People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-25
THE PAPERS.
The Jefferson, Texas, JimpIecute.

Now, brethren of the quill, there
is no excuse for not reinstating truth
as the keystone of the editorial arch
1t may be difficult for some of you.
after the last three months, but it
ought to be done.
The only thing that causes us to
doubt that there IS " God in Israel y
is the defeat of Tom Watson for
Congress IN Georgia. He is the
grandest and noblest man in the ma
ton to-day, but money was stronger
than right.
The Peoples Rights, of Monte
yuma, Ca, tells its readers that
We call upon every Peoples party
man to stand firm in defense of the
great political advantage we have
gained, and to press forward to the
victory that is now in sight. The
next battle is for the control of the
Congress to be elected in 1894. Let
us now stand together = North,
South, East and West for our
families and fresides, and agaist mo-
nopoly and plutocracy. We must
win. We shall win. Let none falter
or turn aside, but let us all keep
straight ahead in the middle Of the
road. Never mind the toll and ex-
pense it involves upon us. Our
children will receive the heritage of
an equal chance in the race of life.
The Minden (Nebraska) Workman
sizes it up:
While there are some things about
the election that afford satisfaction,
on the whole we see little cause for
rejoicing. On finance and the tariff,
the only issues that affect the people,
the old parties hold practically to the
same views. By Juggling of words
a divergence is manifested, but will
never be demonstrated in the halls
of Congress. The only radical change
will be change of officers. 1.-The
people have changed horses but cap
italists, corporations and rich manu-
facturers hold the reins Of govern
ment as firmly as ever, and it is ex-
tremely doubtful if the hated and
much despised Mckinley bill will be
disfgured to any great extent.
The Chilicothe (Mo.) World says
Now the Democratic party has full
power and will give its remedy for
the ills the people are suffering. If
ever a people needed relief, the
masses Of the people of this country
need it. One-half Of the wealth of
the nation in the hands of thirty one
thousand people. For every two
thousand people there is one who
owns as much as the two thousand.
In this new country, where the hus-
bandman tills the rich virgin soil, the
great farming community is poverty
stricken. When every industrious.
frugal man should be enjoying the
blessing Of prosperity, the major
part of the people cannot get the
comforts of life, It will take a he
roica remedy to relieve }gy st the fast7dying
republic.
The New Nation, of Boston, finds
the same difficulty experienced by
papers in other States:
AS to Massachusetts,, we have been
unable to collect the returns. That
our vote is about 5000 is very evi
dent. Tne Associated Press still re-
fuses to print ourreturns even though
the figures are furnished them by
Populists. This decision to sit down
hard on the new party we happen to
know was made nearly two months
ago, and their representative for New
England, when confronted by mem
Der of the Populist committee, made
the statement point blank that the
Peoples party need not expect to
receive any favors from the telegraph
people so long as it favors the gov.
eminent ownership Of the telegraph
That is to say, a newspaper monopo.
ly has been built up on a telegraph
monopoly, and the newspapers pro-
pose to fight any party that assaults
either. 1t is very humiliating for a
paper like The New Nation to con.
fess that it cannot give the result OF
an election after SO many days have
passed.
The Wool Hat, Of Greenwood.
Richmond county, Ga, notes:
The most significant feature of the
grand Democratic jollifcation in Au-
gusta was the public currying of Mr..
Wright as the successor of Major
Black in Congress. Is it not Demo
cratic usage to re-elect an officer as
an endorsement Of his Official acts
Then why thus publicly condemn the
poor major before he has had a chance
to make a record? The major has
served the purpose for which the ring
nominated him, and already they are
scheming to get rid Of him. No doubt
they think now, since they had to re-
sort to open fraud to count him in,
that a candidate more to their liking
could have been counted in just as
easily by the same methods, and feel