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LOOK TO POPULISTS.
POSITION OF SILVER DEMO¬
CRATS AND REPUBLICANS.
Southern and R’«*t©rn PeRd#*r§ Predict
Large I>c**erfIons to the Third Party
If (iolrl Plank* Are Adopted at Chica¬
go and St. Poult.
Washington, Special to the Tiines
Herald: Many southern and western
democrats refuse to accept as accurate
the declaration made In the Times-Iler
ald of Saturday that the silver craze
had reached the beginning of the end,
and that it will make nothing but a
little noise in the Chicago convention.
Southern senators assert that, there is
only one salvation for the democratic
party, and that is to come out openly
for free coinage at 1C to 1. A number
of southern senators have said to the
correspondent, of the Times-Herald that
in their section of the country the sil¬
ver craze is running so strong nothing
can stop it. It Is gaining ground every
day. Every state is being swept by the
silver sentiment. Says a southern sen¬
ator:
“If the democratic party adopts a gold
platform at Chicago there will be little
left of the party In my state. The ma¬
jority of democrats will go over to tho
populists. To understand the situation
in the south you should know that
four-fifths of our democrats believe
nothing but the fret* coinage of silver
can restore prosperity. Nothing could
Induce these democrats to become re¬
publicans. That would be abandonment
of all their cherished traditions and
prejudices. It Is easy, however, to Join
the populist party. That Is only a step.
No one has fought, the populist party.
It Is not an ancient enemy. Besides,
the men who are now In the populist
party say they are still democrats. ‘We
are Just ns much democrats as we ever
were,' they say, “and we have come io
this party only for tho purpose of se¬
curing free coinage, which cannot be
done in the old party. When we have
accomplished that we shall go back to
our old allegiance.’ ” Tbls Is the pres¬
sure and this the argument that will
destroy the democratic party In the
south, temporarily at least, If It adopts
an antlHllver platform. Our people will
go over to the populists and we shall
lose half the southern states, not to tho
republicans, but to the third partyltes.
Joseph Rickey, of St. Louis, who mny
be regarded as ono of the shrewdest
of the silver leaders, says the demo¬
cratic national convention will declare
for free coinage at 1f> to 1 and nominate
a free silver candidate. He continues:
“This is as certain as fale, and the ad¬
ministration will find (hat It has not
power enough to stop It. Since com¬
ing to Washington, I have heard what
the administration men’s programme
Is. They think they can swing solidly
against silver all the states of Now Eng¬
land and tho east, voting them as units.
In tho south and west they propose to
knock out the unit rule in order to per¬
mit the districts to vote uh they please.
That will not work. Wo propose to
checkmate that little game in Missouri
from the start. We are not only going
to vote the state us a unit, but we are
going to select the district delegate at
the state convention. That Is demo¬
cracy. In the republican party the dis¬
trict Is the unit, but with us It Is tho
state. The democratic national con¬
vention Is an assemblage of entire
states, Just like the house of represen¬
tatives when It meets to elect a preal
dent of the United States. I can give
you a piece of news. The populists will
nominate for president Judge Henry C.
Caldwell, United States circuit judge of
Arkansas, and a great candidate he will
make them, His decisions on labor
questions have attracted tho attention
of the wholo country and he Is a man
of great ability and lino character.
With such a candidate the populists
will be able to put up a great cam¬
paign. With a democratic gold plat¬
form and Mr. Cleveland as tho candi¬
date the populists will como to the front
as the second political party of this
country. They will carry nearly every
southern stale and most of the western
states. They will rub up close to the
republicans, and the democrats will not
bo In 1L In U10 house of representa¬
tives the populists will have many more
members than tho democrats. This Is
the feast to which wo are Invited by
those who would commit the party to
the gold standard.”
Note- -Of course Southern Senators
would like to see tho Democrats adopt
a free ailver platform. But they ought
to admit that the very name of De¬
mocracy has been made odious by
Cleveland and his euekoos. Said a
prominent Jacksonian Democrat to the
writer the other day: "No, I would
not vote the Democratic ticket this
year, even with a free silver platform
and free silver candidate. The very
name would lose ue every state in the
Union. The only way to get free sil
ver is to join free silver Republicans
and go into the Populist party,
will not only be tho second party, but
tt will be the first party after N'ovem
ber 6.”
That is the way old lino Democrats
talk. Old line Lincoln Republicans of
the West are talking the same way.
They will join with free silver Demo¬
crats under the Populist banner, but
nowhere else. That is the meaning of
the great silver convention at St.
Loais in July.
Let the Populists be prepared to re
ceive the new recruits. Let us prove
ourselves equal to the occasion by ae
knowledging that the i’opulist party
has no special plan of salvation, aside
from the teachings of Jefferson, Jack
Bon, Lincoln and Blaine. If there is
any one thing that will disturb the re
lations of silver men of all parties at
St_ Louis it will be the egotism of some
I’opulist who will insist that our party
has originated the financial, transpor¬
tation and land Issues, They are all old
Issues. Ninety-nine out of every hun¬
dred Populists know this, but It is the
one-hundredth fellow that 1 b to be
feared. Populists forced them to the
front as issues. We should be care¬
ful in dealing with the bolters from the
old parties by not claiming too much.
As soon as they are reminded that the
greatest portion of the Omaha plat¬
form is taken from the teachings of the
leaders of the old parties (leaders when
the old parties were honest) they will
be more enthusiastic in Joining our
ranks. It is true that the great ma
jority of silver men who will go to
St. Louis with a view of Joining forces
under the Populist banner will not be
found well posted on the transporta¬
tion and land planks, direct legislation,
etc. And for that very reason we must
be lenient with them. A man is natur¬
ally opposed to that which he does not
fully understand. So when we find them
opposing our minor planks we must not
accuse them of trying to steal us. We
should remember, too, that some of the
most substantial supporters of the
transportation and land planks that we
have in our party came in as believers
in free silver only. It is very likely
that the three or four million of voters
who will come into our party through
the medium of the St. Louis silver con¬
vention, will in the end willingly yield
the truth of the transportation and
land planks.
We are not going to have so much
trouble over land transportation and
direct legislation as some of us are
wont to predict. As It looks to a man
up a tree the silver men, as a whole,
will be willing to adopt the Populist
platform as it Is, provided there is a
chance of escaping the tariff issue. Pro¬
tection is very near to the heart of the
average free silverlte and some of them
may want to have a high tariff plank.
It Is best that high tariff agitation be
kept out of t.Iio convention whether of¬
fered as a sop to Republican sllverltes
or from honest convictions. But he
who attempts to keep it out may havo
an uncomfortable job on his hands.
There Is only one question upon
which we are all thoroughly agreed
and that Is that the free and unlimited
colnnge of silver Is the all Important Is¬
sue this year. On that question alone
we can carry all the southern and
trans-Mlssisslppl states, with a splen¬
did fighting chance in Michigan, Indl>
ana, Illinois and Ohio.
We are nearing the crticical period of
our party, indeed. And we must be
careful how we handle matters. That
we are well generaled goes without say¬
ing and our line officers ure, as a gen¬
eral rule, far above the standard.
When anyone accuses thorn do not lis¬
ten. Remember that the soldier who
deserts his general on the field of bat¬
tle is as great a sinner as the general
who would betray his army before the
battle had begun. Let Populists go to
St. Louis united for om purpose; The
absorption of all sllverltes under the
Populist banner. If we go united wo
will succeed. If we go divided, we will
have a bard time of it at the best.
Rut may we all be united.
P. J. D.
YE SONGS UV SAMYEWEL
yew will find If yew look in damo
nachers big book
that thers wizdum on draft just like
beer
(hat so few understand that supply &
demand
rewl the market for fax duz seem
queer
tuther nlte nz 1 slept threw my dreams
vlshuns lirept
uv a ghostly but dignified skoller
thare I10 wuz with kravat & an old
fash 11 lid hat
gold spex & a hy rollln koller
her perfesser 1 sed by yer speech i am
led
2 blleeve ther lz wizdum galore
In dame nachers old book so 1 pray take
a look
&then say whut have mortels In store
"threw long ages uv strife up the lad¬
der uv life
yew have kllmed 2 the kwarterly rung
3 steps ly bilow & thers 3 still 2 go
til tho song yew are slngin lz sung
“in the woom uv the soil behold naeher
In toll
glvln life 2 plants mewels & men
& sufficient 1 say are the tasks uv each
day
tliay develup az fast az thay ken
“each rung haz provisliuns 7 well markt
di vlshuns
ther lz feelin & tastin & smellin
then heerin & seein them 5 mark the
beln
uv brutes az yew no without tellin
“but 2 finish yer rung yew have skersly
begun
2 develup yer wizdum & luv
when kumplete we shall see it lz truth
sets men free
& thavl kltme 2 the rung next abuv
"them divishuns divide by still 7 more
beside
az both mesik and kuller have tawt
yew
but frend sam i must skip so Just let
yer wheels Hip
til thay grind up the fax i have brot
yew”
then i skratcht my old pate & with pen
sit & slate
went to work on them rungs & divl
shuns
i fownd hope for the mewels but fer
gold basis fewels
naeher planelv haz made no pervishuns
sam fonagraf
deeler in & breeder uv hy grade mewels
meweltown ariiony preechin the gos
pul a speshulty
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THE REAL REASON CLEVELAND CANNOT RECOGNIZE CUBAN INDEPENDENCE.
THE ONLY TRUE WAY
DIRECT LEGISLATION GOVERNMENT! VS. REPj|,
RESENTATIVE
\ Document Well Worth Reading l|g
Thou© Who Relieve Ui Pure Govern
merit—-Social Democracy the Folltlca t
Ideal.
From Appeal to Reason
(Translated from a Swiss Pamphii
Published in 1869.)
The experience of the past twent; i
years has entirely cured the workln r
classes of Europe of the idea that In -
perial democracy and imperial social.
Ism, that Is, the dictatorship of a singl e
person, are capable or even willing, t| j
do anything for the social education o;
the working classes. These have beei i
merely apparent refdrms, dust throw: i
in tho eyes of the people, while ki
reality the workman is more than eve r
a victim of taxation and food fo e
powder.
Since tho coup d’ etat of Bonapart 3
(1862), the belief has, with great
tuteness, been spread among the work¬
ing classes that policial or state re¬
forms have nothing to do with social
reforms, and that therefore the work¬
ingman should not occupy his attentio 1
with politics, but solely with the im¬
provement of Ills social position. The
ruling classes know only too well
experience " hat a great advantg
they derive from political forms favoSK
uble to themselves, and that ro long al.
the working population allows politic^, itsefj
to be led without volition in
matters, and has no direct influeni, e
upon legislation, it will not devise a
form of government favorable to tl ie
interests of labor. Socialism, even
the most radical kind, is a mere bu g
t^ _
bear, without any danger, because e
political fulcrum is wanting to its s Q
.
cial lever, wherewith it may lift frc m
its hinges the old form of society, wi th
its poverty of the masses and its
vidual wealth. Social reform Is eo n
_
demned to remain in a state of thec ry
until the right means are found to k ut
it into practice, and these means c &n
bo no other than, above all, to bri ng
about a governmental reform of st^
a nature that the laws shall hencefo. tll
be made by the voice of all the c (tl
_
zens, and no longer according to tbe
wishes of the privileged few.
But how is this soeial-democr; ltlc
state to be organized? This Is the
Important question for the workm a.
The International Workingmen’s a^ B0 _
elation should be perfectly dear and
united upon the point us to which k in(1
of republic it prefers, so that in. the
event of the breaking out of a revi>i u _
tion the working classes may evs ry _
where know what to do.
The political movement in Swit zer
land during the last two years (%7_
69), chiefly in the canton of ZuricI, ig
perhaps only a symptom, a prelud e to
the great and deeply penetrating m ove _
ment which is about to agitate E uro _
peau politics. The bourgeois repu b jj Ci
or representative democracy, is on tbe
point of dying out in Switzerland; for
it has been found insufficient to com
bat the injurious influence of Je, su ^_
ism; and pure democracy now steps
forward, by which people take a qi rect
part in legislation, and can. ther< 3 f ore ’
transform it in accordance wit d j ts
social requirements.
Representative government is every¬
where the same. The workmen of p ar '; s
remember only too well how, i a tbe
days of June, 1S48. those middle_ c j ass
representatives endeavored to sol\ e 4 be
social problem with grapeshot; and,
quite recently, the miners of Be lgium
have found out that their eonstit ut j on
_
alists, too, know of no other m eans
than powder and shot. Nay. ev en j n
the representative democracy 1,4 Zu¬
rich, there existed for more than twen¬
ty years (lSio-bl) severe laws ag. aingt
the coalition of workmen, and a gaing!
the social-democratic press. S b j ong
as the workmen allow the laws of the
state to be manufactured and forced
upon them by those who live by vs i ns
up the workmen, so long will tb e j aws
be unfavorable to the toiling
and favorable to the masters
When did a monarch ever mak e
in the interest of his people and 1 against
the interest of his dynasty? First
comes himself, his interest, his dynas
ty, and then the welfare of th e tools
who support him in working tlj^ com-
menwealth for his own benefit; and it
Is only at last, when all these worthies
have had their fill, that the much
squeezed people are thought of at all,
and then too often stones are offered
to them, instead of bread. There are,
Indeed, so-called Christian monarchs,
like good-natured riders, stroke
or pat the neck of the creature panting
under their weight; but that the heavi¬
ly-burdened animals, ridden to sore¬
ness, would best be helped if the mas¬
ter and all his train would dismount
is a thing which never occurs to the
one above until the one below throws
him off.
In -the same manner, an aristocracy
! can make excellent laws for them
| se ] veSi b U t not for the people. Has the
| aristocracy of England, perhaps the
cleverest body of its kind In existence,
ever done anything in the interests of
| the WO rkingman? No! If they have
retained their position until now, it is
only because they have not . shown
over-much obstinacy in strenuously
opposing reforms that had become ab¬
solutely necessary. But, again, the
legislators of the representative state,
although elected by the people, are not
capable of making good law’s for the
working classes, but yet are able to
make excellent laws for their own
class, the middle class. And why?
Because, as experience-teaches us, the
majority of every representative body
consists of capitalists and their crea¬
tures and members of the middle
net] nd
even as the slaveholder is,
nature, incapable of making laws In
the interest of his slaves, so the rep¬
resentative, being a capitalist, is in¬
capable of ever framing laws In the
Interest of the workman. Representa¬
tive democracy, though It be, compara¬
tively speaking, a far better form of
government than a monarchy or an
aristocracy, Is therefore not that po¬
litical form within which the world
of workers can attain its proper place
and social questions can be solved. It
might be more so if working men, and
especially the peasantry, were always
to send to the representative houses
the most intelligent of their own class
only; but, unfortunately, the experi¬
ence of every country shows that this
is done only in exceptional cases. As
a rule, the people elect only members
of the so-called higher orders, because
the pernicious prejudice, an outgrowth
of monarchial periods, leads men to be¬
lieve that intellect alone can produce
good laws, and consequently highly
educated people are all that Is wanted,
while, in reality, interest is the deter¬
mining cause in matters of legislation.
Add to this, that the salary of a mem¬
ber of a legislative body, and the trav¬
eling expenses paid to him, are syste¬
matically fixed so low that for a mem¬
ber of the working classes it Is eco¬
nomically impossible to fulfill the func¬
tions of a representative.
NATIONAL LEGION.
CIRCULAR NO. 3.
The Reform Press have again, at
their annual meeting, at Dallas, Texas,
endorsed the National Legion; and the
noble editorial band congregated there
for the good of our cause will take up
the work of organization with zeal
that cannot help but aid the enterprise
grandly. It is the duty of all the peo¬
ple to respond now. The party is a
unit in favor of the Legion plan of
work. It fills the wants of the people.
It is needed now in every county and
every precinct. Delay is dangerous.
We must act at once. There is no red
tape, no secrecy, no cumbersome plan.
All it needs is for a live patriot to call
ten or more people—men or women—
together, elect officers and report the
names, and send fifty cents io me at
Omaha, when charter will be promptly
issued and forwarded without delay.
Do not let any man hold you back in
this work. Selfish men have blocked
the way long enough. None but ene¬
mies in disguise will do it now. Every
human being in our ranks recognizes
the supreme necessity upon us. It must
be done. You can organize without a
recruiting officer; but we want live men
and live women to accept commissions
and push the work in every state until
victory crowns our efforts.
The Clubs are .under my charge, and
we earnestly appeal to each one or¬
ganized to send for charter and thus
unite with a National Order. Our cause
will win if we have a Legion at every
bsiiot-box. The enemy are united and
organized. They have millions of
money at their disposal with which to
debauch the people. They will under¬
take to count us out If we win; and we
must guard, at the risk of our lives if
necessary, the sanctity of every ballot
box.
There Is not a true Populist who
would not sacrifice his life to preserve
the purity of the ballot in this nation.
Let there be unity now. Let us show
the world a spectacle that will make
plutocrats tremble. I therefore appeal
to all true Populists in every unorgan¬
ized precinct in this nadon to meet at
2 p. m. on April 13, the sacred day that
gave Thomas Jefferson to the world and
organize and send names for charters
that day. They will be dated April 13.
We appeal to true patriots in each pre¬
cinct to send stamps for supplies to or¬
ganize, so that It can be done with sys¬
tem.
A Populist who will falter in his duty
and wait on Jefferson’s birthday Is not
worthy; and w r e know that a true spirit
of patriotism will touch each heart, and
you will fall in line at the bugle-call on
this holy day. We urge every news¬
paper to publish this circular and
write stirring appeals to the people to
respond to this call. We must have
means to do this work. We must have
a stenographer and a typewriter. We
cannot do It longer, vvg do not want to
faint or falter.
We urge all who are able to send ?1
for the Legion certificate of member
ship. ^ Every jpj»-|Mmires Its jiga uty;
W4-K -1 LtTi ce r t i fl catVor 1 r )y ally"
the sacred cause that we advocate.
Every name is recorded on a roll of
honor, and we send a Legion button
and a copy of The New Nation with it.
Now, every man and every woman
must rally to this call. The destiny of
the nation is Involved, and we expect
every true Populist to do his whole
duty.
All orders and circulars will be pub¬
lished in The New Nation, and will be
sent to our principal papers and
through the ready prints. Each news¬
paper which wishes to club with The
New Nation will write to my address.
And it would be a great help to me if
our people would subscribe.
PAUL VAN DERVOORT.
How TJiey Stand.
Some of our free silver democratic
friends pretend to believe that the free
silver element will have a majority in
the national democratic convention
which Is to meet in Chicago July 7th.
We don’t see how any man that keeps
himself posted can retain the faintest
hope that the sllverltes will be able
to control the convention. The delega¬
tions will in all probability adopt the
unit rule and the majority of each dele¬
gation will control, in which case the
vote taken by states would pan out
as follows, according to the best in¬
formation obtainable at present.
For Silver. Against Silver.
Alabama 22 Connecticut
Arkansas 16 Deleware
California 18 Florida 8
Colorado 3 Illinois
Georgia 26 Indiana
Idaho 6 Iowa
Kansas 20 Louisiana
Mississippi 13 Kentucky U
Missouri 34 Maine ^
Montana 50 Maryland
Nevada 50 Massachusetts 20
North Carolina 22 Michigan 2g ^
North Dakota o Minnesota
Oregon 00 Nebraska
South Dakota 00 New Hamp. s
South Carolina IS New Jersey 20 '
Tennessee 24 New Y T ork -9
Texas 30 Ohio . .46
Utah 6 Pennsylvania 04
Virginia 24 Rhode Island 8
Washington 5 Vermont 8
Wyoming 6 W. Va. >-* 10
Territories 12 Wisconsin ro ►4
Total 352 Total 554
Thus it will be seen that out of a
total vote of 906, there will be 352 for
silver and 554 against silver, or a ma¬
jority of 202 against silver.
Free Silver men who go into the
primaries simply bind themselves to
the support of the single gold standard.
—Reformer.
Are you voting the same ticket that
the looters of this nation are voting?
If so, had not you better get into some
other party?
The war in Kentucky is thought to be
over for the time being.
HE HITS ’EM AGAIN!
0
TILLMAN LIFTS THE CUTICLE
OFF OF OLD PARTY CRITICS.
So Answer to His Late Speech—“The
American People Love the Truth and
Their Country and Despise Traitors.
Thieves and Cowards.’’
Senator Tillman has given the follow¬
ing letter to a New York paper for pub¬
lication:
Washington, D. C.: My uniform
rule has been to treat criticism with
silence. I break that rule now for a
purpose and that is to challenge those
who have found so much to condemn in
my recent speech in the senate to a
trial before a Jury of their readers in
which I can have at least a show of
Justice. The New York Times editorial¬
ly terms me “a filthy baboon;” the New
York Post, “a political anarchist;” the
World has used the word “blather
skite;” the Philadelphia Record calls
me “the chief of anarchists,” and the
St. Paul Globe says: “This fellow
brings to the senate the unsavory rec¬
ord he made in his state, a character
tattooed with dishonesty.”
These are a few of the elegant
phrases employed by the polite editors
of some of the leading newspapers as
applied to myself. They have not read
my speech, they dare not publish it in
full, and basing their criticisms upon a
few garbled extracts in which I use
strong language to express indignation
and contempt, they ask the people to
render a verdict against me as a coarse,
brutal, ignorant blackguard.
All the words and phrases which oc¬
cur in the speech to which they take
exception do not exceed a dozen. They
neither add to nor take from the argu¬
ments and facts presented. Not a sin¬
gle one of them is unparliamentary and
frequently In the senate language as
violent, coarse and brutal has been
uttered in the past by a dozen men
whose names are written high In our
country’s history.
If my language was unparliamentary,
why did no senator call me to order?
If the charges were untrue, why has no
senator answered them, and why do my
newspaper critics not attempt to an¬
swer them? Is it unparliamentary and
indecent to tell the truth? Are we sunk
to that low estate that falsehood and
treachery and official dishonesty can¬
not be mentioned without calling dowa
an avalanche of abuse and slander?
What other senators have whispered
among themselves I have spoken aloud
and in plain words. What a majority
of the people have thought and felt I
have uttered.
This is the sum of my offending and
the hireling editors and reporters who
now degrade the so-called freedom of
the press to so despicable a level may
flatter themselves that they create and
control 1 public erS" opinion, but the thoua
Vflef
me from every quarter of the Union and
mostly from the North and from men la
every pursuit of life have given me as¬
surance that the scales are falling from
the eyes of the people and that the truth
bravely told has a sweet and whole¬
some sound.
The American people as a whole, the
great common people, love the truth
and love the country. They despise
traitors, thieves and cowards. It is a
large mass to move, but the leaven la
at work and the issue is joined and the
result will be known on election day.
So far as I am individually concerned
and as far as iny speech is concerned,
I care nothing for the abuse heaped
upon me and thank my critics for di¬
recting attention to my utterances.
When my facts and arguments have
been disproved I will apologize. Until
then decency demands that men who
abuse me for speaking the truth should
let their readers judge for themselves
or reserve their epithets for men of
their kind, who dread the truth and
love cowardice.
If there is no need for reform, reform
will not come. If I represent nothing
but ignorance and anarchy, why was I
elected governor of South Carolina
twice by such overwhelming majori¬
ties? For four years as executive I
fought and was abused by corporations
and their hireling newspapers. Why
did my state send me to the senate by
a vote of 131 out of 160 in the general
assembly? During these four years the
state advanced in material growth and
increase of taxable values more rapidly
than in any previous period in its hla
tory. It spent half a million dollars in
the erection and equipment of two of
the largest colleges for industrial, tech
nical and normal training in the South,
one for each sex. And the constitu
tional convention, with which I had a
great deal to do, fixed constitutional
taxes so as to double the free school
fund. The saloons have been banished
from the state, while three-fourths of
the people, if not more, are firm sup¬
porters of the new method of handling
the liquor traffic.
These facts, which are history, can¬
not be sneered at or obliterated. An¬
archists don’t write such history. I
have never shrunk from the lashinga
of newspaper scribblers in the arena of
state politics, and I will not begin to da
so now.
B. R. TILLMAN.
To double the purchasing power of
money is equivalent to adding 100 per
cent to every debt, and to doubling
the burden of taxation and rates of
transportation.
Kentucky will have to hobble along
with one United States Senator until
it elects another Legislature.
The Arizona Populists, in state con
ference, reaffirmed the Omaha plat
form.