The Russellville Democrat., 1890-10-16
The LangIey-UIayton Combina-
 ffOn.

The LangIey-UIayton C0mbina- tfOn.
 Editor DEMOCRAT: The closing dc
 cades of the nineteenth century gre marked in the history of the world for their unexAmpled discoveries and great events. The light shinoth even in darkness. And the future for democracy, so far from inspiring 8 feeling Of gloom in the minds of the thoughtful, is bright with the pros poets of glorious possibilities and triumphs, which shall outshine the past as the sun in his superlative glory out dazzles the moon. The light, like great flashes of electricity | is being thrown on, and the masses of the people are beginning to see that tAis government, if not run on democratic principles, must sink. The poor mans lot, in this coun try IS hard one, we must admit The tariff tax on the necessaries of life IS being raised higher and high CT. The peoples money has been
 stolen by the million. The laboring
 millions are oppressed harder and harder and tue future homes of their
 children are given away All of this
 IS in the aame ol patriotism. Per
 dition is full of such patriotism and
 of men who advocate such measures.
 Herodotus tells us in the first book of his history, that from the age of five years to that of twenty, the an- clent Persians ins.rncted their child
 ren only in three things: To man. age a horse, to shoot dexterously
 with the bow and to speak the truth. 1 would suggest that a course Of training, something like the above, might be good for some of our re- publican and union labor friends. If 1 it is not possible for them to have any of the benefits proposed by speaking the truth, while here, they would be rewarded later on. All liars shall have their part in the lake that burneth with birthstone; that is in he'll. The slanderer, the villain, the culumnator. is like the lothsome worm, he leaves hIs path marked with the filth of malice and the sense of falsehood; he pollutes the fairest | flowers, the choicest fruits, the most
 delicate plants in the green house Of
 character. Truth bears the impress
 of her own divinity, it is the stand
 ard by which all things shall be judged.
 The Alliance is democratic, and
 will vote the democratic ticket n
 November. The republican element
 is all that will vote the union labor
 republican ticket. It is so clear to anyoue wanting to see the truth,
 that this union labor concern is back ed by the republican party, that an
 honest democrat cannot afford to
 vote the ticket. The fact of their
 being supported by the republican
 party, they have not denied either through the papers or their public speakers. They covered this with
 lies as black as eternal night until they see there is no use lying any longer. Theyknow there is no use to try to mislead the people further.
 So the man who votes their ticket thls time will vote it with his eyes open, knowing that he is voting to sustain and return to power one of the most tyranical and damnable combi nations that ever ruled the people of a republic. If he does not sustain the republican party directly he does indirectly.
 They may lie and talk and write and mislead and misrepresent, but from present indications there is gong to be larger democratic vote polled this fall then has been boiled for congressman Tn eight years.
 Where is the honest conscientious man that can vote for man that can be anything for office. Why in the name of reason can't man be true in politics as in religion or anything? He will if he has miud that is bal. anced and the right klnd of princi pie. There are hundreds belonging to this Langley Clayton combination who cannot give one sound reason why they have followed some scamps like Langley or Birmingham into the camp and don't know how to get out. k. A. J.