a little cheap po
litical notoriety in the Watson-Black
contest, this “pretty little candidate”
actually wont on the stand and un
der oath swore that the circulation
of his own paper, the Augusta Her
ald, was only about 2,200, and then’
perhaps, with malice afore
thought, swore that the circulation
of the Augusta Chronicle was about
700. Only a few blocks away from
this newspaper wonder, there were
merchants who, no doubt, were pay
ing for advertising space in the Her
ald at a rate that called for a circula
tion of 6,000.
We have reason to believe that the
phrase “Out damned spot,” first
broke into the Herald office, when
the advertising and business manager
saw the figures that his editor and
chief was parading before the public.
The phrase has since become do
mesticated, and is kept on tap there
for a variety of purposes.
Besides using it for spice and back
bone for milk and cider editorials,
one editor uses it as side combs to
keep his hair parted in the middle;
another uses it for curling torge; the
porter stirs the paste with il; the
devil thinks it a cuss word, and no rat
will gnaw the office towel unless he
can detect its flavor.
We leave it to the editors of the
Augusta Chronicle in particular, and
newspaper men in general, if, after
such an an outrageous break on the
part of this young journalist, he
should not humbly beg pardon for
daring to criticise our mistakes.
“Gentlemen, We Salute 1’ou!”
If the day ever comes when the
Peoples party must furl its banners
and surrender, in the name of all that
is just and holy, let it surrender to
such men as these. If the day should
come, as come it has, when we must
unite,let us touch shoulder to shomder
W'th the men who penned these lines.
As Southern men, proud of South
ern men even when they differ with
us.
Gentlemen, we salute you.
Mark the prgfaffiftom" n
election in'’G eorgia this fall m- ans
the immediate disintegration and
ultimate downfall of the Democratic
party in this State. If we were a
Populist or a Republican we wouldn’t
care, but we are a Democ. .it aud
want to remain one aud so we pro
pose to raise cur voice in humble
protest against the further pur: nance
of a policy which gave birth tb the
Populist party and which will iaevit
ably enthrone that party in this State.
We allude io Democratic fraudk.
Our commendable effort to protect
our homes and our affairs against ig
norance, event tally led to the ce»sur-
ablo methods being adopted in behalf
of individual candidates, Nex>, tnore
flagrant and still more censurable
rethods to win factional fights
Soon similar aud still more flagrant
frauds were perpetuated in order to
control congressional districts. Now,
must we submit to the extension oi
these practices to control State elec
tions, in order that the Democratic
patty may continue to reign supreme
in Georgia?
We for one, say no, and we believe
every DemoerA in Georgia who is
worth anything to his party, or to his
State, thvres in this sentiment—even
il he is n -t willing to express it quite
so frankly.
Have we not had experience
enough? Wtiat has fanned the flame
of Populism in Georgia? Nothing
but political bossism aud flagrant
| frauds. What has already driven
! irom our party as good Democrats
and as good citizens as ever breathed?
Nothing but distrust of our party
: leaders and an unwillingness to re
main a party to wrong dqjng.
But to drop metaphor and gel
back to business desertions will fol
low the perpetuation of fraud in. the
i coming elections. And the deserters
will be men who wi 1 render an hon
orable title that erstwhile epithet.
They will be men whoso withdra - at
from the party will well nig i deplete
it of respectability. It you don’t be
lieve it ask every reputable Demo
crat you meet what he will do if his
party doesn’t, do right this fall.
Wo don’t know what fraud is con
templated. We only know what will
happen if fraud is pi rpetuated. We
don’t know that Chairman Clay is
planning for an unfair election. We
only know that he has absolutely re
fused to enter into a compact to
secure fair elections. We don’t know
that he can compel county chairman
to give fair play. We only know that
he is unwilling to do as much as the
other fellows in an effort to promo .c
fa r play. We don’t know tint he
has not good reasons for declining to
enter into any r.greemer.t. We only
know that he bas not stated a single
jjoed reason up to date.—T.ie Hi on
News.
“He pardoned Adolphus Duncan,
a negro who had been twice comic
ted of assault on a white woman, and
had been sentenced to hang.”
In the good name of Southern
manhood, what do these Democratic
campaign managers mean? Do they
intend to insult the Democrats cf
Georgia by such woik as this? And
do they suppose that honest men can
rally to the support of of a man who
sanctions such an act as this? Is thia
Democracy? Is this the grand white
man’s party? Standing at all times
for wisdom, justice anti -moderation?
Surely, what manner of methods are
these?
The Call is a Democratic paper,
but it denounces open and above
beard, such contemptible methods or
it will never be a party to it. A
beautiful argument is this; the negroes
must vote for the governor, because
“he had pardoned a negro twice con
victed of an assault on a white
woman and sentenced to hang.”
There is a piece of infamy that
must boil the blood of any respecta
ablo Southern man. It was bad
enough to pardon “a negro convicted
of twice assaulting a while woman
and sentenced to hang,” but to par
ade it before the world as a piece of
campaign literature bagging for ne
gro votes, is enough to receive the
condemnation of every decent white
man in Gecrgia.—Brunswick Call.
Editorial Notes.
Os course the present editor of the
Peoples Party Paper does not pre
tend to be able to fill Mr. Watson’s
chair and we do not know any one
who can. Wi frankly admit that
the editorial matter now in this
weekly, is only a trifle better than
that which appears in the average
Democratic daily. We hope in time
to got on a par with the plucky Au
gusta Tribune, that piper inch by
inch fought a haughty contemptuous
rival to its knees, which when it
found itself beaten, did not have the
manliness to eue for a truce, openly
in its column?, but consistent with
the cowardly warfare it had waged,
begged fcr marcy in a private per
sonal appeal. Fearing to attack, not
having the honesty to praise, it now
keeps a discreet silence.
The Democrats are very proud of
Mr. Sawall—he increased the Dem
ocratic vote 3,000 in the Maine elec
lions Monday.
The Republicans are very proud
of Mr. Sewall’a son, he spoke against
his father, and the increase in the
Republican majority was about 40,
O.QIU— -The, trojjya -With-tKa. Demo-..
era's must have been that they
nominated the wrong Mr. Bewail.
The Republican maj ority this
year is 52,000. This table shows
what it has been: Hurrah for Mr.
Bewail'
Maine's pre viols record.
Republican majority 18(18.. .19,316
Republican m jority 1872. . .15,444
Republican majority 1880.. . 185
Republican majority 1884. . .19,815
Republican majority 1888. ..18 053
Ripublicin majority 1892. . .12,503
The following from Mr. Bewail to
the Atlanta Journal would indicate
that those 3,000 votes are to cost
Mr. Bryan his election:
Bath, Me., Sept. 14.—T0 the At
lanta Journal: Miina will today
east her m iximiim Ripublican vote
and will probably cast exceeding
5(1,000 free c inage silver votes
which is ten times more than were
in the state ninety days ago, show
ing greater gain in favor of free
coinage for this period than a-;y sec
tion of the country.
Arthur Sewall.
Arthur Sewall, Bath, Me.—
Dear Arthur: Please let us know
I just what an increase of 3,000 votes
in worth to a party when it gets
them at a cost of 40,000 to the other
side. If you can’; answer, why consul'..
your son, he seems to be a bright
man. Yours f >r Watson,
Voter.
Those who have noticed the
PUBLISHED SCHEDULE OF SPEECHES
FURNISHED Bi’ -rm; De MOCK‘.TIC
HEADQUARTERS IN ATLANTA TO THE
NEWSPAPERS MUST HE STRUCK BY I
THE FACT THAT TEE SAMS SPEAKERS i
APPEAR IN THE SCHEDULE WEEK
AFTER WEEK, AND VERY FEW OF*!
them. They can almost be named !
O.N THE FINGERS <F ONE HAND.!
IV HERE ABE THE DEMOCRATIC WAR !
kioks that they go not forth to do j
battle with the opposition? Why !
are so many taking things ea-v
while a few are doing the work of
the campaign. It is not fair that
Governor Atkinson and a few faith
ful allies should bo loft to do all the
speaking. Left to aLw the work ij
onerous, but if all will do a part it
will bo_ light for all—Augusta
Chronicle.
Dear Curonic’c: Tee trouble is,
that the few who are making the {
speeche., are on the slate for pro
motiOßt?, and the othdr felloes have
decided to stop raking chestnuts.
There u also a suspicion that the
“faithful allies” will be turned down
in October, and no one cares to be
one of the “allies.”
Yours when you repent aad reform,
/ Pop.
The Chronicle, the leading Demo
cratic paper of Augusta, Ga., in a
Jong article devoted largely to the
Hon. Seaborn Wright, admits be
tween the paragraphs that Col. John
West made a splendid impression in
Augusta last week. Mr. West de
clared that ha did not know that
there was anything to be gained by
either party in a joint debate, but if
Mr. Fleming really thought him as
green as he had intimated, he would
have as many opportunities of dis
cussing the issues as he wished
The Evening Herald, as usual,
caught the cue from the morning
paper, and followed suit with this:
‘When Mr. West first started to
speaking a number of those present
were ot the opinion that he was the
least bit affected with stage fright,
but he was soon himself again and
delivered a very good speech.
* * *
Mr. Alien’s letter to Mr. Bryan
makes it very easy for Mr. Bryan to
say—yes.
• « *
Sam Jones declared that the fact
that two Atlanta paparsyolled, when
he threw rocks at Mr. Clay, demon
strated that it is not always the hit
dog that yelps.
» w »
The delay in notifying Mr. Wat
son was probably due to the length
of the letter required.
CAN’T STAND ATKINSON.
Georgia’s So-Called Model Gov
ernor.
Editor People’s Party Paper:
I see a great deal in the press of
what he has done, and on the other
hand we know of a great deal of
what he has not dune. Loaning the
State’s money at int ’rest is very good
when i; is known that members ot
the Peoples party were the first to
agitate it. 11 is very well for him to
fine the convict lessees for abuse of
the convicts, but did he go far enough
and did he punish tho e that inflicted
the brutal treatment? He did not
Che governor is and was clothed with
full authority to protect the convicts
■W Va<?’nada-o ‘kiu l *ise,eee„.
shou’d he bring this disgraceful
theme into this campaign to detract
from his administration that is and
was responsible for the treatment of
the convicts for the past two years.
Why does ho not tell the people what
he will do so help me God if an
other act is passed to lease the con
vic-ts? Why does he not tell us what,
he has done and what he is now do
ing without going into 1899—over
two years hence? The corrections of
the evils now complained of three
years hence will bs of little benefit to
the present living convicts. I, may
if the present governor is in power.
Then enable him to appoint a few or
several more political favorites to
lucrative positions at the expense of
lhe over-burdened tax-payers.
If ali or only part of the charges of
cruelty were true, the guilty should
have been punished under our crimi
nal laws, as the fines does not reach
the case. If it was through the gross
aeglect of the State cflioials they
shou’d have been removtd for in
competency.
Wnen a governor has to take the
stump to defend his own administra
tion for abuses that have been per
mitted by those under him, it shows
a want of ability somewhere. lam
in favor, and have been for forty-two
years, of rewarding a g>vernor with
two terms But where he has to
take the stump and go junketing
around over the State making po
litical speeches in defense of his own
administra.ion, it certainly lowers
the d'gnity of the office, and causes
a neglect of the duties of the high
office he occupies.
It in said that he desires to abolish
home rule and taka charge of the
county chain gang.
If he should do no bstter by them
than ha has by the State convicts it
would be a s;d change, but would
likely enable him to reward some
politieil heeler to a lucrative posi
tion to ri la around over the State
and consp re with the court house
rings in behalf of his benefactor?.
That is about all there is in it and
the Peopte’s party will checkmate
such uncalled for moves.
The ehan gang needs reform but
not from that source.
And there arc various other refer ns
that the people will demand, but the
lountam head should be fi st refo m
ed ro as to give the people ami not
the rings a say so in it.
The writer has voted the Demo- |
era,io ticket for 42 rears, and I have I
now, after due delibsiatioe, dec ded
to change, and I know of no better
m m to vote for than one of old Gus
IVrigh.’s sons. Hu is of good sto.k,
and, if like his daddy, will make a
a good and acceptable g overnor.
Yours truly,
J. IL Haden,
BRYAN-WATSON
ARE NOTIFIED.
POPULIST CANDID ATES A HE
INFORMED OF THEIR
NOMINATION-
PEOPLE’S PARTY MISSSION.
Both Old Parties Have Been
Against the Masses—Bryan
and Watson lhe Heal
Silver Ticket.
Madison, Neu , Sept.,l4—Senator
Al en, chairman of the Populist oom
mittee to notify Wi liam J. Bryan of
his nomination for the presidency,
tonight gave out his letter to the
nominee. The full text follows:
Madison, Neb, Sept., 15—Hon.
William J. Bryan, Lincoln, Nob.,
Dear Sir:—At a convention of the
People's party held at St. Louis from
July 22 to 25 cf the current year,
you were unanimously mominated
for President of the United State,
to be voted for at the approaching
general election.
It was known at ths time that you
had been nominated by the Demo
cratic party at its convention held at
Chicago a few days before that time
and that you would in all probabil
ity accept the same in a formal man
ner.
Your nomination by the People’s
party was not, therefore, made with
any thought that you were a Popu
list or that you accepted all the doc
trines declared by the St. Louis plat
form. It was due, largely, to the
fact that the money question is the
overshadowing political issue of the
age ard because you have at all
times been an unswerving, able
and fearless advocate of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold on terms of equality at the |
mints of -he United Statej-r'at the
ratio of 1G to 1. It wris thought
>l»o »bat,.*be ptse.wvance of a pa
triotio duty required a union of all
reform foroes and the convention
took the liberty without soliciting or
consulting you cf placing yonr name
before the people as its standard
bearer.
The convention waq in doing so,
guided by deeo solicitude for the
. common welfare and acting on its
own motion, prompted alone by a
dr sire to bring about the best attain •
able results. So much has been said
respecting the rehabilitation of silver
by again placing it in our coinage
W B in the position it occupied when
stealthily demonetizad by the act of
1873, that it would be idle use for us
to discuss the question. You will
observe by the closing language ot
the St. Liuis platform that the con
vention recognized the money ques
tion as the great issue of the day?
and because Fopul'sts believe that
you are in accord with them on this
question you will receive the r ballots
in November.
It has at no time been expected, or
is it now, that you will aba: d in your
adhesion to the Chicago platform,
nor that you will accept all that is
declared by the People’s party plat
form, however more gratifying the
latter would bj to the Populists. It
must be understood that the party
does not abate one jot or tittle ol
i loyalty to its principles. Wc have
declared ourselves in favor of many
important reforms and go farther
than you or ycur party have gone.
These reform are, in our judgment,
essential to the liberation of the peo
ple fr m present unjast aud iniqui.
i tous industrial bondage. In accord
anco with precedent of our party®
we take this method of notifying you
of your nominat on.
We shall not send a committee
according to old party custom. In
sending this latter of notification of
the great honor that has justly been
conferrred on you by our party it is
needless for us to assure you that
you have the confidence and estesm
of all. Your splendid ab.lities,
known integrity, competency an I
eminent fitness for the position justly
| entitles you to a high rank among
the g-ea statesm-.iß of the nation.
We feel that in the event of your
election, which now seems certain,
you will carry into execution the
principles of monetary reform to
the end that the people shall enjoy
better indus'hal conditions. It is
not anticipated that this can be dons
with undue haste or suddenly, as to
wrench or disjoint the business inter
ests of the country, but that it willl
ba done gradually and in away tkj
infuse confidence and Lope of bettey
conditions for all. /
The People’s party will exact so!
you no promise farthor than thorn
made in your public utterances anjl
exemplified in a life devoted to tlas
welfare of the race, nor will we ask
you to abandon the party of which
you are an honored member, la
your nomination our party has risan
a’ ove mere partisan surroundingL
adopting a high plane of patriotism,
believing that a division of foroek
would result in the election of Will
iam McKinley, the foremost advo
cate of a deeply burdensome and un
natural taxation and the criminal
policy of the gold standard, result
ing ultimately, if not in some man.
ner checked, in the complete deti
truotion and disintegration of onr
form of government. Your eleva
va'ion to the chief magistracy of
the nation would be regarded as a
vindication of the right of the people
to govern, and we entertain no doubt
that you will prove a worthy suc
cessor of the immortal Jefferson and
Lincoln and that your public lifts, , ,
like theirs, will illustrate the purity
and loftiness of American states
manship.
Y"our extensive and intimate
knowledge of public affairs and ths
duties the office will impose, gained
in a life that has been devoted to up
holding the cause of the people, as
well as your keen insight into the
condition of our country, in our
judgment highly qualifies you to
bring about a change in that way
that will work injury to none and
justice to all, thus making our gov
ernment in fact, as it now is in form
only, a -‘government of, for and by
the people-”
Wo have the the honor to be your
most obedient servants,
William ' jj
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t 'f ■ ■?
Sir:
our so that the I
citizens of States must I
shape its couffc for good or evil J
through the agency of political par-fl
ties. When there is no political
party that represents the principles
of good government, no party that
stands for right and the interests of
the laborer, the wealth-producer,
and all who strive to make an hon
est living by fair and legitimate
means, then it is impossible for the
majority of the voters to express
their will at the ballot box.
“When all the political parties
stand for the selfish interest and
personal greed of money changers,
corporations, trusts and monopolies
as does the Republican party under
the leadership of Jihn Sherman and
the Democratic party under the
leadership of Grover Cleveland, then
the producing masses are victims
without an alternative. To with
hold their votes will furnish them nc
relief, while to cast their votes for
either party is to sanction their ova
spoliation and ti strengthen the
power that oppresses them.
HOW THE PARTY WAS FORMED.
“Thia was the political situation in
1892, vhen stern necessity forced
organized labor, the organized
wealth producers and others who be
lieve in good government and were
engaged in leii’.imate business in
teres s, to meet and form a new po
litical organization known as the
Peoples party. This new political
party, representing the principles of
•true Republieaaism as taught by
Abraham Ltecoln, and of true Dem
ocracy as taught by Jefferson and
Jackson, as if springing full grown
from the loins of the people, cast
over one million votes, winning in
five states within f. u? months from
the date of its birth.
‘The Dem cratio and R publican
parties no longer represented the
principles upon which they w?ra
fcuuded. They had long since de.-
serted the principles for which cur
anoest r.s left the old w. rid, and
which were made our inheritance
through the blood and sacrifice of
our fathers in the revoln’.ionarv war,
and had em 1 rased the odiou? aud
I oppressive meth ids so long prao
' ticed under the monarchies and de- i
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