People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-02

How can you expect this law when
the rich men control both old par
ties? They will hardly vote money
out of their own pockets. Whitney,
Brice & Co. will not be in much
hurry to give you this. We charge
the Democratic party with being
partly responsible for most of the
vicious Legislation which has brought
about the present condition of affairs.
They made no fight on the demon
etization Of silver in '73 and IA.
Where were the boosted champions
of the people? Did they raise their
voices in behalf of the men who sent
them there? All, no!
They were there, it is true, but
were quietly sleeping the sweet sleep
of innocence while the fendish work
went on-dosed, possible, with ''sooth-
lug syrup" administered by that
eminent English fnancier," Ernest
Seyd, sent to Washington by Eu-
ropean bankers loaded with gold to
influence legislation.
That was black page in the his
tory of the country.
If that party enacts into law every
demand in its platform (Which is
barely possible), even then where is
the laboring man to be benefited?
An attempted straddle on the tariff,
a successful straddle on silver, sums
up your hopes of relief. No demand
or promise of increased currency !;
their ideal tariff demand (the Mills
bilD only five per cent. less than that
iniquitous Mckinley bill.
Their first campaign cry was that
that paltry per cent. reduction was
the great and only issue of the COM
ing battle but some how or other,
since the Peoples party has shown
such disposition of coming to-after
being buried so often-they have de-
cided to get companion piece for
tariff reform, so they dressed up the
force bill for duty.
The democratic party is hopelessly
divided on every issue which, if en-
acted into law, will prove beneficial
to the common people.
Take the free coinage question,
"a congressman voted against it, 118
voted for it, in the face of the fact
that large majority of the party
were pledged to pass it if elected.
The Speaker was elected over
Mills solely on that issue.
Take the tariff question. Hope
lessly divided there.
When the committee was sent out
to make the platform at Chicago
they brought IN majority report to
straddle that also, Cleveland's right
bower stating that it was just as his
chief wanted it. A virtual back
down on little five per cent. reduc-
ton.
The difference between the Nc
Kinley bill, (the republican bill
which all good democrats agree in
calling the Robber Tariff and the
Mills production, which is the demo-
cratic ideal of tariff reduction, is just
five per cent. The one is a 81 per
cent, robbery, the other. 40 per
cent. robbery, justly pronounced a
sham battle on the tariff. If the one
is 81 per cent. monstrosity, the
other is 40 per cent. variety of the
same animal, and no amount Of word
Juggling can make it anything else.
A small difference it makes whether
a poor devil is to pay 81 or 48
per cent. tariff, when he has not the
dollar to pay it with.
Having looked into these reasons
carefully and studied the situation as
men who are vitality interested
should, it is our unalterable intention
to sever our connection with a party
which has treated our every just de-
mand with scorn and contempt, and
whose leaders have broken every
campaign pledge made to a people
almost in despair.
We take this step knowing full
we'll the importance of it.
We prefer to join our destinies
with the laboring West and North
west rather than be always controlled
by plutocratic East, whose only in
terest in us is our labor, upon which
they fatten.
1t would be an insult to us for the
Western farmer and laborer to ask
us to join the republican party, be-
cause memory will not sleep; so,
also, for the same reason it would
be useless for us to tell them to join
us under the democratic banner,
hence the need of new party, under
whose banner all wealth producers
may unite to wage one last desperate
battle with plutocracy.
If we lose this fight, farewell Lib
erty and Hope, for never again will
the common people dare lift their
hand or voice against their lordly
masters. Hewers of wood and
drawers of water, nation of cow
ardly slaves, fearing to oppose lest
answered by the sharp crack of the
Pnkertons' rifle, pluto cracy's answer
to labor's demand for bread.
Now, look the situation fairly md
squarely in the face no lodging.
Are you not personally responsible
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