The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-22

upon q common ground and vote in the
white mans Democratic primary to-
gether? BY this means the question of
Il reform election law can be settled.
IF the people are in earnest about want
ing new election law, they will not .
hesitate to vote for it in the primarT, /
and no principle will be sacrificed to
do it-a5 it is the only place that the
opponents of a reform ballot can b. de- |
feated. It the general State election
is resorted to by the partiz ms of the
Democratic and Peoples parties, the
problem of reform ballot will never
be solved, al the election machinery OF
the State will be brought into requisi-
ton and the election carried to suit
the parties that control it, These are
facts that cannot be donicd.
The people are always right, if let
alone by their dcmagogue leaders who
pamper to their passions and prejudice,
instead OF giving the people Il plan OF
action that will lead them to victory in
electing their candidates to Office, their
advice is to freeze to the middle OF
road" and wait for the mountain to
come. IF these so-called leaders were
true friends of the people and to the
peoples cause, they would display
their leadership ID advising the peo-
pie to q course that would establish
their party principles and accomplish
something in the way Of reform. The
people are getting more Independent
and are relying more upon the advice
of their weekly paper thar they do to
their party leaders, and the time is
near by when the people will act for
themselves and throw off these dema-
gogues. | know of several parishes
where the two parties are equally di-
vided, that the people have determined
to act for the best interest for reform,
:, rnd will vote in the white primaries
to secure it. BY this act OF wisdom
hope is again revived, and e'er long
: the white people Will be unit for re
form on u non-partizal basis.
The experience Of the Kolb party ii
j, Alabama and the Peoples party cleo
= tion in Tennessee, Arkansas and Viz
ginia show conclusiveiA that where
= the issue is made between the Demo
= cratic party and the Peoples party it
the South, that the Democratic party
y either by superior numbers or ma
nipulation is always victorious. III
y same issues are made in Georgia, Mlssls
% sippi and Texas and the result will b
~ the same. Bat where the Allianc
principles is set forth upon non-pa
" tizan basis and executed in the whit
J" primaries as was done in South Caro-
~ Ina it has never failed to elect tn
=. Alliance ticket.
~ If the farmers OF louisiana want K
form and want nOn.partlzan refor
- men to man the old ship OF State, Ii
% them make the fight squarely upon a
~ Alliance platform, as did the
VI brothers of South Carolina and victor
III will crown their effort This Is
% new departure; hasn't it been success
fully tried and proven in South Car
III lina9 Electing Tilman and his Il,
10 Alliance ticket. What was done the
~ can be done here.
~ The Alliance of Tennessee elect'
% Gov. Buchanan on a non -partlzi
''' platform, but when the Tennessee a
ct lance wa, partizanized by the People
~ party, they were defeated at the ne
election.
y, Georgia elected their present GO
" ernor, Northern, as an Alliance ms
but since the Alliance was merged III
- the Peoples party, the result OF
"S next election will be recapitulatl
Az of the Alabama election.
''' The principles of the farmers A
ance which is the Ocala Demand
~" pure and unadulterated Democra
ei' and to base o reform campaign o
my non-partizan platform, will succeed
PIE Louisiana in electing good men to
my fec AS it did in Tennessee,'south "a
ecu lima a I'd Georgia. When the issue
10" been made upon nOn-partlzan pl
oe form. it has never failed to elect. l
VI above statement is sufficient proc
PFC nv mind, and should be to any
ave former that the true principles OF e
iei' ornamental reform can only be had
' :. standing firm upon non-part'zan p
form.
az With great-respect, l am very tt
u - your obedient servant,
slh' JOHN PICKETT
heir
= y There is one thug that the PEG
49, Of this country will have to thank
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