People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-07-29
Is Vote for Weaver Vote Thrown
Away!

The New Nation.
We see in the East that the old
party organs are advising voters to
avoid throwing their vote away Oh
any new party. This hoary-headed
weapon of monopolistic partizanship
was never so stuffed with sophistry
as this year.
This is great year to vote for
principle. We will not here discuss
the soun1ness and breadth Of the
Peoples Party platform, but if any
vo err is convinced that the new party
has trained It's guns four-square to
the solution of the question of private
monopolies, and still withholds his
vote, let him make careful survey
of the situation. The currency and
corporation monopolies of this coun-
try have a grip upon both the Re
publican and Democratic parties.
President Harrison seems to be max
ing the tour of railroad and trust at
torneys for man to run his cam
paign. The Democrats are in a fair
way to elect a Standard Oil man to
general the Cleveland forces. In
half d zen northwestern States the
result will be determined by the pur-
chasable vote. 1t is colo question
of money. Take Indiana as an ex-
ample. -Four years ago a private
canvass showed that there were 3d.
600 purchasable votes, and that the
Republicans required $4,000 of them
to carry the election. AS the event
showed, it took $25O,OO0 to swing
these $4,000 into the Republican
column. If the Democrats had been
able to raise 100000, the Republi-
cans would have lost the State.
If an elector believes that this
country should be run by the people
rather than by the corporations, the
most effective method of throwing
away his vote is to cast his ballot for
either Republican or Democratic
electors. To a reformer there can be
no significance in the success of either
Of the old parties. They both stand
for special privileges of few and
against the interests of many. They
work together whenever there is any
danger that new party will unhorse
them both. In Roger Q. Mills's dis
trict few weeks ago, it became
evident that the Peoples Party was
about to carry the election, and in
order to prevent this, Republican
bankers contributed money to elect a
Democratic candidate to Congress.
Judge Antony, democrat, was, in
consequence, elected by a small ma,
jority, by the purchase of the negro
vote with republican money in two
republican counties. Democratic
bankers and railroad attorneys in
Kansas have been giving aid and
comfort to the Kansas republicans.
And so it goes, especially through
the West and South. AS the combat
deepens, it will appear that there are
but two parties in this great republic,
the party of monopoly and the party
of the people. The November cleo
ton is not horse race nor a game
of chance. 1t is the duty of every
citizen to vote his convic ions. We
are upon the eve of a revival of
principle, honor and equal justice.
And again, looking at the contest
from a tactical point of view, no
man throws away his vote this year
if he supports the Peoples Party.
A very conservative estimate of the
outcome in Noveml er is that two
Southern and four Western States
two democratic and four repub-
lican-will enter the electoral col
lege for the Peoples Party. There
will in consequence be no election
and the choice of president will be
thrown into the House and the
choice of vice president into the
Senate If you take the Southern
States which will not vote for Cleve
land, the Farmers Alliance States
and the silver States; the unit rule
prevailing according to the terms Of
the constitution, it will be readily
seen that 1T would not take very
much of a tidal wave to land Gen.
James B. Weaver in the presid entail
chair. The House cannot vote for
any name that did not figure in the
ell ctoral college. Thus it wi be a
choice between Harrison, Cleveland
and Weaver. 1t is needless under
the circumstances to remind any re-
former that his duty is to vote for
the party of reform this year unless
he really wishes to throw his vote
away.
Henry County in Line.