Nevada County picayune., 1888-08-08
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ges are most worthy or our support, is serious question.
 To be able to cast an intelligent ballot we should scrutiuiZe the plat forms of the different parties close ".
 The U. l.. F. platform says in it's preamble, among other things :- l'nder these and other alarming conditions. we appeal to the people of our country to come out of the old psrtv organizations whose indiffcr- cf,ce to the public welfare is respon- siblc for this distress While there arc always exceptions, this distress as rule. does not exist except in the minds of some habitual grum- blers and fault finders, used as tools, by sharpcrs. calling themselves L. l.. F. Inasmuch as these would-be doctors of the body polite are great ly in error about the condition of the people willfully, or otherwise, no at tention should be paid to their pro- posed remedies.
 Uncarned land grants must be forfeited. is the first plank in their platform. What are the facts in this ease? Under the present adminis- tration over 100. .0O0, ,O0O acres of land have been reclaimed. and con gress has passed q law that forfeits the lands of every grant whenever the condition of the grants are not complied with.
 Let the government issue money and lend it to the people at q low rate of interest, is another plank in their platform. The people of this country are too intelligent to ever elect a congress that would pass such an impractical and nonscnsical law
 But says the organ of the |. L.. 1 F.. "The Democratic party of this state has degenerated. It was once opposed to the issuing of more bonds, opposed to national banks and in fa- vor of orcenbacks, and now it says no more about all this. but submits to the plans of Wall street this Is a grave charge. What are the facts in the case? Prior to 1868. the principal issue between the Demo- cratic and Republican parties was about paying off the lGO0 millions of j. 20 bonds in legal tender. or con vert them into longer time bonds and make them payable in gold, the Democrats advocating the for mer and the Republicans the latter. The act of '69 to strengthen the pub lie credit. and of 70 to refund the bonds. forever settled the bond qucs- ton. The act chartering the na- tional banks settled this issue for the time being. He who lays his hand on the piow and looks back, is not worthy of his hire.
 Lincoln was once urged to dis charge certain officer: Ut Is not best to swap horses while crossing the rivct," was his reply to the men demand,ig a change.
 Oh. yes. there are the devl fish and anaconda mortgages threatening to devOur us; congress must do something for us or we will he sold into debt slavery. McRae has done nothing for Il. in the past, and of course will do nothing in the future. but let us send Ansley to congres and our ways will be attended to.
 It is said God helps nobody that don't try to help themselves The man that depends much on any other but home made help to get out of the clutches of the mortgage IS to be pitied.
 Not long since a paper, not hun drcd miles from Prescott told its readers that MT. Atkinson had load ed many farms with devil fish mort gagcs and as a matter of course, was not a fit man to be voted for, for the office which he is running for. These were purely business transactions, and no doubt in every instance the mortgagor was glal that his mort gage was accepted. These kinds of shots will miss their mark with fair minded men.
 MT. Editor, with your permission, a few narG> more. A short time ago. one k. Carl Lee proposed in the columns of the Dispatch, as the capital to set up a cooperation bus ines, was rather scarce to pledge these very anacondas, the taking and Al i. l..,