The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-26
The Peoples Party a Misnomer.


Editor Morning Nelcs: Your writer
takes but little interest in mere party poll
tics, for his past experience in that line does
not give him very exalted opinion Of the
average party horn blower who was falsely
called politician. A politician in the true
sense Of the word, is one who studies politics
as science OF government, the politics
OF government, and endeavOrs TO
measures, sound policies and positive
principles. In word, a politician is an
! educated statesman. Now, who is really a
| stetesmanf One who makes the policies
| and principles Of government study. One
who does not ask what the people think,
nor does he care-he is to the people what
/, the school teacher is 10 boys. What a law
yer or judge on the bench is to the people.
What physician is to his patients. What
clear-headed, independent theologisn is 10
bis congregation-a leader, q teacher and
| instructor
The people as a mass do not think, read,
| investigate and analyse the measures and
policies OF government; they have not time,
! and, in the second place, selfishness is the
! ruling, predominant, and all controlling
| action among sections, states communities
| and individuals. All are for self. The
| manufacturer wants protection simply be-
| cause he Is a manufacturer The consumer
wants free trade or low tariff simply
! because he is a consumer. Iron interests
! call for protection; wool interests call for
| protection; rice, sugar and other interests
| call for protection all because each interest
! sees only Its own selfish self. But the great
| consuming class calls for cheap food, cheap
| clothing, cheap tools, cheap everything.
The science of politics, the work of states
| men and thinkers, is to so legislase as to do
! the greatest good to the greatest number
| without i'm tn or Dp ProokIyy
taught: THE greatest happiness OF the
| greatest number Is the foundation OF morals
and legislation Our government ls one Of
| compromise, and must ever be 50, so longa as
the United States exist as government.
| Our vast territory, climate, soil and produc-
| tions call for such compromise, aud that
| compromise is best established in reciprocal
interests rather than in identity OF inter
| ests. The first is bond of union between
| the states, while the second Is one Of jeal-
! ousy, competition, suspicion and sectional
| animosities.
The northern interests, from its manu-
! featuring necessities, call more or less loudly
! for protection aud a centralized govern
| ment. The south as a section, from its az
! ricultural natu, O., calls for a low tariff. IL
| Is the duty of statesmen and political econ-
| omlsts 20 harmonic all such conflicting in
| tereSts and establish as near as possible re-
! ciprocal interests between all sections. Can
| it be donel That is tho question upon which
| rests the stability of the United States gov
eminent for the next twenty-five years.
| The 100000 900 OF people who will con-
| stitute the United States in the next
! twenty years, il held together at all q, will
! be in we'll regulated reciprocal interests.
Political parties will never accomplish
! anything as mere party machinery, for
demagogues are never so happy as when
| they can sing out, Our party-Our party
down with the other partyr We do not
want parties but good policies; and as long
| as the country is cursed with party leaders,
! party horn blowers, Eectionalism will
| flourish ana demRgogues will be to the
front. Party platforms are mere clap-trnp
| to catch the public ear. Small men intel
lectual!y are put In high PLACES who do not
see an inch beyond the interests of the
! party which elected them
AT this time We areentertained with some
| four parties, each claiming that il can do
the most good for the whole people. We
know something OF the policies and meas
| ures OF the Democratic and Republican
| parties. Both try to play to the busiuess
interests and sectional feelings of the differ
emit sections of the union. Between the
two, as lover OF the union, the Democratic
| party is far preferable IN every respect for
all sections, because it is more national.
The Republican party is too sectional, too
much for the interests Of the money power
friend to monopolists.
THE NEW PARTY.
But what OF tho new party that is now
known for its great pretenttons, wonderful
promises, and extraordinary policies: The
| third party, or the Peoples partY2 II there
! ever was party that was working in the
dark, with the blindest kind of bind lead
ers, the Peoples party is that party. The
temperance party is a one idea party, alto
| h. D.
If a misnomer. 1t is the Government Aid
party. 1t is the begging party, central
| ising party, and had its birth among a beg
| giEg people, pension begging people a
| people who would make the government a
master and the people really slaves The
hand that gives Is hand of power ; the
| creditor is master Of the debtor. This is q
government of the people, by the
people, for the people, in the interest
| of the whole people. The people are
| the government, and it is the people who
must support the government, and not the
| government the people. An army is the
men who compose the army and not the
general in command. The men Of the army
must aid and support their general, and not
the general the army. Congress is but tho
people speaking through their represent
atives, and they have no power outside Of
| the people.
The Peoples party cry: Give, give, give.
| Give WhaS why, give the people who
should support the government, money; or
lend Is 70 them at lew rate of interest Ye
Gods what an idea! what q political ab-
surdityl The party asks the government
to buy all the railroads, all telegraph lines,
etc. For whats To give to,the people cheap
travel, cheap teleRramsl Was there ever
such as absurdity' The policy, the de-
mands. were born OF foreign ideas, among
people who were Taught in the old country
! that the government was eyerykhn1 and
they nothing. This policy and such
policy is no. of southern birth, but born
out west and worthy Of its birth place. We
want no government aid party" in Geor-
gia. r. N. 0.