The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-08-27
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mise and swear that old Jim Hogg, is
personally and individually responsible
for the drouths, cyclones, hail storms
short crops and low prices Of farm pro-
ducts in the State of Texas; aud If Clark
is elected governor he will have the
country in a worse fix than Hogg has,
for l do solemnly swear Clark is a blg
| ger bar and smarter man than Hogg.
] / furthermore do solemnly promise
and swear that I will not under any cir
cumstances whatever vote for any man
for Office who can read or write or whose
state and county taxes amount to more
than two dollars a year. / do further
more most solemnly and sincerely swear
| by all that is good and bad, with all the
devil and vim there is in me, that do
honestly aud sincerely believe that the
property accumulated by the hard ticks,
industry and economy of our wealthy men
ought to be divided equally between the
lazy, disgruntled members of this party,
and furthermore swear 1 will never be
satisfied until this is done. / further
more tip-toe and rock back on my dew
claws and most solemnly, sincerely, will
ingly and anxiously promise and swear
that never will plant more than half
crop of any thing and will under no cir
cumstances half work that and further
more swear that l will do all can to
keep my neighbors from working theirs
or paying their debts, and to cap the
climax, do with all the earnestness of
my soul, from the bottom of my heart
sincerely promise and swear that / will
takesmy wife's chickens, butter and eggs
to town and trade for whiskey, get big
drunk and talk politics.
Believing party made up of the
above mentioned material would
revolutionize the whole country
and be a good thing, / urge all
who can conscientiously take the
above oath to be prompt in meet
ing at the above time and place.
JOHN BENTLY Brown.
Below you will find the Fourth
Party's platform, which the plat
form is broad and comprehensive
and meets the wants of every class
of citizens:
THE THIRD DECLARATION OF INDIE
A6NDAS]sSASs
We hold that all men and wo-
men are created equal = some of
them more so-and that the wealth
of the earth belongs to the people;
and that every citizen should have
an abundance of the truck, filthy
lucre, and other good things.
To insure these blessings to us
and our posterity, we do unani-
mously. enthusiastically and vocif-
erously adopt the following plat
FORM.
LIST. We demand a currency sound,
safe and abundant hexibility not
required. We demand free and
unlimited circulation of gold, sill
yer, and currency; and that thee
purchasing power of currency be-
at all times equal to gold and silver:
coin. We demand $500 lawful,
money per capita for every adult
citizen of the United States, and
500 for each minor, and that the
cash be delivered to the parties as
soon as possible. We demand
that whatever we sell shall bring
high prices, but whatever we buy j.
must be sold low-cut prices; and
that the surplus of cotton be con-
sumed at once.
I'd. We demand that every adult
citizen, not now owning 100 acres
of land, shall receive 800 acres of
land, and government aid to i'm
prove it.
Sd. We demand that the govern
ment recognize the claims of its
citizens as well as its soldiers, and
that huge commissariat be estab-
lished in each county, that all who
need more GRUB" and better "grub"
may draw rations.
4th. We invite everybody with
out regard to past or present affili-'
atoms to unite with rs in saving
the country. Provided, however,
that all applicants who have been
connected with any defuncf lumber
yard, exchange, or cooperative
mercantile house, and have thus
swindled the people, shall, before
being received into the Fourth
Party, undergo thorough purgation,
which shall consist of blood puri-
fiers and disinfectants. After 80
days treatment the applicant shall
be pronounced clean and received.
9Th. We denounce political eu-
nuchs and cyclists, itinerant blath-
erskitesand skunks, political cranks
and cussedness generally.
The Fourth Party people antici-
pate giving a picnic in the near flu
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