SOUND AND LOGICAL.
NUGENT BLAZES THE WAY FOR
POPULISTS.
The People's ,J?J I Now the Only
-""Party" With r distent Declaratioi
and Principle n the Monry Que-
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T. L. Nugent ere are some good
meaning populita ho believe that by
scaling down our fclhtform and confin
ing the campaign Iff next year to the
financial issue, our-iances ' success
will be greatly IncretedJ
Practically the caijbaign will turn
upon the money question, since the
logic of eventa hastiroed it to the
, front; but this, as I $t.ave endeavored
before to show, doesJiot justify the
pruning process advocated by the par
ties referred to. Indeal, the money
question as understood r the rank and
l the people's parts, is quite dis
tinct 'from that advocaft d by the so-
called silver or bi-metalilr party. With
the latterXthe free and iinllmited coin
age of silver is the sole, ftal, issue be
fore tbe country; while populists, not
underrating the silver qBton, have
always contended that ftf'i pionetary
relief cfn only come to the tcuiatry from
a comprehensive flnanciaf.scheme in
volfiig, first, the abolition! f banks of
altogether and their tiial divorce-
It from the general gfcvernment;
eond, the practical recoil Itlon and
aforcement of the doctrlnf that the
loney coinine and issulni function
belongs exclusively to the government;
and that government should ttpon some
proper plan emit and keep n circula
tion a sufficient volume of circulation,
a sufficient volume f melilHc and
paper money, to supply the detoands of
' trade; third, that all the forms l? money
so issued should be of equal llkal ten
der quality, and that no" paff of it
should consist of convertible treasury
notes. In other words, we instil upon
a system of true scientific laoney,
, maintained permanently by the govern
ment, witbout dependence upon? inter
mediary, agencies of any klndiwhat
ever. ;V - :- ':-'-K : f
It will be seen that this system neces
, sarily includes the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold, the ratjo of
which our platform declares shat be
h 4y een to one. The silver peoplello
indeed propose that the governmlit
shall Issue legal tender paper ci
rency, but only in the form of creil't
money, promises of the government p
pay the bearer in primary money thfc
is in coin. They will not concede out
demand for inconvertible notes, and tf
we go to them we must do so not upo:
any demand for a comprehensive syi
tern of money which we believe ca
lb
alone bring our people permanent reliefirea j0g
irom vicious nnanciai ieg:siauon, dui
upon a demand virtually for free coIi
age alone, which if obtained, will )&n
the essential money Question unsolved
-View"" the suggestion as you may, it
' amounts t' this and only this. If car
ried out, we might enable the silver
leaders to hold their places, but would
there be much outcome for the peo
ple's party, or the cause of reform?
We might afford to support Reagan, or
Bryan, or Stewart, or Jones, or any
other one of the silver leaders, if by
so doing the work of real, lasting re
form could be advanced; but when by
doing so we must close our eyes to
every issue except the single one of
silver rehabilitation.
I for one can see only 'disaster as the
outcome of such a policy. Populists
have advocated free coinage for years.
While the old parties were dodging the
silver issue, trying to get on both sides
of it, making platforms construed to
favor gold monometalism in the east
and anything or nothing in the south
or west, according to the standpoint
' from which they were regarded, the
people's party in convention assembled
made a straight honest declaration in
favor of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to
1. And now after all these years of
juggling and dodging, during which
not a single honest declaration in favor
of the white metal ever crept into the
old party platforms, these silver leaders
step to the front, and with suavity and
cheek characteristic of the trained
politician, invite us to enter the demo
cratic party, meekly take back seats
and listen to the old-time eloquence
with which we have been for so many
years regaled.
These periodic howls in favor of the
white metal have hitherto led to no re
Suit, for the reason that after the elec-
. tlon they always sink into the usual
democratic monotone stand by the
party. I wonder that any number of
populists can now be moved by the old
hypocritical dodge that has broken up
and destroyed every reform party
movement in this country for thirty
years past. "Stay in the old party!
We believe as you do on this quepdon!
W'e are for free silver or greenbacks!
Come back into the fold!" Yet, some
of the very men who tell us 'his say
they will vote the ticket even if the
platform declares for the gold standard.
Indeed, did not Judge Reagan, to whom
we are in the habit of attributing high,
patriotic purposes, after declaring that
he could not honestly run for governor
on the last democratic platform, sup
port the entire state ticket nominated
en that platform? Did he not Justify
his action by virtually saying that any
thing was preferable to populism?
How, then, can we consistenly support
people who thus prefer even gold mono
metalliim to the policies advocated by
the people's party?
Will Higher Prices Itenpflt tabor?
Advocates for a gold standard claim
that higher prices for products will not
benefit labor, because expenses would
be increased. Let us see how railroad
employes would be affected under such
a condition. Railroads have three prob
lems to solve. Thy must get monev
to pay taxation, running expenses, and
Interest on bonds. All of these must
be paid before the stockholder receive!
a dividend.
Taxation can be reduced but little.
Interest charges cannot be reduced at
all. To reduce operating expenses is
the only way of economizing. There
is but one way to do this; that is,
diminish the amount paid to employes.
By discharging some, reducing salaries
of others, and working less hours, the
pay-roll is made smaller.
A reduction in revenue has forced the
road to economize. This diminution of
revenue has been brought about in two
ways. When the prices of farm prod
ucts fall below a certain point, ship
ments stop unless freight rates are
lowered. The expense to the road can
not be lessened except by a reduction
of its pay-roll.
The low price for products furnishes
the producer less money, consequently
he must economize. He cannot buy so
large a quantity of manufactured prod
ucts, and the road has less freight to
haul to the farming districts, therefore
a less number of employes to operate
its lines is required. Labor, in both of
these cases, has been the sufferer.
Now let the opposite condition pre
vail. Higher prices for products not
only allows the road to raise its freight
rates, but production itself is stimu
lated, giving the road a larger volume
of business. The employes are put on
full time. Salaries are raised to the
old point and more men employed. The
pay-roll can be increased and the road
still make a profit, because not only
has the business from the farming dis
tricts increased, but the farmer having
more money is able to buy more manu
factured articles, which increases busi
ness toward the farming district.
That the manufacturer and his em
ployes would be benefited by increased
sales of their products is obvious, as
the one would sell more goods, the other
get steady employment and increased
wages, and of the three parties affected,
labor would receive the largest portion.
Wonderful Prosperity.
In all lines of trade throughout, the
land comes cheerful news of laboring
men receiving employment in great
numbers. With labor comes cheerful
ness and courage, and prosperity beams
upon us. The bountiful harvest of 1893
will be a blessing in many ways. The
laboring classes will share in the whole
sale benediction of the year 1895.
Trades Review.
Think of it! Many laboring men are
actually getting employment.
V What luxury untold!
tWho ever heard of laboring men ac
tttally getting work?
i Cheer up!
Some of them are liable even to get
Some of them are jiabie even to get
- 10 0f a ti0iiar.
If you are hungry and out of a job-
why just read the papers of the pros
perity whoopers, laugh and grow fat.
Your turn to- get a day's work may
come any time and then you will get
your name in the papers as one of the
fortunate sons of toil who has discov
ered a job right here in America where
capital thought it had all the jobs cor
nered. Capital has been enjoying all the
work for so long it is refreshing to know
that even some of the laboring men are
to be allowed the glorious privilege of
working.
And the laboring classes are actually
going to get 'a share", of the glorious
prosperity that is beaming upon us.
The "laboring classes" will share
with tht. idle classes.
Isn't this delightful news?
Everybody knows it is a time-honored
and golden-whiskered custom for the
idle classes to appropriate all prosper
ity to themselves but the times are
getting so "exhuberantly splendiferous"
that the laboring classes are to be given
a share of what they produce.
Oh my! Oh my! What a happy day
is dawning.
Blessed be the man that invented
jobs.
Now if the laboring man don't go to
work and cause an overproduction of
prosperity, and the capitalists don't
create an overproduction of jobs, tb
country is saved.
Whoopee!
Alarming Symptom. ,
Referring to the recent platform
adopted by the Mississippi Populites
the Rolling Fork Pilot says: "There
are undoubtedly a few good features
about their platform and the resolu
tions adopted, but the language used
and the style in which their work was
done, remind us more or revolution
ists than 'reformers' as they choose to
call themselves."
Sounds revolutionary, does it? Ami
still you must admit the rlghteousnesE
of the principles.
The trouble with the little nambv
pamby papers of the old parties is that
they are not accustomed to platforms
that mean what they say.
The reason Populism sounds revolu
tionary, is because it means to do some
thing more than straddle the fence and
yell.
Reform is always revolutionary, and
must be to accomplish anything. Old
barnacle institutions have to be tor
down, prejudices have to be smashed
and tht flowery beds of ease on which
old party politicians repose have to be
removed; the temple of liberty has to
be fumigated; tbe tables of the money
changers have to be kicked out of the
sanctuary; and a general renovation.
painting, repairing and rebuilding is
necessary.
Brass bands, McKlnley tin thunder
and staM? lightning make startling
tableaux but when they are over. tie
audience don't do anything but sneeze
and rush for the door to get fresh air.
The Populists are not rumlLg tLal
kind of a chow.
WMf.
DICTATOR CROVER.
No Other President Hal Presumed to
Govern the Great American People.
Mr. Thomas F. Bayard has borne the
character of a brainy man and has been
ranked among democratic statesmen.
The people will learn with regret that
he is rapidly going into an imbecile
dotage. His last illusion is, perhaps
the wildest of his vagaries. He imagines
that this country has changed its xorrn
of government, and that it has become
a monarchy with Grover Cleveland as
its ruler. Here is what he recently
said to the English people in reference
to our people and their government:
"The President of the United States
stands In the midst of a self-confident
and oftentimes violent people and it
takes a man such as Mr. Cleveland to
govern them.
The most charitable view that we can
take of this utterance of Mr. Bayard's
is the one we have given above. To
suppose that he is still possessed of a
vigorous, healthy mind is to believe
him a traitor to his people and to the
principles he has always professed
The only strength of any true man as
a President of these United States is a
strength to obey the laws and faithfully
carry out the behests of the majority of
the people. The strength of a President
of this government lies In his ability
to serve ths masses. A President of the
United Stages is in no sense a ruler.
Were It otherwise men of such com
mon origin and training as Grover
Cleveland would never reach the Presi
dential chair. It is because the Presi
dent is not a ruler that often such men
as Cleveland are selected from the
masses and carried by a wave of popu
lar enthusiasm to the office of Chief
Executive. Were it otherwise the peo
ple of this government would selec
men of birth, of ancestral lineage, men
who were accustomed to command.
Who would think of selecting the er
rand boy, who had been the lacquey
and the fag of all employed in some
village store or shop as a ruler of a
great nation? A president of a demo
cratlc country Is selected from the peo
pie because of his nearness to them,
because of his practical knowledge of
the service the people endure and i
manifestation of his ability to faith
fully serve and sympathize with the
people. He is selected because he is in
sympathy with and has a disposition
to encourage and uphold the self-con
fidence and self-reliance of tbe people.
That Mr. Cleveland has disappointed
the hopes and expectations of the peo
ple we confess. That he has proven
himself a hypocrite the masses of the
people knew. That he' has usurped
authority and violated the constitu
tional rights of the states is admitted.
That he has become the tool of the
bankers and bondholders and sacrificed
the prosperity of the people to this
class is to his everlasting shame. But
that he governs the people save as a
usurper and perjured official Is not true.
He hypocritically proclaimed the be
lief that the public office was a public
trust, and in the face of this proclama
tion hai used public property for
private use as no previous President
has ever presumed to do. This man of
plebeian antecedents las presumed to
usurp powers and to dictate to his
official family as no President with a
military training or newness from as
sociation with klr.rly government
which surrounded our first Presidents
ever thought of arrogating to them
rtvTe. The sovereign people r.re the
jovernors of this country, whether they
jKiCTK tti&j jurcrioc a a muti-rr.ati
'THOU ART THE M
nered or a violent people
fact that Cleveland assume
is proof positive that the pei
violent.
What Mr. Harvey Sd
In speaking of the manna
the silver dollar was destro
Mr. Harvey, in the Horr-
bate in Chicago, chases
in the vicinity of John Shernf
clle. Mr. Harvey said:
I want every man and
American, who wish to pr
government to this republ
the Congressional Record,
words uttered In the senate
1873. It shows that the 6i
was in the bill that came
house that was to put us on
ratio, and that the senate a;
Mr. Sherman himself extol
said that it was a dollar
float around the world.
waa agreed to by both housd
in the bill when It went tn
ence committee. The duty orlllt- TW
ference committee was to settle dis
puted questions on which the tw
houses had disagreed. The silver dol
lar was not one of the questions on
which the two houses had disagreed
and yet the bill turns up enrolled, with
the silver dollar erased from the bill by
the conference committee. Senator
Sherman and Mr. Hooper of the house
handled the bill, and these two men or
a corrupt clerk made the omission
The significance of this can best be
understood when I say that these men
represented that they were re-enacting
the law of 1853, except in changing the
size of the 6ilver dollar and the law
of 1852, the silver dollar only had free
access to the mint."
What Becomes of the 100 Men?
In a few days the enormous coal
dumper along the Nypano railway
trestle, the Columbus street bridge, will
be ready for operation. It is a recent
Invention, and the only one now in use
is located at Ashtabula. It weighs sev
eral tons, and by picking up a car load
ed with coal and dumping the fuel Into
a boat in the river, it does away with
the employment of nearly 100 men.
Cleveland Press.
"Does away with the employment of
a hundred men" does it?
But what does it do with the men?
What does it do with their wives?
What docs it do with their children?
If they go to the next town in search
of work, they find that another ma
chine has Just dispensed with the em
ployment of a hundred other men.
If they start through the country In
search of work, they find thousands of
men ahead of them.
Finally their rents are unpaid, their
families are turned out on the highways
to beg, steal or starve.
If they beg they sre sent to prison to
work for nothing.
If they steal they are imprisoned for
life.
If they do neither they starve to
death.
What is to become of the hundred
men and their wives and children?
That is the great problem of to-day.
Hitter Irony.
To drop a man in the middle of the
Atlantic ocean, and tell him he is at
liberty to walk ashore, would not be
more bitter irony than to place a man
where all the land is appropriated as
the property of other people, and tell
him he is a free man, at llbsrty to work
for himself and to enjoy his earnings.-
Henry George.
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tunes it is easy for this power to con
trol the money metals. They can now
more easily control both metals than
could one in 1873.
This power can buy up all the si!
ver mines in the United States and
Mexico, stop the mining, let the smelt
ers eo out of blast. Silver can be
mined and smelted only at a great cost
This is an industry that cannot be
entered into by individuals with small
capital. The captial for silver mining
will be withheld; and tne output of sil
ver practically stopped. And for at
least another twenty years this money
pewer will have absolute control of the
finances of the country. It is only an
other sham battle that ths money pow
er is fighting on the silver issue.
We Populists must not forget that
the only permanent settlement, and ra.
tional solution of the money question
is in paper currency issued by tb
government.
lloss Rule.
The people of the United States are
under the rule of the political bosses,
always have been and always will be
unless the masses decide to take a
greater interest in practical politics.
The boss rules because he grasps tie
scepter and nobody objects. His reign
Is a usurpation, and is possible simply
because of his impudence and tbe luke-
warmness of the people in asserting
their rights. There ia an occasional
revolt like that in Pennsylvania against
Quay, but the result usually is that one
boss is deposed and another enthroned.
This Is the outcome for the reason that
the revolt Is not by the people at large
but that of one political faction against
another faction. It is never an upris
ing of the people at large: and better
things cannot be hoped for until voters
as a mass, the common millions, assert
their power in politics and transform
politics from a professional game to a
strict, common matter of business. The
boss is sure to come to grief sooner or
later for he constantly grows more ar
rogant and tyrannical; but while his
downfall may be a source of satisfac
tion, the people are not benefited, for
while the boss goes, his methods re
main. Voice.
Put not your trust In democratic pa
pers, that pretend to be friendly to the
Populists, In order to persuade former
democrats back into the party. Re
member the Chicago Times, and be-
are of the Dispatch.
Talking about Christ with one anoth
er will always bring bim close U us.
'l.UUCriJ.'i'J'T. . .hjl.J.
Which are Yon?
There are two kinds of people on earth
to-day,
Just two kinds of people, no more, I
say.
Not the sinner and saint, for 'tis well
understood
The good are half bad, and the bad art
half good.
Not the rich and the poor, for to count
a man's wealth
You must first know the state of his
conscience and health.
Not the humble and proud, for in life's
little span,
Who puts on vain airs Is not counted a
man.
Not the happy and sad, for the swift
flying years
Bring each man his laughter and each
man his tears.
No; the two kinds of people on earth I
mean,
Are the people who lift, and the people
who lean.
Wherever you go, you will find the
world's masses
Are always divided in Just these two
classes.
And oddly enough, you will find too, I
wean,
There is only one lifter to twenty who
lean.
In which class are you? Are you eas
ing the load
Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the
road?
Or are you t leaner, who lets othr
bear
Your portion of labor and worry and
'care?
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Harper's-
Weekly.
She Waa Governor Pro. Tern, of Wyoming
Miss Eleanor Alice Richards, daugh
ter of the Governor of Wyoming, dur
ing a week's absence of her father, was-
acting governor of the state, empowered
to exercise all the prerogatives of the
office. She is her father's private secre
tary, and a very valuable one. The
Lieutenant-Governor of that state ia
merely the president of the senate, and
it Is rather strange that no official 1
designated by the constitution to act a
governor at such times of absence.
Tb4 Reason.
Sapphlra TruO Is stranger than no
tion. Ananias Yes, but that la because wt
meet truth so rarely
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