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THE REFORMER Ptblishkd Eve ay Friday Evening at FORT GAINER, QA. rORT OAINKK, OA., JULY 20. I«M. POPULIST TICKET. For Oovornor; J. K. HINES. For Secretary of State: Dr A. L. NANCE. For Treasurer: V. M. JONES. For Comj troller General: W. K. KEMP. For Attorney General: J. A. B. M’HAFFY For Commissioner Agriculture: ,T. B. BARRETT. For Representative Clay County: HON. R. M. BROWN. GORDON: THE FARMER. At last a farmor—a plain, cloth gallus, brogan shoo, copperas es farmer—has made bis appearance in the Senate of tho United States. His name E-, John B. Gordon. Georgia is nia native land; also Ala¬ bama. Wo know that he is a farmer be¬ cause) he said so himself. Her© are his very words, spoken a few days since: “I am a farmer, and only a far¬ mer !’’ This statement is clear cut and unequivocal. The easo could not have been more neatly put if the said John B. had slapped his manly chest, lifted his good right hand and solmenly affirmed, ‘.‘1 am a farmer, a whole farmer, and nolning but a far¬ mer, so help mo God.” During these troublous times it is infinitely pleasant to know that tho said John aftei various wander ings, and after divers and sundry ex¬ periments to find out what ho was good lor, has at last anchored him 'olf to tho plow and proposes, honco >rlh to raise lits Ebeuezor from tho .‘ sty cotton row. Boothed by the reflection, it seems . ed to realize that this gallant son itor, who rushed from tho lecture platform to tho White House to vol¬ unteer his services against Dobs and hU cohorts; and who then rushed in¬ to the sonat. > chamber to proclaim to all tho world that ho was a farmer, “and only a farmor,” is tho same gal la.id adventurer who has left bolnud him tho wrecks of so many confi¬ dence games. South Georgia saw mill and tho weeping creditors left in the lurch; southern book companies; southern life insurance companies; railroading in Florida; ditto in Alabama, aro a few of tho evolutionary stagos through which tho said John B. had to pass (with much grief to other people) before he could stand up in tbo United States senate and proudly announce, “I am a fanner, and only a farmer.'’ What boots it now to recall how the said John B. claimed to bo worth $10,000 per year as attorney for the Loubvillo & Nashville railroad f • Who would care to recall how his magnetic oratory in behalf of the dear old South won from tho legis¬ lature of Alabama the most generous charter she over granted to a rail¬ road, and how* the said John B. then put the precious documeut in his pocket and sold it to a Wall street syndicate ? What mattors it that he is the same sonator wh^, luring a foimer term introduced a ill iu behalf of tho Hunting* i railroads which Huntington -a i could bo pushed through f#r$8o,000r Who cares if indeed he be the same magnetic and chiyalric Gorden who went partners with Ben Butler in tho Tuscaloosa Land Company, and wrecked every man and woman who trusted it! AH these things belong to the in¬ glorious past—let them lie covered up in the woodshed. They are but the outgrown shells, tho cast off garment, as it were, in tne progress of the intrepid hav soeder who defies the whole universe to ersek a smile when he says: ”1 am a farmer, and only a far¬ mer.”—Daily Press. To the Hon. John B. Gordon: D*ar Jack—Your last speech has indeed filled our hearts with joy. Tho cup of our happiness is so nearly *•-’ f’: it we have juRt ordered an* other 'up. Wo have admired you at all toe Tawoufl evolutionary and imperfect of your progress to develop¬ W© regarded these flittings your* from one trade to another merely the preliminary touches of harper to each string, before he the chords into symmetrical bursts of music. When you danced frogi saw mill to sheep ranch, and from sheep ranch to a book agency, and from books to insurance, and from insurauco to railroading, and from thence to a railroad attor¬ neyship, and from thence to town booming, we smile our deep ap¬ proval because we knew that the humming bitd went from flower to flower before he could distill tho es¬ sence of all sweetness, and we knew that, as the humming bird, you were surejn the long run to hum. How could any sane man expect you, Jack, to be good at all trades, u iless they gave you a chance to try them all ? And what of it, if a georgeous miscellany of people lost every nickel they put into your various ventures? Hoes not tho oculist spoil a hatful of ©yes before ho learns the art of sav ing sight ? Does not the dentist ravage hun¬ dreds of mouths before ho learns to save teeth? How, then, could you bo expected to roach tbu climax of year career without strewing tho road with the wrecks of crude effort and abortive manipulations ? Out upen tho envious ! This is no time for carping criticism. Now that you have sheddod all imperfec¬ tions and stand forth in the radiant habiliments of a ‘‘Farmer, and only a farmer,” wo close tho record of tho past and look with watering lips to tho future. Dear Jack, stick to it! Don’t take back a word. Tighten the heel tap if need bo and run tho coulter still deeper You are on tho light line; push ahead ! Take 1’effer by tho whiskers and dent tho ceiling with him. Hold the fort—the balance us far¬ mers are coming. Send mo and tho old lady somo hayseod. • Yours truly, T. E. W. P. N— Kuojk Peffer’s head off, the country demands it. LON LIVlNvioTCN I HE GlDuONiTE. Some years ago this man courted old Mother Alliance and she became infatuated with him, and ho impreg¬ nated her with Peoples’ party ideas; after whicu tho Peoples’ party came fourth a healthy and sprightly child. From some cause or other al ter Liv¬ ingston was in congress ho became enamored with another young dam¬ sel who was called at that time Alli¬ ance Democrat, but she soon fonutl the gentleman out and turned him aside, so he is forced to inake-up with his first lovo. Then ho gets Grover Sherman Tom Reed Carlisle England to do¬ nate $200,000 for tho Atlanta Expo¬ sition, and at once ho brings the smiles of old lady Democrat to tho surface which had not been seen in the district since ho courted Mother Alliance. Tho old lady Democrat absolutely refused to allow his name to bo called in her household. But she is now ready to sell all her childrens birthrights because ho gave her daughter Atlanta, enough money to help her buy tho new style exposi tion bonnet. Now, understand, we do not object to Atlanta having this new bonnet. But if a Democratic mother has to sell the suffrage of the people to secure the money, wo think the of girl is about as debased as the (lideonite. If the Gideonite had used his . own money to have accomplished his foul and seductive purposes it might have not been quite as bad as it is. But he gets Grover Sherman Tom Reed Carlisle England to let him have their monev; he does not sav to them that he Will pay it back, but ho says substance this: If you will let tn^ , have the ,, , I make friends money can with old lady Democrat by giving daughter the money, and there we will capture them both, and if want the young girl Atlanta, can have her, and I will take old lady. Shame, shame! upon America’s Now, Mother Democrat, have a goodly number of galant who are ashamed of your ac and if you go sailing around in matrimonial carriage with this when he is arraigned be the bar of justice as n political it will bring the mantle of to your cheeks that will go you throughout eternity, KICKERS. Tho Dally Press.] The following circular is Vicing ex¬ circulated in the city. It fully explains itself: A PROTEST AGAINST THE NOMINATION OF W. V. ATKISOV. Atlanta, Ga., J uly 2 1894. Our Comrade:—The papers of this city, for party considerations* having refused to publish the following pro¬ ceedings, we have adopted this means of putting the matter before you Atlanta, Ga., June 25, 1894.—At an federate impromptu meeting ot tho Con¬ veterans, held this 25th instant, the following preamble and resolutions, introduced by B. F. Sawyer, formerly Colonel of tho Twenty-fourth Alabama regiment, and supported by hint in a temper¬ ate but ringing speech, were unani¬ mously adopted: Whereas, by a species of political hocus pocus, alike revoking to good morals and destructive of good or dor, . tlic ,, courthouse thiml • i i le-ricgeis, • yclept the “men who control,” hove ignominiously defeated for the gu Lo oeinatoiiat pin to rial nomination nomination that rnat dictin custin cnisbed (jioorgian, patriot- and sol dier, Gen.Clement A. Evans, whose onlv alleged fault was that in the tin,;,. times 41,.,4 tn.it 1r tncu ; f vA men . bonis „ on i= U ho A sci\ „ pvv o<\ his otato too faithfully in a cause that was losL and furthermore, feel ing that his defeat, thus compassed, is a roflochon upon the integrity and an insult to tho honor of t.ioso who served with bitn; therefore ho it Resolved. J, That we regard tho defoat i r . of c Genoial l^Yans i by tho methods adopted as an outyago not quietly Resolved, to be endured. 2, That we .call upon eveiy Gontouorato \ eteran, and all cions ot (.onfederate v eterans throughout the State, to rebuko the outrage by either abstaining from i.r ‘ voting ,• for n W Y. \r Atkinson, , - w , no.-.e greatest claim to distinction IS a magnificent moustache and a tliuo sand dollar fee, or else voting for his opponent, Don. James K. Hines, whose loyalty to Georgia and her defenders has never been questioned, and against whom it has never been saui that exacted U fcc^ Cl v!,(aj( from tho State while drawing regular pav in its service Resolved 3, That we urge ** all Dem Crats, whether , veterans , or not, , who , bolievo that honest methods sllOlild obtain in politics as well as in all other lino.,, to protest against tho nomination or Atkinson. On motion, the secretary was in- _ stl-ucted to furnish a copy of these resolutions to the city papers, with tho request that they bo published for the information of all concerned, R. W. Jones, Sfu’ret President T, J T 1 MpiY-HFlT occitt.U irv } ’ . WOMACK DOTS Womack, Clay County, Ga., M it. Editor: —I thought I would drop^you a few lines from this part of tho moral vineyard, which you you may publish if you see fit. Well, 1 will say everybody is well, I supposo from living in as healthy part of Georgia as thero is in the State. Tho farmeis down here have killed all the grass, but have reserv¬ ed a small patch up at Washington, which they thought they would save for seed. Wo havo nothing to do now but cuss gnats and pray for tho demo crats, and I don’t know which will do the most good, for both seem de¬ termined to shut his e\ vs, stop his ears, hump his back and try us again. But by October tbe weather will got cooler, and 1 don’t think wo will be bothered with them any •> more. There aro lots iess democrats than there aro gnats: did you evsr 0 f it ? Why, sir, they have to hold their meetings on our days to try to get a few to hear them, It looks like by jumping on our day, and im porting a railroad lawyer who wants to go to the legislature, and n few gallons of “tangle-footj” and all the wire working that they might have quoth a very good crowd, but it was to the reverse. The old party whip has lost its cracker, and the people have slipped tho halter and will not be led or driven any longer by tbe party that has betrayed them time and again thank God the people are using their heads to think with instead of using it merely as a peg to hang their hat on. 1 dou’t know of but two demo crats from Fort Gaines ‘ * to Blakelv iu several ... miles Ot this, the T> Liver Road, J and thank God t! ev live in Earlv county, , but , old « - Early t. , • • and , is coming, don’t you forget it! She has some half dozen or more preachers two or more doctors and one merchant at least, who are working for the Peo pies' party. 1 think the pops of Early -II set there. By the way Mr. Editor, what do you think when the democrats prora ises a farmer that if he will stick to them they will nominate him for tho legislature, but when the time comes and they don’t think there is any farmer votes to catch thev go back him and nominate a town lawyer, if it was mo, I would think it) was iu keeping with the party from 300 pounds of buzzard guts in the White House down to the street corner wire-puller. Mr. Editor, I see some are an¬ nouncing their names as candidates in your paper but they don’t say what party they are iu or whether they are independents, A demo eratie candidate onght to get the democratic vote; the Peoples’ party candidate ought to get the populist vote, and the independent candidate ought to get their vote. A man in no party is like the man who is a democrat because dad was one is a touch-me-not and the other a what-not. Well, I close by saving if this misses the waste basket I mar t v my luck again. Respectfully, S. G. READ AND REFLECT. Mil Editor: That r fed an abiding interest iu thegen erul welfare of the people of Fort Gaines £“) fcclv y ''™$ at home here km,wn among * mv l friends t . and sympathizers, I and being anything thus free the and easy, can sav or write m fear of God His that, will in ajjy righteous special wav blessing advance cause, or promote a to our poopic. little Therefore I cheerfully that ask you for a space in your paper 1 m;tv call the attention of the citizens of onreom nmmty to two things upon which depend Ike f future happiness, success viz.. and Religious progress 0 !iny < tnvn or community, and Educational advantages — Our churches and schools. M e would all rejoice to fee every legiti thp io £ n fiUed %v ith brighter LJs, and standing upon a more solid basis than over before. Yes, wewould rejoice to sec Fort Gain. 8 i-iae up in its true strength and put itself on a mvel. it not above* m every par ticular with anv town of it» size in South west Georgia. 'Thw can only be done in my judgement throught the means of educa. «l‘ d work. Tho eyeaof and .safe course. r J’he heads and hearts— especially hearts, of men and women must '»»* jEewselves, educated, this or they life can the uever prove to in nor one tocomo, ihat Jite is worth living. ouch people may have a fewungarded, and foolish on earth, but with this short life, their works will go down to the shades of oblivion, or °. ,, ly lin - er bel,in i ?n tl u : 11:emo 7 ? f ru 'f 1 - 1 1 vnin and spoil their lives! School and church work is what every town and community mostly need, With ont ^ } can f nl Y -^e a dark future, before £ think I can see a shed bright, its radiant now sun that will quickly tise and beams around us. Fo \ l Uahl( * s | s Wifully located God . has done much to give it a lovely natural appearance. Its river and railroad ad van ta ges; the fine farming lands that surround it, owned and cultivated by a very superior ed citizens, aud in fact every claim, other blessing Bible that our neighbors can day make it pos for it to see a better of greater en hari>i,)es8 * educational Yet, with all these blessings to stimulate and encourage, if we sit down and, fold our strong arms and rest in the ruinous and tin poverishing shades of do nothing, live to oat an d (!ftt to live, all of the grand possibil¬ ities lying out before us will pass away like the morning dews before the vising sun. Iam truly grateful for past advance¬ ments. We have not entirely slept over our rights, but we have fallen far short of the victory might liaye we might attained—we have won—the scarcely glory ought we to take time to look back. May all ourshorj comings, our neglect in tbe great work be¬ fore every man, woman and child, be hid¬ den foreyer in the light of future days - ]0iii!8 If we can only have the united, constant, earnest, intelligent efforts of tho whole peo¬ ple under the leadership of our great Cap¬ tain, our school, churches and town would rise like a long suppressed volcano, aud enjoy a blessedness, a name, a sweeter tone, a richer enchantment and purer do lights May than I we appeal have ever in the enjoyed before. of not name our splendid town; the in the name of the of our sons and daughters, future, and in the name Him sweet certain in name of who lives, that wc ma y liye for His glory, for such an effort. Go- \ is not purposeless. He m^ans something in all he does. Dear parents, if lie meant no more when he gave you that prattling boy, or girl, He certainly meant for you to do -what you could for the immortal, the thinking part—the mir, I and the soul of your child. You shou id i’c grateful for, and proud of the gift, and strive to put in quick motion the grand ele ments of manhood or womanhood that may be locked up iu his or her bosom. Who knows what powers may be conceal ed behind the mischievousness of your pre cions boy, or what sweet graces of woman hood slumber in the bosom of that but neglected girl. Our neighbors, seem wide awake to these responsibilities. Cole raan, Bluffton, Abbeville and others near our our doors doors are are fast last moving moving up. Shall we sleep while others work 1 Ne.ver. Let us be up and doing. Follow our examples, neighbors in¬ ? No; let us lead them. Let strides our fluences, and religious while encourage will still them to greater efforts, wc lead in the glorious work. The doors of our school will again soon be thrown open, let parents be ready to give it their hearty support, sympathy and en¬ couragement; fully cooperate with our teachers, do your whole duty and you will see happy results. But after all, the grand¬ est institution on earth; the one above, all, most precious and priceless— is the church of God. To it all men can turn for light, that is more penetrating than arthousand suns could be. Light that can and does shine shine into into the the darkesUcomcre darkest comers of of earth earth 'and and into into the tho gloomiest gloomiest sad sad eat est hearts hearts that that ever ever beat in human bosoms, Above all things let every Christian Christian turn tarn to tj> the the building building up up of of our our churches. churches. Make Make them stiong, bold and Consistent. Give to them them your your temporal tempera! support, suprort, your your influence, influence. Payers prayers and and unalterable unalterable love, love, and and when when you you lave ^heavenlv^vsian gone to the unseen 6 ^votwchildrenl^ft and unknown keldnd, win turn with pride and satisfaction for the lovely sunbeams of hope, of the school and church that papa and mamma loved, and toiled for, and imperishable which they fullv their left behind as an L. legacy, C. to loved ones, H. - ^SOXICE ’ JNX)TICE f Parties wishing to breed their S. mares to REBEL, the best SSuSfflf ££ Fee reasonable and satisfaction guaran¬ teed. Ward k Chambers. CHAMBERS & TEXMLEE Arc prepared to do all kinds of Car riage Wagon, Harness and General Black Smith work. Anyone having anything their interest to give them a trial. Shop near tho calaboose, Subscribe for The Kffobmr. ANNOUNCEMENTS. are authorized to announce J. B. ? V gia Bussey’s Senate, as subject ^candidate for tho Geor¬ to the action of the party, of Eleventh District. For Tax Collector. Thanking my friends for j;upport and be myself faithful before in the you future with a in guarantee the past, as as the discharge of my duties of Tax Col¬ 1 again offer my service, and resocet ask the support of the voters ox mv W. R, HARRISON. * I hereby announce myself for Tax Col¬ of Clay do manual' county. labor, I am physically should un to and the with people the of position, ('lav county I will see discharge fit to honor the of said office to the best of mv ability, H D. HAISTEN. For Tax Assessor. I of hereby Clay amraonco myself for Tax Asses r county, and if re-elected, prom is<i a fiiithful discharge of the duties of my their Thanking the voters of Clay for past support, I respectfully ask to remembered again. T, It. DAVIS. MELON CARDS. GEO. E, MARKS, JOS. KITTINER. MARKS & 1!ITTlN’Ki? . . . • • • • MERCHANTS, Whosale Fruits & Produce, Poydras Street, NEW ORLEANS. LA. Metropolitan Whitney Nat’i Bank Bank of New Orleans, La. of New Orleans, La. Ghas. J. Church & Co.. Bankers, Green¬ Mich. N. W. Mather, Banker, Howard City, Bradstreet's Mercantile Agency. — EDWARD BLTLSTEIN, — (Successor to Bcilstem & Spangler,) WHOLESALE PRODUCE Merchant, 531 Liberty St. Pittsburg, Pa. F. GUNN, PRACTICING PHYSIC!AN, jp€F*Offiec next to Wallerstein’s. J. M.JjATCHETT, Physician and Druggist, FORT GAINES, GA. Also nice line Statiotioy. School Books Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Perfumery All sizes gi asses eut. Prescriptions fille or night with accuracy and dispetch. $3 SHOE OUCLAS IS THE BEST, NO SQUEAKING. And other specialties for i Gentlemen, Ladles, Boys and Misses aro the rthr i Best in the World. ?' Seo descriptive advertise¬ LVw ment which appears la tuts i paper. Wk Take no Sabstltnte. A., k £-Y.r Insist on having W. L. DOUGLAS’ SHOES, gUpr stamped with name bottom. and Sold price by on A. M. WALLHIIUSTEIN. Rule Nisi. Maud R. Simpson, vs Clay March Superior Term Court, II. B. Wash. I8J4. Present, the Honorable James Griggs, judge of said court. It appearing to the court by tbe petition of Maud K. Siir.pson that Lord on the 1891, I7th H. < ay ‘ B. of June, in the year of our Wash of said county', made aud delivered to Maud K. Simpson to secure the payment of said instrument executed aud delivered to he: . .cu of mortgage, whereby he conveyed to '• lota of land Nos. 352,353, 362. and U7 1 ; acres of lot 163; all being in 7th Dis triet of Olay county containing said 725 H. acres, B. more or less, conditioned that if Wash should payoff and discharge effect, said mortgage according to its tenor and that then said deed of mortgage and said note should be void. And it further ap pearing that said note and mortgage <e main unpaid: It is further ordered, that said H. B, V ash pay into this court by the first day of the next term thereof, the prin cipal, interest, attorney’s fees show and cost due, on said Maud R. Simpson or cause to the contvaty, if there be any; aud that cn failure of said H. Bi Wash so to do. tho equity of redemption in thereafter and to said mort gaged premises be forever barred and foreclosed. If. E. Kennon, Petitioners Attorney. J, M. Griggs Judge S. C. P. C. GEORGIA—Ciay County.—I, J. W. Sut live, Clerk of Superior Court in and for said state aud county, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Rule Nisi gianted at March term 1894, of said court in case of Maud R. Simpson vs. H. B. Wash. SUTLIVE, This May S. 23rd, 1891. J. W. C. C. TYBEE RAILROAD. We beg to advise that the Savanngh & Atlantic R. R. (better known as the Ty ThiS? is being ™ repaired, and i°y last August, ^a^S^mer Gustos ^ heretic fore> Contract caI i b for t ]j e runn i ng of trains over that road on the 1st oi May. * 10 summer schedules will bo put ^in as soon <vs possible, duo notice which will be given. Conecctions are requested to prepare trip tickets to be placed on sale in previous years. W. F. Shellmak, J. C. Haile, Traffic Man gr, G. P. A FOR THE REFORMER! PEOPLES’ PARTY PLATFORM. AlloriKi) M THK OMAHA COXEEHEXCE OF 1.4BOKIXC* PEOPLE, JVL\ 4, 1892. ration Z^ °' ^ t ’° Watry ’ the The conditions which surround us best justify our ec-operaf Ion. We meet in tho midst of a nation brought to tho verge of “’V moral, political T’™"-»J*3So. and material ruin SZ Cor IK"Si.£2Kefs*; 't neb. b tT, I he people *?i“• are demoralized. f - Moat of tho States have c ,h0 voters at the polling places to prevent universal lntim Jilnn , „ -. l’* ., b 1 ho silenced, i°\ bnsin ss * 5 * prostrated, “©wepapom our homes are largely covered subsidized with mortgages, or muzzled, labor public turnover opinion ib.u il, and the lands concentrating in the hands of tho capitalists. The urban worV 'r he nght of ©vKaniration for Belt-protection; Imported pauperized hrt. }aboi bents down n their wages: a hireling standing airny, unrecognized bv is esdablwhed to shoot them down, and they our lawr conditions I ho fruits of the toil of millions are rapidly degenerating into European fmtunes for u few, unprecedented in the history are boldly stolen to build up colossal, ihi turn, despise of mankind, and rtio possessor* of sc, in tho republic and endanger liberty. From tho same prolific mode of governmental injustice we breed tho two great classes—tramps and million J h ,! na i io ,’! 1 po 7. Cr t< ! croa{p monoy 5s appropriated to enrich bondholders. A vast v _ t pubjic t , i{ debt payable , in legal tender currency has boon funded into bonds hereby adding millions to the burdens gold-bearing gold-nearing oin.rW" °LD PAimES of tho people smu, tho dawn of history, ARRATGNED.—Silver, which has boon accepted as coin gol.t by has boon demonetized to add to tho purchasing power of lnV!! decreasing the value of all forms of property, as woll as human labor, and rl . y °- c d » ri fnoy £ ispurposedly abridged to fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprises eonth C '. ' :, 2 oJ°„ V arK a | 18 . US rapidly y ; vn taking f t . c°nsplraey possession against of the mankind world. If has been met organized and 0 i two lir bo dC8 not overthrown , ' 1 f ^rriblo social convulsions, tho destruction of civilization, or tho istabhi.muent of . an absoluto despotism. ^ e J iCLV f v ' itlu ‘ SS0,J for more than a century the struggles of tho two great polit¬ ical •, i parties foi power and plunder, while grievous the people. Wo charge wrongs lmvo been inflicted upon that tho controlling influences dominating both these par¬ ies have permitted the existing dreadful conditions to develop without serious effort to prevent or restrain them. Neither do they now promise us any substantial lorm ‘ h, -y havo a 8 r0(Hl togethei to ignore in ro ‘ , j hey the coming campaign ovory issuo but one. propose to drown the outcries of plundered people with the of sham battle over the tariff, that capitalists, corporations, upronr n so national banks, rings trusts, watered stock, the doraonc;, ation of silver and tbo oppressions of tho usurers may bo all bo lost stght of. They p"opose to sacrlftee our homes, wires and children from timmilHonaireT° n5 t0 Jestro ^ t5 ° ,nultIlu do in order to secure corruption funds Assembled on tho anniversary of the birthday of tho nation, and filloi with the spirit of the grand gonoration who established our Independence, we seek to restore originated 01 *** °* tilC re P u ^ ltJ to tho hands of "the plain people,” with which o’osh it OVER.—We assert our purposes to bo identical with the purposes of tho national constitution—"To form a more perfect union, establish justice, in¬ sure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general wol tare and secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our postei ity.” Wo declare bat this repub he can only endure as a free government, while built upon th-o lovo of the whole people for each other and for tho nation; that it cannot bo pinned together by bayonets; that the civil war is over, and that every passion and resentment which grew out of it must die with it, and thut wo must be in fact, as we aro in name, one united brotherhood of freemen. country finds itself confronted by conditions for which thero is no precedent iu tno history of tho world—our annual agricultural productions amount to billions of collars In value, which must within a few weeks or months be exchanged for billions of dollars of commodities comsumed in their production; the existing currency sup¬ ply is wholly inadequate to make this exchange; tho results arc falling prices, the for¬ mation or combines and rings and the impoverishment of tho producing classes. Wo pledge ourselves that if given power wo will labor to correct these evils by wiso and reasonable legislation in accordance with tho terms of our platform. " ° believe that tho powers of tho government—in other words, of tho people should be expanded (as in tho caso of tho postal service) as rapidly and as far us the good sense of an intelligent people and tho teachings of experience shall justify t° the end that oppression, injustice and poverty shall eventually in the land. ' THREEFOLD cease DECLARATION.—While our sympathies as a party of reform are naturally upon tho side of every proposition which will tend to make men intelli¬ gent, virtuous and temperate, wo nevertheless regard these questions, important as they are, as secondary to the groat issues now pi easing for solution, and upon which not only our individual prosperity but tho very existence of free institutions dopond; and we ask all men first help us to determine whether we are to have a republic to administer before we differ as to the conditions upon which it is to be administered, believing that the forces of reform this day organized will never cease to move for¬ ward until every wrong is remedied and equal rights and equal privileges securely established for all the men and women of the country. Wo declare therefore: 1 . I hat tho union of tho labor forces of the United States this day conaumatcd, shall bo permanent and perpetual. May its spirit onter into all hearts for tho salva¬ tion of the republic ami the uplifting of mankind. 2. Wealth belongs to him who creates It, and every dollar taken front industry without an ctiuivolont is robbery. ‘If any will not w®rk, neither shall be eat.” The interests of rural and civic labor are the same; their enemies are identical. 3. Wo believe that tho time hasconte when the railroad corporations will cither own tho people or the people must own them, and should tho government onter upon the work of owning and conttolling any or all railroads we should favor an amend¬ ment the constitution by which all persons engaged in tho government scrvico shall prevent be the placed increase under of the a civil service of national regulation of tho most rigid character, so as to tional power administration by tho use of such addi¬ govornmeht employes. , .A A , The Planks of the Platform. 1. M e demand a national currency, safe, sound, and floxiblo, issued by tho gen¬ eral government*onljr, a .full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that without the use of banking corporations; a just, equitable and efficient moans of dis¬ tribution. direct to thQ people, at a tax not exceeding 2 percent., be provided, as set forth in thejsubtroasury plan of the Farmers’ Allianeo, or some better system; also by payments in discharge or its obligations for public improyements. d. We demand freo and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at tho present ratio of 10 to 1. b. Wo demand that tho amount of circulating medium bo speedily increased to not less than fp’50 capita. c. VVe demand a graduated income tax. d. Wo believe the money of the country should bo kept as much os possible in t he hands of tho people, and henco wo demand that all State and national revenuo shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly administered. c. We demand that postal savings banks be established by tho government for safe deposit of tho earnings of the people and to facilitate exchange. 2. Transportation being a means of change and a public necessity, tho govern¬ ment should own and operate the railroads in tho interost of the people. a. The telegraph and telephone, like the po&tofiiee system, being a necessity tot the transportation of nows should be owned and operated by the government in the interest of the people. 3. Tho land, including all the national resources of wealth, is the horitag# of ail the people, and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien own r-liip of land should be prohibited. AH land now held by railroads and other oor ; orations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens, should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. SUPPLEMENT TO THE PLATFOltM.-Whereas other questions have been presented for our consideration, wo hereby submit the following, not as * part of platform of the Peoples’ party, but as resolutions expressivo ot tho sent! a ont of thhh convention: f pledge 1. Resolved, ourselves That we demand a freo ballot and a fair count in all elections aiid to secure it to every legal voter without Federal intervention through the adoption by the States of the unporverted Australian or secret ballot system. applied 2. Resolved, That the revenue derived from a graduated incomo tax should be to a reduction of tho burden of taxation now resting upon the domestic iudufu tries of the country. 3. Resolved, That we pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union soldiers and sailors, 4. Resolved, That we condemn the fallacy of protecting American labor under the present system, which opens our ports to tho pauper and criminal classes of tho world, laws and crowds out our wage earners; and wo denounce tho present ineffective against contract labor, and demand the further restriction of undesirable immi¬ gration. 5. Resolved, That we cordially sympathize with the efforts of organized working, men to shorten the hours of labor and demand a rigid enforcement of the existing eight-hour law on .government work, and ask that a penalty clauso be added to tho said law. 6. Resolved, That wc regard the maintenance of a largo standing army of merco naries, known as tho Pinkerton system as a menace to our liberties, and wo demand its abolition; and we condemn tho recent invasion of the territory of Wyoming by the hiered assassins of plutocracy, assisted by Federal officials. 7. Resolved, That we commend to tho favorable consideration of the people and the reform press tbe legislative system known as the initiative and referendum. 8. Resolved, That we favor a constitutional provision limiting tbe office of Pres* ident and Vice-President to one term, and providing for the election of Senators of the United States by a direct vote of the people. * 9. Resolved, That we oppose any sudsidy or national aid to any private corpora-, tion for any purpose. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE m Daily Press, PUBLISHED IN ATLANTA, GA., BY HON. THOMAS E. WATSON. SUBSCRIPTION RATES' • <sr ONE YEAR. $5 «sr MONTHS