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CAN'T BE FOOLED.
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HONESTY OF OUR CAUSE AND
OF OUR PURPOSE.
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Thc rnterrined popuiuts Carrying on a
Campaign Which challenge* the a«i
miratlon of All—Education the Weapon
with Which We Will Win.
For yearB and years a courageous
band of independent political thinkers
has kept up its organization outside of
the two great parties. Its members
have fought unflinchingly on new lines
of reform. They have been pelted with
the epithets “anarchists,” socialists,”
calamity howlers, “cranks,” "ex
tremists,” etc., etc.; but in spite of it
all they have fought their way to the
f roD t
Their numbers grew until they were
nearly doubled at last November’s elec¬
tion. notwithstanding the "landslide”
which swept away whole squadrons of
the Democratic organization—with the
curious result of adding but little to
the hosts of Republicanism. The old
guard of the- People’s party stood like
Wellington’s famous “hollow squares”
at Waterloo, with no thought of sur
render; and when the roil of states was
called after last fall’s election it was
found that tho Populists had Increased
.. thelr , Strength ,, nearly , , two to . one
Is it to be supposed for moment that
the men who have won such a strong
posltion are going to abandon . -an
Populists trust the Republican patty,
after looking over the history of the
past thirty years? Will they fall in
line with tho Democracy and march
alongside politicians who, like Voor
hees, have but recently betrayed the
people? The men who have come up
through much tribulation, who have
been sneered at, scorned, abused,
howled down, slandered, are riot to be
placated by passing a few resolutions.
Many may object that there la too
much timber in the Omaha platform,
who never have read that platform,
and do not know what It contains;
much less have they studied the sub¬
jects of which the Omaha platform
speaks. The people are going wild over
“Coin’s Financial School,” a book that
Is selling by the hundred thousand, and
yet there is nothing new in tho hook,
taking it from beginning to end. Every
Intelligent Populist has known tho
whole argument of “Coin” for years,
though he recognizes with satisfaction
that the book tells the story In the very
best manner possible. Your true Pop¬
ulist studies all questions, and tries to
reach bed-rock. The silver question Is
one, and only one, phase of the money
question.
How can you expect a Populist to lay
all Ills ideas on the shelf; to put aside
his deepest convictions; to forget all
the sneers and snubs of the past; to
cast his lot with tho advocates of a sin¬
gle issue (and a minor one at that); and
to fight under the leadership of men
whose standard-bearers, part of them
it Wall street ? US
' The People’s party will not turn
aside front Its principles. Its members
will not smother their honest convic¬
tions --they cannot if they would.
They believe that tho Omaha plat¬
form is objected to because It is not
well understood; that Its principles are
heartily hated by the money power is
a good reason for standing by them.
An old party that does not begin its
campaign of education by kicking out
tho biggest ami fattest gold-bugs is not
a party of reform tt cannot bo.
An old party whose local loaders find
no words but those of contempt foi tho
men and principles of the People's par¬
ty, is not an inviting shelter for Popu¬
lists.
An old party whose loading newspa¬
pers defend the gold basis is a party of
the money power, to all Intents aiul
purposes, and Populists so understand
it.
An old party that holds alt Its re¬
form measures secondary to party har¬
mony and partisan cohesion, lias too
much of a hankering for the pie coun¬
ter- no Populist need apply.
In short, an old party whose heelers
and wire-workers favor n let-alone,
wait-and-see. fallow-ground „ ,, . policy of .
delay cannot hope to secure the eo-ope
ration of the Peoples party in 189ti
In any way, shape or form.
One thing must be borne in mind
That no man can be elected president j |
of the United States iu 1896 in opposi¬
tion to the candidate of the money I
power unless he secures the full vote
bf the People's party. 1
You may figure out the program a
you please, but don't leave the fotogo- [
lng item out of your calculations.- No I
vada Director.
ittiprurUcal, 1- lrr i
So you oppose Populism and Social- j
isw because they are impractical, do
you? Of course your system now in
vogue is practical!! Starvation Is prac
tlcul! Robbery is practical! Embezzle
ment is practical! Malfeasance is prac
tioatl Suicide is practical! Murder is
practical! Burglary is practical! In- I
sanity is practical’ Arson L pr%::.\'il:
Strikes are practical! Riots arc practi
cal! Freezing is practical! Hunger is j
practical! Poverty is practical! All
the crimes are practical, and all tbe
virtues arc Impractical!!!! That is
right—vote for the system whose prod
tu t is nothing but crime, and call peo
pie dangerous who present you a sys
tem to support under which there would I
be no incentive to crime. You are prac¬
tical!- -Coming Nation,
l-'or more than a quarter of a century
the financial policy of the government
has been crowding wheat, corn, cotton
beef, pork and other commodities into j
the dollar. That thing's going to
change soon: dollars will be crowded j
into wheat. «'ora, cotton, etc., and then
will we have prosperity, and the pea- j
pie will rejoice.
NOTES AND COMMENT.
Organization is a most important
factor in the campaign. Ail depends
on the enlightenment ot the people and
the best results can only be secured
by thorough organization. In this con
nectlon especial attention is called to
the request of Commander Van Der
voort for Legion scouts. There should
be an unselfish devotion to the work,
and true patriots should volunteer to
push organization. Write to head¬
quarters, secure Instructions and then
take a scout among the people.
U. S. Hall, whose “cuckoo’' pin feath
ers are now beginning to make quite
a show, had this to say in a recent
Interview with a Washington city re
porter: “Above all things, there must
he no disorganization in the party, and
disorganization would be threatened
by any action now upon the silver
question. We are certain to have good
crops. Our corn and wheat both prom¬
ise an abundant harvest, and when we
have gathered and sold our products
we can take a day or two off and talk
over the financial question.” “Iiiley,”
no doubt, would make the question
non-partisan.
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Massachusetts is waking up to the
importance of having good roads. She
has a special commission to look after
her roads and the legislature has ap
proprJatcd $300i000 for the purpo8e . Of
f:oum , th , H the rankeBt kln d of
p , Uf , rnall8m but lna8much „ , t is b e
| n g practiced liy the old parties who
bave n ,, vor read up on the subject they
don . t know , t , lm| .. whore ignorance is
b „ g8 - tIs folly t0 bc wiae » The ex¬
p(!ndUure of thl „ sum of money will
givo employment to many a man that,
needs it and everybody in the state,
will bo benefited thereby. Other states
should follow the example set by Mas¬
sachusetts.
It is said that the Stock Exchange
list of London shows $37,500,000,000 of
securities, of which $ 10 , 000 , 000,000 are
of foreign countries, and pay interest
find dividends to the extent of $000,
000,000 annually in gold. Since a gold
standard makes" an honest dollar” that
will buy much of the products of labor
It is easy to see why England favors
the gold standard. England dictates
the finances of the world, and her rule
would not be more arbitrary, nor more
expensive, if she had troops quartered
in every country that permits her to
dictate the finances, if Grover Cleve¬
land had thrown open our ports and
permitted the landing of British troops
we would not be as much under her
sway as we are now, nor would it have
jeen any more humiliating.
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Paul Van Dorvoort, comrnander-in
hief of tho Industrial Legion, has pre¬
pared a beautiful certificate of mem¬
bership in the People's party and tho
Legion which ought to be in the home
of every Populist. It is one of the fiiost
beautiful designs we ever saw and is
l', 1 ,' B(md
j j tificate and a lot of Populist literature
out for $1. Tho money thus raised
will go toward extending the organiza¬
tion of the Legion. We, sincerely hope
that every Populist who can possibly
raise one dollar will send it to Brother
Van Dervoort. and obtain this certifi¬
cate and help along the work of or¬
ganization. We have a half a million
men in our ranks that could easily
spare a dollar for this purpose, and we
hope they will respond promptly. With
i well organized Legion we need have
no fears of traitors within or foes with
rut. The Legion is our guard against
both. Address Paul Van Dervoort,
station U, Omaha, Neb.
Since the death of Secretary Gresham
the many good things be did are com¬
ing to light. One of the Incidents of
his judicial career that has been re¬
vived is his connection with the ap¬
pointment of a receiver for the Wabash
railroad in Illinois. Judge Gresham
told the story briefly in the following
words:
“My order was acquiesced in at the
time, but It failed to please a great
many railroad people, it threw a side
light on the transactions of the Wabash
whii , h , h( , v m not liUc . Tho rom i hotl
t)0(>n running , )ehlnd for years. It was
iu debt for interest on its bonds, and it
owed for its taxes. To the astonish
incut of all concerned, and myself too,
my receiver for that piece of the road
running through Illinois made a profit
of a little over $4,000,000 in two years,
years. We paid the taxes of the road
of a little over $4,000,000 in about two
and made a big hole in the interest, as
well.
The subject of building a new rail
road across the continent on a co-opera
tive plan, utilizing the millions of idle
workmen in tho country, is being dis
cussed. The preparatory steps have al
ready been taken and Walter Vrooman
of Baltimore, Md., has been chosen
president. Now, if the different work
ingmen’s organizations will lend a help
ing band they can find a way to strike
corporate monopoly that cannot be „set
aside by Jim Crow decisions of Dog
berry courts. Tho Western Federation
of Miners have a half million dollars
in their treasury which might better
he expended in an enterprise of this
kind than in a fruitless strike. The
railroad companies hold the key to the
situation of the mining industry. With
the people operating a great trunk line
end tapping many mines, not only the
rates of transportation but the price of
coal an,! other commodities could be
greatly reduced. If all the labor or
ganizations would take hold of this en
terprise it could ! e -.nade a succt ss and
llu ' way paved for the extermination
jf private monopoly of public utilities,
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THE PRODUCT OF GOLD STANDARD LEGISLATION.
THE MASK UNLOVED.
TRUTHS OF POPULISM COMING
TO THE FRON
Not No Much Talk Nowaday Jbont tho
\VI1<1 Calamity Howl »—T L Cilia mi
ty C ame uh Predicted So if j Victory
Como to People'** Pa rtj Bf
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When Populist spe 1 rs fh ’92, ’93
and ’94 arraigned the natpfl?! bank
ing system and exposed tfl$^ aw|I) rmin allze(1
robbery of tho business S
interests of America part)^^HjjMB^I| by^flft s jgna!
bankers, the old
flounced us, and branded bowleg®®!
Ists and calamity
When tlie Populists monel
tional banks goi
SJifW, the old party ■ meed
us as liars.
When wo proved thnB trmers
were forced to pay fret® mJHHf.ho H 50 per
cent for tho use 0l old
party hacks denounced stirrers
up of strife, and the Dom®Hic press
of Georgia, with an m roK^*unanim
ity, defended the nuts u,,il bankers.
We told the people that tho national
bankers deposited an interest-bearing
bond with the government; t#e govern¬
ment issued the bankers money at 1
per cent, exempted the bond from tax¬
ation, and in addition thereto pa.d the
bankers to loan money direct to the
farmers, but we couldn’t hammer tho
facts into the heads of the country
merchant and the farmer.
Wo told them it was legislation in
favor of a class and would result in
slaving tho merchant and the farmer,
hut tho old party hacks and news¬
papers stuffed the ears of the merchant
and farmer with moss-baekism, negro
domination and white supremacy, and
our warnings went unheeded.
But wo never faltered. We knew
we were right and believed that the
time would come when our course
would lie vindicated—-when the mas¬
querade of the bond-holders would end
and the maskers would be forced to
unmask.
Tho average reader—we care not
what his polities may be—-must admit
that our arraignment of the national
banking system was just and true.
and the fulfillment of our predictions
j s near at hand,
We publish on our first page extracts
from a New York correspondent of the
Constitution wherein the enormity of
the national bank system of robbery is
fully disclosed.
Every reader should remember that
the money these bankers propose to
loan is based on government bonds, and
the bonds are based on the private
property of the man who is forced to
borrow, that the banker gets the money
from the government at 1 per cent,
and the man whose property is pledged
for the payment of the goverment’s
debt has to pay from 12L? to 50 per
cent to the banker for the privilege of j
using Every his reader own money. should remember that j
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the Populist party was organized to
extirpate that system, and that the ]
Democratic party approves and fosters j
ike system by legislativ acts.—People’s I
I arty 1 aper. ( i
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Th-.»t Cn-Opi>native Railroad.
The railroad organizations can easily
build a railroad across the continent,
if they will organize it on a basis that •
will guarantee the public against ex- | !
tortion. Let them pi in deeds to
right of wav a cuarar.i o of not over !
1 cent a mile, passenger rate, and not I
aver one-half present freight rates, that
no officer shall draw over $3,000 a year, j \
th at the road shall never be stocked
for over a specific sum per mile,’ nor
be bonded for over a specific sum, and
that when the expenses shall be paid
and 4 per cent paid on the actual outlay
t0 construct and equip, that all sur¬
plus shall be paid into the school fund
of each county according to the mile¬
age, and a right of way, and donations
of land, labor, ties and bonds will be
given such a road enough to build and
equip it where it goes through a set¬
tled country. Put out stock at $10 a
share, to pay for labor and material
in stock, and these $10 shares, made
small for convenience, will soon be cir
culating equal to cash, will help com
merce, and if they ever pay 4 per cent
dividends, which the£ will do If no
watered stock is permitted, they will
at a premium. Millions of people
wln take a fow shares of stock in such
a railroad, if it has no railroad mag¬
nates at its head and . such provisions V maK«!
u tea cadi iu oi •
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it impossible for them to manipulate
Tt. All the railroad organizations go¬
ing into it will soon get the assistance
of other labor organizations and farm¬
ers. Land on such a railroad would
be worth from three to ten times as
much as the same land on one of the
present robber railroads, where it takes
all the crop and labor to get it to
market. If it wmsn’t that Debs
should be made president of the
United States he should head such a
company. There are many unselfish,
well-known men who would lend their
aid for the good it would do. Agitate
Later.—Since the above was written
I notice the company has been organ¬
ized and Walter C. Vrooman of Balti¬
more, has been elected president.
Vrooman is all right, and will make it
a success.—Coming Nation.
TAUEENECK HEARD FROM.
Tlic rcoiilc’s Party Is Common (trouiel
for All Silver Advocates.
W. W. Mullins, Nashville, Tenn.:
Dear Sir—Your kind letter, with clip¬
pings, in regard to the dispatch sent
from Indianapolis to Chicago was re
ceived yesterday. No. There is not one
word of truth in the report. I defy any
person to prove that I ever publicly or
privately favored the idea of Populists
joining the silver Democrats. I have
spent too much time and work to get
people to leave the old parties and I
shall not only not raise my hand to get
them to go back, but shall do all I can
to prevent them from doing so. I have
always been in favor of making the
fight on the money question unencum¬
bered with details or side issues and
recent events have proved that I was
right. The money power for the first
time realizes that a great conflict with
the people confronts them and now is
tbe time to meet them on their chosen
ground. Secretary Carlisle’s speech at
Covington. Ky., indicates that they
don’t intend to yield one inch. Let us
push the money question to the front
and hold other issues In abeyance until
this is settled. I am in favor of unit
i ng a n tlie people opposed to the gold
standard and banks of issue into one
party, under one bannei*. and on one
platform and candidate in 1S96: but it
{§ impossible to do this in either the
Democratic or Republican parties. It 1
would be a waste of words to discuss
eh a proposition. At present, the i
who are opposed to the gold trust
divided into four hostile camps. If ;
can be united next year the vic¬
is won. but If they cannot, the
for ’96 is lost. In my opinion
Feople’s party is common ground
which all these elements can
With best wishes for the sue
of our cause. I remain, fraternally
H. E. TAUBEXECK.
If all history don’t lie plutocracy
go if it requires force to make it
!
CALDWELL FOR SILVER.
Another Prominent Republican for
Fopulist Platform.
Hon. Henry C. Caldwell, senior Unit¬
ed States Circuit Judge for the Eighth
Judicial Circuit of Colorado, first made
District Judge by President Grant., and
promoted to the Circuit Judgeship by
President Harrison, wrote a letter
under date of St. Louis, April 30, to an
old army friend, now in Denver, in
which, among other subjects, he speaks
freely and frankly upon the silver ques¬
tion. The letter was written without
any supposition that any part of it
would bo given to the public, but the
friend to whom it was written, who
is an ardent silver man himself, as¬
sumes the privilege for the sake of tho
good cause to make public a part of
what the judge writes .about silver,
judge CaldweR’s utterances are bold,
clear and unequivocal. The following
is from the letter;
“The country is about entering upon
another struggle'for the protection of
the rights and the promotion of the in¬
terests of the laborer and producer,
which is, in my Judgment, of even more
moment than the first. I have been
surprised that the issue has been
so long delayed. Tho fight ought to
have been forced years ago on the lino
of absolute and unqualified free coin¬
age of gold and silver at the ratio of 16
to 1, without regard to the action of
England or any other foreign power.
If we are subservient to England in
our financial policy, why not in other
matters? The financial policy of a na¬
tion determines its strength and pros¬
perity and the nation which consents
that another and competing nation may
regulate its financial policy will find
its producers impoverished and its in¬
dustries destroyed, and the nation itself
will soon be little more than a mere
dependency of the power to which it
surrendered the most vital function of
government. If we are not capable and
able to establish and maintain our own
financial policy w r e ought to haul down
,Q[ d Qj or y > w Ri C h you fought to gal
j an riy uphold, and turn the government
over Q Pe en Victoria, or ask Canada
to annex us. The president has thrown
down the gauntlet of battle. I trust
the silver men in ail parties will take
at up. I am happy in the belief that
platforms which mean anything or
nothing on the silver question, will in
the future go for nothing with the
members of all parties. The people
have been deluded and deceived until
their eyes are open. There has sprung
up among them hostility to such plat¬
forms, which the empty and perfidious
hypocrisy of set phrases never fails in
foe end to inspire.”
Crime To Be Poor.
In tbe i oca i report printed in the
Nashua, od'the N. H.. Telegraph of May 17, is
no t; C sentence of an embezzler
an d thief to six months in prison, while
four men, not guilty of any crime, ex
cept an empty purse seeking work
were given one year in prison! It is
uiore of a crime in New Hampshire
b g a homeless wanderer than a self
CO nfessed criminal. I trust that the
judge and the law makers will live
gee t b eir own sons and daughters re¬
^eive the same sentence for being un¬
fortunate. A more hellish system was
never conceived in the minds of men.—
(j 0 ming Nation.
The Peopl 's party is in favor oi
coinage of silver at the ration of 16 tc
1. and opposed to banks of issue and
interest bearing bonds. That is the
platxorm of the new silver party. Now
where is the use of two parties in the
field and advocating the same things?
Why don’t the free silver men join ths
Peoples party? Why? That’s the
question, and it is an important one.
THE BUGLE CALL.
GET IN LINE AND LET THE
WORLD KNOW If.
Gen- Tan Dervoort Calls tor Volunteers
Willing to Help and to Stand Vp and
Be Counted—Must Act Now—A Strong
A p pleat.
We have now ready a beautiful cer¬
tificate of membership in the Legion
and People’s Party. It was designed by
John W. Moakler, of the Executive
Council, aided by his wife. It will dec¬
orate any parlor, adorn any home, and
be a pride to everyone possessing it.
Great trouble seems to be impending in
the nation. The Attorney-General, Su¬
preme Judges and newspapers predict
it. One of these certificates may be of
priceless value in a short time. At any
rate it will show that you belong to tho
great army of patriots who are fighting
the battle for humanity, and in years to
come money could not buy one. Sup¬
pose the Peter Cooper veterans had
such a testimonial. This certificate is
sngraved, has a beautiful figure on its
face that typifies our platform, and
shows the union of the west and south,
it will have a silver seal, with Finance,
Land and Transportation stamped on
it, and we will give as a premium to all
ordering early my book, Case for Bi
metalism, a Legion button, address at
Kansas City, with picture, and with
first 100 Peffer’s great report on agri¬
cultural depression. The premiums are
worth the cost of the certificate, which
is $1.00, to be sent in all cases in money,
money orders, or express orders—no
ihecks—and addressed to Paul Van
Dervoort, Station B, Omaha, Neb.
A liberal commission will be allowed
recruiting officers, Legion scouts, and
county, city and state committees can
help make a campaign fund by han¬
dling them; also the press will find it
profitable.
As soon as you see it you will have it,
and to those who cannot afford it we
say, go out and take five orders and wo
will send one free. Anyone can do
ihat. We must have money for this
work and for 1896. If the members of
our party will use self-denial and take
this certificate and canvass for it, we
can raise it. The 10 cents entrance
fee, 10 cents annual dues, and the in¬
come from this certificate should raise
this money, It will if you want to win.
You throw away on useless objects the
money we need.
It is well known that I have given all
my time and of my family without a
dollar pay. We are out over $800 now
and have a large printing bill which
we must pay. We offer you more than
your money’s worth. All the proceeds
will go into the work of organizing
the People’s Party and campaign work.
Every human being that even sends
one stamp to this office gets credit for
it on our books, and we appeal to all to
at once send in their orders. It is but
little. Do without some luxury, or
necessity, even, for one week and send
ror one.
If we win we must have money.
If I was not annoyed by debt, har¬
assed and worried, I could do ten times
better work. Quit contributing to
other sources and combine all your
energy and all the money you can spare
in this effort. It is our only hope.
If you can allow it to fail, we will be
bankrupt in 189G, and bo overwhelmed
and the nation be destroyed. “Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty.” Act
now!
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN.
The Old Parties Are Playing a Subtle
Came Just Now.
Rapidly multiplying events demon
tratc conclusively that the unscrupu¬
lous manipulators of tho democratic
and republican parties are doing ev¬
erything in their power to stop tho
landslide now coming into the people’s
party, by sending out orators to advo¬
cate any fad, provided it draws the at¬
tention of the people away from tho
people’s party, and the heroic battle it
is making for the rights of mankind.
The country was never so full of new¬
fangled schemes and plans of relief as
now. Yet none of them charge thoso
who have made the laws, with being
responsible for their effects upon tho
people. Neither do they attack nor
support any existing political party, or
point to the ballot box as the place to
remedy existing evils. Their acts dem¬
onstrate that the sole object these ora¬
tors have in canvassing our towns and
cities, is to persuade the people to look
elsewhere for relief than to an intelli¬
gent and independent ballot. “Look to
us and our scheme or plan, but stay
in either of the old parties,” is their
motto. If these gentlemen, who wear
good clothes, ride all over the country
in Pullman cars, stop at the costliest
hotels, and live on the fat of the land,
yet never take up a collection, would
explain to the people who pay all this
expense, and why, they would, maybe,
relieve themselves from being classed
among the other tools of plutocracy.
The people’s party is set firmly on the
Omaha demands, nothing more nor
less. We warn our people everywhere
to beware of these preachers of strange
doctrines, however attractive they
may dish them up. If any man is op
posed to the “Omaha doctrine,” let
him take a back seat in our councils.—
Southern Mercury.
Certificate of Membership*
Commander VanDervoort has had de¬
signed and has now in press a beauti
ful Certificate of Membership in Legion
of the People’s party. It is suitable to
frame and preserve always. It costs
only $1, and any one taking five orders
gets one free.
Special rates to newspapers, recrult
ing officers and Legion scouts. The
only available plan to raise money for
organization and 1896. Every true Peo
pie’s party man should send at once for
one.