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The Chicago convention was made
up strictly of the plug hat crowd.
Crips says Cleveland is a good can
didate. We expected Mr. Crips to say
just that thing.
The railroads will give us one fare
to our State convention of the 20th of
July. There should be a large crowd.
Col. Livingston says that Cleveland’s
nomination was a mistake on account
of his views on the financial ques
tion.
What will South Carolina do in the
premises? Cleveland and Stephenson
the Wall street candidates were nom
inated at Chicago.
There is but one solution to the tariff
and that is income tax. With this you
need no tariff and the great question is
solved.
The convention at Omaha promises
to be of immense proportions. It is
estimated that there will be from forty
to fifty thousand people in the city from
every quarter of the United States.
The Chicago convention did not rep
resent any wealth producers. They
represented only that element that
grows rich on the wealth but produce
nothing.
We offer no excuse this week for
the amount of space taken up by the
different platforms. The people are
interested in them.
Cleveland and Stephenson. Harri
son and Reid all belong to the same
gang and it makes no difference which
two pair are elected its all the same to
Wall Street,
If you believe that The Southern
Alliance Farmer placed In the
hands of half a dozen or a dozen of
your neighbors will do good, and help
along the work, get thefn to subscribe
from now till the election.
Farmers arc going to have their let
ters deliverhd to them free. It is not
going to cost old Shylock so much time
and trouble to “dun” his farmer
friends. See?
We arc advised by a negative refor
mer to use “cool logic” to convert our
political enemies, the “gold bugs” and
monopolists. Yesl That is all right
in theory, but in practice you want to
emphasize with a club. They never
“convert” while alive.
Neither convention of the two old
parlies said one word abput financial
reform. The cry of the laboring—peo
ple was not heard—it was only the
voice of Wall street speaking through
the politicians.
It is given out-officially that Cleve
land’s plank on the tariff was one of
straddle and as strong for protection as
the republican tariff plauk. This plank
was not adopted, but it was reported
by the comwittee and received nearly
half the votes of the convention.
The Two Platforms.
If it were not a serious thing as evi
dencing the decoy of the spirit of true
democracy, the verboseness and semi
tarily of the two platforms the one
adopted at Minneapolis and the other
at Chicago, would be fit subject for
laughter.
No great political party, having at
heart the well being of the people, and
struggling to establish or defend a
principle ever found it necessary to
drown the meaning of its utterances in
words.
The declaration of Independence
published to the world a hundred years
ago by• our forefathers, and which gave
birth to a nation of free men is of less
length than the democratic or republi
can platforms.
Drafted by men in whose bosoms
the love of liberty and justice sat en
throned, and whose hearts throbbed
with a love of country and a detesta
tion of tyrants, the declaration of In
dependence has put the power to thrill
the hearts of men and inspire them
with nobler ambitions. When the
hands that signed it have long since
crumbled into dust.
But who is inspired to noble thoughts
by the reading of the democratic and
republican platforms.
Who will honor the memory of the
men who wrote them a century hence?
Looking forward a hundred years
and imagining the race to have even
held its present civilization, who would
wish the men of that day to recognize
In him the drafter or signer of the
democratic or republican platform of
1892?
Is there a man living that believes
the people of the next century will
honor these men for the declarations
set forth in those platforms?
Is there a man living, who, in his
sober moments, would care to have his
name read bo posterity attached to one
of those documents?
Per contra, is there aman living who
believes that the generations to come
will fail honoring the men whose
names are attached to the declaration
of rights put forth by the united indus
trial organizations at St. Louis, Feb
ruary, last?
Filled like the patriot of 1776, with
a hatred of tyjauy and of tyrants, their
uiteranccs find a response in the hearts
of the people, and like the utterances
of the patriot fathers will go ringing
down the centuries,while the platforms
of the plutocratic party is like the utter
ances of the Tories of the revolution
ary days will be like themselves, for
gotten, or remembered only to be'
scorned.
Some one has said that language was
invented to conceal thought.
Evidently the democratic or republi
can politicians have so used it in the
drafting of their platforms.
Take some rainy afternoon to read
them and see if you do not agree with
us.
Read separately and apart from each
other. They are as nearly without
meaning as it is possible to conceive
the same number of words and sen
tences to be.
Courting the favor of every class,
condition and nationality of citizens,
they drown every promise of justice to
any in an ocean of words until their
promises become meaningless.
It is only when the two platforms
are compared that their meaning be
comes clear and the intentions of those
who dictated them become obvious.
Remembering that the two parties—
democrat and republican together have
power to enact any and all laws in this
nation, let us compare their declara
tions of intentions.
The republican platform starts out
with a declaration in favor of a policy
of pretection, and proceeds to argue
the case at length in favor of a pro
tective tariff, but ends with a eulogy
of Benins policy of reciprocity, which
virtual free trade—is free trade so far
as it is carried out.
The democratic plank touching the
same subject as written by Cleveland,
and adopted by the committee on plat
form, began with a defense of free
trade and ended up with a promise to
continue the protective tariff, and was
only ckanged to a more pronounced
declaration in favor of tariff reform by
a vote in the convention which liked
nearly four hundred of being unani
mous.
Upon the vital issue of the currency,
the main plank of the two platforms
might be transfered, each to the other
platform, and no man would be able to
say that the position of either party
had changed upon this question, while
both are plainly and openly in the in
terest of the money power and prove
conclusively that the two are but dif
ferent wings of the one great army of
plutocracy.
Both declare in favor of civil service
reform, something that neither party
has honestly attempted to enforce.
Having power to pass whatever stat
utes they chose, yet doing nothing,
THE SOUTHERN ALLIANCE FARMER, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1892
both declare for laws restricting pauper
and criminal legislation, for greater en
couragement of popular education; of
the control of corporations; of the bet
ter protection of our citizens in their
homestead rights upon the public land,
make equally land and equally indefi
nite assertions regarding the control of
monopolies, put the ex-Union soldier
on the same shoulder, are in favor of
the same appropriations for the navy,
both endorse the Nicarauquan canal
scheme, both favor further appropria
tions to the World’s Fair, both make
the same hid for the Irish, Jewish and
Palock vote, are agreed in accusing
each other with incompetency, dishon
esty and treachery towards the people,
and being agreed on all things, even
agree that in order to keep the people
apart and themselyes in office as the
servants of the money power, that the
one shall advocate and the other op
pose an offensive election law which
to make doubly offensive shall be call
ed a force bill.
Our faith in the intelligence of the
people and in a power which is over
all, enables us still to believe in the
perpetuity of our free institutions and
in a better time coming when the
wretched characters if statesmen and
patriots who thus insult the people
shall have been dethroned and scorned
as they deserve, but that the leaders of
great political parties could dare to so
insult an oppressed and suffering peo
ple is sufficient to convince every un
prejudiced mind that none too soon
have the people awakened, arid none
too soon begun the work of organizing
a party of the people which shall wrest
the reigns of government from the
hands of men who thus proclaim their
subserviance of the money power.
He who does not now throw off the
collar of old parties and allign himself
with the people against these two old
plutrocratic parties is unworthy to be
free.
“We’ll Whip Them Back.”
“Whip them back.”
It cut like a two edged sword, the
very words.
They demonstrate just the feeling of
the “upper ten” as they are want to
call themselves.
While on an outgoing train a few
evenings since the question of Cleve
land’s nomination was being discussed
by three distinguished gentlemen,
They all seemed well pleased with
the nomination, but one spoke up and
said he “feared that Cleveland would
lose several southern states, that the
farmers of South Carolina and North
Carolina and others did not like Cleve
land and he apprehended they might
bolt the party.”
“Oh, that don’t amount to any
thing,” spoke up the other, “we’ll
whip them back into ranks, whip ’em
back.”
This seemed to meet the perfect
approval of both the other parties and
all was safe.
The words were spoken by an officer
of the supreme court of Georgia and
he emphasized them with the author
ity of a czar.
This has been the plan of the bosses
for twenty-five years and it has worked
successfully, but the day is past for
“whipping them back” like slaves. It
is true the bosses 'have not realized it
yet, but they will on the first election
day.
Do these plutocratic office holders,
who are living fat on the taxes of the
people, think that the farmers of
Georgia are a set of cowards who
bare their backs to the party lash and
be driven back into the service of the
bosses?
This is their opinion when expressed
honestly, and yet so long as the labor
ing people “will vote her straight” to
keep them in fat positions they are all
right, but the minute the farmers break
over the traces “they must be driven
back” like cattle.
Men who receive large salaries do
not realize any necessity for reform,
but the poor devils who dig all day in
the heat to make a little produce to pay
these -salaries are the ones who suffer
and seek relief. These are the ones
who are to be “whipped back” into
the service of the bosses by the
party lash in the hands of these
high salaried officers—these men who
ought to be the servants of the people
who pay them, but who are in fact
the peoples bosses to “whip them.”
God knows it is time tile people were
waking up. It is time that they were
opening their eyes to the situation and
standing up for their rights.
When liberty is lost and people are
but slaves to be “whipped” at will by
the bosses the republic is near at end.
Southern wealth producers, Geor
gians, rise in your might and man
hood and hurl you salaried bosses
from power. Prove yourselves free
men and save the republic from the
hands of plutocracy and ruin.
The Platforms.
We publish this week the
republican platform, the democratic
platform and the People’s Party plat
form. There is little difference be
tween the two former, in fact none ex
cept on tariff and force bill. The dem
ocrats demand a reform \of the tariff
but find themselves in poor shape to
do it. The present tariff seems hardly
sufficient to meet their extravagant and
profligate expenditure. This necessa
rily renders this part of the platform a
vote catching plank only. Then the
democrats tear their hair about the
force bill, while the people look on in
astonishment. A few years ago such
frantic yells from the party bosses
would have driven every man inclined
to break over the traces back into the
party ranks, but not so now. The
people have become more enlightened
and no such use will change their pur
pose.
In all other points the democratic
and republican platforms are essential
ly the same. On the great financial
question, which is the question of all
others, both parties are as silent as the
tomb. On silver they are the same,
both seeking to deceive an honest
downtrodden people.
Nothing could suit the WaR street
gang better. With Harrison and
Cleveland it makes no difference with
the money power which wins. It is
with them, “Heads we win tails you
lose.”
Both platforms are a conglomeration
of meaningless bosh, thrown together
in such away as to deceive the public.
Read all the platforms closely and
then lay all prejudice aside and you
will have no difficulty in reaching a
conclusion as to which one fills the bill.
Vote for that one that is honest, bold
and outspoken for the reforms which
the country needs. Beware of the
two-faced and deceptive instruments
made solely for the purpose of deceiv
ing the people.
Vote for principle and not party.
We desire to call especial attention
to the following dispatch signed “E.
W. B.” dated Washington, D. C.,
June 26th, to the Atlanta Comstitu
tion, and want the People’s Party to
read and and consider it carefully and<
if they like tell us what they think of
it. We will tell you what we think of
it now. E. W. B. is speaker Crisp
secretary at a large salary, which is all
right as some one has to get the money
and no doubt his services are valuable,
for he has shown an exceeding apti
tude for some time to always have a
congressman or some man of equal
value ready to tell what the situation
is. Now that his hopes and friends,
Speaker Crisp, Senator Colquitt <nd
Congressman Everett and others have
been left out entirely in the cool by
Cleveland and his mugwump crowd*
they seem to have a little time to con
fer and consider the interest of the
common people enough to have the
special correspondent of a leading daily
to tell that a leader is wanted
for the People’s Party and that
a southern Congressman has found it
out. Who told him so is the question?
Now to relieve the whole body of
southern Congressmen who are not
square on the demands of the People’s
Party, we feel safe in saying there is
no danger of “lightning striking any
of you” for with a clear majority of
148 democrats in the house you had
neither the votes or the speaker the
courage to stand up for the people,
clearly. Southern democrats, none of
youare leaders or even posess thecour
ageof your convictions. Tell E. W. B. to
write about “Force Bill” he is a great
leader for the gold bugs. As to the
People’s Party, every man is a leader
and voter.
THE DESPATCH.
“Washington, June 26.—A south
ern congressman in a position to view
the situation intelligently has prepar
ed this statement. It is interesting.
He says:
Now that the great conventions of
the two great parties are over,immense
interest is concentrating around the
headquarters of the Third Party in
this city. It is well known that the
leaders of that party are not
satisfied with either of the platforms.
This is not surprising, as nobody ex
pected they would be, but as neither
of the great parties came out for full
free coinage under the present ratio
of coinage between gold and silver the
Third Party leaders express the hope
that their party will take on a great
boom. Macune’s paper, the organ of
the Farmer’s Alliance, has heretofore
maintained a position that would ena
ble it to go with either the old or with
the new party; but judging from the
declarations of Macune it will flop to
the new party in its next issue.
SEAKING FOR A LEADER.
There is no doubt that there is great
activity among the leaders of the Third
Party uow. Above all things they are
seeking for a leader for president who
has not been depreciated by connec
tion with the flat money craze, or the
greenback era, or the wild vagaries of
the extreme Third Party people.
Weaver is discounted by his oscilla
tions in the past. He has espoused
every party in existence today, and
was the leader of two that are dead.
He has been in congress and the
record shows how extreme on all
questions he has been. He was the
author of the so-called twelfth plank in
the People’s Party platform. Davis,
of Texas, it is understood here, endeav
ored to take it away from him by offer
ingl it at Cincinnati, but the fact is,
that Weaver introduced a bill in con
on the 11th day of January, 1886, to
pay the soldiers the difference between
the money they received and gold. He
is also in favor of a snb-treasury bill
and the judgment of the best men in
the Third Party is averse to making
that a plank in the platform.
JUDGE GRESHAM SOLICITED.
A committee within the last few days
has waited upon Judge .Gresham, of
Indiana, with a view to getting him to
consent to make the race. He insisted
that he was too poor to make the cam
paign. He talked, however, and led
the committee to believe that he
might he induced to run if the con
vention at Omaha will purge the plat
form _of the vagaries of sub-treasury
and railroad ownership which he be
lieves are impracticable and absolutely
indefensible.
Some of the committee have return
ed here and they believe that the
platform will be reformed at Omaha
and that Gresham will lead the hosts'
at the coming election. He is a strong
man and wonderfully popular. The
only drawback in the move
ment is in the indisposition
of the Third Party people to change
their platform again. Promulgated first
at St. Lovis, it was materially altered
at Ocala. Then again the Ocala plat
form was changed at Cincinnati in
some particulars. Then again the
Cincinnati work was changed.
Again, at St. Louis, the second
time, and now to be called upon by the
great men of their party to eliminate
the said vagaries from their platforms,
breaks the hopes of the average granger
to borrow money at 2 per cent or pawn
his truck with the government for 20
per cent of its vatue.
It is now reasonably certain, how
ever, that no one fit for the office of
president can be induced to accept the
candidacy unless the convention at
Omaha will reform the platform and
omit from it the wild and visionary
scheme of government ownership of
railroads, sub-treasury and the pay
ment to soldiers of the late war the
difference between the money they re
ceived and gold. E. W. B.
Mr. Livingston how do you feel
now, is your organ authority.
The Chicago Times says: “There
might have been a break in the solid
ity of the south were it not for this
menace of the force bilß by Harrison
and the republican party. Blaine
opposed this measure, but Harrison,
not Blaine, is the republican candidate.
The demand in this country is for
peace and prosperity that shall come
of free intercourse between the people.
The merchants of every ciiy of the
north—New York probably, more than
any other city, Chicago to the extent
with which it has southern trade—are
vitally interested in the prevention of
the monstrous programme indicated by
that bitter partisan and opponent of
the south, Benjamin Harrison.”
The above explains it. Illinois and
New York went for Harrison in last
election. Gray could not agree to de
liver Indiana to Cleveland because Har
rison is King in that state.
New York must have an excuse to
divide and always throws its vote to
the party that will insure most protec
tion to money power.
Stevenson’s nomination was purely
of local character. It is this. The
great World’s Fair, Chicago is the
place, money must be appropriated and
distinguished guests looked after and
entertained from taxes collected from
the poor people.
With 148 democratic majority in the
house and most of them new men it
will be hard to get them to vote away
the peoples money unless they are
assured by the bosses that they will be
returned. Now just let a Georgia con
gressman come home and tell his con
stituents that there is but one issue
before the people, World’s Fair and a
ten million appropriation, and Mr.
“Force Bill” is the only way to save
the country and he will be received
with open arms for defeat.
Powderly declares that he will not
be a candidate for President, vice
President or for any other position but
adds: “The principles of the People’s
Party are right; they are the only ones
that stand the masses. I will vote
for them this year, next year and every
other year until they become success
ful.”
Peek in Hart.
Hartwell, Ga., June 26th, 1882.
Editor Southern Alliance Farmer:
This has been a grand day for the
cause of the people. We had a grand
speech from Hon. W. L. Peek of
Rockdale and he presented the cause
of the people in a clear and concise
manner. His time was limited but
although I have read of the grand
speeches he has made in other portions
of the state, -we think he was at his
best Saturday.
One of our substantial farmers said
“Peek is a good man but he could not
talk as he does if he did not have the
cause of right and justice on his side.”
Col. Peek received a regular ovation
after his speech. •
Our audience was not as large as we/
hoped for because our farmers are be-/
hind in their work and in the midst o/
their oat harvest. There was not ova
four hundred present and a good mat
of them were town people, but wh<
Col. Peek asked all who favored tl
People’s Party to hold up their han
over three fourths of the audien
done so.
Col. Peek is a farmer and a man
the people. I would not write this
I am with him in the fight but I kn<
the dailies from Atlanta will repc
small crowd, no enthusiasm and Pe
pie’s Party dead, hence I say Ha
county will vote a majority for tl
People’s Party.
I will send full report for next weed
paper. W. P. «
Mr. Garrard seems to have gotten i
his pet scheme at Chicago, the repei
of ten per cent tax on state bank iss
ues. This section has already provei
a source of great weakness in the stat,
campaign and no doubt it will prov
more fatal -in the national platform
However, Mr. Garrard seems deter
mined to push his solution of the plat
form, “getting rich on the interest o
what you owe.” The trouble with th,
solution is the farmers would have ti
pay the interest and the class whicl
does not produce any wealth woul<
reap the benefits.
Why could not the republican com
mittee on resolutions have told whai
they ment concerning the silver ques!
tion?
It is easy to say: We are not in fa.
vor of free and unlimited coinage of
silver. That would settle the whole
question and everybody could underj
stand it.
It looks rascally to conceal one’s
meaning beneath superfluous words.
If there was any doubt before as to
how Georgia would vote it is settled
now. The nomination of Cleveland
was a rebuke to every man who advo
cated financial reform. These people
though inclined to go to with the dem
ocratic party will not follow It in the
face of such insults. They will now
vote with the reform movement and
thus increase the majority for reform
in Georgia.
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