St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1892-08-06
PEOPLES PARTY MEETING.

WASHINGTON, La, July 23d, 1892.
Pursuant to call, a number of cit1-
zens of the Sth magistrates ward OF
ST. Landry parish, who believe in the
platform of the Peoples Party, met on
the above date for the purpose OF or
ganizing club.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. B. T. Hardesty; Mr.. I. McCaffrey
was called to the chair and Mr.. j. Il.
Humble elected secretary.
Major III. r. Wilson was introduced,
and in an excellent speech of an hour,
reviewed the living issues OF the day.
He showed how those issnes had been
gradually formulated and built up, by
the Alliance and kindred organizations,
and how these organizations themselves
were the outgrowth of oppression; ard
whereas. at first they were purely de-
fensive, continued oppression on one
hand and continued accretions OF mem
bers on the other, had enabled them to
become aggressive, and demanded that
thev become and continue SO, until
for the good Of all, their Demands be-
come law. He showed the ineonsisten-
cy of the pIutocratic cry OF oFerproduc-
tion, while they advise the people to
"work more and talk less" lie pad
his respects to Ernest seyd and the
Congress of 1923, for demonetizing
silver. He then paid a glowing tribute
to the immortal L. L. Polk. Here the
Major was about to sit down, when
cries of '.go on, "go on" we're heard,
when he resumed and Instituted COM
parison between the platforms Of the
two old parties and "The Second Dec
laration Of Independence - showed the
latter to contain the popular essence
of the first Declaration of lndepend-
ence - and the only full embodiment
of Jefersonian democracy to be found
in the platform of the day, a set OF
principles that would again restore the
government to the people, whom it OF
rieht belongs. He gave many forcible
/ illustrations of the tariff, among which
was a comparison of the duty on plate
glass mirrors, 159S, and common WIN
dow glass-used by the poor-ll5926.--,
Mr.. B. f. Hardesty was then called.
In a short address, he showed that the
Farmers Alliance, born on Southern
soil and nurtured by Southern heart
and brain, had been adopted by the
| oppressed millions of the North as a
result the bloody chasm was closed.
| He adverted to thu Peoples Party con-
yention in Kansas, when an ex-Unlon
soldier who had lost an arm IN the war,
| and pointing the stump at, the, "0id
Flag" had nominated for Congress at
large an ex-Confedrate, Col. H. G. Har-
ris. and Alb ex-Union soldiers In the
convention had ratified it with shouts
of acclamation. He showed how the
work Of making fmore perfect Union.
was advanced at historic Omaha, when
a Union general and a Confederate
general we're nominated for President
and Vsce President by a reunited peo-
ple. He showed how the Democrat
/ policy of a solid South and the Repub-
lican policy Of a solid North, tended to
/ perpetuate the evils upon which we
| have fallen, and utterly destroy the
Republic. -
Mr.. Hardesty then read the Platform
adopted at Omaha, and moved that the
roll be opened for signers to a club to
carry out its provisions. Carried. AT,
ter signing the roll, motion to go into
permanent organization prevailed.
Mr.. Hardesty nominated Mr.. [. Nc
Caffrey for President and he was elect
| ed. Five vice presidents were elected
I 1st, Henry Joubert Cd, Auguste Du.
II puv Sd. J. H. st. Cyr; 4th, L. ?. Car
riere 9Th, Felicien Pitre. B. F. Har
/ desty was elected secretary, Ernest ST
/ A1nant assistant secretary, and L. Bou
4 dreau treasurer.
Following resolutions were then read
and adopted
Whereas, The entire course of Natl
onal legislation for the last thirty
wears, has shown well devised plot, te
j reduce the people Of the United State:
4 to a condition of slavery TO the Triple
, Alliance" of American, English anc
German money mongers and,
4 Whereas, The people of the whole
country and both old parties, have
learned to their sorrow, that there i!
, no hope for relief from parties, thu
leaders of which are joint owners OF al
, the trusts, combines and syndicates
which are expressing and enslaving tht
people; and those leaders who are not
owners are their paid attorneys there
Z fore be it
Resolved, That the only hope TO
| the perpetuity of freedom in this greaf
] land, is in the success OF the People,
/. Party, the enactment of its platform
8 into Law
) Resolved, That we subscribe to ever.
{ one of its declarations, believing tha'
II they contain the only expression 0
i the principles Of free government, OF
t fered by the platforms OF this cam
paign;
/ Resolved. That IN the nomination
! Of General James B. Weaver. of th,
: Blue army, and General J. 6. Field, 9
: the Gray arIny, the bloody chasIn clos
) ed with ferce that has shaken th'
: stronghelds of the money power o
rope aid America and the aeela