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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23
One Class T.uled Too Long.

The following extract from the plat
form of the Peoples party of Louisiana
is to the point:
Far be it from US to cast any reflections on
the members Of a profession that has furnished
to this state and to this country some Of the
brightest minds and noblest spirits that the
world has ever seen. But their wants are not
your wants, their views are not your views.
their interests are not your interests. The Ro-
man republic was ruled BY the military caste.
The first French republic was ruled by the mil
itary caste. and in both the liberties Of the peo-
pie were trampled under foot. This republic
has been ruled by the plutocratic caste for
decades. and the liberties Of the people are
threatened by corporate bodies devised and adj
vised by lawyers. Government by class must
produce legislation for a class. and we have
both today. Until we get rid of the one We can
scarcely hope to be freed Of the other.
Since the Democratic party obtained control
of the state government the offices of governor
and lieutenant governor have been invariably
held by lawyers and on both the Democratic
tickets today before the people the candidates
for these two offices are lawyers, while the Re-
publican candidate for governor Is of the same
profession. The presidency Of the United
States has been monopOized by lawyers for
over a quarter of century, with the exception
of the terms Of President Grant, and the United
States senate has been constantly controlled
by members of the legal profession.
II is certainly not unreasonable to contend
that this uninterrupted selection of our admin
istrative officers from one class should cease,
and that they should be chosen more impair
TALLY from the members of various callings
and interests, so that the wants and desires Of
all may receive fair and impartial cOnsidera-
ton.
The agricultural interests have suffered and
are suffering most from the results Of unjust
legislation. From the ranks Of the wealth pro-
ducers should be chosen the men who are ia
administer the necessary relief. II such relief
be forthcoming. We declare emphatfcally
that the interests OF the white and colored
races in the south are identical. but that both
would suffer unless the undisputed control OF
our government were assured to the intelli.
gent and educated portion of the population
Legislation beneficial to the white man must
at the same time be beneficial to the colored
man. Equal justice and fairness must be &C.
corded to each. and no sweeping Legislation
should be allowed bearing raius,ly either.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23

the early age of twenty-five he was
elected to the North Carolina state leg
islature, and served in that house during
the years Of 1860 and 1861. AT the close
of the war he was returned to the gen.
eral assembly of the state and was
delegate to the state constitutional con-
vention called by President johnson
in 1866. He was elected commissioner
of agriculture in 1877, and served until
1880, when he resigned.
In 1856 Colonel Polk founded The Pro-
gressive Farmer and began the Organi-
cation of farmers clubs. He is cred
tied with starting no less than 500
organizations in his own state In
1887 he openly espoused the cause of
the Farmers Alliance, and ever since
has been active in its councils. Today
he is the president Of the national or
ganization and has served it both as
a state secretary and as vice president.
His part in the recent convention at
St. Louis has been commented upon
very favorably by many papers all over
the country.
Colonel Polk is, in the truest sense Of
that much abused phrase. self made
man. Left an orphan ut the age Of four
teen, he began the struggle of life single
handed. Reared on farm. his inc:ina-
tons naturally followed this bent and
he adopted farming as uoeans of llveli-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23

Simpson on Possible Candidates.
I'm my opinion" said Representative
Jerry Simpson, Of Kansas, General
Weaver, of Iowa, is most likely to be the
Peoples party candidate for the presi-
dency. At any rate. he has up to this
time been the man most discussed in
that connection. But l would not be
surprised if the sentiment ii favor Of
Ignatius Donnelly assumed formidable
proportions. He developed great strength
out at st. Louis. and the preamble to the
platform (which was written by him) is.
in my opinion, one of the most vigorous
and at the same time most classic pro-
auctions of modern literature. That
preamble has won Donnelly many
friends, and he will be prominent can
didate. if he desires the nomination.
las a matter of fact. | do not think
that Weaver really cares for the non,i-
nation, although he seems to be favor
lite and is the man most talked of among
the Farmers Alliance people. l think
there is no question but that President
Polk. of the Farmers Alliance, will b.
the candidate for vice president. -
Newspaper Interview.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23
Third Party noYemslis and Inter
estins Talk CoueerliIo 1t.
SOME POSSIBLE CANDIDATES
The Call for the Omala anvrhti"ns
July 4, in Full. ix'ra:1' from the
Platform.
Gentlemen Who are Fasorably MentioneA
as Third Party Presidential Nominees.

Gentlemen Who are Fasorably Mentioned
- Third Party Presidential Nominees.
Now that the Third party is an estab-
lished fact. considerable interest is be-
ing manifested by the public as to the
probable selection that will be made OF
a standard bearer at the July 4 conven-
ton. Several men. all of whom have
been identified with political reform
movements for years, are mentioned.
and the convention when it meets in
Omaha viii have plenty of good ma
terial to select from.
Without expressing any preference az
between all those who have been spoken
of the portraits of two of the eligibles.
together with short sketches of their
lives are herewith presented.
1t is but natural in the discussion OF
possible presidential candidates for the
third party that General James B. Weav-
er should be prominent figure. for
General Weaver is probably a. well
known throughout the nation as any
man connected with the present move
ment.
His canvass in 1890 as the candidate
for president on the Greenback ticket
showed that he was a speaker and writer
Of a very high order. General Weaver
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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23
OMAHA, JULY :, 1892.

The B1ace and Time OF the First Third
Party Nominating Convention.
The join: committee of the Peoples
party and the St. Louis Industrial con-
ference has issued the following call:
To the People Of the United States:
The national committee of the Peoples
party of the United States. acting in conjunc-
ton with e. H. Van Wyck of Nebraska. c. w.
Macune of Texas. VI. J. Branch of Georgia. J.
H. Powers Of Nebraska, r. VI. Humphrey OF
Texas. L. d. Laurent of Louisiana. Marion
Cannon Of California, T. b. Mcguire Of New
York. J. H. Williams Of Kansas. l.. L. Polk OF
North Carolina, Pierce Hackett Of Missouri.
VI. NJ. Garrett Of Illinois, John SeitZ of Ohio,
Mary E. Lease of Kansas. Anna l.. Diggs OF
District Of Columbia, Anna Debbs of Texas.
A. p. Parksen Of Florida, and Ben Terrell Of
Texas. representatives of a certain meeting Of
members Of various organizations of this coun-
try held in the city Of ST. Louis, on the 9th
day of February, 1892. respectfully submit to
the people Of the United States the preamble
and platform Of the conference of said labor
organizations Of our nation held on the Id,
23d and 2ith days of February. 1892 in the city
OF ST. Louis.
We urge that all citizens who support these
demands shall meet Oh the last Saturday in
March next, III their respective towns and viii
lagos. and hold public meetings and ratify
these demands. and take steps TO organize pre-
paratory to electing delegates to national
convention. and we call upon all duly qualified
voters of the United States who are in favor Of
these principles and of nominating candidates
for president and vice president of the above
platform to send delegates to a convention Of
the Peoples party. to be held in Omaha. July
l. 1852. at 10 O'Clock IL. the forenoon.
The executive committees OF the Peoples
party in each state charged with the duty
of promulgating this call and of fixing tho
time. place and method by which the said
delegates shall be chosen.
The basis Of representation shall be four del
egates from each congressional district and
eight delegates at large from each state. max.
ing the total number l,116.
We call upon all citizens Of the United States
to help us to make our principles triumphant
We believe that If the voters neglect thefI
duty this year il may be impossible in any fu.
ture canvass to protect the rights of the people
and save the free institutions OF our country
The voters must protect themselves: they car
expect no one else to defend them. In tn.
name of the rights Of the people. the homes u
the land and the welfare OF all future genera.
tons. we call upon all honest men to come Il
our support in this great contest.
II. L. Taaheneck. chairman: Robert Schil
ling. secretary national committee Peoples
party.
For the committee appointed by the mas
convention:
Ben Terrell. Texas: II. L. Loucks. South De
kOta,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23


ing out of the civil war. when he en-
listed as a private in the Second Iowa
infantry Successive promotions for
gallant conduct found him in 1854 bro
vetted brigadier general.
Since the war he has drifted into jour-
nalism and is at present editor of the
Iowa Tribune in Des Moines.
In 1866 he was elected district attorney
of the Second judicial district of the
state, and the next year was appointed
to the revenue service by President
johnson.
He was elected to the Forty con-
gress on the Republican ticket after a
brilliant campaign. He reappeared in
the Forty-ninth congress as a Green
hacker and was returned by the same
party to the Fiftieth congress. 1t was
in session of the latter congress that
General Weaver held the house in q
deadlock for several days in order to
compel it to take notice of a measure in
which he was interested. He was pres
ent at the recent convention in st. Louis,
and took an active and important part
in all of the proceedings.
1t is natural that the most conspicu.
ous member of the Farmers Alliances
in the south should be regarded as pos
sible candidate Of the third party.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23
A Political Revolution.

Hamlin Garland. the novelist. was In
ST. Louis during the Industrial confer
ence. In an interview he expressed
himself as follows:
Il believe that the historical impor-
lance of this convention cannot be over
estimated" he said. II predict that 1t
will mark the beginning Of political
revolution such as this country has not
known for thirty years. l can speak
more impartially than the delegates to
the conference. who are in the heat and
struggle of the fray, because 1hare come
to the convention as morallst and a
realist, a student Of the political and
social thought of the times. who believed
that here, at this conference, there would
be developed indications of the thought
of the people of the country well worth
the closest attention.
IL find that have not been mistaken.
There are all the elements Of political
revolution here because there arc repre-
sentatives of the great masses OF the peo-
pie ready and anxious to harmonic
upon certain just issues whose satisfac-
tory solutions arc not offered by the
platform of the two older parties. !
know that the south and west are ready
to cut adrift from those parties, and ii
will require only harmonious action to
start a political revolution which will
be historical in its results"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23
1t IL Time to Act.

For hundred years. even in the most
favored nations. the tendency has been
toward centers, where the enormous
pressure of population has crushed mil
lions, who sunk beneath the surface
never to appear except in the records OF
almshouses. criminal courts and mortu-
airy records. In the face of this colossal
tragedy of the Nineteenth century. men
playing the roll of statesmen have gone
on enacting laws that intensity the con-
gestion and cause many more millions
to writhe in agony.
Such is the effect Of the Mckinley
bill, and Of all laws that authorize the
government to take money from the
many and give it to few. It is idle to
spin fine arguments to show the advan-
tages Of these enactments, 20 loLg as
the number of those who cry for bread
in the cities is increased and the poor
victims from the outside are drawn into
the vortex with irresistible force. Loud
and angry as the protest Of the farmers
is, it is nothing to the anguish of the
poor needlewoman. who daily. in spite
of painful and unremitting toll, faI
away from sunlight and at the expense
of health, sees her children sinking
from suffering into infamy. 1t is nc
wonder that IN a condition like that
some poor souls say there is no God
w. G. Cooper.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23
Not AntacOnistic.
ton.

The impression that the National
Farmers Alliance attempts to oppose the
farmers against other interests is wrong.
No intelligent member of the Farmers
Alliance wishes to do any such thing.
We are not antagonistic to the great
mass of laborers of the country. We are
in sympathy with labor. Everything
that will elevate the workinsnan. give
him better conditions of life. better wages
and ii happier home. has our support
We are not antagonistic to the merchants
and business men of tine land. We do
not attempt to become merchants: that
influential class whose business it Is t.
attend to the trade of this country is
necessary to our common well being
We do not wish to pail down an inati,u-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23

"God speed the Prohibitionists and
the Woman Suffragists. say l." exclaimed
Nebraska delegate at the Richelieu.
IL have advocated both these doctrines
for twenty five years past. But the third
party cannot afford right now to put
prohibition and woman suffrage in its
platform, because it now has money,
land and transportation planks uniting
farmers and laborers Of the entire coun-
try. and there is no necessity for insert
ing other. planks which win antagonize
certain elements. Prohibition and wom-
an suffrage will come later in the history
of the third party. AS for the single
takers. they are with rs anyway. 81
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23
THE WESTERN FARMERS.

Reasons for Their Dtstrust OF tho Ol0
Parties and Their Methods.
To understand what is at the bottom
of the third party movement in the west
one must study the interesting literature
furnished by the census bureau.
The returns are still incomplete, but
the following condensed summary given
by the Chicago News throws consider
able light upon the situation. The News
says:
The figures Of two representative districts
have been unoffcaHy given out One consists
of group of ten neighboring counties in Kan
sas, a little west of Topeka. The other en-
braces ten counties in the southwestern part Of
Ohio and includes Cincinnati and the manu-
featuring centcrs of the Miami valley. The
two districts are believed to be fairly repre-
sentative of :heir respective states.
In the ten Kansas counties there were found
to be 1859 farms. Reports were returned from
all but about per cent of these, and results
are thus summarized BY Mr.. G. X. Holmes. Of
the census bureau:
Kansas, percen,ag OF hired farms. $780,. 81
Kansas. percentage Of hired farEis, lss0..... l3
Ohio. percentage of hired farms. 1891. ....... 6,
Ohio. percentage of Lired farms. 1890. =,
Kansas. percentage owned farms subject to
lncunbrancc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. d
Ohio. percentage owned farms subject to in
cumbranco. ~
Extending the percentage obtained in the
ten counties over he whole state Of Kansas. 1t
appears that of every nine farms two are free
of debt three are worked by tenants. and four
are occupied BY owners and are subject to an
incumbrance Of 50 per cent. of their value.
In Ohio. on the basis Of these returns. out Of
every eight farms four are held free Of debt.
three are worked by tenants. and one is occu-
pied by the owner and is subject to an incum-
brance of g per cent. of its value
The returns regarding homes are equally in
teresting No less than IS per cent. of the
homes of the Kansas district are hired. while
in the Ohio district, including Cincinnati, "a
per cent. Of the homes are hired. Excluding
Cincinnati 80 per cent. are so held. In Kansas
Il per cent. Of the owned homes are subject IL
incumbrance. and in Ohio ~ per cent. of the
homes are mortgaged.
The inference is that the western ag.
riculturists are drifting from bad to
worse. They are being divided into
landlords and tenants. The farm own
ers are growing fewer every year. and
the hirelings are growing more numer
GUS. Nor is this all. The percentage
of mortgaged farms is simply appalling
After CHANGING over these official fact!
and figures we do not wonder at the in
tense fury Of some of the western re
formers Half crazed by their burden!
they are ready to try any remedy. be
heving that any change almost must b,
for the better. When millions Of intel
hgent farmers are in the conditio,
pointed ont by our census returns the,
naturally feel in bitter, resentful ;.nt
revolutionary mood. They distrust tn
old parties, and see no hope except in
new organiZation.-Atl Constitu
ton.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23

Colonel Leonidas
l.. Polk. presi-
dent of the Ma
tional Farmers
Alliance. is a man
who has become
known to the
country during
the past two
years, but in
North Carolina.
his native state,
he has been favor
ably regarded for
many wears. At
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23
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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23

A striking coincidence-in fact two of
them-in naming the time for the third
party convention and apportioning the
delegates was that July is the date
selected and the convention will consist
Of 1875 delegates. What's the matter
with July 4. 1776
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by the undersigned at his ranch
~ miles east of Caldwell, the following
stock for which the owner will please call and
pay costs. One two-year-old red steer, white
face, waffle on lett jaw and branded on right
hip. %. One blue roam cav, FIVE year old,
branded on RICH! hip NJ and RICH, ribs 4.
Feb. ii, 1892. J. II. JoHE.
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nOOQ.
He comes of distinguished family OF
which President James K. Polk was an
llustriOus scion.
Colonel Polk is about fifty three years
of age and was born in Arson county.
q
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23

was born fifty
nine years ago in
Dayton. where
he received q
common school
education. After
graduating from
the law school of
the Ohio univer-
sity in Cincinna-
ii. in 1854. he was
admitted to the
bar and practiced
until the break
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23

He 0bitterlyHTou are utterly heart
less. ! might possibly imagine you en-
gagged. but not by any possibility in love.
She-Really: How curious. Now. do
you know. can easily imagine your be-
ing in love. hut in the widest stretch OF
fancy ! cannot imagine your being en-
gagged. Life.
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The words Hebrew and Jew are used
almost INTERCHANGEABLE, but the true
distinction is this: Hebrew is the race
name. Jew or lsraelite the religious
name. Between jew and Israelite there
is practically no distinction.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-04-23

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