The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-08-24


in 1890, upon which Mr.. Blanchard
was elected, and which he pledged
himself, to at least, advocate il
Congress. We give an extract
from it:
Resolved, That we demand the aboli
tion of National Banks as soon as prac
ticable, and the substitution of lega
tender trcasuary notes in lieu of Nation
al Bank notes, issued in sufficient vol
ume to ,lO the business of the country
on cash system, regulating the amount
needed on per capita basis as the busi-
ness interests of the country demand
and that all money issued by the Gov,
ernment shall be legal tender In pay.
nent of all debts, both public and pri-
vate, and for the repeal of the 10 pei
cent tax imposed on State Banks.
Resolved, That we demand the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and the
payment of the National debt in gold
and silver, and demand the repeal of all
laws contrary to OF in conflict Herewith.
Resolved, That Congress should issue a
currency to facilitate the exchange
Now We would like to know if
the people have ever heard this
platform spoken of or advocated
since that election. 1t has been
buried. No doubt the people have
forgotten it. Was it the duty of
that servant who pledged himself
to use his efforts to carry it into a
law; to keep it before Congress
until an issue was forced upon it,
or was it the duty of the people to
do so?
Now answer this question fairly,
and see if you can determine what
the politicians mean when they tell
the farmer 30 keep out of politics.
They clearly mean that they are
not going to do what they were
hired to do, and therefore it is bet,
ter for the farmer not to know
what his servant, who is receiving
big wages, is doing. Now. who
hires Congressman and other Off.
cials' : The masses of the people
Who pay them 7 The masses of the
people. Whose business is it then tC
see that they discharge their duty
The masses of the people. Then
it must certainly be a business
proposition on the part of the peo
pie, and we are morally certain that
the intelligent man of this country
would not retain a man in his EN-
plOy after he had absolutely refus
ed to do what he was employed II
do, nor would he re-employ him af
ter he had once deceived him. Nov
if this is fair proposition land We
think it isl every laboring man il
this country must of necessity b'
in politics in order to protect tht
interests of his country, as th'
interest of the National Govern
mcnt is a whole, made up of thu
individual interest of each anC
every person ill the land, whethe
he be great or small, and the soon
er each individual recognizes thi!
fact, the better it will be for hi
country. Now tho effort to stea
planks out of the Peoples party
platform is only an evidence tha
the'old parties recognize the fac
that the people have at last strucl
the key note to the situation, an(
unless the Populists can be defeat
ed, these measures riU be carried
into lac. This they do not want
and it is only to defeat those meas
ures that they are so anxious to de
feat the POpulists, and there is NJ
surer way of defeating reform
measures than to elect a so-callet
Democrat on that platform. w,
have already tried it and it is III
longer theory, but sad experience
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