The Louisiana populist., 1894-10-26
Why He Left.

iOiC NOu 90 a. Ot'uiiSt iVSi th"'
should explain to my late Demo
cratic friends why l leave them.
That explanation Will consist in the
discussion of only one question:
the currency--and whether we can
get relief quicker in or out of either
of the old parties.
First-A great majority of the
Southern and Western people are
in favor OF the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16
to 1, and there appeared in the
Times Democrat of Oct. 21st, an
editorial which is the best argu-
ment in a condensed form On that
subject that l have yet read, and
far better than / am able to pro
duce. You win excuse me for
reading it to you.
The editorial referred to is in the
daily Times Democrat of Oct. 21st,
and it will pay everybody to read
it.-ED.l
Now we are asked the question
if it is not better for us to remain
in the Democratic party and pos
sibly get the same relief. My an
swer is no. First, because we have
S4 Eastern and Northern Demo
Gratis now in Congress, and as we
well know they are not in favor of
this measure without coupling with
it restrictions, which virtually des-
troy all benefits that are expected
to be derived from this great meas
ure. Second, none of the great
leaders of the Democratic party in
the South or West are in favor of
this bill, on the contrary we have
MIR. Catchings, of Mississippi Mr..
Morgan and Mr.. Oates, of Ala.
bama; Mr.. HOke Smith and all the
leaders of Georgia; Mr.. Blackburn
and Mr.. Carlisle, of Kentucky, and
our own Messrs. Caffery and Mey-
er, of Louisiana, which are enthus-
iastic supporters of Mr.. Cleveland
and his ideas, which we all know
to be antagOnistic to what we want.
Again every State convention that
has teen held since the last Con-
gress adjourned has endorsed Mr..
Cleveland, and hence his currency
views.
For the above reasons 1 claim
that we can hope for 10 relief in
the Democratic party. Now the
question arises, can We get what
we want out of or in third or new
partyi My answer is, that is one
thing that every POpulist is united
on. l care not whether he he from
North, South or West. Mr.. j. p.
Jones, of Nevada, who is regarded
as the best authority on this ques-
ton living today, says that no
great reform was ever carried out
m either or any of the old parties,
and yOu must remember that Mr..
Jones was until lately one of the
Republican parties strongest men.
Again we of the Democratic party
of the South could not have the
effrOntery to ask the Northern OF
Western Republican to give up the
principles of his party and come
into the Democratic party. Again
if the POpulist can elect, which we
expect to do, a sufficient number to
the next Congress to hold the bal
ance of power, we will have the
deciding vote on all great ques-
tiOns, hence be able to get what We
want without having a majority.
My friends, when such men as
Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, and
Senator Jones, of Nevada, join
hands with the masses of the peO-
pie and leave the two old parties,
l think we have good grounds to
hope that in the near future We
will see our party instead Of the
third party i'm the United States,
the first party.
Now gentlemen, what we want
you to do is, to go into this fight
to win, and if every man will do
his duty will guarantee that if
MIR. Bailey does not beat Mr.. Og-