Mississippi leader., 1892-07-21
A REcREANT CONGRESS.
The Force Bill Ghost viii Not
Save IL From the Righteous
Wrath Of an Outraged
People.

Editor Mississippi Leader:
About the only argument that the
Democratic bosses have against the
farmers going into the Third party,
seems to lie the Force bill part of the
Republican platform. Let it be under
stood that in Louisiana and portions
of this State the cOlored Republicans
are making common cause with the
Democratic party against the Peoples
party. They have no doubt been
prompted by the party bosses in
Washington city, who recognize the
fact that the Republican vote in the
States of Louisiana and Mississippi
will not avail anything cast in the
usual way.
Remember, too, that those who sent
the 14S majority TO the present Demo-
cratic House Of Representatives in
Congress were largely influenced in
that course of action by the attempted
passage of the Force bill during the
session of the last Congress, and it
was to show that such unrepubliean
measures were against the spirit of
our government, and bear in mind that
those who did the voting then will be
on hand at this election and will vote
about the same way, only they will
change the name from Democrat to
Peoples party.
The Peoples party will oppose any
measure that tends to steal away the
franchises of the people, and will at
tack with intent to repeal every law,
that has had the effect to deprive the
citizens of this government of their
equal right to the enjoyment of every
franchise that inherently belongs to
them.
1t will attempt to restore the gov
erDment to its pristine purity, and in
so doing it will uucarth all the vari-
Gus frauds and speculations that have
brought upon us the unfortunate aud
disastrous condition of affairs that
exist at present.
1t will supervise the Pension Bureau
and thousands of those who are now
reaping golden 'harvcsts obtained by
perjury and bribery will be compelled
to return their ill-gotten wealth or
suffer the penalty of the law. =
1t intends that the representatives
sent to the National Legislature shall
have the courage of their convictions
and shall speak out openly and hon
estly on every question in which the
welfare of the people is concerned.
That which fills the hearts and
minds of the great mass of intelligent
voters of this country with infinite,
unutterable contempt is the weak and
vascillating policy shown by the pres
ent Democratic majority in the lower
House of Congress, i'm which they
prove their unwOrthiness of the high
trusts i'm their hands. Every move
ment of Importance has been treated
as though it was a dynamite bomb
calculated to blow them skyward al
any moment, and for very feeblenesi
of action this body may as well bs
relegated to the shades of utter OBJ
) scurity. Indeed, it appears to the
writer that there should be measure
applied that would reduce the number
of Representatives to one-half the
present number. in the interest o.
economy and wisdom. There be to,
; many of them. They are in eacl
others way. They are as the howlin;
mob of Chicago, boasting only of lunt
power-cOwardly, vascillating an,
pusillanimous. Away with them, an,
let us send few men i'm their stea,
who are not afraid of their own shad
ows or a stuffed dummy like the Re
publican Force bill. RUsTIcUs.