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The advocate., 1894-05-23

Rnce Of securing the justice and freedom
to which they are naturally entitled, is
it the duty as well as the best policy of
the Peoples party TO declare for q new
constitutional convention as one Of the
plsnks Of the platforms to be adopted
by our approaching state convention?
1t seems to me grossly inconsistent to
demand reforms and yet neglect or re-
fuse to take the step indispensable for
their obtainRnce.
We need reforms in our system of tax
alton; in our system of land tenure; in
our corporation laws; in our judiciary
(the growing power and usurpatiOns Of
corporations ana courts must be
checked, and we need the referendum
on the more important Legislation, and
we need the preferential ballot or pro-
portional representation, so Rs to give
the various parties representation in
proportion to their members-in short
we need political machinery that will
enable the people rather than the poll
ticlsns and political machines to control
public affairs.
I also think such q demand in our
platform will materially strengthen our
vote in November. The expense Of Q
constitutional convention will be but q
trlae compared to what the people now
lose each year by exsctions Of monopo-
lies, by complications snd inconsisten-
cies Of our laws and legal machinery and
the useless delays and expenses in courts
by Unjust and and unequal taxation.
w. Fl. T. wakefield.
The advocate., 1894-05-23

"taxation without representation Is
tyrsnny"-equal privileges to all, special
privileges to none, and no monopoly Of
opportunities or privileges. To do less
than this ia qualification Of our princi-
Piles, and we would better fold our tents
and depart and leave the field for a more
courageous standRrd-bearer. The women
Of Kansas are terribly in earnest upon
this matter; all political differences are
suppressed, and they meet in perfect
harmony on this one paramount theme
Of enfraMchisement. This bond Of union
will grow stronger and in the result Of
being ignored, there will be q new align
ment Of forces; they have not been edu-
Gated and drilled in vain. The wise po-
liticsl party will bid for their support,
and there are few earnest women whose
husbands and sons will not vote with
them. s. L. RUGGL Es.
The advocate., 1894-05-23
A Subject to Consider.

EDITOR ADVOCATE: In view Of the
fact that few or none of the reforms de-
manded by the Peoples party can possi-
bly, become laws under our present state
constitutions; and Of the further fact
that guarantees Of the peoples rights
should be- clearly stated in the conStitu-
ton as to prevent their Abrogation by
either hostile legislatures or corrupted
courts; and in view Of the further fact
that the people of the state are now
more than usually alive to the impOrt-
The advocate., 1894-05-23
LabOr'S Friends,

In reporting to the senate district
committee on the PETER bill ''to provide
work for unemployed persons in the
District Of Columbia" the district COM
missioners, in relation to the provision
that the pay for common labor should
be $1.50 for eight hours work, stated:
The commissioners are of the opinion
that this provision, if enacted into law,
would result in great hardship TO all em-
ployers Of labor in the city of Washington
and in serious injury to the public and pri-
vate interests. No such rate Of wages has
prevailed in this part of the country, even
in prosperous times. One dollar for ten
hours work is the current rate in Washing
tom ON all private work, and thousands of
idle men would be glad to work at this
price if opportunity were given.
Let every person who has to work for
q living in any way carefully consider
this statement. Let him realize that the
district commissioners are convinced that
1t is their duty to guard the interest Of
the employers Of labor" and that "e1
for ten hours work" is all that common
labor can have with their consent, and
il any higher wages were paid it would
result in serious injury to public and
private interests"
These men hold their places by the
consent Of the men who work for "S1 for
ten hours work." And this is the way
in which they foster and care for the in.
terestS Of labor.
The Times believes the most import
ant question of the hour is that of secur-
ing q general increase in wages, and es-
peciRlly in the lowest rate of wages; and
is convinced that il the lowest rate OF
wages was increased that all other
wages would rise, and that general pros
psrity would follow such a consummS-
tion.
And to secure this il wants to see, not
l million dollars, but 10 million dollars
q year spent on public improvements,
and 81 paid for eight hours work, in.
stead Of 81 for ten hours work. It wants
the fund to pay for this Improvement to
be raised by the taxation OF land values,
and when this has been done, it is con-
vincsd that all will have been benefited
and that no one viii have been injured,
but q class that is now imperllling the
very foundations OF our institutions will
be lifted from the filth in which they
live and made good and law-sbidiDg citi.
Zens.
The idea Of good wages injurin0 any.
body Warrington Times, May Il
The advocate., 1894-05-23
I'Dare to Be True, Dare to Do Right. >

DhAO w do AAWO9 DOt0 w OO hASug'
EDITOR ADvocATE:-If l wanted to
define the objects Of the Peoples party
in the shortest possible terms, would
say it is to do away with all manners Of
injustice. We look upon the appalling
condition Of our country, and especially
il we contemplate the future with it's
evil prOtendS, even the dullest, If they
think at all, must see that injustice and
selfshness is the primary cause Of our
woes.
With all the perversitles Of human ma.
ture, it's meanness and supreme selfish
ness, there Is still a lingering remnant Of
Gods likeness left that always responds
when the right hand is touched. That
responsive hand is the love Of justice,
Justice, equal rights to all, the preserva-
tion Of our homes, were the sentiments
that attracted the masses into the ALI
snce movement
On that line we are still invincible; if
we are true to these principles, no power
on earth can prevent this reform move
ment from growing until it accomplishes
its grand and noble mission. How then
can we pretend to be a party Of prinCi-
Piles and not give hearty and unqualified
support to the equal suffrage movement?
Think Of it; pretend to work for equal
right but unwilling to give to half Of our
population equal rights. Why, are our
wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters
too ignorant? No. Too wicksdP No,
But it's poor policy.
My dear policy man, We have arrived
at a crisis when everything that is right,
that is just, is good policy; and every
subterfuge, every trick, every coWardly
act, is poor policy,
The policy Of party managers has
brought us to our present condition. The
reform elements are ready to rally
around q standard that means honest,
broad reform; but when they see the
cloven foot Of policy, they know that
true reform has left the party, and the
hope that had swelled in their bosoms
dies out again.
/ hope every true rsformsr will exert
himself to the effect that at the Peoples
party state convention q platform Of
principles will be adopted that will be
in complete harmony with the grand
principles that called the Peoples party
into existence equal rights to all.
M. SENN.
The advocate., 1894-05-23

| the republican party. But let us
draw still further from this Forum.
Pea Soup Atkinson comes to the rescue
on mortgages: ''There are within the
United States 4,564.64l separate farms,
averaging about 137 acres each, Of which,
In the Eastern, Middle, Western and
Pacific states, 80 per cent. are managed
and occupied by their owners. Far
more than one-hSlf Of these farms are
free Of any mortgage Whatever; the rest
are mortgaged FOR far less than one-hslf
their value. The amount registered in
1889 exceeded that of 1880 by 156 per
cent"
The article that the above ia taken
from ia an attempt, like Cullom's, to
prove the prosperous condition Of our
country, even going so far ss to clsim-
"thst the burden OF farm mortgages
(from 1880 to 1889 is 9,517,747 mort
cages executed TO the amount Of $l2,-
O94, ,877,79 is q very light one" OF
course this hired sophist undertakes to
show that this amount has been greatly
reduced; and We know it has, but how?
By foreclosure, q fact that hBs escaped
the pea soup mans industrious pen.
To claim that people would be able
to keep out Of debt from 1880 to 1889
when times were far better than now,
but since under the worst of conditions
have paid q great portion OF their debt,
is not only preposterOus but out Of joint
with existing facts and conditions.
But let us prove the mortgaged con-
dition out Of another mouth speaking
through the Forum. A Mr.. Msanson,
page 293, says: "Upon the average
every piece Of land in New York is mort
gagged and very large number Of the
owners Of property can do little more
than meet their charges for repairs, in
tersSt and taxes. Amy increase Of taxa
tiOn may put it beyond the power Of
some Of these owners to make strap and
buckle meet and they will be deprived
OF their houses by foreclosure"
have thus given the readers OF the
ADVOCATE a portion Of the grist ground
out by one magazine for one month in
order that they may behold the attitude
Of these double-deslers in their attempt
to once more fool the people. They be-
hold the handwriting on the wall, and
they are seeking by fraud and false
hood to erase the scroll, that the flching
that the twins have prscticed for years
may continue. But / am persuaded
that as Lincoln said, "You can fool all
the people part Of the time, and part
Of the people all Of the time, but you
can not fool all the people all the time"
Guthrie, o. T. w. A. TURNER.
The advocate., 1894-05-23
APolltical Grist.

Dosaa that / have ever read is contained
in the Forum for May. Ex-Governor
Russell presents q defense Of the Cleve-
land administration that is not only mis-
leading but false. In summing up he
says: "A year Of democratic admins
tration can show as worthy record:
~ Loyalty to it's main duty Of repeating
McKinleyism, reversing the tariff policy
Of the country, and making public, not
rivste, interests It's fundamental prin-
ciple. (2) Placing the currency OF the
country upon sound basis" etc.
The above is false in every statement.
When was MCKinisYism repesled, or
when did the Cleveland administration
even attempt TO repeal said ism? When
did this administration reverse the tariff
policy Of the CountryS When did this
administration make public and not pri-
vste interests it's fundamental principle?
Was it when Grover Cleveland bribed
members Of congress in order TO compel
them to vote in the interest OF Wall
street and against the interests Of the
people, causing want, destitution and
starvation to strike down the business
and the laboring classes by the tens Of
thousandsp Or was it when, regardless
Of law and necessity, Carlisle increased
the bonded debt of the people 30 million
dollsrsP No administration ever more
completely worked against public inter-
eets and in favor OF individuals than
Clsveland's, and every school boy knows
it.
AS to our currency, the administrs-
tion has done more to destroy confidence
in II than even it's employers, Wall
street. There existed no trouble as to
the stability Of our currency until these
agents of the money power began war on
silver; and there would mot be to-day il
silver and paper was restored to ITS full
legal tender qualities and these vultures
would keep their hands off.
In the same Forum Senator Cnllom
comes to the rescue OF the otter
twin as follows: ain March, 1893, Pres
idsnt Cleveland received from President
Harrison solvent treasury, prosper
ous country and the control Of the in
terests of o happy, thriving people" ="
The above reads nice but what are the
fsctsY From the enactment Of the
Mckinley law up to the Homestead
strike there were nearly 500 strikes,
owing to reduced wages in the United
States. Actual revolution and blood
shed was taking place during the
latter part Of Harrison's administration
in -four states, Farmers and lRborers
were organizing politically in nearly
every state, owing to the hard times and
disgust OF the people; and the opposi'
tion TO the republican party become 30
great that the party was showed under
even in Kansas where 1t once had $1,000
majority. With these facts before us
and the fact that we yet live under the
very laws and systems originated and
continued by the republican party, what
becomes Of the truthfulness of this
RenRtorP
Not only this, but we find in the sta
tisical abstract for 1890 that during the
rule Of therepublican g. o. p. corn fell
in price from rs cents per bushel in 1869
to 28.3 cents per bushel in 1889; wheat
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On Sundays trains will leave Hillen Station at $50
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Frederick Division Pennsylvania Railroad daily
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1872 p. m. Through cars for gettysburg and inter
mediate points leave Baltimore also daily except
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For Annapolis 100 S35 a. m, 12.15 and 41O p m
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m, on Sunday 9.35 a. m. and 80 p m c.,,.t
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ROYAL BLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
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A LII Who Are Suffering With
"A PILES, Read the Following:
BIRD HILL, MD., June 9Th, 1893.

BIRD HILL, MD., June 9th, 1893,
Dr. John S. Mathids-Dear Sir II feel
as though it would be a duty left undone-
and one | owe to yourself and to suffering
humanity-ifI did not tell of the wonderful
benefit received from your kind treatment.
suffered for about twenty years with Piles
for the first seven or eight years, not SO
severely, but for the last twelve years ! suf-
fered more than am able to describe on
paper. Indeed had them in their severest
form. | applied to a number of doctors, and
tried every remedy that | heard of, only to be
disappointed, and in nearly every instance
not even temporary relief Indeed, ! was in
a pitiful condition when | called on you.
Think of nine large tumors protruding, capable
of bleeding fully pint at every time they
bled. was so weak and nervous from loss
of blood and from intense suffering, that
did not think life worth living any longer.
But thanks to you and your kind treatment,
can say that the Piles are thing OF the
past. cannot find language to express my
gratitude to you for your kind treatment and
attention in my case, and humbly pray to
God that your life may be a long and prosper
GUS one Let me say in conclusion that can
with confidence recommend any sufferer, no
matter how bad his case may be, to go to
DR.. JOHN S. MATTHIAS and be cured.
You are at liberty to use this letter as you
see fit. Every sufferer wishing to know
more about my case can find out by adj
dressing at my postofice. Very truly yours,
HOWARD I. SMITH.
REFERENCES.
Hon. Chas. B. Roberts, Chas. B. Roberts, Jr.,
Chas. 7. Reifsnider, j. h. Zepp,
Col. VIM. A. McKellip, Frank King,
VIM. L. w. Seabrook, VIM. r. Anders,
Magruder Wilson, Geo. f. Beaver,
Jeremiah Geiman. Howard I. Smith.
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