The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1891-07-31
Platforms.

we saw very recently pictorial
platform, upon which was confined in
chains and with bands Of steel splen-
did specimen of the human race, man
Of muscular and stalwart form, repre-
senting Industrial Labor, and he was
making desperate effort to disengage
himself from this political platform,
which was very properly and correctly
labeled, Democratic and Republican
Platform" and around this platform
was collected the representatives of the
plutocracy of America. In the van was
Harrison and Cleveland, cheek, by
jowl!" Carlisle. and Sherman, e. birds
of feather,") Oates and Johnny Daven-
port, {" hail fellows,s we'll met,'9 U. s.
Hall and Dudley, in blocks of two"
and last, but not least, Brice and Quay,
with rolls of two and twenty dollar
treasury notes, with a host of smaller
lights, aided by a subdivided press,
The World and Tribune, {" flesh and
the devil, Sun and ST.. Louis Republic,
with sweet Accord" Herald and
News, united we stand" followed by
the yelping small pug. Times Union,
Standard. ct al.
This manacled representation of the
wealth producers, thanks to the teach
ings of the Reform Press of the Farm
ers' Alliance and Industrial Union, has
of'late determined to free himself from
this combined political platform of plu-
tocracy, and had so far succeeded as to
in part release himself from the manacles
that bound him, and thus you find him
in the picture with the aforesaid sur
roundings.
This is a true representation of the
present existing relationi between
capital and industrial labor, brought
about by a compulsory fealty to
party platforms, and frequent applica-
tions of the party lost to those who dare
to hesitate or think for themselves a
sine qua non," whether or no by die
tum ukase.
1t is customary with democrats and
Republicans, both state and national, for
the bosses, at stated times, to call con-
vention, falsely supposed to represent
the masses of the people, and their first
and supreme duty is to make a plat
form and name a candidate. A com
m'ttee is selected, composed Of the
shrewdest manipUlators of the English |
f...s.- A.. e,~,1,,fots. - f<... r,F /
expressions" saying much and mean
ing anything under heaven, from tad
pole to green cheese, framed to catch
votes from all classes, avocAti)ns and in
terest, panacea for all existing evils.
Next in order ls an available eandi- |
date. Thus equipped they send out
their tried statesmen, patriots who crate
the people from every corner grocery, |
AMI by the paid journals proclaim the
horrors and advantages of force bill, |
negro supremacy, brigadier general,
free ballot and fair count This is appli-
cable to both old parties, a difference
without a distinction" To further IL |
lustrate the working of party platforms,
l will relate an interview with one of
the unterrifed. He was engaged read
ing the Times-U Union, and with much |
satisfaction cleaning from his honest
face, he asked if we had read the Camp
bell Ohio platform. We lnstinctively !
inquired what it proposed to do for the |
industrial classes. Oh, it's fun Of old
Democratic doctrine, Jeffersonian de-
mocracy and anything, specially on the
finance question. Yes; its for tariff re-
form we are taxed to death by the
Mckinley BILL You are there for an s
per cent. mills reduction. Yes, We will
sweep the country. Campbell says we
are sure to win, and he made ringing
speech. What did he ring about? Sue
cess Of Democratic principles? Then
you think the country saved? Oh, yes;
and he was happy. Such men are fast
disappearing from the walks OF every
day life, and the political boss is
crazed hyena, a relic ola barbarods age,
his occupation is gone, and in few
short months men viii wonder that so
hideous creature was allowed so long
to gorge his stomach with the life. blood
of nation, and men, soon under the
influence and direction of true Jeffer-
sonian dispensation, phoenix like"
will arise nation free, people pros
porous and former and laborer as good
as any other man. Yes, and the farmer
will have a home of his own, his cattle
feeding upon rich meadow lands, the
apple of his eye, his fields of ripening
grain, bread for his once famished
family, his luscious fruits pleasant o
taste and the merry voice of wife and
the joyous praltle of babes sweeter by
far than the music of thousand "Aeo-
liam harps tuned by spirits of just men,
made perfect" for Is not all these thing
his very own, freed from usurious hands
by sub-treasury plan. F. H. L.