The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1888-10-18
raE CANVASS or ls@s-


and newspamr vriiers % announce
that ~the present j. the most impor-
tant canvass end its results flaught
With NON iutrettto nc country h,ai
ha. erer befoee lfsn presented d llle
people. and ~ sfepelition has nodoubt
become stale to the average reader.
This cannot be truthfuliy said OF
the present canvass perhaps, hut
careful investigation OF the surround
ings and the constituent element, Of
the opposing forces must force the
conclusion that the results Of the cleo
ton to be held Nov. 9th for good or
evil to this country have never been
greater since the war, and possibly
never had an equal in the history Of
the Government, except IN the cam-
paign Of 1860.
On one hand is arrayed the protected
manuiacturers the monopolists, the
trusts, the combines, the untaxed
bond-holders and the money kings Of
the country, whose purpose il Is to 50
shape the policy Of government as to
make the rich richer and the poor
poorer, aud on the other hand the
masses Of the people following the
lead Of Cleveland aud Thurman are
demanding a restoration Of the gov
ernment to It's Jenerouian purity,
when equal rights were guaranteed
to an and special privileges accorded
to none
should the Republican party be
victorious, tarih' taxes are to be in
creased, and with it Of course an in
crease of the surplus in the treasury,
which means an increase in the num-
her Of Jobs, engineered by tle skilled
lobbyist through Congress, extrava-
gance in official expenditures andtcor-
ruption in all the Departments Of the
civil service. Trusts and combines
will flourish and grow rat under such
an administration as afidoerat lIar-
rison would give the country, and
corporate power would rule and rob
the wealth prOducersw with iInpUnity.
Should the Deitoctais aiccpea in
re-oiecliha lhc ablea, truea ahd bold
est leader of the people since fhe dsys
of jackson, the country win expert
ence the blessing Of a reduction IN
taxation, giving the people the neces-
saries ofline, from 40 70 50 per cent
cheaper than they are now purchased
thereby promoting their general pros
perity and re-establishiHg "a govern
ment Of the people, for the people anc
by the people, in fact as well as name
Millions Ofacres Of public lands stOleI
under Republican rule have already
been reclaimed aud millions more vii
be added to the public domain, to b
taken up as homesteads BY the set
tiers. The enoFmons surplus in th'
treasury win befeducsdto an amOan
sufficient to meet the actual needs 0
the Government economically admin
: istered, and that surplus win be lef
in the pOcke,s Of the people. Trust
aud combines viii be throttled BY th'
strong arm of the law, and the heart
less sDeculators, WHO corner theneces
saries Of life, will be made to wea
striped clothes, Instead Of being r.
cognized as or3tles 81 nations coan
ellis. TWu uE RON
The result Of the coming electiO
: then Is to determine whether or NO
the people Of this country are to hav
in futuea peaceful and prOsperOu
Republic, or plutoeracy cOntrolle
: by heartless millionaires who hay
coined their oVergrown fortunes o.
of the sweat and blood Of the wOrl
ingmen and women ofihis country.