Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-18
TENNESSEE WAKING UP.


Few Extracts From the Nashville, Tenn,
Weekly Toiler An Independent Up
rising.
In your issue of the 9th inst on s'The
Lesson Taught" you say ''if neither Of
the old parties will promise relief when
out of power, or enact laws when In
power, then the future is hopeless as to
them. Both of the old party leaders
act in concert and according to the will
of the plutocrats, and the time has como
for the people to assert their power and
rights in way that will be felt"
Thank God for the patriotic sentiment
contained therein. Two years ago In
this senatorial district, we run one man
for senator, republican, and as there
was no opposition we elected him-a
grand triumph Of might over right.
Our political bosses, In their zeal
to strangle an independent move
ment of tho people and keep
down third party, decided
that one was enough. Here we had
thousands of democrats, so-called, and
yet the party was SO poor in principle
that no one could be found who was
willing to hold that banner aloft and
go down fighting for the right shades
of old time democracy. Where were
your principles in 1890? Sleep on,
grand old humbug, thou art not for
gotten but you can deceive US no more.
Therefore l call upon the independent
voters of Polk, Bradley, James, Nc
MINI and Monroe, who favor placing "a
second party in the field on the Ocala
demands, to write me at once giving me
authority to call convention in July,
at Athens, for the purpose of placing a
senatorial candidate in the field and
such other business as may come before
said convention. Address me at once
at Sweetwater, Tenn, Box 81.
MONROE.
CALL FOR THE PEOPLES PARTY.
Please insert in the next issue of your
most excellent paper the following
| call, viz:
To the Peoples Party Clubs of Weakley coun-
ty and all those friendly to the reform move
ment in said county:
You are respectfully requested to Sc
lect three delegates from each club, and
where you have no club select three
from each magisterial or civil district
and send them to Dresden on the first
Monday in May to organize a Central
club to transact such business as may
come before it in perfecting the organi-
zation of the district and county con-
gressional district and any other bus.
mess for the good of the party. Do thii
and oblige your many friends.
S. ]. PHACKER, sec'y.
PEOPLES PARTY CLUB.
We beg space in your columns to re
port the proceedings of the People
Party club, which was organized herr
recently. twenty-five having expressed
desire for such club, we at once pro
oeeded to elect officers, Thomas She's
acting as chairman pro tenn. He wa
elected president of the club, with w
N. Kidd, secretary.
The following resolution was oferet
and unanimously adopted:
We, the undersigned voters of the Nine teent
| civil district, Hardeman county, Tenn, hav
= this DAY. the 18th Of March. 1904, organized
| peoples party club, ana pledged our energies
| our fortunes and our influences to the same
unfurling our flag to the breeze and pledgins
our honor to never let 1t trail in the dust unit
| all our demands are law and labor is freed frokl
its manicles Signed by c. n Reed and 2
! others.
The work here has only begun, and i
you never hear from "19'' again, W,
it understood, we mean business.
w. N. KIDD, Secretary.