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THURSDAF. JANUARY 25, iftOO.
The country needs a bold and inde
pendent press." *
Ihe dog law is b'dng enacted in sev
eral oountieß already.
Lousiana popnliete will hold their state
sonventton on February Bth.
England has suffered another great
defeat a t the hand’s of the Boers.
t Every enterprising town in the South
ought to build a cotton factory thisyea\
We should always be able to see our
own fault? rs well as we see those of
others.
Guano is high tins season and there is
not much hope of cotton bringing as
good prices next season as this.
Mr. Reed, ex-speaker of congress, and
the present speaker, Mr. Henderson,
both favor the ballot for women.
If every man in Georgia will deter
min not to go in debt any this year it
will add some to the circulation of mon
ey next fall. !T*
The prosperous times that the big
daily papers speak of have not made
their nppearance in this section of the
universe yet.
Every mail should study the politics
of his country and vote for that party
that oomes nearest advocating the in
terests of tbe majority of the peopla
Texas, Alabama, Indiana and several
other states are getting ready for big
populist conventions. Look out for the
Georgia convention and be ready to go.
Thk Economist publishes this week
on the editorial page au interesting ar
ticle from “Appeal to Reason.” on the
Sooial Democratic party of Germany.
Its growth has been wonderful, and if
it continues to increase for a few more
years will oontrol the German Empire.
The author of “In His Steps,” the
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, of Topeka,
Kansas, has had by Tbe Daily Capital,
•f his city, its entire outfit transferred
to him for one week. For six days he
will be i bsolute owner and edit and
manage the paper according to his own
■otions and ideas. “What Woald
Jesus Do”? is the way he will run the
paper and we are anxious to read it
during his week’s management.
Cry aloud, and spare not, until the
people shall awake to their danger.
The rights of the government, which
all have heretofore deemed is the poev
pie, have been usurped by the money
power through its henchmen, the two
old parties, until liberty is almost be
yond our roach. —Ex.
Speak unto the people that they may
go forward! Why stand ye here and
cry a o'd to be saved! Up, and save
yourselves!—Populist Journal.
From the actious of tho two old par
ties. they seem to care very little for the
rights of the masses.
A rain should be as conscientious in
his polities as he is iu liis religion. The
great trouble to day isthat meet of us
fexeixise very little conscience in either.
THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF GERMANY.
From Appeal To Reason.
Socialists everywhere point with pride
to the great social democratic party of
Germany. There ia no single feature
in European politics so interestitg, so
full of hope and courage to the socialist
heart as our magnificent party in Ger
many. As early as 1793 the great F.chte
wrote several works that were largely
socialistic. In his works we find such
expressions as: ‘*The only legitimate ti
tle to prosperity is labor. He who will
not work has no valid claims to the
means of life. He should not be allow
ed to sustain himself in idleness by ex
ploiting the production powers of an
other. Society owes to all the means to
labor and all must labor to live.” The
Utopian writings of Sk Simon and
Fourier were reprinted and discussed.
The‘‘Wandering Jew,” “Mysteries of
Paris” and such works were largely cir
culated and eagerly read. They pro
duced thought and discussion on the
growing social problem. Among the
early workers in the cause of radicalism
were Berr hardt, a journeyman tailor,
who, about 1838, became very popular.
Dietsch, another workingman, pub
lished a socialistic book in 1839 entitled
“The One Thousand Years Kingdom,”
which had great influence among the
wage workers. One of the first of the
noted agitators was william Weitling.
He lived the life of a martyr. He was
expelled from Germany, France and
several cities in Switzerland, and died
in New York in 1817. Prof. Wiukel
blech and Rodbertu? were men of great
learning, and wrote much on scientific
socialism.
In 1843 Engels published his great
work on the “Condition of the Wo king
Class in England.” Engels and Mart
met in Paris one year later and came in
contact with many of the leaders of the
“League of the Communists,” as the
working class movement was then call
ed.
In 1848 Mart and Ergels’ “Commun
ist Manifesto” was issued. The Revo
lution of ’4B was largely of a middle
class character, yet many of the social
ists took an active part in it. Comrade
Julius Vohnteich who recently died in
Chicago, and who was a member of the
S. D. P., of that city, lived in Leipzig
in 1863, and it was on his suggestion
that Fredinand Lassalle was invited to
advise the working class as to the best
moans far amelioration, and the best
program for propoganda. Lasselle.
more than to any other single man, is
due the rapid growth, the enthusiasm
and the solidarity of the S. D. P. He
was born in Breslau in 1835. After the
Revolution of 1848 he devoted himself
to literary pursuits and established a
great reputation as a learned and tal
ented man. At the congress of working
men held in the spring of 1863 in the
city of Leipzig, an organization known
as the “General Society of German
Workingmen” was formed and Lassalle
made president. He entered upon nis
gigantic work with tremendous enthu
siasm. He was a spleudid orator and
writer, and daring the next 15 months
he carried on a propoganda that is with
out a parallel history of the labor
movement in Europe. He was killed in
a duel at’Geuovs on the 31st of August,
1664. One month later the Intern ation
al Association of Workingmen was or
ganized by Marx, Engels aud their
friends, with headquarters in London.
What is known as tbe Lassalliau move
ment and the Marxist movement be
came divided in the matter of tactics
and for several years there were two so
oialist parties in Germany. It was
about this time that many independent
societies of workingmen wero organized.
In 1969 at a congress held in the city
of Eisenach, Liebknecht aud Bebel, who
were Marxists, aud who had been fore
most iu calling the congress, made great
efforts to unite the socialist forces.
They could not agree, however, with
the Lassallians and the Marxists at once
organized the “Social Democratic Par
ty-”
Iu 1871 this party polled 101.937 votes
and 3 later polled 351,670. From
IS7I to the present lime the socialists
have been bitt rly persecuted. The ef
feet, however, of this persecution wif
to unite the socialists into cue party
which was effected iu May, 1575, and
the two official organs were ewalganiat
ed into one, the famous Vorwaerts. At
this congress both parties made conces
sion iu the interest of a united socialist
partv. Having a united party the so
cial democrats now increased their agi
tation and their numbers with great
rapidity. Iu 1377 they were is;umg
thirteen da.ly payors, thirteen semi
weeklA, twelve weekly aud three bi
monthly, and besides this there were
fourteen trade union papers that gave
their support to the social democrats.
They polled in 1877, 486,843 votes. On©
year later their vote fell to 437,150.
This was due to the outrageous and
partly successful attempt of Bismarck
to place the blame on the socialists for
the attempted assasinations of the em
peror. Hoedel, who made the first at
tempt, had no oonneotion with any
party. Dr. Nobiling, who made the
second attempt, was a member of the
National Liberal party. Anew parlia
ment having been elected which did the
bidding of Bismarck, then commenced
the most cruel persecution. Socialist
papers were prohibited from being pub
lished. Sixty-seven leading democrats
we ordered to leave the city of Berlin
within two days. But Bismarck had
overdone the thing, and a reaction took
place. In the election of 1881 there was
a loss. But in 1884 the vote went up to
nearly 600,000 and twenty-four social
iats were elected to the Reichstag. In
the election of 1887 the socialists polled
793,128 votes, and the great city of Ber
lin, their vote was 93,335, or 49 per cent,
of the total vote. At the election of
1890 the social democrats a-^teuisned the
world by casting 1,427;298 votes and 3
years later they polled 1,786,738. In
1898 their vote was 2,200,000. or 400,000
larger than the next strongest party in
the German Empire. This is a phe’
nomenal growth* .indeed, but still
gre a’er victories are coming.
The social democratic party is a solid
organization, they vote as one man,
they are steadily gaining at each suc
ceeding election. The world has never
seen the like in a political party. Their
literature is as solid as their party.
They have 66 members in the Reich
stag. The Vorwaerts, the leading offi
cial organ of the party, published daily
at Berlin, has just published its finan
cial statement for the past year, show
ing the steady increase iu the strength
of the party. During the year 1899 five
new socialist newspapers have been
founded, miking a total of seveuty-three
party papers, two of them being comic
weeklies.
Tne Vorwaerts made a profit last year
of 64,677 marks. The total expenditure
was 333,307 marks as follows: Trials
and prisous .cost 7,741 marks, agitation.
4,470 marks, electioneering propoganda.
17,315 marks, socialist members in the
Reichstag 35,700 ;marks; saiarirs and
management of the journal, 14,743
marks; loans, 53,439 marks; assistance
to individuals, 23,301 marks; grants to
other journals, 53,434 marks; aud capi
tal investments, 95,060 marks. The so
cialist papers are owned cooperatively
and those that pay a profit aid those
that are published at a loss. The trade
union papers almost unanimously sup
port the social democrats. In face 95
per cent, of the trade unions are social
ists.
The socialist punishment sheet for
the year shows that the total terms of
sentences of imprisonment passed on
socialists amounted to seventy four
years an one month, while flues were
levied to the amount of 23,251 marks
One or two more elections aud the rev
olution organized twenty-nine years
ago will have made anew nation
of Germany. No power can atop its
progress or its final victory.
The two most famous leaders of the
social democrats are August Babel and
Wilh9mn Liebknecht. Lieb tnecht was
born in 1836, was a student of the Uni
versities of Geissu, Marburg and Berlin.
In 1850 he lived in exile with Marx in
London. He was made editor of the
Vorwaerts and in 1870-1 both he and
Bebel were sentenced to two years im
prisonment Bebel the famous author
of “Woman, Past, Present, and Future”
was born in Leipzig aud at the present
conducts a wood manufacturing plant.
The preamble of the party is quite
like that of all socialist parties. It de
dares for the collective ownership of all
the means of production and distribu
tion aud their democratic administra
tion. Their demands are:
1. Universal, equal and direct suf
frage by ballot in all elections for ail
subjects of the empire ovoi twont years
of age, without distinction of sex. Pro
portional representation, and, until this
system has been introduced, fresh di
vision of electoral districts by law aft
er each census. Two years’ duration
ol the legislature. Holding of elections
on a legal day of rest. Payment of the
representatives elected. Removal of all
r strictions upon political rights, except
ii the ca eof persons t nder age.
2. Direct legi latlon by the people by
means of the right o. initiative aud of
v to. f^elf-government by the people
in tne empire, state, province and com
mune. Election of magistrates by the
people, with tne right of holding them
responsible. Annual vote of the taxes.
3. Universal m l.tary’ education.
Substitution of militia for a'standing
army. Decision bv the popular repre
sentatives of questions of peace and war.
Decision of all international disputes
by arbitration.
4. Abolition of all laws which re
strict or suppress free expression of
opinion and the right of meeting or as
sociation.
5. Abolition of all laws which place
the woman, whether in a private or a
public capacity, at a disadvantage as
oompared with the man.
6. Declaration that religion is a priv
ate matter. Abolition of all expendi
ture from publio funds upon ecclesiasti
cal and religious objects. Ecclesiastical
and religious bodies are to be regarded
as private associations, which order
their affairs independently.
7. Secularization of education. Com
pulsory attendance at public uationrl
schools* Free educ ttion, free supply of
educational apparatus and free main
tenance to children in schools and to
such pnpils, male and female, in higher
educational instruction 0 , as are judged
to be fitted for further education
8. Free administration of the law
and free legal assistance. Administra
tion of the law by judges elected by the
people. Appeal in criminal cases.
Compensation to persons accused, im
prisoned or condemned unjustly. Abo
lition ot capital punishment.
9. Free medical assistance and free
supply of remedies. Free burial o* the
dead
10. Graduated income and property
tax to meet all public expenses which
are to be met by taxation. Self-assess
ment. Succession duties, graduated
according to th extent of the inherit
ance and the degree of r elationship
Abolition of all indi-ect taxation, cus
toms, duties and other economic meas
nres, which sacrifice the interests of the
community to the interests of a privi
leged minority.
For the protection of labor the Ger
man social democrats also demand to
begin with:
1. An effectual national and interna
tional system of protective legislation
on the following principle : (a) The fix
ing of a normal working day, which
shall not exceed eight hours.
(b) Prohibition of the employment of
children under fourteen years of age.
(c) Prohibition of night work, except
in those branches of industry which,
from their nature and for technical
reasons, or for reasons of public welfare,
require night work.
(and) An unbroken rest of at least thir
ty-six (36) hours for every workingman
every week.
2. Supervision of all industrial es
tablishments, together with the investi
gation and regulation of the conditions
of labor in the town and country by an
imperial labor debartment, district labor
bureaus and chambers of labor. A
thorough system of industrial sanitary
regulation.
3. Legal equality of agricultural la
borers and domestic servants with
industrial laborers. Repeal of the laws
concerning masters and servants.
4. Confirmation of rights of associa
tion.
5. Tbe taking over by the imperial
government of the whole system of
workmen’s insurance, thongh giving
the workmen a certain share in its ad
ministration. •
Jurors.
Jackson Superior Cou”t Grand and
Traverse Jp-ors drawn for February
Term 1900, by his Honor R B. Russell,
Judge of said Court, on the 11th day of
November 1899:
GRAND JURORS.
James H Kilgore
Milford C Herrin
John A Suddath
William G Barnett
David W Garrison
Elias S Brock
William S Edwards
Claborn L Harris
Elijah W P. Richey
James S Elder
John M Hawkins
Virgil A Kiblack
Thos 8 Johnson
Lovic B Prickett
John W Hawkins
Hugh A Carithers
Alford R Brase’ton
Henry S Segars
John T Strange
Samuel E Bailey
James J Sheppard
Henry C Barnett
John A J McDonald
Columbus M Thompson
George R Chandler
William S Mathews
Charles M Ellison
Thomas H Niblack
John A Segars
Thomas AMauldin
TRAVERSE JURORS—Ist We#k
William M Smith
William F Wages
Dilmus L Merle
Russell C Daniel
Harrison B Mathis
Henry C Doster
William D Wallace
John M Williams
Lude B Johnson
Allen L Venable
Asa S Tucker
Timothy T Doster
Richard B Shirley
Ford L Smith
William T Hamilton
William T Alexander
Ben H Collier
James T Oliver
John S Brooks
Russell C Carroll
Thomas C Hardman
Angel D Spelman
James M Hood
Thomas F Quillian
John M McEver
Arthor E Pittrmn
Roan Wall
James C Wheeler
Raford R Wilson
Johh T Strange
Middleton W Bradbury
Youug A Daniel
Thomas M Kenney
Charley M Barnett
August J McDonald
Robert J Moss
traverse jurors—2d week.
W B Tuck
William T Murray
William S Mize
Francis M Wallace
William B Mathews
Jasper I Wages
Joseph E Davis
William B MoCant
John A J McDonald
Kincheu S David
George W King
Pleasant O Pittman
James C Shields
Charley Freeman
James R Whitehead
William T Wills
James T Sisson
Henry P Camp
Elijah J Wilbanks
John A Moutgomery
Eugene C Whiteheaed
John B Patrick
Zack T Addington
James J Sheppard
Hugh A Tolbert
Simau L Grier
Job M Rogers
George W Conally
Pleasant A Stapler
John W Sanders
David R R Perkins
David D Kesler
Albom Bailey
William C Godfrey
John C Sims
Julias P Williamson
COLD STEEL OR DEATH.
“There is bat oue small chance to
your life and that is through nn °P
tiou, ” was the awful prospe. >•
Mrs. L B. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, '
by her doctor after vainly trying
her of a frightful case of atom mb t
ble and yellow jaundice. He dm t
on the marvellous power of Eier r. .
ters to cure Stomach and Liver tun
but she heard of it. took seven bo
was wholly cored, avoided .*
knife, now weighs more and
- than ever. It’s positive . - '
teed to cure Stomach, Liver and
troubles and never disapp-*
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