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yoj. l X. S»mber 17.
YHAT PEFFER SAYS.
IASCE SENATOR ON THE ORGAN!—
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zation's POSITION.
Question Is the Great Prob
The Money Farmers* Movement
iem —When the
lis There Will be no North, no
Tv lump Country.
South, but One United
The great ov ersbadowing- problem
[of time, then, is money. Far
the
are not repudiators. Tbey
pers dollar of debt
want to pay et ery
Key and according to the letter
wd spirit of the contract; but they
powerless to help themselves.
ire
We ask relief from congressmen
d they laugh at us; we propose a
n
remedy and they call us cranks, we
isk time and money with which to
pay our debts aDd save our homes,
md we are told that it is our busi
ness to work while statesmen take
;are of the finances. We have de¬
termined to rebel, and this great up¬
rising of the people means simply a
rebellion against the usurpations of
party managers who are wedded to
;he power which is crushing us, who
rink at our misfortunes and laugh
r hen our calamity comes. The peo¬
ple have concluded to take the gov
irnment into their own hands; they
ire now marshaling every force for
[hat purpose.
The Farmers’ Alliance means to
iethrone the money power and thus
imandpate the people. This does
tot mean anarchy, it does not mean
Repudiation, it does not mean war;
It means only the rule of the people.
Re people will take charge of their
bwn affairs, they will make and is¬
sue their own money, aud charge
borrowers only what the handling of
t costs, just as they now do with
postage M highways. stamps, with court houses
That is the first and
beat work to be done. With that
kill come many other reforms, for
every device of villainy which is
pupportecl by the improper use of
Poney will fall when the props are
taken
It is proposed to continue the or¬
ganization until it shall ripen into
a national movement including all
the working forces of the country,
>o that in the campaign of 1892 the
•oilers will be in line with a national
iicket in the field, Nothing short
if success will satisfy the
ted masses,
success means government con
r °l of transportation, of money, and
'L'tiy other public function.
And there is a great social problem
Much is left for the Alliance to solve.
1S kuown in politics as the “south
"****' .It has been made a
y politicians for party pur
»ses, and that will settle nothing,
^requires broad and brotherly treat
£!'***? ^ 1CS - -Ibe farmersiwill a’stranger in party obli
ierate soon
sectional line, and local pre
fcs will give m way as fast the
■wmd as
sentiment grows and spreads.
the supreme council of the
^ held thi rty-five in Ocala, Fla., last
Y' states were re
and delegates from every
r -gamzed fanners in the
pre sent to participate or
•I. v. national Alliance
of
ers was held at th e same
1 place, ai! friendly
, “ lbs greeting s
.i c two bodies
at least * wo au ‘I a Half
Jlerg p Ve ^ ^te Alliance
a-:rized E»e«rV° t c °Lted farm
-
i- lirere is no
Conyers, Georgia, Saturday, May gg, L 89 J
distinction of color among Kansas
Alliance people. The Farmers’ Alii
ance and Industrial union is of south
ern origin, and, naturally, as far as
prejudice of any sort has place in the
order, it is largely southern prejudice;
just asthe National Farmers’ Alli¬
ance, being of northern origin, what
ever of prejudice may have place in
its councils is northern prejudice
These two kinds of prejudice are
but remnants of conditions which have
passed away never to reappear, and
they, too, ought to be buried for¬
ever out of sight. Our great war
ended long ago. We are now one
nation in law, let us be so in fact.
This means the getting together of
the south and the west, for their
material interests are identical. But
that involves some sacrifices.
Are we ready to make them? First
we must sacrifice party prejudice.
That is, indeed sacrifice; it cuts
close to the heart; but when one sees
his duty lying in particular direc¬
tions he has no choice but to follow
if he would be true to his manhood
and his country. One hundred and
fifteen thousand men of Kansas have
already made the sacrifice.
Not many years ago we were Re"*
publican or Democrat, but we have
severed our moorings and are now
in the flowing tide with our fellows,
operating under the temporary name
of People’s party, waiting lor the
coming together of that grand army
of toilers which in the years to come
emancipate labor and re-establish
the authority of the people.
Destroy the influence of money in
public affairs, restore the homestead
and save it to the citizen, secure to
labor its just reward, cripple the
arms of avarice, give employment to
the workers, purify politics, enact
just laws, lighten the burdens of the
poor, protect the weak, abolish caste
establish justice, make commerce
free, put the government in charge
of every public function, and the
mission of the Farmers Alliance
will have been accomplished.—
W. A. Ptffer in Cosmopolitan.
Verdner Suter, a citizen of Pal¬
myra, Mo., accumulates considera¬
ble money and makes a business of
dividing it among his children at
intervals. Last week he divided
$15,000. With previous divisions
this makes $118,000 he has distrib¬
uted among his six children. Mr.
Suter does not think it best fora
man to get too rich, and has adopted
this means to keep his estate down
to a modest level. The plan is sat¬
isfactory to Mr. Suter, and the chil¬
dren do not complain.
The Louisville Courier-Journal
suggests that President Harrison
swapoffbis silver brick for an honest
Pension Commissioner. Ben is not
likely to give up any of his valuable
presents for the puipose of improv¬
ing the moral character of his ad¬
ministration. If he were, the Cape
May cottage, as well as the silver
brick, might be used to good advant¬
age.
A Brooklyn receiver has exempli
fied the possibilities of his business.
In two years he has expended $38,
000 for a clerk and counsel fees, 7000
lor extra expenses, and $3300 in fee
for himself.
A London editor has just failed for
$1,750, 000. He is an ornament to
the profession, anti his brethren
should get together and present him
a testimonial for so handsomely
sustaining and illustrating the fina
ncial reputation of the press,
THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS.
Many a good boy has gone to
rum in the city.
Dig, sow and reap; but the har¬
vest is death’s.
Money made by chance will go
with certainty.
Waste of money and time usu
ally go hand in hand.
Friendship at the highest height
is stronger than love.
Be quick. You can use a minute
but once—make the most of it.
To make close connections with
eternity Death must be run on time.
The snowflake of winter, bow sig¬
nificant—and the first white hair!
Life is a long course of mutual
education which ends but with the
grave.
The prayers of a lover are more
imperious than the menaces of the
whole world.
Above all things always speak the
truth; your word must be your bond
through life.
Homely truths, like medicine, of¬
ten distress us, but that is part of
the curative process.
Lying is the basis of all evil. Af¬
ter one year of absolute truth crime
would disappear.
Some people spend their vacations
in worrying over the business they
left behind them.
Justice is a little short sighted,
perhaps, but it frequently has an
eye on the main chance.
You just bring a couple of little
quarrels into your family and they’ll
brood like sparrows.
It is so easy to fancy one’s self
right that self-condemnation is
about as scarce as dodo’s eggs.
God sets t he stars in the windows
of night to cheer the belated world
as it rolls through darkness.
The happiest man is he who, be¬
ing above the trouble which money
brings, has his his hands the fullest
of work.
Grief is not to be measured by the
tears sbed, nor does the loudest
mourners always deserve the largest
bequest.
Mayor Shakspeare of New Orleans
is not a man to be trifled with.
Recently there have been some
threats made by the Provenzanos,
who were prominent in the Mafia,
against some laborers on the levee
in that city. Mayor Shakspeare sent
for the said Provenzanos to come to
his office, and when they came be
quietly but firmly notified them that
he had been informed of their
threats; that he was sick and tired
of this stuff, and did not propose to
permit it any longer; that their at¬
tempted intimidation of honest labor¬
ing men would not be countenanced,
and warned them ot the conse
quences if they dared to carry out
their threats against any of these
men. Mayor Shakspeare evidently
tries to make himself quite clear
when he talks, and it seems that he
succeeded splendidly in convincing
the Provenzanos that they must
obey the laws of Americans and the
country in which they live or pre
pare themselves for a sudden de~
parture under painful circumstances.
It is not likely now that there will
be any further assassinations by
these gentry. They are on notice
there will be no temporizing of their
villainy.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
The Electric City Cadets is the
name of a new military company just
organized in Augusta, It starts out
with over 100 members.
This paper is $1 only per year.
Price per Year, $ 1.00
THIRD PARTY PLATFORM.
Below we give the demands of the
Cincinnati convention:
First—That, in view of the great
social, industrial and economical rev¬
olution now dawning upon the civil'
ized world, and the new and living
issues confronting the American
people, we believe that the time has
arrived for the erystalization of the
political reform forces of our country
and formation of what should be
known as the People’s Party of the
United States of America.
Second—That, we most heartily
endorse the demands of the platform
as adopted at St. Louis, Mo., in
1889, and Ocala, Fla, in 1890, and
Omaha, Neb., in 1891, by the indus¬
trial organizations there represented
summarized as follows:
a The right to make and issue
money is a sovereign power to be
maintained by the people for the
common benefit; hence we demand
the abolition of national banks as
banks of issue, and as a substitute
for national bank notes we demand
that legal treasury notes be issued
in sufficient volume to transact the
business of the country on a cash
basis, without damage or especial
advantage to any class or calling,
such notes to be legal tender in the
payment of all debts, public and
piivate, and such notes, when de¬
manded by the people, shall be loan¬
ed to them at not more than two
per cent per annum upon non-perish¬
able products, as indicated in the
sub treasury plan, and also upon
real estate with proper limitations
upon the quantity of land and the
amount of money.
b We demand the free and unlim¬
ited coinage of silver.
c We demand the passage of laws
prohibiting the alien ownership of
land, and that congress t ke prompt
action to devise some plan to obtain
all lands now owned by alien and
foreign syndicates, and that all
lands held by railroads and other
corporations in excess of what is
actually used and needed by them
be reclaimed by the government and
held for actual settlers only.
d Beli-ving the doctrine of equal
rights to all aud special privileges
to none, we demand that taxation,
national, state or municipal, shall
not be used to build up one interest
or class at the expense of another.
e We demand that the revenues,
national, state or county, shall be
limited to the necessary expenses of
the government economically and
honestly administered.
f We dem md a just and equitable
symtem of graduated taxon incomes.
g We demand the most rigid, hon¬
est and just national control and
supervision of the means of public
communication and transportation,
and, if this control and supervision
does not remove the abuses now ex¬
isting, we demand the Government
ownership of such means of commu¬
nication and transporation.
h We demand the election of the
President, Vice-President and United
States Senators by a direct vote of
the people.
3. That we urge the united action
of all progressive organizations at¬
tending the conference called for
•Februaty 22, 1892, by six of the
leading reform organization.
Mrs. Mary S. Huson, is still very
low and little hope is entertained of
her recovery.
The Volunteers are getting ready
for the encampment.
The docters are now quite busy.
CARE OF EX-CONFEDERATES.
How the Southern States Treat Their
Disabled Veterans of the War.
Georgia’s Confederate pension sys¬
tem, under which disabled veterans re¬
ceive from $2 to §25 per month, ac¬
cording to the disability, is highly
creditable to the state, but it should
accept and maintain the home near this
city in order to complete the good
work. It will be of interest to review
the situation in other southern states.
Virginia led in the movement, and
established a Confederate home at
Richmond, for the support of which
the state expends §10,000 a year. Pen¬
sions to the amount of §5,000 annually
are also paid.
Alabama has no home, but pays
§125,000 a year in pensions.
Arkansas has a home at Little Rock
built by private subscription, supported
by state aid.
Florida has no home, but pays §30,
000 a year to disabled Confederates
who have resided in the state fifteen
years.
Mississippi is without a home, but
has made liberal provision for her indi¬
gent and disabled Confederates.
Missouri pays no pensions, but a
movement is on foot to raise §100,000
to endow a home without state aid.
Maryland has a home costing §40,000
near Baltimore, aided by the state to
the extent of §10,000 annually.
Louisiana has a home near Now Or¬
leans, and the state grants it §10,000 a
year.
North Carolina not ordy pays pen¬
sions. but has appropriated §41,000 for
a home.
South Carolina pays about §50.000 in
pensions, but has no home.
Texas has a home established by sub¬
scription. It costs §3,500 a year.
Tennessee has established a home at
the old home of Andrew Jackson,
“The Hermitage,” the state having
given 475 acres of land and §10,000 for
improvements in 1839. The legislature
in 1891 appropriated §25.000 fer a build¬
ing and §5,COO a year for its support,
and in addition §60,000 or so much
thereof as may be necessary for ex¬
penditure annually in pensions, which
range from §2.50 to §25 per month.
It is thought that §25,000 per year will
cover the pension list.
Of all the southern states Kentucky
alone has made no provision for her ex
Confederat.es. —Atlanta Constitution.
He Opens Safes for a Diving.
There is a man in this city who only
a short time ago opened the big vault
in the sub-treasury building where, §25,
000,000 was kept, without knowing the
combination of the lock and without a
tool of any kind, in five minutes. This
man’s name is Sipp, and, notwithstand¬
ing the fact that. Inspector Byrnes
knows of the occurrence aud knows
also who the man is, lie has not been
arrested. As a matter of fact the same
man was taken on to Washington, and
with an ordinary mallet opened the big
vaults in the mint where a greater
amount of money is stored.
He is not a thief, but a hard fisted
mechanic who lias made a stu Jy of
locks and safes, and makes more money
in doing repairing than he could if lie
stole. He opened both vaults at the
request of the authorities simply to
show how wretchedly insecure the gov¬
ernment money is wliile locked behind
old fashioned doors and poor locks.-—
new slots txeeon-—,
Tile Tarpon.
The tarpon is the Megalops at.lanticus
of naturalists, a member of the family
Elopidse, and may be considered a gi¬
gantic heiring. They have a wide geo¬
graphical range from the extremity of
the Florida reef t Gape Cod, two speci¬
mens having been captured in the lat¬
ter locality in 1871. From May to Sep¬
tember they are extremely common in
the northern streams of Florida, seek¬
ing the warmer waters of the reef and
the more southern inlets during the
winter. Large ones are the rule, aver¬
aging 150 pounds in weight and from
five to seven and a half feet in length,
while their maximum length is said to
be over eight feet, and tlieir weight
300 pounds. observed
The smallest specimen in
the St. John’s river, according to a
careful observer, weighed si
pounds, and its capture was ehe< ed in
a manner that illustrates the agility of
the species, It leaped aboard th©
steamer Water Lily, clearing the guards,
and landing fairly in the eaptai II s lap,
who was sitting in a chair in the Middle
of the forward deck.—C. F. Holder in