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THE REFORMER TcnatlD fivnt FMdat Evening at PORT GAINES, GA. * TORT QAINtS, Qfc, AUGUST 10, 1894 POPULIST TICKET, For Governor: J. K. MINKS. For Secretary of State: Dr. a. Ii. NANCE. For Treaanror: (J. M, JONF.S. Comptroller General: tV. ft. KEMP. Tor Attorney General: J. A. ft. M’HAFFY Tor Commissioner Agriculture: J. B. BARRETT. l*or Representative Clay County: Hon. r. m. brown. BEHOLD YOUR CANDIDATE! Now that Mr. Atkinson has formally nominated as tho bearer of the Georgia democracy, may b© weN to examine closely *eo what manner of man he is. In order to ho perfectly fa ; r, to avoid all appearances ot ness or partisan prejudice, wo only give tho ostimato which placed upon him by his own How he is sized up by tlie men are expectod to support him, and whose votes ho is to be electod, elected at all. The Augusta Chronicle of May says: ATKINSON’S RECORD. These points in Atkinson’s as a legislator are furnished by exchange that gives indisputable dence of their correctness. It is Atkinson’s record, puro and AGAINST OLD SOLDIERS. Mr. Atkinson in all his boasts of his love for the veterans, and of his efforts in behalf. How does this rocord |»ared with theso professions ? voted against the acceptance of Soldiers’ Home in any form: The house journal for 1889, 1003, shows that ho did not vote a bill to amend the acts in to disabled confederate veterans. AGAINST SCHOOLS. Mr. Atkinson dodged tho vote the bill to establish a xehool fund, aud provide for payment of the samo into the ury—House Record, 1890, 1094. AGAINST TIIF. FARMER. Mr. Atkinson is bogging the ers to stand by him. Why be do to. What has he done them ? Tn 1889 he voted against tho ction of fertilizers, * nod to protect the iraud and Record 1889, page 875. In 1889 Mr. Atkinson against a bill to a allow farmers t»!e»d failure of consideration purchase of worthless House Record 1889, page 1030. He dodged the vote on a bill declare all obligations to pay at tiey’s fees upon auy note or evidence of indebtedness void, unless a plea be filed by the defendant and aot sustained—House 1899, page, 1052. FOR FRAUDULENT BONDS. la 1893, while speaker of house of representatives, Hon, W. Atkins*n came down out of speakers's chair, and made a speech In favor of tfee payment of of bonds which the State had diated. FOR CORPORATIONS. Mr. Atkinson dodged the vote ihe important bill to enlarge fiowers of the railroad commission. That bill was considered by the railroad commission (n to enable them to protect the against unjust diacriminations and extortionate charges of railroads. The Dawson News of June 13th, sayst RING RULE. Some people seem surprised at the strength Col. Atkinson has devel¬ oped in this campaign, says tho Gwinnett Herald If they stop to consider a moment they will find no ground for snrpriae. It is a well known fact that there is a great ring in Georgia. It has b««o organized for four years, and is compose of leading politicians all over the state. Its footprints could t** soma four yww ago when the leg aiitmttw and entered ca tho election of .ts officers. Two years ago it had grown to such pro¬ portions that no man who was not in the combination could expect to bo elected to any office by the gen¬ eral assembly. This log-i oiling, horse swapping, trading spirit had complete control. Good men were defeated. Good men who saw that their only hope of success vfas in sharp trading retired from the race iti disgust This corruption was pub¬ licly denounced by the press at the time ns a disgrace to the state, and Rs the beginning ot the disintegra¬ tion of the party in the state. The great mass of the people who arc not informed did not behove ,it. They thought this iiue and cry came from disappointed men, but they were mistaken. The ring rule that controlled the legislature in the se¬ lection of state officers permeated eyery section of the stato. It was very appropriately referred to by Mr Atkinson in his circular as “the men who control.” Its organization is fouud in every county in Georgia today. It is not Atkinson, but the ring, that is handling the wires, and, shrewd politicians that they are, they are working it well. j-h-ery office from U. 8. Senator down, it is said, is pledged to men inside the combin nation, and if they succeed no man need apply for a place who is not in the ring. It is, a battle for tho con trol of the f-tato as long as the demo¬ cratic party remains in power. The gubernatorial contest has only served to show tho people the truth of the charge publicly made two years ago. It is well understood that if Atkinson succeeds tho combina¬ tion is a success; if he fails, it goes to the wall. Hero are tho words of the Consti¬ tution under date of June 1. THE YELLOWSTONE KIT, The Constitution has taken pains since the opening of the gubernato : rial campaign to give Mr. Atkinson fair treatment in its editorial col¬ umns. We have made no charges against him and, and have criticised him only as justified by facts, Wo havo published what others have said about him as we havo published what others havo said in his behalf Wo havo set forth our preference in a dignified way. Every reader' will bear evidence to this fact, and this in the face oi Mr. Atkinson’s vindic¬ tive and malicious campaign against Atlanta, in which ho has made a quixotic fight against an imaginary ring which ho and his claqu rs crea¬ ted for their own purposes. We havo been unduly tive in the interest of democratic harmony, and havo not discussed this man moro vigorously on the same account. But since he has thrown harmony to tho wind under the hallucination that ho has already “whipped General Evans,” ho must be met in his own manner and fed out of his own spoon. Ilis puerile attacks on Atlanta havo dono no harm tkau tho assault of the gnat on the cow’s horn No city can pros¬ per without encouraging the opposi¬ tion of a class of mean, selfish peo¬ ple, who abuse without cause and who live only to pull themselves up by pulling others down. We have been urged on several occasions to take a moro aggressive positiou against this curlv-headed, Yellowstone Kit statesman, but we have desisted uutil, iu the i nterest of democratic harmony, it becomes a necessity to meet him with his own we&pons, lest, by his vindictive course, he put tho party in a position where it will meet witu serious trou¬ ble in the fall election. Our proforcnce for General Evans has always been as pronounced as it is now. We know both men. Mr. Atkinson is daily emphasizing his unfitness for the office of governor. As a member of the legislature, his official functions were such that he could do but little harm to tho state, but, during his service, he demon¬ strated conclusively that he is not the man to merit gubernatorial pro¬ motion. Uo voted aud worked against allowing the oxtensiou of the Marietta & North Georgia railroad into Atlama at a time when it had the money in hand ready to complete tho work in thirty days. The result has been that the people between Marietta and the Tonnessee line are now compelled to pay almost double freight, express and telegraph chargos and the development of one of the richest sections of Georgia has been materially retarded. He was aotive in his fight agaiust the Twitty, bill because, perhaps, it might affect his fees. In a public speech at Columbus, Judge J H Martin, as honest and upright a judge as ever sat on the bench iu Georgia, declared ou his word a* a man-that Mr. Atbaseu a trade by which to exchange vote, as a member of the legisla¬ and that he, Judge Martin, not willing to meet Mr. Atkinson’s the latter voted against him. is the assertion of an honest upright man, and if Mr. Atkin¬ has denied it, we have not heard it. Mr. Atkinson has not only traded v - y • for the election of judges and’solicitors general, but vir¬ tually boaii?- ot it. He took a fee—we might say fees —while a member of the legislature, notwithstanding the constitutional inhibitation against one man receiv¬ ing double pay from the stato. In the special referred to there was so much doubt about the propriety of accepting tl»e fee that two law¬ yers had to be consulted before he was satisfied of its legallity. The question as to whether it was vvriit or wrong for him to deprive the r v ernor of Georgia of his information or assistance for the state in a mat¬ ter of vital importance, and which, as a member of tho legislature, came under his official observation, never entered his head. What he wanted was tho one thousand-dollar foe, and the constitution of the stato was no consideration so long as ho got it, for ho knew that he would not have to pay it back on demand, aud the moral aspect of the question has never to this day dawned upon him. It. was no doubt tho biggest fee he ever got, probably moie in cash than he had ever made in one year practicing law Wo make no vague statement on the subject, for what we say is based on the information of his law partner, Mr. P. S. Whatley, of New nan, who says so, and ho ought to know. This man wants to be governor of Georgia! In fact, a freak of his im¬ agination h.as ct-iised him to believe that ho is governor now and in an unguarded moment, ho has opened the vial of his wrath against every¬ body who has dared to oppose him, and has raised the lid of Pandora's box iu his effort to let out the devils of discontent and involve tho party in ruin, just so long as he cau be nominated. Of the 350 delegates to the guber¬ natorial convention, only about one hundrod have been elected, and not¬ withstanding Mr. Atkinson’s efforts to bunch his counties, General Evans has nearly one half of those already chosen. Yet this bombastic upstart announoes with the flourish and sol¬ emnity of an eastern despot that he has “whipped General Evans” from the face of tho earth—a man whose blood has beeu shed for the state of Georgia, a man who gave five of the best years of his life to her service, a man whose name is above reproach and whose honor and integrity are beyond question. Having whipped General Evans, Mr. Atkinson an¬ nounces now that he proposes to crush tho Constitution, and that he proposes to wind his coils generally around anything that is for, of or iu Atlanta. In s• • t<* - ** a governor of Georgia wo believe ti the people should turn their t'. • • to a man whose hon¬ esty, tice integrity, beyond truth, cavil virtue and jus¬ Is are Mr- or question. Atkinson such a man ? Let the record speak for itself. Through the dangerous machinery of his or¬ ganization ho has lit a fire at tho very foundation of democratic hope and the safeguards of democratic justice and democratic liberty, it is one of the principles upon which our free institutions are founded that every qualified man is entitled to one vote, aud yet, with the utterlv effrontery ignored of a the ward rights despot of he peoplo has the to sp v •: ot themselves, paign and has that based it makes his cam¬ upon the idea no difference how he gets the votes of a county, or whether or not the people are disfranchised, just so long as a delegation It this is policy sent which up for allowed Atkinson. five was voters in Coffee county to steal the vote of that county in the a meeting held thirty miles from county seat, and this is but one of dozens of other incidents of the same sort, Fannin being the worst. Will the people rise to their rights? Will they resent tne attacks being made on their liberty ? Do they realize the danger of the situation ? “Have you read affidavits?” asks the Clay County Democrat. Yes, Mr Dem¬ ocrat, the public has read the affidavits, and they are not affidavits of “pistol toters,” as you wonld have the reading public believe in yonr article. You are trying to mislead the peopla One of these men swears that he was oue of the election managers in Fanniu, another swears that he is a Justice of the Peace. Tox Bankston was one of tho delegates to the state convention, Dr. Carlton was another, Who howled them down ? CoL Hammond is a democrat, who howled him onfc of Fort Gaines ? Mr. Horace Moore, or this place is a demo¬ crat, who refused to pul lished his card? If this is the character of your democ¬ racy, don’t you think it is high time to throw a curtain over the whole business, retire to Buzzard Bay, where yon can enjoy the blessedness of your Father? Citation* To County; all whom it may concern: Harriet Goodman has in duo form ap¬ to the undersigned for a twelve support for herself and her minor Kosa Lee Goodman, oat of the Of Sattael Goodman, decease V I will pass on said application on first Monday in September, 1894. under my hand and offioial signa¬ this August 6th, 1894. R. T. FOOTE, Ordinary, STATE PLATFORM. Of the Peoples’ Party—Read and Reflect. Wo hereby renew our unqualified endorsement of the national platform of the Peoples’ party, and we favor in the State of Georgia the following reform: 1. The abolition of the present convict lease system which prosti¬ tutes to the greed of private avarice the State’s sovereign right to punish her citizens for violation of law. We believe the State herself should keep possession them of her prisoners public and should employ upon the roads and not allow them brought in com¬ pel “on with honest free labor. 2. V’ ver the furnishing of pri¬ mary s,; ol books by the State to avoid the burdens put upon our peo¬ ple by the frequent changes of text¬ books. We aiso favor the payment of the teachers monthly. 3. Wo favor the enactment of an unperverted framed Australian allow ballot illiterate law to be so as to or blind voters to receive aid in the preparation of their ballots, when they so desire, from the managers of election. practice, 4. We emphatically becoming condemn tho of late so preva¬ lent, of public officers accepting free passes from railroad corporations. We intend this condemnation to ap¬ ply to the executive, legislative and judicial branches of our national and state government. 5. Be ievinjf, as wo do, that these eternal principles are necessary to good government and to ihe preser¬ vation of our republican institutions: and, believing that a supreme neces¬ sity now exists for a determined and organized struggle against the cor¬ rupt hereby despotism of ourselver centralized wealth, this we pledge and invite anew tho to sacred task, we earnest irrespective co-operation of of all good and citi¬ zens, party: upon these united efforts in behalf of the cause of constitutional liberty we reverently invoke the blessings of Almighty God. H. Ellington, C. Chairman P.atform Committee. JURY LIST. List of Grand Jurors drawn to serve for Fall Term of Clay Superior Court: A C Sutton. A S Mills, J C Neavos, P Tinsley. R D Dozier, J T Jones. W H Mandeville, J E Womack, M W L Burney. Hobbs, J 8 R Belcher, Radford A A / Josh McLendon, J G H Uuattlebaum. J T Pritchett, W L Beard, W P Worth v, T C Sutton, E W N M McKeithan. Speight. J W F McLendon, Davis. C .T T P M Sharp, Killingsworth, T. J F M Porter, Brown, * B F Lokey, C V Morris. L J Day. B F Griuisley. Traverse Jurors for first week: J O Griffith, J H Hamilton. R II Duke, C T Humphries, T J Sanders, J W Foster, J L Hurst, J J Johnson, H T Flowers, J A Shaw, F P Garrett, J A Gasset t, Lewis J Harris, Hartley, II J R W Askew, H Moore, W D Kind say, S Sternberg, H J Long. J L Ward, Wm Fiiin, jr., A J Womack, W M Melton. J S Watson A S Brown, Jas Forrest, B P McKinnon, W II Pate. W T Crcddello, R M Brown, J A Murphy, E E P L La Ingram. Prado, C C Cooper, Frank Landon, R L McLendon, Tarverse Jurors for second week: H H Hart, J M Sanders, C C Dozier, Amos McLendon, O G Phillips, A W Parker, NJ Lewis, W F Smith, 1 J Farmer, jr., M H Crawford, B .T Dawson, J F Creel, J E Mitchell, J W Saveli, v'v J Perkins, J C Hartley. J A Harris, W E Lightfoot, J M Martin, C A Hancock, H A McKinnon, M R Watson; W F Morris, E E Royal, J I Ingram, Jno McKinnon, W H Jackson, Bela Jenkins, D B Jernigan, E S Jones, Thad Fordham, A M Holmes, J J Fulton, Jno Fain, W H Harrison, S P Creel. Saloon! J. L. HURST, Hancock St.. FORT GAINES, GA. Encouraged by the prospects of good crops, known tho and Proprietor of this well lishment, has popular estab¬ ordered, and has on hand, a large stock of WHISKIES. WILD CAT CORN, CHAMPAGNE RYE, WINES OF ALL KINDS, ICE-COLD BEER, TOBACCO A CIGARS. His friends and patrons are requested to call. aug 3 ANNOUNCEMENTS. WV-.'VWVWW VV\^AVVVVVVVWVNVVW W E Bussey's are authorized as a candidate to announce for the Geor¬ J, B. Democratic gia Senate, party, subject to the action of the of Eleventh District. For Tax Collector. placing Thanking myself my before friends for -with past support aud be faithful iu the you future a in guarantee to as as the past, in tho discharge again offer of my service, duties of Tax Col¬ lector, 1 my and respect¬ fully ask the support of the voters of my county. W. R. HARRISON^" I herebv announce myself for Tax Col¬ able lector of Clay county. I am physically should un to do manual labor, and the good with people of (Hav county see fit to honor me the position, I will discharge the duties of said office to the "best of my ability, H I). HAISTEN. For Tax Assessor. 1 hereby annuonce myself for Tax Asses¬ sor of Clay county, and if re-elected, prom¬ ise a faithful discharge of the duties of my office. Thanking the voters of Clay for their past support, I respectfully ask to be remembered again. T, K. DAVIS. MELON CARDS GEO. E, MARKS, JOS. RITTINER. HARKS & RITTINER COMMISSION . . . . • • • • 'MERCHANTS, Whosale Fruits & Produce. H3 Poydras Street, NEW ORLEANS, LA. References: Metropolitan Whitney Nat'l Bank of New Orleans, La, Bank of New Orleans, La. Clias. J. Church & Co,, Bankers, Green¬ ville, Mich. N. W. Mather, Banker, Howard City, Mich. Bradstreet's Mercantile Agency. — EDWARD BEILNTEIN, — (Successor to Beilstein & Spangler,) WHOLESALE -:- PRODUCE Commission Merchant, 531 Liberty St. Pittsburg, Pa. PHYSICIANS. D. F. GUNN PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, ^©“Office next to Wallerstein's. DR. J. M.JKATCHETT, Practicing Physician and Druggist, FORT GAINES, GA. Also nice line Ftationey. School Books Paints, Oiks, Varnishes and Perfumery filfc All sizes gi asses cut. Prescriptions day or night with accuracy and dispctcli. W. $3 L. Douclas SHOE NO IS SQUEAKING. THE BEST. And other specialties for Gentlemen, Ladies, Boys and Hisses are the M t Best in the World. r-f' See descriptive advertise¬ I'J ment paper. which appears in this Take no Substitute. gjl: Insist on having \V. L. k DOUGLAS’ SHOES, with name and price - ' stamped on bottom. Sold by A. M. WALLERSTEIN. Rule Nisi. Maud It. Simpson, vs I Olay March Superior Term Court, II. B. Wash. 1894, Present, the Honorable James Griggs, judge ot said court. It appearing to the court by the petition of Maud It. Simpson that on the 17th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1891, H. B. Wash of said county, made and delivered to Maud R. Simpson to secure the payment of said instrument executed aud delivered to iter deed of mortgage, whereby he conveyed to her lots of land Nos. 352,353. 362. and 117 1-2 acres of lot 163; all being in 7th l)is trict of Clay count” containing 725 acres, more or less, coudiu med that if said II. B. Wash should according pay off its and discharge effect, said mortgage to tenor ami that then said deed of mortgage and said note should be void. And it further a|> pearing that said note and mortgage re¬ main unpaid: It is further ordered, that said H. B. Wash pay into this court by the first day of the next term thereof, the prin¬ cipal, interest, attorney's fees and cost due on said Maud Ii. Simpson or show cause to the contraty, if there be any; and that on failure of said H. Bi Wash so to do. the equity of redemption in and t« said mort¬ gaged premises be forever thereafter barred and foreclos?d. R. E. Kennon. Petition©Ys Attorney. J, M. Griggs Judge S. C. F. C. GEORGIA—Clay County.—I, in and J. W. Sut- said live, Clerk of Superior Court for state and county, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Rule Nisi granted at March term 1894, of said court in case of Maud R. Simpson vs. H. B. Wash. SUTLIVE, This May C. S. 23rd. C. 1894. J. W. TYBEE RAILROAD. We beg to advise that the Savanngli & Atlantic R. R. (better known bavanDah as the Ty bee F R. ), running from to Tybee, Ga., which was damaged and by storm last August, is being repaired, will be in operation in time to handle the usual Summer business as hereto¬ fore. Contract calls for the running of trains over that road en the 1st of May. The summer schedules will be put in operation as soon as possible, du e notice of which will be given. requested to Conecctions are prepare round trip tickets to be placed on sale as in previous F. years. J. C. Haile, W. SHEI.LMAX, Traffic Man’g’r, G. P. A SUBSCRIBE FOR THE REFORMER! __... r^i&sxm&mmn titm*m :> PEOPLES’ PARTY PLATFORM. ADOPTED BY THE OMAHA CONFEKENCE OE LABOltlNG PEOPLE, JULY i, 1892. A SSEMBLKD upon the on© hundred anil sixteenth anniversary of the declaration JTX ot Independence, the Peoples’ parly of America, in their first national oouven moldconditions midst of a nation brought which to surround the verge us of best moral, justify political our cc -operation. and material We meet in the SISV.Smin^?f ^K te th ba rl[ box tho ruin, t'or ot ' legislatures, the congress, and touches cvcft the ermine of the v bench. u The people are demoralized. Most or the States havo Pf°M d 1o ls Vr! ll ° tho V()lors at th0 polling: places to prevent universal inthu ,K b ° ry « e ' v 5papers lire largely subsidized muzzled, fc j 7> T s ' pro8tratrd our hon,es covered with or public opinion »! m i nr :i n< Ju , <nu 'T raUn ’ in thc bands of mortgages, labor i ~ povor Vr denied , the ( ' S tho capitalists. The urba a work m n , are righ of organization for self protection; Imported pauperized a >or boats down tlioir wages; a hireling standing aimy, unrecognised bv our laws, :s established to shoot them down, and they are rapidly degenerating into European conditions, i ho fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind, and Hie possessors of these, in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty. From tho same prolific inode ui governmental injustice we breed the two great classes—tramps and million (III to, • The national powoi* to eroato money is appropriated to enrich bondholders. A vast . public ms debt , ,, payable in legal tender has been funded bonds, thereby adding millions currency into gold bearing FHL OLD to the.burdens of tho people. PAR TIES ARRAIGNED.—Silver, which lias been accepted us coin since • tho dawn of history, has been demonetized to add to the purchasing power of gold by decreasing the value of all forms of property, as well as human labor, and the supply of currency ispurposcdly abridged to fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprises ami enslave industry. A vast conspiracy against mankind has been organised o two continents and is rapidly taking i at U forebodes terrible possession of the world. If not met and overthrown once social convulsions, the destruction of civilization, or tho establishment of an absolute despotism. We have witnessed for more than a century the struggles of tho two great polit¬ ical , , patties .. foi , power and , plunder, while grievous have been the people. Wo charge that wrongs inflicted upon tho controlling influences dominating both these par¬ ties have permitted tho existing dreadful conditions to develop without serious effort to prevent or restrain them. Neither do they now promise us any substantial ro form - 1 have agreed together to ignore in tho coming campaign every issue but one . 1 hey propose to drown the outcrios of plundered people with the uproar of a sham battle over the tariff, so that capitalists, corporat ions, national banks, rings trusts, watered stock, the demonetization of silver and tho oppressions of tho usurers may bo all be lost, sight of. They propose to sacrifice our homc 3 wi’-es and children on tho altar of Mammon; to destroy the , from multitude in order to secure corruption funds the millionaires. * Assembled on the anniversary of tho birthday oT tho nation, ami filled with tho spirit of the grand generation who established our independence, we seek to restore the government of the republic to tho hands of “tho plain people,” with which e’ass it originated. THE WAR IS OVER.—Wo assert our purposes to bo identical with the purposes of the national constitution—“To form a more perfect union, establish justice, in¬ sure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general wel¬ fare and secure the blessings of* liberty for ourselves and our postot ity.” We declare that this republic cun only endure as a free government while built upon the love of the whole people for each other and for the nation; that it. cannot be pinned toget her by bayonets; that the civil war is over, and that every passion and resentment which grew out of it must die with it, and that we must bo in fact, as we are in name one united brotherhood of freemen. Our country finds itself confronted by conditions for which there is no precedent in the history of the world—our annual agricultural productions amount to billions of dollars 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 are falling prices, tho for mation of combines and rings and the impoverishment of the producing classes. Wo pledge ourselves that if given power wo will labor to correct these evils by wise and reasonable legislation in accordance with the terms of our platform. Wo believe that the powers of the government—in other words, of tho people— should be expanded (as in tho case of the postal service) as rapidly and as far as the good sense of ail intelligent people and tho teachings of experience' shall justify, to tho end that, oppression, injustice and poverty shall eventually cease in the land, THREEFOLD DECLARATION.—While our sympathies as a party of reform aro naturally upon the side of every proposition which will tend to make men intelli¬ gent, virtuous and temperate, we nevertheless regard theso questions, important RS they are, as secondary to the great issues now piessing for solution, and upon which not only our individual prosperity but tho very existence of free institutions depend; and wo ask ail men first help us to determine whether we are to havo a.-wpnbiic < v administer before wo differ as to the conditions upon which it is *;rbo administered J* 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. We declare therefore; 1. That tho union of the labor foreos ot tho United States this day consum&ted, shalf bo permanent and perpetual. May its spirit enter into all hearts for tho salva¬ tion of tho republic and the uplifting of mankind. 2. Wealth belongs to him who creates it, and every dollar taken from industry without an oquivolcnt is robbery. “If any will not work, neither v:.n ke oafchi The interests of rural and civic labor are the same; their enemies are id. ..: ai. 8. Wo believe that tho time has come when the railroad corporations will either own the people or tho people must own them, and should tho government enter upon tho work of owning and controlling any or all railroads wo should favor an amend¬ ment to the constitution by which all persons engaged in the government service shall bo placed under a civil service regulition of the most rigid character, so as to prevent tho increase of tho power of national administration by tho uso of such addi¬ tional government employes. The Planks of the Platform. 1. Wo demand a national currency, safe, sound, and flexible, issued by the gen¬ eral government only, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that without the uso of banking corporations; a just, equitable and efficient means of dis¬ tribution, thejsubtreasury direct to the people, at a tax not exceeding 2 percent., be provided, as set forth in plan of the Farmers’ Alliance, or some better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements, a. Wo demand free and unlimited coinago of silver and gold at tho present ratio of 10 to 1. b. We demand that the amount of circulating meclium.be speedily increased to not less than $50 capita. c. We demand a graduated income tax. d. We believe tho money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence wo demand that all Stato and national revenue shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly administered. e. We demand that postal savings banks be established by the 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 the interest of the peoplo. a. The telegraph and telephone, like tho postoffice system, being a necessity for the transportation of news should be owned and operated by tho government in tho interest of tho pooplo. 3. Tho land, including all the national resources of wealth, is the heritage of all tho people, and should riot be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien own¬ ership of land should bo prohibited. All land now held by railroads and other cor¬ porations in excess of their actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens, should be reclaimed by tho government and held for actual settlers only. SUPPLEMENT TO THE PLATFORM.—Whereas other questions havo been presented for our consideration, wo hereby submit tho following, not as a part of tho platform of the Peoples’ party, but as resolutions expressive ot the sentiment of this convention: 1. Resolved, That we demand a free ballot and a fair count in all elections and pledge ourselves to secure it to every legal voter without Federal intervention through the adoption by the States of the unperverted Australian or secret ballot system. 2. Resolved, That tho revenue derived from a graduated income tax should bo applied to a reduction o! tho burden of taxation now resting upon the domestic indus¬ tries of the country. 3. Resolved, That we pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union soldiers and sailors. the 4. Resolved, That we condemn-the fallacy of protecting American labor under present system, which opens our ports to tho pauper and criminal classes of tho world, and crowds out our wage earners; and we denounce the present ineffective laws 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 dornand a rigid enforcement of the existing eight-hour law on government work, and ask that a penalty clause bo added to the' said law. 6. Resolved, That we regard the maintenance of a largo standing ariry of merce¬ naries, known as the Pinkerton system as a menace to our liberties, and wo demand its abolition; and we condemn the recent invasion of the territory of Wyoming by the hiered assassins of plutocracy, assisted by Federal officials. 7. Resolved, That we commend to the favorable consideration of the people and the reform press the legislative systqm known as tho initiative and referendum. 8. Resolved, That we favor a constitutional provision limiting the office of Pres¬ ident and Vice-President to one terra, 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 Daily Press, PUBLISHED IN ATLANTA, GA., BY HON. THOMAS E. WATSON. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: