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THE JACKSON ECONOMIST. VOL. VII. billing the People’s Party. Hou. Ignatus Donnell}’, in The Representative, goes after the call 3rs of conferences in the follow ng vigorous fashion: ‘•An astonishing effort is being made to destroy the People’s party of the United States, by getting up 6 ome new organization to take its dace. ‘ln March they are to hold a convention in Cincinnati, to form a union of all elements opposed to the two old parties, upon the plat form of the initiative and referen dum. without any other princi ples, •‘Of course the Democratic party has already, in many of its State conventions, expressed itself in favor of those reforms. Mr. Bryan made a speech in favor of them at the Chicago convention in 1896, and it is very probable that the tepublicaufe, in their national con vention of 1900, will say some thing squinting in the same direc tion. The initiative and referen dum are not strictly political jrinciples, but very laudable and iraiseworthy, propositions to im prove the method of government; cut after the people have got pos session of the government through the initiative and referendum, thev must then have some clearly defined principles upon which the joverhmeut is to be administered) or the initiative and referendum (vilLamount to nothings “We regard this , movement, therefore, as Bimply a scheme of the fusioPißtß, backed by pluto crats, tc ttoPßlgn the People’s party to the'pdD.tical graveyard, “Then we have another mating to create another new patty, to be held at Buffalo. N. from Judg 28 to" July 3, 18&9. This call ie put forth by Mr, Eltwood Pome roy, of Newark, N. J., president of the Direct Legislation league, but who, if our memory serves us right, has denied that he is a Pop ulist or even an advocate of free silver. The call is followed by a long list of names of prominent people of all parties.. We doubt if any of these have been consult ed in the matter, or would assist in the formation of anew paHy. “The first uame which appears on this list, and who therefore may be regarded as the father of the movement, is hon. Hazeu S. Pingree, governor of Michigan, a gentleman who advocates anti- Republican reforms and sticks to the Republican party, and is steal ing the livery of heaven to serve the devil in. If any one supposes that he is going to desert the Republi can party and set forth on a sea of uncertainty in the small craft of a new party, he will be woefully mstaken. “Then we have Buch nominal Populists as Senator Allen, of Ne braska; Congressman McGuire, of ( alifornia ; Marion Butler, of North Carolina; S. M. Owen, ot Minneapolis; Hon.. Terry Simpson, °f Kansas, etc. We also have such Prominent Democrats as ex-Gov. R P. Altgeld, of Illinois, mixed in w ith Republicans like Rev. Ly man Abbot, Booker T. Washing b-m (the colored leader), Wm. Dean Howells,, etc. 9tc. Nothing but divine power can u together such discordant ele ments into one homogeneous whole kov. Pingree might be willing to a nomination from the iucon WINDER, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1899. gruoue gathering., with the hope that he cold use it as a club to force the Republican national con vention in 1900 to nominate him. S. M. Owen would probably make them a speech, in which he would announce his grand principle that we all think alike, and it is no matter under what banner we march. Senator Allen will be ready to pick up any unconsidered trifle that may be lying around loose. •‘The whole thing, in our hum ble judgment, is simply an at tempt cn the part of the leaders behind the scenes, to distract at tention from the Perple’s party, and scatter the forces of reform to the four winds of the heaven. “For our part, we joined the People’s party in 1891 in good faith; we still believe in it; a9 long as there is a plank of it afloat we will stand by it; when it is ut terly dissolved we shall withdraw from public life forever. We don’t think a great movement that once polled nearly 2,000,000 votes should be whiffled around, and pulled hither and thither to please a few scheming politicians and adventurers. “The men who are at the head of such movements generally; amount to very little personally, they cannot control probably a dozen votes, but they are full of tireless schemes to drag prominent men into seeming support of some thing which they take no real stock in, in the hope that in the mean time they may demoralize honest men who are trying to do some good. “It the People’s party had at any time been placed in power ui the natioD, aud had proved itself unfit to govern, it might be all right to dissolve it an masse; but while other organizations are striv ing to steal our principles, and every day confirms the wisdom of our opinions, we denounce all such attempts to fuse us into an incon gruous mass as altogether unrea sonable and uuwise. “Stand by the People’s party through thick and thin, through life and death. We cannot win by dividing up and every fellow start ing a party of his own. We should become the laughing stock of the world.” It would be very interesting at the present time to know just what sort of a “gag” or ‘sadlo” the g. o. p, wiil attempt to ride into' pf>wer again in 1900, It has been a party of deception, fraud, intimidation and false pretense since the days of Lincoln-and the last time it fool* ed the people on its pretense of wauting “international bimetal ism;” when in fact the chief exec utive of the laud, was plug ging against the commis sion he sent over the sea to beg the sheeneos over there for permisaicn for this great coun try to make its own laws. It is likely that the next trip, the gang ot free-booters who nowcontroll the rotton old ship, will be to go before the people on their gal-c ---ri-ous war record, or on their ex psnson policy—but it is hardly probable that either of these great fakes can or will decide the intell igent American voters in 1900, as the ’-international bimetalism” ig nus fatuus did in 1896,—The Wash ington Sun. i From Judge Hines. Written for The Daltou Herald by Hon. Jas K. Hi ties - There is just as great need of the Peoples Party today as there ever ! has been. There is as much need of it now as there was in 1892 when !it was launched upon the trouble waters of politics. In 1892 we demanded the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1, We demanded an expan sion if the currency. We wanted gold, and paper money enough put jin circulation to give fifty doUars ! percapita. None of these things have been accomplished. On the the Gold Standard, put upon the people by the Democrtic party, has been continued bv the Republican party, This shows that there is not so much difference between the two old parties as some deluded people think. We declared for government ownership of railroads. We begin to think that the government must own the railroads or the railroads would own the government. The' railroads continue to own our gov ernments, State and National. The federal government is in the hands of the gigantic railroads. See the waste of the public funds in the transportation of troops and munitions of war during the recent Spanish war, Troops at Tampa, Fla., were transported from that place across the continent to San Francisco to be shipped to the Philippines; and troops in Cal ifornia ware transported across the continent to Tampa to go to Cuba. There could be but one purpose in all this, and that was to put the people’s shekels in the coffers of the railroads. The Southern Rail way Cos. is fast bocomiug the owner of the State government of Geor gia. The present Governor is bound, soul and body, to this and other railroad corporations. Wimbish, the ex Special Attorney of the Western & Atlantic Rail road. brought a suit against the Southern Railway Cos. to recover terminals of the State, at Atlanta, used by this company without pay ment. of rent. The official ax of Gov. Candler cut off Wimbish’s head, aud put in his office a lead ing railroad lawyer Many people now begin to wonder if the State won’t lose this case. The Interstate Railroad Commis siou publicly confesses, in its la6t report, that it can’t regulate the interstate railroads, and appealed to Congress for power to do so. It made this appeal to Congress when the Democrats wore in power, aud the Democrats refused to act* Now the Republicans refuse, We have not secured government ownership. Let us continue the fight. We declared for Initiative and Referendum and the Imperative Mandate. These are the roots, trank, branches and fruit of Dem ocracy. They will give us popular government in place of corrupt representative government. We have not yet incorporated these in our governmental system. We declared for “Equal rights for all and epecil privileges to none.’* We haven’t reaohed this state yet. Special privileges to the few are eatiug at the vitals of the people. We have seen the triumph of none of our principles We can’t quit the fight. James K, Hines. Atlanta; Ga., March 4, 1899. Conyers Curfew Law Works Well. I The curfew law which is being enforced here by the present city abmimstration is working like a charm so far. The Conyers boys are being Kept in rheir homes and the law is being strictly en forced. The curfew law is as fol lows : “Be it ordained by the mayor and city council of the city of Con# vers, at its present regular meeting, that it shall be unlawful for wo men or boys under 16 years of age to be found loafing, or loitering about in the street or sidewalk of said city after 7 o’clock p. m uuless they are wi th an escort, or are in pursuance of some important busi ness requiring them to pass through the oity. Nothing in the ordin ance is designed to prohibit peo ple from passing through the city on business or in attendance upon church service or the like, but is meant to prohibit the congregating of women unnecessarily on the slreut and likewise boys under 16 years of age. Any person or per sons violating this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of disorderly con duct and punished as prescribed in section 20 of the amended charter of said city. “Section 2. Be it further or dained that this ordinance take effect upon its passage, but no one is to be arrested are any case made against any violators until the of fending yarty or parties be notified of the existence of this ordinance. “Witness the Hon. W. V. Al mand, mayor of said. City This February 6. 1899.” The Populists of Indiana held a Stata convention on the 22nd of February under a call made by A. P, Hanna, chairman of the central committee, who is a fusionist. The mid-roaders were out in force and Mr. Hannr seeing his little game wouldnt’ work failed to put in his appearance, and when invited to leave a caucus of Bryanites refused to attend the Populist convention. The rggular delegation, two hun dred strong, proceeded to a per manent organization without Mr. Hauna,and afterwards surplied his place and two other on the commit tee by electing straight Populists. It is now said every member of the State central committee is a mid dle-of-the-roader. The committee organized by the election ot Hon. J. S, Robinson and C. M. Wal ters of Indianapolis as secretary. —Okolona Messenger. The Appeal to Reason has this to say : “The sou-in-law of Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States Supreme dourt. has been arrested for forgery. Ho was a leading light in Chicago society. These useless parasites will live off the labor of others, even if they have to commit forgery. They are train ed that way.” The Southern Mer cury’s comment ©u the above is this: “Which goes to prove that the most irredeemably corrupt are ever those of nurture, worth and alleged character- You may en lighten the clod and make him honest, but the meteor must still feed on the marsh, and pride and vanity work where crime itself seems to lose its occasion. Socie ty makes thieves aud thieves make society.” Leaving It To the Jury. A story is told of a judge who up to his doath sat on the crown side on the South Wahscircuit. Coun sel for the defence once asked leave to address the jury in Welsh, and, the case being a sirnplo one, per mission was given without demur, lie 6aid but very few words; the judgo also did not think much com ment was necessary, but was some what startled by a prompt verdict of acquittal. ‘ What was it,’ he afterward in quired, “that counsel said to the jury?” „Oh, he just said: “This case, gentleman, lies in a nutshell. You see yourselves exactly how it stsndß The judge is mi English man, the prosecuting counsel is an Englishman, the complainant is an Englishman. But you are Welsh, and I am Welsh, Need I say more? I leave it all to you.’” The judge did not allow the ex periment to be repeated or address es to the jury in a vernacular which he did not understand. —London Mail. Why Bill Was Discomfit ed. Blizzard Bill went up to the new prison house w’ith an uupleasent er rand in view. He meant to run him out of town. Three hours later he met Ginger Joe. Ginger looked him over. “Grizzly or dyamite?” he softly inquired. Bill looked at Ginger thorugh^his half shut eyes “You’re a denied pretty sort of friend, you are 1” he hoarsly growl ed. “Why in merry thunder didh’t you tell me the parson was an ar my chaplain?”—Cleveland Plain Dealer’ A Conservative Verdic. ‘ He died through his own exer tion, with some slight assistance from his neighbors,” was the ver dic of an early day c* roner’s jury in Ellsworth county after it had heard testimony to the effect that the vigilance committee had made a horse thief climb a ladder against a telegraph pole and jump off with a rope around his neck. —Kansas City Journal. During the war between the states when a cold snap came it was common for the ragged Cod feds tosav: -‘Old Abe is blowing his breath onus.” We are at a loss to determine what we should say now, that the zero line between the sections has been wiped out, but it is “tarual” cold in this country for 7th of March. Many, many, years in the past we have known our people have their corn all planted and eveiything ready to plant cotton, but this year a large number of our farmers have cotton yet to pick in the field and not a furrow has been plowed to date. Never In the history of this coun try have the farmers been so back ward in their preparations for a crop, and it :s pretty safe to pre dict on such crops as we have been, blessed with for two years past will gladden the hearts of the tillers of the soil this year.—Okolona Mes senger. NO. io.