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The Crawfordville Advocate. PUBLISHED BY ATKINSON A FLURY. Entered at the Poet Office at Crawford¬ ville. Oa a* Second Class Matter , C. K. ATKIN' SON, ’t { Kditois. J. A. FLUKY. CkaWEoRDVILLK, Ga., JULY 24. 18% ~ ~ ■i. . . _ __ fore LIST STATE CONVENTION, - Tbe State Convention of the People's party of Georgia is hereby called to meet at the capitol, in Atlanta, Ga , at noon,on Thursday, the bth day of Au gust 1890. The purpose of the convcntiou is to put out an Electoral Ticket, to nomi¬ nate State House ofticors, to choose a new Executive Committee,and totems act such other business as may legi matcly come before a geucral State Convention of the party. Each county is entitled to twice as many votes in the Convention as it has representatives iu the legislature, but the number of delegates is not limited. A full Convention should be bad, as it will be the most important meeting we have ever held. TlIOS. E. WATSON. Chairman. OscAlt Parker, Secretary. Junc 22,18%. Wc take no Democratic fusion stock in ours. Wc are dead against Demo cracy and its hypocritical methods. Dr. J. B. Gambrcll has become one of the Editors of the Texas Standard, and will make his head¬ quarters in Atlanta. The Democratic party has virtually admitted that the principles or the People’s party are right, and now it is the plain duty for that party to conic to Uh, aud not for the People’s party to return to it. The Democratic party desires the People’s party to sacrifice principle and return to their ranks. The rank and file of the People’s party hold principle above party and honesty above corruption, and therefore cannot re¬ turn to the Democratic ranks or en¬ dorse its ofliccis. If the Democratic party of this State desired to do the fair, clean thing by tbe People’s party, they would, have made some concessions to the Popu¬ lists in the selection of State house officers; but as it was,they selected the same old crowd that went into office by questionable means in 1894. The populist who wants to stand in the way of financial reform at this time doesn’t really bcliovc iu it.—Constitu¬ tion. The only Populist that is standing in the wav of financial reform at this time is the one that endorses Bryan and Sew all the Democratic nominees. The Seaboard Air Liuc Railroad, has reduced rates on through freight aud passeuger traffic, and now the Georgia Railroad Commission takes part in the matter, and requires that road to re¬ duce their rates on local freight aud passenger traffic in proportion to the through rates. The National Convention of the People’s Party is iu session in St. Louis this week. That Convention will adopt a platform and nominate a President aud Vice-President. Should that convention endorse Bryan, the Democratic uominee for President, it will make a serious mistake, and one that the reform party will live to re¬ gret. No good can be accomplished by the Populists endorsing Democrats for office. The Democratic party has proven recreant lo every trust reposed in them by the people. Where is the consistency in following a party that has violated every pledge made to the people ? For tbe Populists to endorse Democrats for office would be a vio¬ lation of the pledges made to the peo¬ ple by that party. A trust has been formed ou cotton ties and bagging, and tbe price on the fonuer has been doubled from last sea sou, and a slight advance made on the latter. The trusts that use such methods as these, should be dealt with as a midnight robber. This trust has taken advantage of the farmer at a time that he cannot help himself. If na¬ tional legislation was worth a cent to tbe toiling masses, their might be some relief for the people from thiev¬ ing trusts and combines. No doubt the moDcy that is now being unjustly wrung from the people goes right back into the hands of the very men that are poeing as tbe friends of the people.— We believe so long as our national af¬ fair* remain in the band* of either of the old parties, to long will wt have trust* and combines whose pappose it Will be to rob the people. OUR WASHINGTON LETTER. Special to the Liout. Wasiiinotok, D. C., July 21,1896. Doth old parties, with their checker¬ ed and discredited records, have had their say. All eyes now turn to the action of the giant young People’s party of St. Louis next week. There lias never been any doubt as to what this convention would do. It is true that a few Populists, with more < n thusiastu than judgement,rushed hasti ly into print, and said that their party W ould endorse the action of the Demo cratic Convention;but even these,upon a sober second thought, have seen tneir error. The people of the country know to whom the crcd'tof forcing the finan¬ cial question to the front as the over¬ shadowing issue of the coining cam¬ paign is due. The politicians of both ^ parties made a desperate effort to cont j nae t0 keep this question in the jjackground, as they have |been doing f or t wcu ty years; and to again force a „i, an j battle over the tariff and other minor i()Kue8> j t wa8 t |, e People’s that opened the eyes of the cmjntrV( jn 8 pj te G f t h e 0 j ( j j )ar ty poli tjcian ^ U) tlie real trut |, alK i j 88U e.— Thcy ljave shelled the woods around the old party politicians, and have driven them from their hiding places ^ ( ],. c( .ptj on and fiaud. The Democratic and Republican poli ticians in 1892 agreed to write their financial planks so nearly alike that not even the members of their own party could tell them apart. The People’s party exposed this game, and smashed their future straddling schemes. In sheer desperatiou the Hcpublicans | were this time foiced to declare square¬ ly for the gold standard, as were the Democratic politicians for free silver. But, had it not been for the existence of, and the light thrown upon the situation by, the People’s party, these | old party politicians would have again straddled this question, and again written their planks so nearly alike that the authors of them could not have told them apart. So far, this is a tremendous victory for the People’s party, aud every honest voter io America owes it a vote of thanks for 1 thus drawing the issue squarely and forcing the hypocrites to take a stand. Thus the political atmosphere has been cleared—thus an opportunity (has bceu given to all who oppose the mle of mouopoly and the gold trust to see how and where they can unite in a common effort for the cause of hu¬ manity. The follower of Lincoln, who has been so long deceived by the Re¬ publican party, now, since that party has openly declared for monopolies and the gold trusts, will at once join the People’s party; tbe follower of Jeffer¬ son and Jackson, who for a quarter of a century has been fooled and betrayed by the Democratic party, will now, of course, since that party has confessed its treachery and betrayal, join the People’s party. Every voter in the country knows that the People’s party was formed because these old parties had deserted the fundamental princi¬ ples of Jefferson and Lincoln; and. in as much as the financial question has been and always will be the greatest economic question of any government, nnd, in as much os the treachery of these two old parties has been greater ou that vital question than on any other, the People’s party at its birth planted itself firmly on the principles of true republicanism and true demo¬ cracy, and declared that financial re¬ form was the overshadowing issue. Every voter knows also that when the People’s party took this position the Democratic leaders, north, south, east, and west, as well as the Republi¬ can leaders, at once denounced the People’s pNrty leaders as “silver cranks” and “financial heretics.”— None were louder than the Democratic politicians iu declaring that the finan¬ cial system of this country was all right; in fact they said that we had the best financial system the world ever saw, and further declared that the tariff was the only great issue before the country. But, during these four yea’s the People’s party has so thor¬ oughly convinced the masses of the voters of the country as to the real cause of hard times that now these same Democratic politicians arc forced to confess that they were wrong and that the People’s party was right.— Now, who will tbe voter, wbo believes in free silver and financial reform, fol low ? Can he afford to trust the lead ers whose action at Chicago was a con fession that they have in the past either ignorantly or wilfully deceived the people, or will he follow the leader ship of those whose patriotism and courage has forced to the front this great and vital question ? The voters are terribly in earnest, and will, there¬ fore, follow leaders who have been ia earnest, and who have shown their sincerety and their honesty from the beginning. Therefore, the action of the Democrats at Chicago in nominat mg Mr. Bryan and in declaring that the People’s party platform was right, will add wonderful to the ranka of the Peo pie’* party; for the voter* now see by the confessions of tbe old parties that they wilt be right ia following the lead - ership of tbe People’s pnrty. * The votets know further that in ss much as the existence and growth of the People’s part? has forced the Democratic party into making this declaration, that if the People’s party were to disband to-morrow that these leaders who have baen unwillingly forced to declare for the truth would, at their next National Convention . voters know that what good has al¬ ready been accomplished is due to the People’s Party, and they know further that if this country is ever redeemed from foreign domination, and prosper ity restored, that it must come through the People’s party. Therefore, when the People’s party at St. Louis nomi nates its candidate and puts out its platform, 1 ’ its action will not only have the endorsement of ,,,11 all who have a 1 ready left the old parties, but it will also have the endorsement of the great masses of the honest yeomanry of this country, from ocean to ocean. But the question arises: what will be the result of such a campaign ? W ill the fair promises of the Democratic convention fool enough houest voters —that is. will it prevent enough of them from rallying to the standard of the People’s party to make the election of the gold bug candidate for the Pres¬ idency possible, or even probable. ? Yes, this is the very danger which the narrow, partisan and hypocritical ac¬ tion of the Democratic party threatens; but the people can trust the People’s party, true as it is to the great question of financial reform and the interests of the people, to steer the Nation clear of this danger. It will be remembered that at Chicago the leaders refused every overture and spurned every proposition made to them, by which the silver forces of the country could be united in the coming campaign. Their action shows that they would rather see the gold tiust win in the coming fight than to have the Demo¬ cratic machine make the concessions that were necessary on its part to make victory certain. Their desire was more to cripple the People’s party than to win a victory for the people. But in the coming campaign the People’s party can be trusted to rise to a higher and more patriotic plane than this. They will put the sincerity of the professions of the Democratic politicians to the severest test. They will give them an opportunity in every state in the Union to unite the silver voles, where necessary, to make the defeat of the gold bugs certain. They tHS will give them an opportunity in electoral college to do the same. thit | We are told in the Holy Writ upon one occasion a dispute arose be¬ tween two women as to which was the mother of a child. The dispute whs submitted to KingSolomoD, who, with that wonderful common sense that has made his name synoymous with wis¬ dom through all the ages, ordered that, in as much as there was no way to de¬ cide as to the child’s maternity, that the child be split in twain and one-half given to one woman and the other half to the other woman. When this order was about to be carried into effect, one woman smiled and looked on with sat¬ isfaction: while the other, with true motherly instinct, cried out: “No! not do not kill the child, but spare its life and give it ro tbe other woman.” Whereupon King Solomon reudered the verdict that the true mother of the child was the woman who wanted to preserve its life, and was willing to make even such a sacrifice to do so. So, in this campaign, the People’s party will prove to the American jury —America’s King Solomon—that it is the true mother of financial reform and the true friend and guardian of the interests of the American people. The false mother at Chicago would willingly see the child divided, its life lost, and the American people left to mourn in poverty and despair; the true mother at St. Louis will rise to tbe patriotic position of doing that which is necessary to save the life of the child, even though we have to treat with the false mother to aceomplah it. Rather than see the child of financial reform crucified the People’s party will this year do that which is neces¬ sary to save its life, and to defeat the gold bugs, as well as their allies, the Democratic party-bugs; and before 1900 the great American jury—the American King Solomon—will render the verdict that will leave no doubt as to wbo is the true mother of financial reform, and the faithfu 1 guardian of American liberty and prosperity. SHALL THE PEOPLES PARTY ENDORSE BRYAN ? The following from the Missouri World fully expresses our sentiments, and no doubt every true Populist throughout the entire country will heartily endorse what is said below: Should the Populists endorse Bryan, the Democratic nominee for President? We believe they should not. There are many reasons against endorsing the Democratic nominee. One is the platform pro raises ao relief except free C orn |s a vigorous feeder and re¬ sponds well to liberal fertiliza & Qn corn l ands the yield 3 . and the soil ... increases improves if properly treated with itr ^ l " e ; s “ n taining no * under ° ct , 13 rotash. i. 1 0 f ^j g pj an cos ts but ana ,s sule to to \^ lea,a to lo profitable culture, tagi»t«t helpful on farmers. tb. *abjec* They r,ff«ruhx«tius,»B4 (<■* *.fce are rrally asking, to are seat ire* CERMAX KALI WORKS, • 63 Uasma Si„ NeW York. silver. Another is the Democratic par ty does not keep its promises. Anoth¬ er is the reformers cannot be united under the old disgraced and dishonored banner of the Democratic party. “Dem¬ ocratic reform” brings before the vision Let us suppose the Populist convention does endorse Bryan. Then what will become of the People’s party? We cannot tight both for and against the. Democratic ticket. In the South we would have to practically disband. In other localities where the Democrats are not weak it would be a question whether we could keep up our organi¬ zation. Even in Kansas, Nebraska and other Western States it is a question whether we would not be swallowed by the Democrats. And what would the people get in return for this annihila¬ tion nnd suppression of the greatest, most intelligent; the most patriotic and the most far-reaching reform movement ever known in all tbe history of the world? At most, free silver. But very doubtful whether we would get that. Even if Bryan were elected a free sil¬ ver bill would probably never reach him for his approval. No free silver bill reached Cleveland. Gold standard Democrats are being nominated in many States which sent free silver dele¬ gates to Chicago. Add the Democratic goldbugs alected to 'the Republican strength in the House and whewfwouid a free silver bill be? Besides it is ut¬ terly impossible to rally all the reform forces under the old disgraced and pol¬ luted Democratic banner on the silver alone issue. A discussion of the mon¬ ey question upon the redemption and intrinsic value idea will muddle the people. It will be worse than the tariff ou tin campaign of ’9*2. “Intrinsic value,” “jiarity,” “dumping ground for ftjlvef“50 cent dollar,” “driving out gold,” “silver basis,” &c., Ac., are arguments that cannot be refuted ex¬ cept by lakiog the correct position that law makes money, that the volume of money controls its purchasing power or value. The Democrats will not take the true position and will uot permit Populisms to do it. No Populist orator who would advocate the money of in¬ telligence would be wauled by the fus¬ ion campaign committee. This refusal to discus^ money in its broadest sense would be to the great advantage of the goldbugs. They would confuse the people and nobody would dare straighten them out. During the .heighth of the confusion the treasury reserve will probably be raided, Cleve¬ land issue another big batch of bonds, gold cornered, silver refused on gold coutracts and gold held at a premium. This game the money power could play for a brief time without any great loss to themselves. Such a bluff would not move a Populist, who knows that the law makes money, but would stampede those silver men who still cling to the intrinsic value superstitiou. Whatever may be the result of the election the endorsement of the Demo¬ cratic ticket mcaus an injury to the re¬ form movement that may not be cured in years, aDd there will be do compen¬ sation for this great loss. We are not partisan, wo care not what part}’ gets the credit of reforms. We would most cheerfully vote any ticket that would bring about just and equitable laws and systems. We would be perfectly willing for .the People’s party to die tomorrow, if its doing so would be for the benefit of the people. But from every standpoint we reason, the conclusion is forced upon us that an endorsement of the Democratic ticket by the Populyds would bring all the sacrifices reformers have made to naught. If there ever was a time when the People's party should stand firm and in the middle of the road, it is now. Tbe day of its triumph is at hand. The long looked for disruption of the old parties is here. Now, shall we be caught by old party tactics just as we are upon the threshhold of vic¬ tory? At a primary election of the People's party held in Warren couDty on last week, Cal. Wm. M. Hawes, of tbe W&rrcnton Clipper was nominated for the Legislature. Col. Hawes srWesabe as able Representative. ARE WE RIGHT P :0: Gold t - 11 tiling-blit . , » • IS H gOOU give US geniUS and ambition,and then an energy that never tires, a mind that never wanders, an eye that never sleeps, and a nerve that never . __ r \ . , (JUIVCI’S. 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