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SEND IN YOUR'SUBSCRIPTION TO THE CAMPAIGN OFFER. 25 CENTS FOR FOUR MONTHS /CbSmXlg M/W/ Fol. XV.—No. 33 ' A WILD ANIMAL Is Loose in the Land Trying to Destroy Things. LOOK OUT FOR THE ANIMAL. . Its Name Is “Force Bill”—Have You Seen it Anywhere, if not, Road the Democratic Papers of the South. The force bill has broke loose in the land. Look out for it. You are liable any morning when you wake up to find it has come like a thief in the night and destroyed your crop of cot ton and grain. “Force Bill” is described as follows: It has thirty legs, three different eolors on its body and head, muchly disfigured by the beating it got in the last congress by Alliance republicans and democrats, and since that time Mr. Force Bill has not shown himself, but the Cleveland democrats found him in Chicago and brought him up to the convention of unte.rifled democrats. “Mr. Force Bill” at one jump clean ed ;up the Tammany tiger, which threw the entire party into confusion, and with consternation depicted on their faces said with one voice, “what shall we do to be saved.” Mr. Mugwump, a New York ani mau of large proportions .rushes in and says if you will use a Cleveland club we can down him at once. The Tam many Tiger and their followers cried out with one voice, “anything to save us.” So Cleveland’s mugwumps captured Mr. Force Bill, and the unterified were happy once more. Oh! if you had bech there and seen the Tammanny braves and their con tingent come up and examine the club you would have enjoyed it. First, to rush up was the Courier Journal in the person of Hon. Henry Waterson, and said, let me examine the club, won’t you please, Mr. Whitney? What is it made of that causes it. to possess so much power and force? Mr. W. says: Don’t you see it is of solid gold furnished by the national banks. No second hand silver in it. Don’t you see the making of club is paid for by cotton exchanges that are opposed to anti-option bill. Don’t you see that it and all the men in charge of it, from bill lading at tached, were transported free to Chi cago in payment for their opposition to government ownership of railroads. So then the Hon. Mr. Waterson fell down and worshiped the Cleveland club. < At that moment Hoke Smith, of The Atlanta Journal stood by and wept with joy. Next comes The Atlanta Constitu tion in the person of Hon. E. P. Howell and his son, Clark. They ask could that club kill the Third Party as quick as it did the Tammanny tiger and Mr. Hill? Mr. W. says: Yes, and quicker, too. Well, pa and son says show us how it can be done, and we are with you. Mr. W. says you acknowledge Cleve land’s club killed the Tammanny’ tiger and is now in charge of “Mr. Force Bill.” They’ said “yes.” Well to show you how it can kill the Third Party, we propose to put your son Clark in charge in Georgia for the reason that we want to show the south ern people that wo are a power in the land through your paper. Response was “Oh! yes.” “we see.” Well go home and tell your people that Cleveland is honest and pure, that national banks are the salvation'of the country, that to stop dealing in futures would prevent the poor farmers from selling a bale of cotton in advance to get supplies, and that the repeal of 10 per cent tax on state banks will give the people more money than they need, and in fact, already there is too much money in the country. Yes, we see, says captain and son, but what about the other papers in our state. What will they say. Mr, W. replied: Why, they all fell • down and worshiped, our club of gold some time ago, and have already bad their reward in patronage of a substan tial kind, namely articles boosting the honest and pure statesman have been paid for. Captain. Howell then said we are satisfied, but what can my Alliance friend here say to our people. He has been regarded the Alliance of Georgia, and has stood square to the democratic party from our standpoint. What must he tell the Alliance people of T LEE ZE OFFICIAL OZRG-JLIT OZE THE GEORG-! a. STJLTHI JLLXjTuALTOE. Georgia about Cleveland’s gold club and the refusal of the democrats with a clear majority of 148 in the house, not putting any silver in the club that you captured Mr. “Force Bill” with. Mr. W.—Well, I am free to confess I cannot advise him. He has had his day in court and failed to show that he possessed the ability’ ho claimed. You know he said he carried the Alliance vote in his vest pocket, and that Speak er Crisp and Blount sent him and his partner to St. Louis in February to stop the crank and anarchist crowd that had started the Tnird Party and tiiat they failed to do it with an old time democratic club. While I am sorry for him, I can offer no advice as to his future course. He and his partner have already been re warded far beyond their ability and in fluence. If I suggested anything, would advise that they retire and leave the management of the democratic af fairs to tried, tiue and uncompromis ing leaders,who can tell a pure and un adulterated gold club as soon as they see it. / Then Captain H. said: Son you hear what the boss says. We will have to obey orders, and then the curtain drop ped and hid from view all that was left of an Alliance democrat. “Weep!” “Weep!!” “Weep II ! ” “Alliance democrats.” So the work was done, the money power of the land still maintaining its supremacy and control of both old parties. Reciprocacy between nations and change of ins and outs of the money power having been settled a t Minneapolis the week before by trotting out “Mr. Force Bill.” * So the work has been completed, and so far as gold bug interest, class legislation and protection of manufac tures interest is concerned, they are safe with either old party in power. The few who have strayed under the idea that the people have some rights under the government, have been scared into line by Mr. Force Bill. So, now, farmers of Georgia, keep your children in doors after dark and look out for town politicians, for “Force Bill” with thirty legs and three colors on his body and a battered head is abroad in the land and you will be caught and devoured by him when you least expect it. That there is danger in “Mr. Force Bill,” there can be no doubt, and if you do not believe it, just read the daily democratic papers. They never tell a lie, and they all say “Mr. Force Bill” is abroad, and that he is more to be dreaded than aboli tion of national banks, dealing in fu tures, free coinage of silver, ownership of railroad, telegraph and express lines and an income tax that will restore you equal rights under the law. Look out farmers and laborers for “Mr. Force Bill.” You will read of him in the papers and hear him de scribed on the stump. So be ready to run and submit to the Cleveland mug wump gold club, or prepare to join the Omaha band who are preparing to cap ture Mr. Force Bill, Mr. National Band, gold bug clan and all others who are fighting against the rights of the common people. So boys look out for “Mr. Force Bill” and vote for Bailie and the babies. One That Was at Chicago and Saw Mr. Gold Bugs Club. It Is Just the Same Everywhere. The following clipping from the Peo ples Advocate, published at Columbia Ala., shows that democrats are getting scarce over there too. In fact it is just the same everywhere. The peo ple are coming to the front and are uniting in a party of their own, on a platform of equal justice to all and special privileges to none. But here is tlje clipping from the advocate: “It is said that drowning men catch at straws, and that being the case the true blues can find a very large straw to grab at in the fact that true blues had only about twenty-five at their meeting Saturday while there were about two hundred and fifty present at the meeting of the People’s Party Executive Committee. Enthusiasm was a stranger in the true blue meet ing. In the People’s Party meeting enthusiasm was unbounded. That’s the kind of straws we love to see float ing around.” Let the Alliance do as it has been advised to for four years. Stand by its principles. Don’t be led oft by any campaign stories. It is Harrison and Cleveland and the people be d—cid. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1892. mi TOW!! Boys, Girls, Women and Men Read This. WE ARE THE PEOPLE. Truth Is Mighty and Will Prevail— United We Stand, Divided We trail—The Demands of the People Are Right. First victory for the people was won in Glascock county, Ga. Good-bye .old ring rule and the teachings of demagogue politicians. The people can and do rejoice. Glascock county held an election on Monday last to elect an Ordinary to fill an jinexpired term caused by death. The democratic party named as their choice to serve them Mr. Seaborn Kitchen, a man in every way worthy and competent for the office, besides a man of great popularity and extensive acquaintance and relationship in the county. The People’s Party selected as their standard bearer Mr. J. C. English, a man of equal worth as to character and qualifications. Now result. People’s Party candidate received 401. Democratic candidate 199. Majority for People’s Party 202. Now, aint this funny in a state where they say the People’s Party is dead and is being run by cranks and social ist. Boys, there is a big lot of them in Glasscock. But this is not all. It is the largest vote ever cast in the county. When Hon. A. H. Stephens and General Gar trell made their race there was only 477 votes cast in the county. So you see a full vote was cast. Besides on Saturday before the elec tion, Senator John B. Gordon, Gov- W. J. Northen, Hon. J. C. C. Black and Hon. Mr. Whitehead "made speeches in Gibson, urging the people to stand by the old party. General Gordon and Governor W. J. Northen indulged in personal abuse of our leaders, but it was no go with the boys, for they were posted. The Augusta Chronicle of Sunday published General Gordon’s speech in full, but it did not suit the general, and it was corrected for him to suit his lordship. All the daily papers were so confident that the governor, senator and would be congressman, could par alize the people of Glasscock that they were all eager for the first news, so that it would have its effect over the state, arranged to have special dis patches sent them, which was done. We give you a sample of them that were never published, but if the result had been different each paper would have devoted a column to the success of the grand old party. sample NO. 1. That was never published. Special. Atlanta Constitution— Glasscock county elected the People’s Party candidate for ordinary to-day by over 200 majority. Largest vote ever poled in the county. NO. 2. Special—Macon Telegraph.—Glass cock county cast small vote to-day. No politics in race, but the man who is claimed by the People’s Party car ried the county by about 200 majority. The county will’ bo solid for Black. General Gordon and Governor Northen made it solid for Black against Watson on Saturday last. NO. 3. Augusta Chronicle, Augusta, Ga.— But for you report of General Gordon’s and Governor Northen’s speeches in Sunday’s Chronicle result might not have been quite so disastrous for the democrats, but the report of what occurred was so far from the truth that people who would not have voted ow ing to their relationship and regard for the democratic candidate, turned out to sustain the cause of right and jus tice. Hence the largest vote ever cast in the county, majority for English, People’s Party candidate. Over 200 wires are down and%o are we. NO. 4. Savannah News Election in Glass- cock passed off quietly to-day. Small vote. No special issue. English elected by a small vote. County will be ■solid for Black. The grand old confederate, General J. B. Gordon and the Christian Governor, W. J. Northen wiped out what little was left of the Third Party on Saturday. Poor Tom Watson. The above are samples of dispatches sent and never published. Now, here is the truth. Glasscock gave 202 majority on Monday to J. C. English, the People’s Party nominee. English’s vote -P 401. Kitchen—democrat 199. Total vote ( 600. Largest total vote ever cast in the county. General Gordon, Governor W. J. Northen, Hon. J. C. C. Black and Hon. Mr. Whitehead spoke in the county Saturday before the election. The .People’s Party of Glasscock county done their speaking at the bal lot box. Hurrah for Glasscock county. The People’s Party of Georgia send greeting to their sister states, and as sure tnein Georgia is for the people. Remember the motto: “United we stand, divided we fall.” Daily .papers who want to keep their subscribers should publish the news. Glascock. To the Members of tlfe F. A. & I. .U. On the 11th day of June our order suffered an irreparable loss in the death of that wise counsellor, trusted leader, and well beloved brother, President L. L. Polk. Why he should have been taken from us at this time, in the prime of life, in the vigor of manhood, with his ripe experience, enjoying the confidence of organized labor as no other man has ever done; just on the eve of battle when all eyes were turned to him as the Moses who was to lead us into the promised land of liberty for labor, must ever remain a mystery to us. A nation mourns the loss of an uncrowned king. For no other’ man in the nation would so many tears have been shed as have been and will be shed for our dear departed brother. He had no gold to give, no patronage to bestow, no promises for the future, and yet, this plain man of the people, had more friends who loved him, more peo ple who trusted him, more citizens who longed to crown his brow with a presi dential coronet, than all the wealth of Wall street could buy or tire patronage of a dozen presidents could influence. He was the idol of our order. It was contagious. He was tiie idol of organ ized labor. We ne’er shall see his like again. We bow our heads in grief un der the chastining rod. We drop our tears on his consecrated grave. We mourn the loss of the grandest man this movement has developed. It is meet that we do all this in the memory of our brother. Feeling as he did, that the battle of the ages was on; realiz ing as he did the terrible conflict neces sary to avert disaster; knowing as he did that every man who loves this re public must be rallied to our standard to save it from the fate of all other nations where the wealth of the nation has aggregated in the hands of the few. He would to-day, were he with us, urge us on in the line duty. He would plead with us to “strip for the fray”— push forward to the goal he has already reached; to receive the reward already his. Well done good and faithful ser vant; enter into your reward.” Bj’ your choice it becomes ray duty to take up the work so suddenly snatch ed from him. Ido so with a very, very heavy heart—courage almost gone—to attempt, to follow the incomparable leader. He bids me “strip for the fray.” I obeyed his orders when living; I will obey them now, and respond to the call of duty. He has plainly mark ed out the path I should follow. To emulate his example and follow in his footsteps as closely as my abilities will permit will be the surest road to your confidence. There will be no change of policy. I will need your aid and assistance more than ho did. There will be a meeting of the National Exe cutive Committee at Omaha, July Ist, when plans for the future will be out lined. I hope to meet, and consult with many of our state officers there. In the meantime address all communi cations to 239, North Capital Street Washington, D. C. We can but show our respect and love for our dear brother by consecrat ing ourselves anew to the cause he loved better than life, each one resolving to redouble his efforts for the grandest platform of principles ever enunciated by any body of men; the emancipation of labor from the power of money to oppress by constitutional methods at the hallot box. Fraternally. H. L. Loucks, President N. F. A. & I. U. Alliancemen. look out for the “Force Bill.” THE TIME BLS ■. C. F. Turner, of Monroe, An nounces Ready for the PEOPLE’S PARTY CANDIDATE For the 6th, Congressional District of Georgia. The undersigned believes that in every country there should always be two political parties. That . party struggles are to the body politic what the tides are to the ocean, a preventa tive of stagnation and corruption. Be fore the war there were always two parties in Georgia and under the old regime the state produced such intel lectual giants as Toombs, Stephens and Cobb, but under the new regime of one partj’ many very poor statesmen have come to the front. This is true of both sections, A solid north and a solid south have filled both houses of Congress with a low order of states manship. There are, however, many honorable exceptions, but this is true of Congress in general. The undersigned was the first man in Georgia who, through the columns of a newspaper, advocated an imme diate call of the people to organize the People’s Party in this state. In the Southern Alliance Farmer of date Sept. Ist, he used the following language: “No time should be lost, but Alliancemen should call at once a meeting in some central city and form a state organization and this should be followed by organization in each coun ty in the state. Os course the old po litical bosses who have grown to be millionaires on a congressman’s salary of 85,000 a year will set up a howl. They will crack the party lash over the heads and around the heels of demo crats and try to hold them in ranks by such weak and puerile arguments as it is necessary to keep up a solid south in order to preserve white supremacy.” Before the war you could have counted the millionaires of this nation on the tips of your fingers, now, accord ing to John J. Ingalls, a little over thirty thousand men own one half the property of this nation. The time for political revolution has come. Tiie undersignod endorses the St. Louis platform of 1892. He believes that both old parties are under control of Wall Street bond holders and shylocks and that unless the people act quickly the masses will be reduced to slavery or become the mere surfs of the Eas tern Plutocrats. These are the views of the under signed and should the people nominate and elect him, he will, to the best of his ability, guard the people’s treasury and the people’s rights. C. F. Turner. Brent,Monroe Co. Ga., June 23, 1892. Mass Meeting. A mass meeting of the People’s Party will be held in Thomasville July loth, at noon. A call for the People’s Party is hereby made togneet in Thom asville on July 15th, for the purpose of selecting candidates to represent Thomas county in the next Legisla ture. A full attendance is requested. By order of County Executive Com mittee. June 24th, 1892, Carroll County. The People’s Party met in mass meeting pursuant to call, J. W. H. Russell acting chairman. The first business in order was to elect four delegates to the congress ional convention, which resulted in the choice of J. W. H. Russell, J. O. Sharp, W. T. Morris and J. A. Murrah. Next in order to elect four delegates to the state convention which resulted in the choice of Rev. G. Burson, Dr. T. L. Rowe, Dr. William Gaulding and J. R. Spence. Each delegate was given the power to elect his own alternate, after which the meeting adjourned. Immediately thereafter, brother Irwin editor of The Southern Alli ance Farmer, delivered an address omthe political issues of the day, which was appropriate, timely and to the point, and was very highly appreciated by the People’s Party men. The force of his arguments in behalf of the cause of the people was strongly felt by the few democrats present, as was plainly. We only need just such education of our principles in every district in Car roll county to make that county solid for the People’s Party. We hope brother Irwin will come again. The executive coujnjitiee was called Subscription—One Dollar Per Year into session and list of members per« fected. Resolved, That our choice of candi dates for the various offices be made by primaries and that the chairman call said primaries at such, time as he may deem proper. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in The Southern Alliance Farmer and People’s Party Paper. The chairman suggested to the com mittee that each one have brought before his district the consideration of' .establishing a People’s Party paper in this county for the use of our party and cease to lend a cudgel to the oppo nents of reform with which to stricke down the cause. The committee then adjourned sub ject to the call of the chairman. J. W. 11. RUSEELL, Ch’m. J. R. Carter, Sec. ADDRESS To the People of the Third Congressional District of Georgia: As chairman of the third congressional district committee of the People’s Party, it becomes my duty to send out an ad dress to the people of the district. For many long years we have demon strated our fealty and fidelity to the Dem ocratic party. Asa people we have con fided and trusted a few leaders, who have on many occasions deceived us and refused to obey the behests of the sover eign people. Our confidence has been and is now shattered and broken. We have asked for bread and been given a stone. Reasonable demands have been made for relief, only to be treated with contempt. Congressman were elected on specific issues, and they have neglected to make even an honest attempt to do wnat they promised to de*; when asking us for our votes. The free, coinage of silver, a moMure that wouldi give .(partial relief, was defeated by a Democratic house with a majority of 148. Failing in this, what can we reasonably expect ? Noth ing. The People’s Party, born of necessity, comes to you and presents its claims for your support and your own good. It aims to put men in power who will faith fully represent the common masses and not the plutocratic ciass. It purposes to protect the labor which cleared away the forests ; the labor which built the cities and towns; the labor whieh opened the mines ; the labor which built the railroads ; the labor which erec.ed all the school houses and churches ; the labor which built all the ships, and all tho docks, and all the steam engines, and all the cotton gins, and all the spinning jennjs, and all tho looms. The labor which produces all the corn, cotton, wheat, oats, horses, mules hogs and cattle. In fact the labor which created all the wealth of this country. The People’s Party seeks to benefit all classes, producers and non-producers. It aims to preserve and perpetuate the in stitutions of civil liberty given to us as legacy from our sires of tiro revolu tionary period of our country’s history. Its object is not to pull down but build up; to bring peace and liappiress to many thousands of oppressed and debt ridden people, not to foment strife, or arouse bad feelings. We demand, and are determined to have, purer politics, officers in power who are patriotic and love equal rights, justice and fair dealing. We place the seal of condemnation on the prof essional pot house politicians whose only ambi tion is to get power, position and boodle. Ths People's Party is pointed out to you, my fellow-countrymen, as an har bor of safely in these days of official rascality, perfidy, open treachery, and bare-faced deception. The two old parties have repeatedly and without shame, proven unfaithful to the common people of our country. Silver has been deuionstized, greenbacks withdrawn from circulation, public lands equal to nine states absolutely given away to wicked corporations, the whisky makers loaned money at a nominal rate and nursed fondly by the government, the money farmed out to national banks, and many other engines of oppression too numerous to mention are allowed to rob the people, and neither of them pro test against the crime, for a crime it is to exact sweat money from the laborers who produce the wealth of the country. This is a fight for home, wife, babies, and the continuation of our republican form of government, and should enlist the efforts, sympathy, influence and earnest support of all good people. Pass the word down tiie line, Organize f Organize I! Organize!! I The fight is on to the bitter end, and if we are true to ourselves, our God and our country, victory will perch on our banner in the future contests. Yours for the right, W. T. Christopher, Montezuma, Ga., June 18. Call for a People’s Party Mass Meeting. The People’s Party of Schley county and all those who are in sympathy with said party are requested to attend a mass meeting at the court house in Ellaville Saturday July 30th, 1892, at 10 o’clock sharp, for the purpose of nominating a candidate to represent the county in the general assembly. J. F. Collins, Ch’m. E. B. Barrow, Sec. NOTICE TO PUBLISHERS, If you want a good printer addreae W. F. R., Atlanta, Ga., care of the SoutUejn