St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-10-22

PROOF Of THE
TREACHERY OF
THIRD Party
LEADERS.
From the leaders q the Third
Party h the S0ath We expect
70 response to the questions here
peopoanded. LEADER like Gaice,
Darkitt asd Watson, aloag with
independents IKE BocAaaaa, Kolb
and Specialization aud Reid.
White ase siniag to divide The peo.
pie q The South, just - Weaver b
attempting TO divide the Republic
can opposition In the West tos The
benefit Of the Republican party.
In 1884 General Benjamin Butler
was the Third Party nominee Tor
president, with the identical cant
which We hear to-day about ''both
parties being corrupt" "mors
money!" RAILROAD opposition. .
"suiFcring labos." and III that.
The Old rascal Vas "plyiag biz
vocatioa" h I'D a Maine, the Re.
publicaa nooiaee. He has recent
u stated that hi race n lS81 was
to help Blaise agaiast Cleveland.
He got lss, 1925 votes, q which
II COZ IN New York were taken In
great part fcoo Cleveland, whose
plurality there was only l017 votes.
In New jersey Batter took away
3456 anti-Republican votes, where
Cleveland had Only 44l2 plurality.
In Connecticut he got 1885 votes,
Cleveland's plurality being 1884;
and in Indiana he got 1928 votes,
Cleveland's plurality being only
1912.
These votes OF Butler were most
" al anti-Repabliean, and would
have gone 10e Cleveland against
Blaise, ed to peevent this Butler
was procared to run 10 Blaise's II.
terest.
In every attitude OF his canvass
be Was cheating and quilting Third
Party men who voted for him. His
whole candidacy was . huge lie
and swindle which he now shame.
fully confesses.
Now can any sane man doubt
that Weaver has the same contract
that Butler had: How can ans
man OF sense fail to see that Weav.
|er's canvass l. to draw away from
Cleveland enough votes to eject
Harrison:
Show . Weaverite the Mckinley
tniquitv, with It, average tax q On.
y 70 per cest On the luxuries which
the rich iadalge, asd q 80 per
cea: O. he seoessities q lilo which
Tie pooe ass compelled to buy, tell
thea thas e,otA pays $50 per cest,
blankets 50 per cest, Aannels 100
per cent, wool hats. clothes, etc.,
Is per cest ID valoeem, while dia.
oosds and pearls pay 10 per cent,
sealskins 70 per cent, patent leather
10 per cent; that school books pay
Is per cent, while shotgun barrels,
engravings. coral, paintings in oils,
fashion plates, decorative plates,
regalia. gems, statues, etc., are
free Of tax. thus showing free luxur.
les for the rich, and that al the bur.
dens Of taxation are on the poor
and let him, u be dare, refer to the
Third Party platform which de.
o0onces Tie Democeatic struggle
eoe tasiR reducttoa - ''sham bet.
tle."
Go to Grant parish, where Hick.
man, Hadnot, Cruikshanks and
their comrades were dragged from |
home Tor trial before the Federal
court In New Orleans for refusing |
to submit to negro domination, and |
tell the Third Party men Of the |
force bin. which persecuted these |
brave men, and ask them to explain |
why Viewers platform fails toI
mention force bills.
The Third Party leaders and Re- |
publicans Ill over the South have |
applied for Federal supervisors and |
Federal nasshals to take charge Of |
the e3ectjoa, and TIE Third Party
headers are not trying to interfere |
where there = hope q Repsb'icaa
success, but oely where TIE Demo
crazy . stroag ne they seeking to|