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People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28

purpose Of electing delegates to their
respective county conventions, to be
held on the 18th day of June, at 10
o'clock a. M, at their respective
county seats. The basis of repre-
sentation to be one delegate for
every ten votes cast at such box at
the last State election; and that such
county conventions do elect one
delegate for each 800 of the total
vote or majority fraction thereof
cast at the last State election-pro-
vided that each organized county
shall be allowed one delegate-to
attend a State convention at Dallas,
Texas, on the 23rd day of June,
1892, at 10 o'clock a. M, for the
purpose of effecting permanent
State organization and for nomina-
ting candidates for all State offices !;
also to elect fifteen presidential cleo
tors, two from the State at large and
one from each Congressional district;
also to elect delegates to the nation
al nominating convention to be held
at Omaha, Neb., on July 4, 1892 !;
also to transact all other business
that may be deemed advisable by the
State convention.
All men who endorse the princi-
pies referred to above, without re-
gard to previous party affiliations,
are cordially invited to unite in Sc
curing the attendance of every quail
fed voter or reformer of whatsoever
organization or branch Of reformers
at these precinct meetings, and par
ticipate in perfecting permanent and
efficient organization.
Each county convention is recon-
mended to elect permanent county
chairman to serve for two years !;
also one chairman for each voting
place. Said county and precinct
chairman to constitute the executive
committee for each county and to
have charge Of the campaign in the
county.
We recommend that said county
conventions elect like number of
delegates to attend their respective
congressional nominating conven-
tons when the same may be called.
We recommend that said county
conventions elect a like number of
delegates to attend conventions to
nominate State senators, representa-
tives and foaters and such other dis
trict officers as may be deemed
proper by the people to be nomi-
mated. J. L. HARLE,
w. L. ROBINSON,
THOMAS GAINES,
On behalf Of the Peoples Party.
HARRY TRACY,
!, MILTON PARK,
J. T. CRAWFORD,
On behalf Of the Jeffersonian
Democrats.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28
S13,243,O0O,O00,

Total Sl3,243, 100000,
Or, in other words, you have paid the
debt over about six times, and are
yet in debt 1851 ,2O4, and, re,
member, it takes more labor and
more products to pay what you yet
owe than it did to pay all you have
so far paid.
But you are patient and suffer in
silence. Why don't you kick and
get out of the old parties that{never
refer to the steals. My friend, you
vote helps to make laws, laws make
good or bad legislation; then why
not hereafter vote for men who are
pledged to repeal the laws that per-
nit this robbery?
HUGO PREYER,
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28

8O5, SOB, therefore giving them a
profit of 118,254,047; add to this
the interest for I years, which is
S49,661, 694, and that year they took
from us $167, 915,741, which you and
have had to pay these patriots(0
since.
In 1868 the government sold
bonds to the value of 1926, 443,800,
for which it received S312,626,326.
Clearing profit for the spectators
of $112,617, 497; add to this the in
terest for years, $40,542,288, and
you were swindled out of $153, 1885,
765 that year.
Besides these 5 per cent. bonds
the government also sold 6 per cent.
bonds during that time amounting to
$195, 139,550, for which it received
only S122,957, 410. A profit for the
money sharks of $72,182,14O; add
to this the interest paid them, $780,
115,724, and they have made clean
profit on these bonds of $98, $685.
The following table of profits or
stealings from the American people,
without dollar of equivalent hav-
ing been given, therefore will explain
itself;
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28
A True Blue Allianceman and PEG.
) ple's Party Supporter.

ple's Party Supporter.
: 22tse>'s~GAN CANTON, GA, April IS, 80.
'PEoPLE's PARTY PAPER:
Dear Sir and Brother Il have
been shown by friend the gag law
handed out to the Alliance by the
State executive committee and Col.
Livingston in the daily Constitution,
in which they threaten to take the
charter away from county and sub
Alliances if they don't rescind their
endorsement of the st. Louis con-
vention and the Peoples Party. It
would be a slim State Alliance that
Col. Livingston would be president
of if all were wiped out that have
endorsed this independent move
ment.
Col. Livingston has changed his
mind inside the last two years. So
long as we endorsed him and Demo-
cracy, we were patriots of the first
water, and he would say, "My peo-
pie are Democrats, but If they don't
get relief they will rise ups en-masse
in an independent movement. Of
our platform, he said it was so broad
that we all could stand on it. Now
he has stepped off and out and left
us all on, and we have pulled down
the middle wall that has divided the
N orth and South for thirty years,
and say: democrats, Republicans,
Independents, Prohibitionists, Green
hackers, and all other aw-abiding
citizens, get on this st. Louis plat
form in strictly nonpartisan spirit. y
They may call us what they
please. ''Third Party?" We are
the wealth-producers of the United
States, and we are rising up en-
masse and demanding equal rights,
and no more.
We are organized, it is true, on
the St. Louis platform. It's the
people not the party, that we want
to benefit.
Now, let every sub-Alliance in the
State, at their next meeting go
through with their regular work and
adjourn, and then call the house to
order and organize q Peoples Party
,club, and carry the good work of re-
form to victory.
As Col. Livingston's hopes are
routed, and the people don't want
him for Governor and will be glad
when his term is out in Congress, he
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28
THEY GET THERE JUST THE SAME.
BY b. j., wooTAN, GA.

Good Noah, working at the ark,
Was put to open shame;
There were parties laughed and hooted
him,
But he got there all the same!
CHORUS.
Get therel Get there, boys! Get there !!
Let principles be your aim
No matter what is said, just keep a
level head,
And we'll get there all the same!
Our fathers brave in seVenty-six,
Our freedom did proclaim:
King George pronounced them Rebel
cranks,
But they got there all the same!
CHORUS.
When Watson led the people out,
They marched thro' flood and
flame;
Old Livingston tried to turn them
back,
But they got there all the same
CHORUS.
The old parties call us people cranks,
And we accept the name.
A crank is what you run things with,
And it gets there all the same!
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28
GOOD NEWS FROM TEXAS.
A Union of the Reform Elements Ac-
cOmplished and all go to Work for
the st. Louis Platform and the
Peoples Party.

The fear entertained by some that
there would be inharmony in the re-
form ranks in Texas is happily dissi-
pated.
The organization Of Jefferson
Democrats, which was based in that
State on pure Jeffersonian principles
and defended the Ocala demands,
was originally intended for work in
side the Democratic party, and it
was feared that the leaders of that
organization and of the Peoples
Party might fail to harmonic. Our
advices, however, set all such fears
at rest and make apparent both the
wisdom and patriotism of the leaders
Of both organizations in the great
Long Horn State.
We take the following account . of
the meeting, at which union Of all
reform forces was effected, from the
Dallas News:
"Fourteen men gathered in the
office of the Southern Mercury
Seven represented the Jeffersonian
Democrats, or the sub treasury par
ty, as it is called, and seven were
there to speak for the Peoples
Party. They were talking seriously
of the future. Measures of relief
for the mortgaged, debt-ridden agri-
culturist, who cannot pay interest on
his advances with Scent cotton,
were discussed. 1t was decided that
the end sought to be accomplished
must be done through independent
action outside both the existing par
ties. Therefore they welded the
Jeffersonians, or sub-treasury ALI
auce people, and the Peoples Party.
The fourteen men who did this were
Messrs. J. T. Crawford, r. J. Sledge,
Harry Tracy, Milton Park, Henry
E. McCulloch and E. S. Peters on
the part Of the sub-treasury Alliance,
and James III. Davis, Thomas Gaines,
J. S. Robertson, r. A. High, Judge
J. L. Harle, DR.. Harris and T.. B.
Upham on the part of the Peoples
Party. They represented majority
of the State executive committee of
the two bodies and were cloIhed
with full authority to take any action
they thought best and proper.
The fourteen men decided to 60
to the people of Texas with a solid
front in the name IF the farmers and
the laborers of the State. They
were fixing up a call for primaries
and conventions. The call is as fol-
lows:
The undersigned, joint conference
committee of the organizations in
Texas known as Jefferso nian Demo
Gratis and Peoples Party club, by
authority vested in us by the State
central committee of each organiza-
ton, do hereby call upon all who
endorse the principles set forth by
the industrial labor conference held
at St. Louis, Mo-, on February 22-24,
1892, and the declarations made by
the Dallas conference, February 10,
1892, and who believe the time has
come for independent political action
in Texas, to assemble at their re-
spective voting places on the 4th day
of June, 1892, at l P. M, for the
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28

is struggling as a drowning man or
a raving maniac, beating the air or
tearing his hair.
The Colonel is responsible for
this movement in a great degree.
He has led the people as did Moses,
but will only get to view them en-
ter the promised land. He will be
buried at the ballot box with partisan
Democracy. For old man Partisan
Democracy is sick, AID the people
say he will surely die about the fall
ing of the leaves.
Listen at old false Democracy in
his dying hours. See him swell up
till his lungs are fit to burst, and
stand ON his ii p-toes and hollow at
the top Of his voice, 'N-i-g-g-e- 7
Equality" until his breath is gone.
We have heard that till we are
tired, and we have answered to the
party lash long enough. We have
followed court house rings and
clicks to our ruin, and if the white
vote is to be divided, they are re
sponsible. If the minority cant
come with the majority, we are not
going to them.
Now, if they are going to turn
Mr.. Irwin off, as editor, and have
reform advocated in its columns no
more, it will be an outrage on its
supporters, who subscribed for it as
such. Let the people rally to this
independent movement.
L. j. DOSS.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28
HOW THEY DO 1T.
The System by Which the Gold Specu'
latOrs Enriched Themselves.

Senator Beck, in a speech deliv-
cred in the United States Senate,
January -, 1874, stated that the
bondholders had made, since the first
bonds were Used up to 1869, at
which time the bonds were made
payable in coin,
ONE THOUSAND MILLION DOLLARS
profit. The senator proved his state
ment as follows:
In 1862 the government sold 6
per cent. $50 bonds to the value of
$60,982,4 5O for which we received,
however, only $44,O30,64O in gold.
That is, the greenbacks which we re-
ceived for the bonds and which were
destroyed, were only worth that
much in gold. Here was clear
profit of $16,951,8O1 in favor of the
bond buyer in the first transaction.
Besides, the bondholder has received
also in interest from 1862 to 1874,
$1I,187,188 on his bonds, which,
added to his first profit, makes his
total profit up to that day on the
first deal $28,139,889. A clean
steal, for which they did not gre in
return one cent. Who had to pay
this? Why, OF course, the farmer
and producer.
In 1868 the government sold bonds
again to the amount of 1884,, $50,
for which bonds it again received
greenbacks. At that time gold was
worth $1.58 in greenbacks. 1t will
be seen now that the bondholders
paid only O1,89O,854 in gold for
them, which gave them net profit
of $59,O96,696, adding the interest
for 10 years, which amounts to $685.
458,017, we have a clear steal of
$94,555,713 out of the pockets of
the people, for which they never re-
ceived one cent of value or labor.
In 1864 the government sold
bonds to the value of 1881 ,292,250
received, however, therefore again
deprecated paper, which at that
time was worth very little. One dol
lar in gold then would buy $2.01 in
greenbacks. These bonds brought
the government only $1S9,697,636
in gold, less than one-half their
nominal value. The spectators
made profit of $191, 594,614. Now
comes also the interest on these
bonds which the dear public paid,
amounting to $114,956,76S in 10
years. In the year 1864 the robbers
took from us, without our consent,
1906, 551,3S2.
In 1865 the government sold
bonds to the amount of $279,746,-
$50, it received therefor, however,
only $2OS,213,O90. The robbers re-
tanned for themselves $71,532,O6O.
The interest on these bonds amount
ed to $3S,627, 1907. Or they received
total net profit of $11O,159,367.
How do you like it?
In 1866 the government sold
bonds to the value of $124,914,4OO
for which we received $88,591,773
in coin. Or the spectators made
profit of $36,392,627; add to this
the interest for 8 years, which
amounts to $17,434, $50, and we find
that they made total of S53,757,-
1872 out of us.
In 1867 the government sold
bonds valued at $421, 469,55O. The
, purchasers paid, however, only $685.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28

You have paid this amount of in
terest to the bondholders, besides
clear profit of $678, 561, 482, or a
total of $3,16O,O15,890.
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28

more, it will be an outrage on its
supporters, who subscribed for it as
such. Let the people rally to this
independent movement.
L. j. DOss.
Act! Act! in the Living Present.
"No more shall the war-cry sever,
Or the winding river be red;
Our anger is banished forever,
When are laurelled the graves of
our dead
Under the sod and dew,
Waiting the judgment day
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray"
It is now twenty-seven years since
Grant offered to Lee at Appomattox
a hand straight from a soldiers heart,
and at this time every year our pa
triotic women gather the first roses of
the spring, and with a mournful
pleasure scatter them alike on the
blue and the gray, and as they stop
and are more careful beside ''23 New
York Unknown" they know that
+" Somebody's darling lies buried
there"
Our thoughts are solemn and our
minds revert back to the time when
rs New York, Unknown" lett the
farm house with the kiss of mother
still warm on his brow and the fare
we'll benediction, GOOD bless you, my
son." still ringing in his ears. What
happened in New York had its coun-
terpart in Georgia. We take a de-
light in fixing the graves, be it either
''23 New York, Unknown" or '3
Mississippi, Unknown" for in the
beautiful strain of Osian 'sTt is the
memory Of joys that are past and
gone, sweet and mournful to the soul"
We have nothing to be ashamed
of, nothing to retrieve; nor has our
Northern brother anything to take
back. Our hearts feel warm glow
when we think of Lee and Jackson,
touched with the same loving tender
ness that makes our brothers heart
leap with emotion when the magic
names Of Grant and Mcclellan are
called. We do not intend to slap
our son down if he ever utters the
word Confederacy, but we will teach
him to honor and love the names of
Davis and Stephens, at the same
time we teach him that the great
Lincoln was as great a patriot as
ever occupied the Presidential chair.
But now brothers, North and South
East and West,
"Let the dead past bury it's dead,
Act, act in the living present,
Heart within, and God DER head"
Now is the time to get together
and have a big love feast, "For the
red rose is twined around the white
rose and York and Lancaster are at
peace" No longer is North arrayed
against South; but a dreadful cor
morant, more dreadful than all the
combined bayonets of both North
and South, perches upon the Nation
al Capitol and with its CHASTITY eyes
it surveys its prey, almost ready for
it's terrible grasp.
Where is gone the brilliant civil
cation of the South? Where is our
proud Southern chivalry, that out
ranked the knights of old? Why is
it that once noble farmers, that went
with their head erect, now go stoop-
ed and bent? Where is the old
Southern Baronial mansion? Why
is it when once it is burned a mis-
cradle hut goes up in its stead? The
People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-04-28

Now. permit me to show you from
the United States treasurer's report
of 1891 what you have paid in IN
terest on the bonded debt since 1862
UP to 1891, inclusive:
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10
A Priest Losing His Mind.

TRENTON, N j., JulY9.-Rev. Patrick
a. Tracey,of st Paul's Catholic Church,
burlington, n. j.. has been removed to
tho Trenton Asylum for the insane He
mas been suffering from mental disease
for some tin G. Should his physicians
de eide that his malady will require long
conhnement before rfcaverv is
reached. he will be transferred to a
private institution
Among the different phases that his
disease has taken is writing letters on
Imaginary schemes 70 the civil and
ecclesias,i ,al dignitarics OF the country.
Father Tracey is the prizes W no rec. ntly
chased psi homer from his church
during Sundiy services q the point OF
pistol
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10
WRnted.

LADIES and gentlemen suffering with
throat and lung difficulties to call at our
drug store for bottle of :Otto's Cure,
which we are distributing free OF charge.
and we can confidently recommend it as
a superior remedy for Coughs. Colds,
Bronchitis, Consumption and all diseases
OF the throat and lungs. L. will stop a
cold quicker than any knt wn remedy.
We will guarantee it to cure you IL
your children have Group or whoopng
cough 1T Is sure 20 give instant relief.
Don delay, but get Il trial bottle free
Large size soc sold by Christian II
BarDe
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10

TTAIR MATTRESSES-W MANU-
Ii facture all kinds OF mattresses for
sale, wholesale and retail. Hair mat
tresses re-made specially. Practical
workmen employed, work warranted,
prices low. Orders by mail promptly at
tended. Will buy clean shucks and straw.
J. B. RICHARDSON e. SON, Alabama
St., Salem Va. p. D. box 326. IS 1y.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10
New Business Wagons

See our wagons just built for Roanoke
Brokerage and Storage Co., Jennings &
Body, G. F. Blount e. II. Stewart Fur
niture Co.. Catogni Bros. and others.
Catogni Bros hockey pokey carts are
dandies. All built by Salem Carriage
Co Salem, Va. Call and see US and get
prices.
CLARKE & SADLER, Preprietors.
4 80
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10
The Cancels Lament.

"Canary birds feed on sugar and seed:
Parrots have crackers to crunch;
And, as for the poodlcs, they tell me the noodles
Have chickens and cream for their lunch
But there's never question
About my digestion
Anything does for mel
"Cnts you're aware. can rcposc in chair,
Chickens can rooSt upon rails;
Puppies are able to sleep in q stable.
And oysters can slumber in pals.
But no one supposes
a poor camel doZeS-
Any place does for mel
Lambs are inclosed where it's never exposed
Coops are constructed for hens:
Kittens are treated to houses well heated,
And pigs are protected by pens.
But u camel comes handy
Wherever it's sandy
Anywhere does for mel
people would laugh II you rode giraffe,
Or mounted the back of an OK:
It's nobody's habit to ride on rabbit,
Or try to Desirable /: fox
But rs for u camel, he's.
Ridden by families
Any loAd does for mel
"a snake is as round rs q hole in the ground,
And wcascs are wavy and sleek
And no alligator could ever be strashter
Than lizards that live in creek
But q cancels oil lumpy,
And bunny and humpy-
Any shape does for mel" e
st Nicholas.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10
D1ERpoNT's BRICK WORKS.

The attention of Roanoke contrac tors
and builders is invited to our facilities
for providing fine quality Of merchant
able building brick in any quantity at
very low prices.
G. r. PIERPONT,
Is If Proprietor, Salem, Va.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10

ALABAMA STREET, SALEM, VA.
Manufactures Ornamental and Archi-
tectural Castings, Iron Fencing, Crest
Ing, Iron Fronts, Miners Cars, etc.
Full line Of hardware at store, corner
Main and Colorado streets.
jan26-tyr o. D. Oakley, Propr.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10
CLOSINGOU SALE.

All goods must be sold if
possible, by June IS. Pianos
and organs at great bargains
and easy terms. Fine station
ery and musical goods at cost.
Roanoke people can save
money by taking dummy and
calling on us. Bona hde sale.
LONGS MUSIC HOUSE.
ian23 If
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-10
FLOWERS AND PLANTS.

My wagon will be at the Roanoke market
every other morning. with choice plants. Parties
having lawns to plant would do well to get my
prices on bedding plants, as can save you
money on all foliage plants.
j. SHARTZER,
Florist, Salem, Va.
River Side Flower Gardens. 341yr