The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-02-24
a RALLYING CRY.
The People of Georgia Falling Into Linz
for the Battle of 1894.

The People of Georgia Falling Into Limo
for the Battle Of 1894.
Chairman G. H. Ellington Of the
Georgia state central committee has
issued the following stirring appeal
to the Populists of that state:
Please say to our brethren that,
while Mr.. Watson is in Washington
fighting our battles there that we
have 70 less to do here, that they
should see to it that there are Peoples
party candidates for. all the county
offices, from constable up, in every
county in the state, and make a hard
fight for them. The time is not long
before the January election. The
stakes are SO great that "our boys
can afford to do the hardest campaign
ing they have yet done. In fact,
they cannot afford to do anything
else. If we can expect to do any
thing. we must first get possession
of the county Offices, then state, be-
fore we can ever hope to get possess
ion of the national government.
Therefore let every man who be-
lieves in the principles that we are
advocating measure up to his full
duty.
Each and every one of us has an in
dividual responsibility in this strug-
gle. which is only measured by our
ability.
No Peoples party man should shirk
his duty in this hour of trial; in this
hour when men are being tested. No
reformer should expect another man
to do his share of the fighting.
Every man of us has his hands full.
Therefore the man who shirks his
part of the work may know it will go
undone.
If we would win, we must work,
work, work. Work without ceasing
until the last ballot has been counted
in the January election.
Ultimate victory will depend upon
ourselves. If we are vigilant and
tireless we will win all along the line.
If we are careless and Indifferent,
and fail to utilize our opportunities,
we are lost, we will be hampered
greatly in the future and our final
success delayed, set back.
So let us be up and doing. Let us
have no drones in our camp. Let us
show to our enemies at home and our
friends abroad Gin the West and
Northwest) that we are men with
determined purpose. that nothing can
stop us Or divert us, that we can not
be side-tracked. Let us prove to our
friends of other states that we deserve
their respect and confidence. Do not
let them think, much less be able to
say with justice that we have not
done our duty. Do not let the great
state of Georgia be laggard in this
reform fight. Rather let her be in
the van
Let us make Georgia leader We
can do it. In the time to come, after
the fight, let us be able to point with
pride to our record.
Close up! No stragglers!
Large Reinforcement Soon.
The Peoples party will have a
large reinforcement soon from an un-
expected quarter. There are nearly
500, 900 office-holders whose terms
will doubtless expire with the incom-
ing administration or soon thereafter
For years they have drawn their
monthly salaries and their leisure
time has been spent in devising
means, whereby this salary would
bring to their use and consumption
the greatest amount of the products
of labor. They voted and worked for
the party in power blindly and per-
sistently in order to keep themselves
in official position; they cursed and
abused the reform movement because
it threatened to destroy their
hold on the public treasury,
and to lessen the purchasing
power of their salaries. Their
entire conduct was based upon
selfish motives. They neither knew
nor cared how the toiling producers
were situated. SO long as their own
positions were secured and the pro-
ducts of labor were cheapened. Soon,
however, this entire condition will be
changed, and those who have been
working easily from a. m. till 3 o.
M, at the rate of 81 to $40 per day
will be looking about for employment
among the producers. They will
soon discover the distress and unre.
munerative toll that surrounds pro.
duction, and the greater portion will
be glad to accept harder tasks at
much smaller salary Then
''they will know how it is
themselves and will soon be
cursing the authors Of their condi
ton. A healthy mortgage, an empty
! coal bin or flour barrel, ragged pair
of pants, the overdue store bill, or the
days labor that cannot be found are
among the most energetic and vigor.
GUS educators the Peoples party have.
These well-fed, half-worked Office
holders when confronted with their
fate will join with any undertaking
that promises return to better time;
and happier conditions, and being
conversant with the wiles of politics
will be valuable adjuncts to those
who are struggling for freedom
Hence comes the sure expectation OF
large accession to the ranks of the
Peoples party in the near future
from this source. National Watch
man.
Compel John Sherman to Resign.
w. T. Wallace, vice president of
the A. and /. q. Abingdon, Ill,
writes fO the Sentinel. The tho,.oht