The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-16

| A FOcthOld Tor the People s FdrIy'
The reason why Gel. Weaver, Represent
alive Simpson and others who accompany
them have come TO this state to address
alliancenen is now apparent. 1t is 70 gam
foothold for the Peoples party. When
the announcement of their coming was made
it was accompanied by the statement that
they would not urge alliancemen TO support
the third party. but would conhne theHl-
selves to the discussion of alliance prlncl-
pies. Thus far they have not, in SO many
words, told allIancemen that they
/ should become members OF the
| Peoples party. but what they are saying IN
their speeches amounts TO that IN MS
! speech at Americas Gen. Weaver said that
he would support any party that placed Us
! candidates upon the Ocala PLATFORM anu
/ Representative Simpson SAID about the same
thing The only party whose candidates
will stand upon the Ocala platform are
/ those of tie Peoples party
/ Messrs Weaver aud Simpson know this,
| and so DO Col Livingston and Mr.. Polk.
They might IS well say, therefore, that
they are seeking to draw allIaucemen into
the Peoples party. By avoiding any dis
cusslon of the platform of the Peoples
party, aud keeping that party in the back
ground, they do not mislead any one. Their
purpose Is as apparent rs if they should say
that the Peoples party Is the only party
that can be trustei TO take care Of the IN
terests of alligncemen.
Representative Simpson goes SO far a. to
say that he would not trust either de ocrats
or Republicans, even if they should come out
squarely for all the Ocala demands. He
says that men new to public life are wanted.
He could not. if he should try, more
plainly advise alliancemen to abandl N the
old parties and become members OF the
new.
Mr.. Simpson is himself a man new to
public life Had it not been for the revo-
luton IL politics which has taken place in
Kansas he would never have been heard Of
by the public. Neither would Senator
PETER of that state. Neither had the
ability to win prominence in either Of the
Old parties. They came to the front be
cause they had clear field. In none Of
the public addresses they have made have
they said anything that has marked them
as men of more than ordinary ability, or
indicated that they possess the qualities for
political leadership. They are not fitted
in any respect to advise the people.
But they are in the front rank in the
Peoples party movement, because they
have as yet encountered no opposition. And
they enjoy their prominence. They know
very well that if the Peoples party move-
ment does not succeed they will drop back
into obscurity. And the movement viii not
succeed unless alliancemen of the south
support it. That is why the Peoples party
leaders are making such an extraordinary
effort to get southern alliancemen to leave
the Democratic party.
The Peoples party hasn't obtained foot
hold in the south yet. And there are 10
clearly recognized signs that it will If
alliancemen study the purposes of the Peo-
ple's party carefully and gauge at their true
value the men who are the leaders of it they
cannot fail TO reach the conclusion that it
is to their interest to hold fast to the Demo-
cratic party.