The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1894-09-14
COULY, La, Sept. 3rd, 1894.
Ed. POPULIST. --sll

Dear Sir The LOUISIANA POP
ULIsT came to hand with her homo
dress, and its appearance and tone
is highly satisfactory. We fee
satisfied that it will do great
work, and with the help of Hon
II. Il. Brian, you will accomplish
much good. We see Bro. B. W
Bailey of Winn, has been nominal
ted for Congress of the 4th district
Bro. Bailey was raised in Wlnn
parish by a widowed mother on the
farm, and is therefore well acquaint.
ed with all of the political diseases
that the farmer has to contend with.
He is a selfmade man, and one
that will represent the will of the
people, being a high-toned gentle
man, he will stand unswervingly
on the Peoples party platform with
out fear or the hope of favor. And
l will say to the voters of the 4th
congressional district that we must
stand by oar man and do every
thing in our power to elect him, for
all the hope we have is at the bal
lot box, or fight. We will never
get any aid from either the Demo
cratic or Republican party, for I
staid with them myself too long to
be further deceived. They don't
want the laborer to have any fin
ger in the pie without you are a
ward or parish boss. They want
to dictate and you do the work and
the bosses get the pie. The south
ern part of the State is Democrat
ic by name only. but when they
come to business, they are Repub-
This tariff bill is a farce; it is
money for the manufacturer who is
running this government to suit
themselves. If the United States
would open her ports free to the
world, and have free trade and let
the wealth of the nation pay the
expenses of the government and
not the poor consumer, and give us
plenty of money to buy with, our
country would build up, and all
business flourish, and the farmers
would improve their homes, clothe
and educate their children, but if
the policy of the present admins
tratiOn should continue (which will
be the case, no matter which of the
old parties succeed) it will contin-
ne to fetch misery and woe to the
laborers and producers. Now in
conclusion, let me say to the voters
of the 4th district: come out like
men and shoulder your part of this
great work, each and every indi-
vidual has something to do in
working for this great cause of
''equal rights to all and special IA
vors to none." You may expect to
be called hard names, and for fun
to be pOked at you when you de
clare yourself a POpulist, take it
all in fun and it won't be long until
you will hear the same men talk.
ing reform to yoa. We want all of
the good people to help to make
this great fight for liberty. Read
and study for yourselves and do
your own thinking. Tariff means
money for the manufacturer; boun-
ty means money for the sugar re-
finery; bonds means money for the
money king, and all of it means
hard times for the farmer. Where
is your part coming in at any how !!
Over production is what we get,
still we cannot support our fami-
lies times never harder for the
farmer than at the present time, for
twenty years the country has been
going to rack, and we have been
voting the Democratic ticket solid
ly, time still times are rapidly
growing worse. The merchant VIII
soon have judgment on our farms |;
examine the dockets of your courts,
you will find out for yourselves.
The merchants are in debt, and the
way things are now going they will
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