San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-01-27
A REPLY TO BRO. i .R.ALEXANDER.

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Democrats everywhere are always
ready to act fair and furnish mau
to man in such discussions, take
pleasure in noticing some Of youl
so-ealled arguments.
First let me say l am not eng8g-
ing in this for "mudslinging' aud
taking you to be a man above such
l shall write this letter.
You say "the armies are but two.
labor and capital You said in
substance, in your speech at this
place during the campaign that
.Both the Democrats and Repub-
licans sprang from the same dog.
hence one is no better than the
other" You have placed the
Democrats and the Republicans on
one side, and since there are but
''two armies" their forces must be
arrayed against each other, hence
there is no other force as an army
except the Populist. You go fur
Their aud say this struggle is a
great fight with ballots And
since labor and capital have never
been arrayed as armies casting
''ballots" against each other,
therefore we are forced to con
clude that the Two armies are
not labor and pital," but that
tits the great masses OF the people
against the Populist party.
You quote from Mr.. Hagan
Then because the 100 refuse tc
grant the whims of the l. or be
cause the 100 do not see proper to
injure themselves to the profit Of
the l, the 100 are called Cypress
ors and usurpers, and say IF the
(cayitalist instead of populist) in
jures the 100 to his benefit, what
do you call him? Is he not an op-
pressor?"
[ see nc argument in this. The
capitalists cannot injure the 100
except by the passage of laws in
his own faver and to the detriment
of the 100. You say We don't
blame the millionaire (Which Is
the capitalist) but the law enacted
by our lawmakers. And cannot
pass these laws without the aid or
vote of the 100. If you assume
that the 100 will vote for sucl.
laws as will injure themselves
you assume the masses Of the PEG
pie to be so ignorant as to be una
bic to know what is best for them
selves and hence incapable of self
government.
Again you quote from Mr. H.
IF the 100 made laws that did not
effect themselves, but effected only
the l, then they may reasonably
be called oppressors," and say
eNow according to your own argu-
ment, if the l through power OF
capital, etc, cause laws to be made
that effect the 100 (laborers) to
his profit, he is an oppressor,
hence your premises being wrong
your conclusions are. Why are
the premises wrong? Fact Is not
founded on supposition. You say
IF the l through power Of capital
etc, then upon this supposition,
you declare the premises wrong.
I can as reasonably say IF Ben
Harrison was not president Of the
United States, I L Nugent would
be'-W Which Is too absurd to be
considered for a moment.
Allow me to correct Mr. Ii in his
ratio of the "two armies" l be
lieye it is about % to l. 1t was
supposed that you had not motto
ed it, but it does not alter the ar
gument You claim to be a dem
ocrat and democracy teSthes,
tile greatest good to the greatest
number" Hence the "masss5" Of
the people have utterly ignored
your schemes and have buried them
out of sight with millions Of
"ballots," it Is evident they are
worthless and visionary.
Again we notice, Mr. Editor
You don't understand the Peoples
Party if I do. 1t is principles not
Office" Bro A viii you just point
out single leader of the Peoples
party who was not, or is not, can
didate for Office. Your vote
bosses will manipulate the wires.
Did not your peoples party boss
es manipulate the wires here in
your own county? Didn't propose
to name the party when first or
gavized until they could get into il
as many men MS possible?- max
ing the people think it was dem
ocratic organization. Dind'tyom
''bosses" after the County Demo
cratic convention met at Saba in
June, pass resolutions condemn