People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-16
From a PrOhibitIOnist.

[ notice in late number of the
PEoPLE's PARTY PAPER a move
ment to consolidate the Peoples and
Prohibition parties. | have been
thinking about this ever since the
election. l think it could be done
very easily, as the two parties differ
very little. I do not think, though,
that there will ever be party in the
country advocating the total prohi-
bition of the manufacture and deal
ing in liquor sufficiently strong to at
tain supremacy in government. I
think that the best method to con
soidate the two parties would be to
call both in national convention to
incorporate in their platform de-
mand for the repeal of the internal
revenue altogether, substituting for
the same an income tax or an in
crease Of taxation upon the land, the
standing wealth of thescountry.
[ think a party advocating such
principles would Ehave unlimited
ground for argument as the most of
the people Of the country will have
stimulant liquors even in prohibition
parts. In the shape they have most
general and State laws now the peo-
pie Of the country are extortionately
Disseminated against by removing
their rights from them to Incorpora-
tions on railroads, compelling them
to pay high prices for what they get.
The people of this place are selling
corn for IS or 40 cents per bushel
and buying adultertaed WHISTLES at
s. to So per gallon. VIII the people
ever rise and blot out such legal
lied tyrannous, extortioning robbery
monopoly as this? ...
If there can be no other remedy
found, [ am a full fedged prohibi-
ZIONIST. 4. 3. B.
Montezuma, Ca, Dec. 8.
Frauds In Georgia.
The vote of Georgia in the recent
election, if all other evidence was want
ing, would convict the Democracy of
that state Of the grossest frauds. In
1884 the aggregate vote of the state was
143, 291-Democratic "a, 667; Republican,
48 ,604. In 1888 the vote was 140, 895--
Democratic, 100, 449; Republican, 40, 446.
The returns for 1892 places the vote of
the state at 22O, 509-Cleveland, 1875, 230;
Harrison, 48, $40; Weaver, 41,741; Bid
well, $50. This shows q net gain Of 49, GA
in the voting strength Of that state since
1888, or an increase Of "a. per cent.
The entire vote Of the southern states
for 1888 amounted to 1926, 900. If all
these states have increased their voting
strength on the same ratio as Georgia
the vote of that section has increased
2,109, 440 in four years. If each voter
represents five people, which is the
adopted rule, the southern states have
increased in population 10, 547, 200 during
this same period. To show the fraud
more plainly let it be remembered that
the population of the United States, &C
cording to the census Of 1880, was CO.,
1856, 1888.
The census of 1890 disclosed a popula-
ton of 50 600, 000sin round numbers, OF a
gain of IL, coo, 900 in ten years for the
whole country. But the returns from
the south based on the vote of Georgia
show that this section alone gained over
10000, 600 in the past four years. The
evidence is too plain for contradiction.
National Waterman.
now Tlaso zseauy:
The smoke of battle rolls away. A
survey of the field shows a glorious vic
tory for the people. The labor Of the
past two years has borne abundant fruit.
Let. the good work go on. We have four
years in which to raise grand army for
She battle to cake place in 1896. The en-
envy will be prepared with all their
forces of corruption and ignorance to
rivet more firmly the. chains of labor.
Shall we not make ready for them? Let
none flatter himself that the victory is
won. We have won, but it was only Il
skirmish. The fight in four years from
now will be fiercer and the enemy more
cunning than any that can be pointed to
in the political history of the country.
If we would be ready we must imme-
diately prepare for it.-North Dakota
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