The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21


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. Ike >hrvpi the yuulglNUIuus ht which
the peoples enemies have ruu-p'rod tu
. ukc away thoir rights.
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/ sort, Organize iu YOUR workshop; agree
/ "a vote together for one ticket. There
| need Ia hu no great uud expensive meet
] iuIS, huu can vote together Without %
/ brass band lust a. we'll ~ You can with
| puv, Turrhlight procession, are an iu.
Nrntiuu of your enemies To deceive YOU
! into following their banner and mnrrl-
| my To thoir music, and into not voting
I Tor VuIlr own interests, aud the interest,
I Of your wives and your children,
THE pEurLE's rAHIN Will TRIUMPH,
The producers, the worKiugmcu, the
grccnbacl men and anti muuupOlistS are
already organized, aud IL men will but
vote their convictions, irrespective of de
luding party cries, the people can achieve
a victory now; aud there il no power on
earth that can prevent II. Let us then
organize II "pcople'S party" repre-
Srntiug every shade of political
h'liut that u true Democrat
or 4 true Republican, loving his country,
loyal Ia her free institutions, wishing
Tor her prosperity and glory which
alone can ho had when the people are
prosperous, when the luhprrr II fully
paid, aud when there ~ u fair division ui
the production uI enterprise aud labor,
can or ought t. hold,
Il seems to me certain that m worst,
even i'm the infancy of our organization,
we can hold the balance ut power uc-
tween the two old parties; So that II We
cannot wholly prevent bad aud unjust
legislation, We can force them 10 band
together u cnact It, and thus show
themselves In form, rs they are in fact,
rouicdcratcd against the people.
ELECT CONGRESS-
mmany States five exert our strength
sc already hold the balance of power.
I'm quite one hundred Congressional dis
triclS, less than one thousand votes VIII
determine whether friend OF labor and
the people, or the tool of monopoly shall
have seat in Congress. Let Us organ
iZc therefore, in every district, to see to
it that no man goes TO Congress from
any district who il not with Us and OF
us; strong enough in moral rcctitudc To
stand for the rights of the people "un-
awcd by power and unbOught by gain"
ELECT STAT LEGISLATURES.
Again. in balanced States make an al
lance with whichever of the other par
ties will choose SO 20 do. MinOrities
naturally gruvitatc toward each other.
Give them some State officers and take
others to yourselves upon an agreement
hat both parties shall vote the same
ticket. BE particular to see To ii that
your own friends are sent TO the State
Legislatures. There are many states
where laws are needed for the protection
OF the workingmcn, the farmer and the
merchant against oppresSors and mo-
moro les, and If these will stand togeth'
thCy can get that protection in spite oi
the monOpoliSt. For example. in
the State Of New York, as elsewhere,
the producers and traders and con
sumerS need cheap transportation and
competition between water-hurnc
freight and the railroads. The laboring
men and tOiling women want II five
rcnt-fare law for the elevated railroad.
The mechanics need good lien law.
All need Il law to limit the hours of
labor, whether woman tOiling
in mill or standing behind IA counter,
or Il conductor or driver standing on
ear.
If anybody tells YOU that this is class
legislation, reply to him, ayes, we know
il: we are lCgiSiatiug Tor our class 4 little
while. for il is the first time we have
had an opportunity. Tn" other class
has had legislation enough to last them
for y hundred years
To the Cirrrnhacli Labor Party ana The Anti
Munopnlist organization, and 10 IA" Labor
Ing Men:
/ | had accepted the selection of your
conventions aS candidate for prusi cnt.
Anxious for the success ofthc principles
which You represent, in which As you
know | so heartily concurrcd, | pre-
scented, as you have learned, as your
representative, your platforms to the
Democratic Convention, in the hope, if
it were possible, that they might be
adopted and made the rule Of that party,
which should be composed OF your
friends and allies.
For reasons that have made apparent,
your principles were rejected AMI your
alliance Spllrmcd. Personally have no
grievance with the convention. ! was
! treated with every courtesy and con
sidcration by its officers and members,
for which take pleasure here and now to
express obligations. }ut for you !
have Il grievance. The Democracy has
! left YOU to fight the battle against the
oppressors of the people alone. We Will
| fight the battle of the people together in
| the best manner We can; and d! pledge
to YOU all that | have of remaining
strength in declining years to do all that
| in me lies in bchalfUf the principles that
| YOU and | hold dear. and without the
early prevalence and adoption of which
this Government cannot stand.
You will have one advantage in your
candidate; you will have to spend no
| time in defending him. His doinSS have
| been known to the country for more
| than quarter of a century. Every act
of his life has been under Il microscope
! lighted by the lurid fires of hate and
/ SANDER. He is vet unframed, and has
no opinion to take back, no policy to
rccant, and no just charge to explain for
what he has done either III peace or war.
Ofpcrsonal advantage to myself moth
/ ing can accrue. | am too old TO make
selfish plans for the future; yet hope as
my last political act, if it so be, to do
some service to the people and mankind
in calling back the Government to the
purpose for which ii was framed by our
fathers, a Government of the people, a
Government by the many, and not by
the few, nor for the interests of the few.
| 70 the Democratic Party of MlSsachusctfS:
! AS your representative ] carried the
principles which you have twice over
enunciatcd as your platform in your
! State conventions. and asked that they
be adopted by the National Convention.
That they were acceptable to the people
know for they sustained you to victory
once i'm form, and again to victory il
fact. by Il larger vote than MaSsachu.
sets ever gave any defeated candidate
for chief magistrate, 600 more than
our choice for President, General Han
cock. got two years before. | had hoped
to see the party Of the people, which
should ne the true Interpretation of the
word Democracy, adopt that platform
and go on to victory undet it, and carry
ont its beniiicent professions in behal
OF the weak and lowly who need protec
government.
TO withdraw as much as possible al
~ 20.