The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-03
PLACING the elame BOON others.

Placing the Upon OkueESs
Those democratic organs and politicians
In the south that for a year or more, for
purposes Of their own, have been ANNOUNCE
iuR that the Ocala demands are mocratic
demands, and who have been using all their
arguments and influence to make alliance
men believe that the Ocala demands were
acceptable to the Democratic party, are
now vociferous in their assertions that the
democrs tic psperswhich frankly said that the
/ Democratic party would not sanction all the
! Ocala demands are responsible for the Peo-
pies party movement They know there is
no foundation for such assertions. They
know the Peoples party movement would
not have amounted to much 10 the south IL
they had not encouraged aud helped 1t.
They are becoming alarmed at the result OF
their work and are making extraordinary
efforts to shift the responsibility for 1t from
themselves to others.
There isn't, however an intelligent DEM
ocrat in this state, or 10 the south, who does
not know the papers and the politicians who
have given encouragement and aid to those
who are now the leaders OF the Peoples
party. The democratic papers that told
the farmers that the Democratic party
would not approve the sub treasury scheme,
the government ownership Of the telegl aph
and transportation lines and some
other things contained in the
Ocala platform, and reafirmed
IN the st. Louis platform, told them the
truth They dealt with them fairly and
honestly and they received only abuse for
doing so. Some OF them were boycotted.
Nevertheless they continued to do what
they knew to be honest and right. They
made no attacks upon those who differed
with them, believing that time would show
they were right.
Those democratic papers and politicians
who held out welcoming hand &c Gen.
Weaver, Jerry Simpson, Mrs. Lease and
Others who visited Georgia last summer
ostensihly IN the interest of the alliance, but
really to gain foothold for the Peoples
party, resented holly any intimation
that there was danger Of any
Georgia democrats, either In or out
Of tho alliance, becoming identified
with the Peoples party, and they continued
to court the good will Of HllIanosmen by ins
sisting that no democrat should have any
difficulty In standing upon the Ocala plat
form.
The time has come, however, whom a
choice must be made between the Ocala
demands and democratic principles. The
Ocala demands have become the platform
of a new political party, and that
party has an orgapization in
this state, and soon will have
in other southern states The democratic
organs and politicians who sought to curry
favor with the alliance by approving to the
fullest extent the Ocala demands realize
that they have aided in creating an enemy
to their party. Having done all the harm
they could they would now like to
have 1t appear that those who have
upheld democratic doctrines persistently
and earnestly. and been honest with respect
TO the OcalA demands. are responsible for
this enemy. They will not succeed, how
ever, In misleading the people in this mat
ter. Their record is known, and they must
accept the position in which their acts and
their utterances place them.
The Peoples party would not have gained
foothold IN this state il those who are
| now prominently identified with 1t had not
| received encouragement from democratic
sources. They would not have secured
following if there had been no yielding by
| democrats to demands which are not demo-
cratic and which will never receive the APP
prevail Of the Democratic party. As the
political situation gradually develops In
this and other southern states the public will
have no difficulty in Identifying those who
have been chiefly instrumental in bringing
the Peoples party into existence In the
south.