The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-19
THE HERALD DALLAS TEXAS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 49, 1884,


college to vote in any direction; and then |
have it agreed that the electoral vote OF
the State shall be divided in the electo-
raj college according to the number of
votes thrown for your candidate, and !
the number of votes thrown for the 9TH !
p" candidate on the same ticket. The |
l,uinber of votes which each candidate
gets Will be known with sub
accuracy loug before the Of
ilcal count il made. Therefore you will |
have every incentive TO vote for your
because the larger number of |
votes you cast the more electoral votes !
will your candidate get, and the less will !
the other have. And those who are yot- |
ing for the same electors with you will |
throw as many votes as they can for |
their candidate in order that he shall |
have as large share Of the electoral !
vote OF the State as possible, neither in |
fact voting for the candidate ofthe 9TH !
er. Thus you will show your strength |
and hold the balance of power.
ORGANIZE.
Organize in every State, and present at |
the polls an ELECTORAL ticket, and support |
it with your votes.
When the word "organize" is used, at
once springs up to the mind the political
machines which have been created, eau
cuses, conventions, and delegates who
can be bought and sold in the market
like sheep; the contrivances by which
the peoples enemies have conspired to
take away their rights.
by that word mean nothing of that
sort, Organize in your workshop; agree
TO vote together for one ticket, There
need to be no great and expensive meet
Van nit
brass band inst as well as you can with
one. Torchlight professions are an in
yentiOn ofyour enemies to deceive YOU
into following their banner and march
ing to their music, and into not voting
for your own interests, and the interests
OF your wives aud your children.
THE PEOPLES PARTY WILL TRIUMPH.
The producers, the workingmen, the
greenback men aud anti-mOnOpOlsts are
already organized, and if men will but
vote their convictions, irrespective of de-
luding party cries, the peoplocan achieve
victory now; and there is no power on
earth that can prevent it. Let us then
organize II "pcople's party" repre-
senting every shade Of political
BELIEF that true Democrat
or true Republican, loving his country.
loyal to her free institutions, Wishing
for her prosperity and glory, which
alone can be had when the people are
prosperous, when the labOrer is fully
paid, and when there is a fair division Of
the production Of enterprise and labor,
can or ought to- hold.
1t seems to me certain that at worst,
even in the infancy of our organization,
we can hold the balance Of power be-
tween the two old parties; so that if we
cannot wholly prevent bad and unjust
legislation, we can force them to band
together to enact it, and thus show
themselves in form, as they are in fact,
conlederated against the people.
ELECT CONGRESSMEN.
In many States if we exert our strength
we already hold the balance of power.
In quite one hundred Congressional dis
tricts, less than one thousand votes will
determine whether friend of labor and
the people, or the tool of monopoly shall
have seat in Congress. Let us organ
lze therefore, in every district to see to
ii that no man goes to Congress from
any district who is not with us and of
us; strong enough in moral rectitude to
stand for the rights of the people "un-
awed by power and unbought by gain"
ELECT STATE LEGISLATURES.
Again, in balanced States make an al
lance with whichever of the other par
ties will choose so 20 do. Minoritios
naturally gravtato toward each other.
Give them some state officers and take
others to yourselves upon an agreement
| that both parties shall vote the same
| ticket. BE particular to see to il that
| your own friends are sent to the State
| Legislatures. There are many States
where laws are needed for the protection
of the workingmen, the farmer and the
| merchant against Oppressors aud mo-
nopolies, and if these will stand togeth I
| they can get that protection in spite oi
the monopolist. For example, in
! the State Of Sew York, a. elsewhere
the producers and traders and con,
sumcrs need cheap transportation ana
competition between water-bOrnc
freight and the railroads. The laborinp
men and toiling women want five,
| ccnt-iare law for the elevated railroad
! The mechanics need a good lien law
! All need law to limit the hours ul
labor, whether woman toilina
| in mill or standing behind counter
/ Ca a conductor or driver standing on a
ear.
II anybody tells you that this is class
| legislation, reply TO him, ayes, we know
! 70; we are legislating for oar class it'll,
while, for it is the llr,l time we have
had an opportunity. The other class
has had legislation enough to last them
for hundred years.
To the GrccnhaclS Labor Party and the Anti
Mon9pollst organization, and TO the Labor
! had accepted the selection Of youi
conventions rs candidate for president
Anxious for the success the principle,
which you represent, in which as yot
know | so heartily cOncurrcd, | pre-
scented, rs You have learned, as YOU
representative, your platforms to thu
Democratic Convention, i'm the hope, /
IL were possible, that they might III
adopted and made the rule OF that party
which should be composed of YOU
friends and allies.
For reasons that have made apparent
your principles were rejected and YOU
alliance spurned. Personally | have M
grievance with the convention. | wa
created with every courtesy and con
sidcratlOn by It's officers and members
for which take pleasure herennd now &
express obligations, But for YOU
have a grievance, The Democracy hn
left you to fight the battle against tn
oppresSor of the people alone, We will
) tight the battle of the people together il
the best manner we can; and | plcdg
to you all that | have of remainin,
strength In declining years to do all tina
in me lies in BEHALF of the principles tina
You and ! hold dear, and without tn
/, early prevalence and adoption of whicl
this Government cannot stand.
! You will have one advantage i'm YOU
candidate; you will have to spend n
time In defending him. His doings hay
been known to the country for NOR
than quarter of a century. Every nc
of his life has been under u microscop
! lighted by the lurid fires of hate am
! Islander. Heis yet unframed, and ha
no opinion to take back, no policy 1
recant, and no just charge to explain fo
, what he has done either in peace or wal
Ofpersonal advantage TO myself moth
! ing can accrue, | am too old to max
selfish plans 'or the future; yet hope a
my last political net, II it SO be, to d
, some service to the people and mankin
! In calling back the Government to Tn
7 purpose for which 1t was framed by on
! fathers, u Government of the people,
Government by the many, and not b