San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-01-20

souing If the l through power of
capital, etc, etc, cause laws to be
made that effect the 100 Qaborers1}
to his profit he is an oppressor,
hence your pr' misses being wrong
your conclusions are.
You say there has never been
a populist party until last cam
paign, then upon what basis does
the writer (Mr b establish the
fact that the so. called army of in
vasion is an army of usurpersY
Well upon "what basis?" Upon
the basis of labor being one arms.
and capitalists the army of usurp-
ers,
And the army of laborers was
prior to the last compaign prior to
the army of capitalists. These are
the basis.
When you say ave are sorry to
d1sappoint Mr. B, but we are forced
to say that the populist have not
even the slightest guarantee that
they will get the political reform
they demand" Then of course
Mr. B is right in saving 1T would |
be unpolitical for the Peoples
party to lay down their arms and
leave the field after the first bat
tie"
When they have no guarantee
land you say sol that they will
get the political reform they de-
mand, and granting that there is
no guarantee to them through the
Democratic party, 1 don't see how
you could in a previous article, adj
wise them to lay down their arms,
etc.
Mr. Editor, you don't understand
the Peoples party, if I do.
tits principles, not Office. 1t is
to benefit the whole people, not
parties. That was the old demo-
cratic idea of our fathers and on
until we their sons deserted or be-
came deserters of those grand
principles aud became partisans
for party right or wrong, just
what the bosses say do; do it and
ask no questions. Your vote boss
es will manipulate the wires. j
IN fssC-sl s4---5---s--1-I5 ezSeA- +
ting. I will give you one extract
from the Chicago Daily Press,
published March 81, 1892, in
which the capitalist after setting
forth the conditions of the country
instruct their henchmen in the
course to pursued in the following
language: 1--WE must proceed with
caution and guard well every
move made, for the lower order of
the people IRE already showing
signs of restless commotion, pru-
dence will therefore dictate poll
cy of apparent yielding to the pop
ular vii until all of our plans are
so far consumated that we can de-
clare our designs without fear of
any organized resistance.
The Farmers Alliance and
knights of Labor organizations in
the United States should be care
fully watched by our trusted men
and we must take immediate steps
to either control these organiza-
tons in our interest or disrupt |
them. At the coming Omaha con-
vention to be held July 4th, our
men must attend and direct its
movements, else there Bill be set
OH foot such antagonism to our de-
signs as may require force to over
come.
This at the present time would
he nrsma ture. We are net ready
Cor such a crisis.
Capital m ust protect itself in
every possible manner through
combination al d legislation. The
courts must be called to our aid,
debts mnst be co, lected, bond and
mortgages foreclo. ed as rapidly
rs possible, when tn rough process
Of law tie common people (here
lis your common people, the mass
es) have lost their homes, they
will be more tractable and easily
governed through the strong arm
of the government applied by a
central power of imperial wealth
under the control of leading fnan-
ciers,
VIII lie they are doing this the
people must be kept in a condition
of political antagonism. The
question of tariff reform must be
urged through the organization
known as the Democratic party.
And the question of protection,
with reel procity must be forced to
public lew through the republi-
can part,y. By dividing the voters
we can g ct them to expend their
energies in fighting each other
over que stions of no Importance to
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