The Louisiana populist., 1895-06-21
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.

Gold seems to be getting into cor
ner and the president of the United
States into a hole. st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Queen Victoria should have cele-
brated her birthday by confering the
knight of the order of humbugs on
Grover Cleveland. Southern Mer-
curry.
The pirates of Wall street will soon
rip open the gold bags in the reserve.
The pirates and their allies want an
other issue of bond. s.-Shreveport
Caucasian.
We must not wholly despair of hu-
manity when the lawyers of America
trust themselves and each other suf-
ficiently to form lawyers trust. -
Chicago Times-Herald.
Political parties refuse to settle
issues, and keep them alive until they
become aggravating causes of war.
The people should unite in a patri-
otic effort to deprive the party politi-
clans OF this power for evil.-Dallas
News.
Abolish all laws for the collection
OF debt and all laws making any kind
of money a legal tender, and you
would see the intrinsic value' of
gold oozing out OF it like sweat out of
harvest hand in July.-Indepen
dence Star and Kansan.
What are bank notes based upon?
Upon bonds. What are the bonds
based upon? Upon the credit of the
nation or upon the people. Would
the notes not be just as valid if they
were issued directly by the govern
ment to the people? Think about it
Emporia (kans.) Times.
The national banks are the greatest
factors In American politics to-day,
and SO long as they are allowed to is
sue the currency, just so long they
will control its volume and 65. 900, 900
of people remain subversive to the
dlctations OF a set of blatant AFRO
ants.-Eupora Miss Sun.
The position Of Gen. Weaver, in
taking political work, under a salary,
OF the silver-Sibley outfit, is the most
destructive blow he has ever dealt
himself. The Populists could forgive
his everlasting fusion-seven times
seven-but this has, we fear, used
him up.-Red Field 6. d. Great
West
Labor produces all aud gets one
fourth of that which it produces.
Capital produces nothing but gets
of what labor produces.
Capital can therefore live longer
without suffering for the necessaries
OF life than labor, having secured the
greater advantage. Rock Island Gll. }
Populist.
Carlisle may howl his Democracy
until doomsday, but he is no more OF
q Democrat than old Hoar OF Massa-
chusetts or John Sherman of Ohio.
Like them, he has gone over. body
ana soul, to the money lenders. He
may call himself a Democrat, but the
fathers of the party would be aston
ished at his opinions. Alexandria
Town Talk.
Justice Harlan is a strong, brave
man, and the very fact that his voice
was raised in earnest protest against
the invalidation of the income tax by
q narrow and wabbly majority of his
associates is enough to put the stamp
OF condemnation upon the decision,
which not only lacks the respect of the
country, but which has brought dis
respect upon those who promulgated |
it.-Omaha World d-Hcrald.
The great question before the peo-
pie in the next few months, we may
say until after the next presid entail |
election, will be monometallis m or
bimetallism. Which shall hold first |
place? AS banks, as a whole, will |
favor that financial system which is
least beneficial to the people. we need |
only to wait for their deliverance and |
take the other side. Raleigh IN. C.)
Christian Advocate (Methodist)
England will stand in the path OF |
bimetalism as roaring loin. to pro-
tect the interests, not of her people,
but OF her ruling classes. Honest BIZ
metallists in the United States have
reached the conclusion, however, re-
gretfully, that bimctallism in this
country is only possible by positive
and independent action. without wait
ing for the aid or consent Of any ma
ton on earth.-Omaha World Herald.
liz you are true reformer you will
keep out of all silver primaries.
sound" money primaries or any
called by the leaders of the