The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-05-21

II sld or factory, ! sSW one oou "
ing the capacity of the people for
self government; heard the other
proclaim that the voice of the PEG
pie is the voice of God Between
these contending tenets of party
faith, could not long hesitate. l
decided as for myself as long as the
Democratic party kept faith with
the people would be found hum
bly, fighting beneath her flag.
STAND FIRM
And today, over division dis
appointment and disaffection, every
man the peer Of every other mau in
his party, in Office or out of Off ,e,
let us cling to her principles as unto
the horns Of the altar. Let US in
this hour of her triumph and her
trial turn to the grandeur Of her
past achievement and catch ne
inspiration from her teachings, her
tenets and traditions. Let us realize
that in them is lodged the first and
last hope of free governme 1t in this
republic. Let us treasure the mem
DRY of her sages and their service
and sacrifice for the rights of men.
Let US not yet lose faitn in the party
that was founded in the wisdom of
Thomas Jefferson, streng thened in
the courage Of Andrew J aekion and
hallowed in the patriotism of
Samuel j. Tilden. Let us remem
Der the party that under James
Munroe announced to the
world that no foreign power
should ever interfere with the es-
tablished governments OF this hem.
isphere and to whose me emory on
the fourth day of next July far.otf
Brazil unveils monument. Let
US not forget the party whose enter.
prise and craftsmanship have planted
the American flag over all the terri
tory between the oceans. Let US
honor the party that has stood as a
stone wall for the autonomy of the
states during century of federal
encr )achments and lsurpation. Let
us not desert the patty that in the
da k night of reconstruction and
Republican misl ue battled bravely
for the rights Of the Southern PEG.
pie until they have seen thu sunrise
of brighter and better day. Let
IL, cling with gratitude to the party
that stood in solid phalanx opposed
to the passage of ths accursed Force
bill and saved the South it's iniq lity
and the nation its infamy. Let US
pledge ourselves anew to the party
that has stood during all its history
like ID .vid of old, srmored in truth
and invinciole in faith, and along
whose pathway are ttrewn the grin.
ming skeletons of the Goliath's of
paternalism, protection and plu
tocracy.
POPULISM ARRAIGNED.
Gratitude, tradition, patriotism,
necassity-all almonish us to stand
together in opposition to the forces
of Populism gathering in the rear.
| is new enemy whose principles
are more wild, visionary and i'm.
practical than any with which we
have yet contended. 1t is born of
discomfort and feeds upon the dis
tress Of the times. Its only redeem
ing planks are stolen from the plat.
forms of the old parties Its other
heresies all thinking people should
spurn. 1t would magnify the
government and minimize the indi-
vidual. 1t wants Uncle Sam to buy
the railroads, which would bankrupt
the government and enslave the
people. Or it would contiicate the
railroads, which is highway robbery.
IL demands that the government
loan the people money at two per
cent, yet denounces the government
because it has to borrow at five per
cent. 1t believes in fatism, pro.
nounced by all history as vic lous
and denounced by all political
economy as visionary. Its platform
demands the subtreasury, but that
is abandoned by many leaders in
disgust. 1t howls pension reform,
yet advocates pension Legislation
that would burden the backs of
labor with more taxation than the
cost OF the civil war. 1t has land
nnlinu tho nj tin,nto airn and nnA Of