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The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

remember, and our pleasant anti
cipations were more than realized.
After a refreshing sleep and an
early, but appetising breakfast,
we bade the entertaining family
adieu, and through the kindness of
our host, reached Brevelle in time
for the North bound train on the
n. & X. r. V. road. Aboard
were Col. T. d. Boyd and Prof.
B. G. Caldwell, OF our Normal, !,
nearly all the prominent men of
Bayou Natchez and other distin-
gulshed personages Qike ourself)
whose names we did not learn,
with the usual complement of ho-
tel drummers and hack boys.
At the depot we took Deveren-
nes' "buss" and was soon in Char
ley fuckers famous shaving par
lors, reading the latest papers and
waiting our turn" at the lather
and strap.
Shortly afterward we reported
at headquarters and gave an ac-
count of ourself to our better two
thirds.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03
POpulist Cub.
Battle Flag.


Last Saturday a POpulist Cen
tral Club was formed in RObeline.
This club is organized for the pur-
pose of distributing educational
matter among the people of the
sixth ward. w. w. Page was
elected President, j. A. Tets Sec
retary, c. j. Smith treasurer. A
resolution passed, making each
member of the club a committee
of one, to enroll the names of the
populists who will join this club,
and attend when they can. A res
olutlon was adopted admitting all
over Is years of age to member
ship in the club. After some gen.
eral discussion the club adjourned
to meet again on the first Saturday
in May at 3 o'clock.
j. A. TETS, Secretary.
That's right, boys. Organize,
so that when the Democrats at
tempt counting us out, as they
sometimes threaten, we can make
it hot for them.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

/ am asked by railroad wage
slave who has been awakened to
his condition, if l can point to one
instance in history where tyranny
has ever submitted to any argu-
ment except force. And if / can
not, why go On teaching the effica-
cy of the ballot. / have read of
no instance where the classes have
given up the privilege of living off
the people except by force of arms,
but also see that no success by
force has ever been of any lasting
benefit to the masses. There are
other factors entering into the
present struggle that were not
present in any previous ones. Chief
of these is the ability of the mass
es to read and write, making a
propaganda of ideas instead of
brute force; second, a broader
freedom of speech and press; third,
the oppressed have a franchise
equal to the rich. But more even
than all this is the prominent fact
that until men can be educated
enough to see the tyranny and vote
against it, the idea of fighting
against it is absurd. One duty is
to agitate and get people discon-
tented with the present conditions
by showing that better one can be
had. When the masses understand
this a change will occur. AS my
questioner has got his eyes open by
reading, so will others have their
eyes opened by reading, and when
that sentiment has grown sufficient
" no force can suppress it.-Com-
ing Nation.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03
BATON ROUGE. La.
April 23rd, 1895.

ApiH Eoiu, 1910.
Hon. II. l.. Brian,
Natchitoches, La.
Dear Sir:-I wrote you recently
that l was glad to see the move
ment to harmonize all elements IA
voring honest methods in politics
in the approaching campaign. !
had reference only to the Supposi-
ton that all parties shall agree on
achite primary. We could not par
ticipate in Democratic primary
without surrendering our honesty
and self respect, or abandoning our
party organization. In case the
Democrats will not agree to white
primary, we must fight in a minor
ity until dishonest practices and
corruption and abuses of the Dem
ocrats drive enough honest white
men into our ranks to enable us to
beat them at the polls, and then
whip them if they count us out.
Yours, truly,
j. T. HOWELL.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

However, we believe that a ma
iority Of the opposition to Popu-
lism in this parish will agree with
the manly and patriotic position OF
the Jacksonian as expressed in the
above clipping; and will quietly
submit to term of Populist gov
crnment, which they already know
will not be a bad thing.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03
COnstable's Sale.

Charlotte Frazer vs.. T. Davidson.
Second Justice Court, Parish of Match
itoches, State of Louisiana.
RY virtue of writ of Fl. Fa. issued
- in the above entitled suit, and to
me directed, have seized and will Of
fer for sale at public auction to the last
aud highest bidder at the Justices Of
fee at st. Johns church, in ward 2, par.
ish and State aforesaid, on
Saturday, 18th day of May, 1885,
at 10 O'Clock m. the following describ-
ed property to-wit:
9 Horses and Mare and Colt.
so bushels of Corn.
Seized as the property OF 7. David
SON in the above entitled suit.
Terms Of Sale:
Cash-subject to appraisement.
M. COFFEY,
april 20, 1885, Constable Ward g
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03
OLD GUARD.
Honest Democrats.

In Jackson parish the predom-
nancy of the Populist is conccd-
ed, the result of the late congress
sional election establishing this
fact, and in the next election they
will have full swing in selecting
parish officers, as the Democracy
of the parish, aware of the situa-
tion, will make no fight over these
positions, content to lend whatever
aid we can to swell the vote of the
State officials, and the opportuni
ty will now be granted to our Pop
ulist brethren to give us a term of
the reform government, they so
loudly demand.
Largely in the majority, the
right of selecting is justly yours
and we will concede the point, and
will stoically stand by while you
exercise your prerogative, well
aware of the hopelcssness of any
contest in the face of an establish
ed majority. At the same time
trusting that wisdom and inteli-
gence will be used In the selection
of officers, and that good and COM
petent men will be chosen to ad-
minister our local government for
the next four years.
So 60 in Joseph, the pie is yours;
we have had our term and will take
back seat some other day to come
again.-Jacksonian.
Bro. Bell and his Democratic
supporters in jackson parish are
honest, and as they are willing
that the people should rule, they
are true Democrats.
There are many Democrats in
this parish (Natchitoches) who like
their brethren in Jackson, are will
ling that the people should rule,
and taking the result of the elec-
ton last Fall-nearly 500 WHITE
nisiority for the Populists-they
concede the parish and all of its
Offices to the Peoples party; and
many of these honest Democrats
will join us in selecting good men
to fill these Offices.
But we regret to state that there
are those-call them what you
may-who under the silly pretext
that many of their kind staid away
from the polls last Fall and that
they just let us win, are laying
their plans to revive the old era of
fraud, perjury and corruption of
the ballot.
When we consider the fact that
attemps to use such methods to de-
feat the will of large majority Of
the intelligent white people of this
parish will produce revolution and
bloodshed, the conspirators and all
those who favor such violations
of all law and public morals, should
be looked upon as anarchists, and
discountenanced in society as ene-
mics thereto.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

Pm not kicking at the oppression
you Americans suffer. Pm not
eondemning your employers when
your wages are cut. / only call
your attention to the oppression,
to the cut. You vote it so and |
want you to get enough of it.
You vote for parties that believe
in this system, that give the en-
ployers this power over you, and
you will not listen to those who
could and are anxious to explain
a better system. You will not rea-
son. The only thing that will
make you give up your party fe-
tish is to be reduced to Chinese
conditions and the sooner this done
the better. Some of you bawl
about monopoly and 90 to the polls
and vote for the same men your
bankers, lawyers, manufacturers
and merchants vote. You howl
for a reform, but vote the same old
tickets. You either cannot or will
not reason from effect to cause
Some people-and the most of
them-can only be reached by pin
ching their stomachs. 1t is there
fore well that your stomach get
pinched SO hard it will either make
you change you ballot or keep you
from voting at all. Let the dance
of death go on. The monopolists
are in high glee and dead safe for
q high old time so long as you will
pay the fiddler. Do you under
stand language as plain as thisa-.
Coming Nation.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

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The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

The genuine Omaha platform
Popullsts who don't believe in a
single plank platform are turning
the hose loose on the single plank
ers, and it looks like somebody was
going to get wet.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

1t is currently rumored that
Murphy j. Foster, Governor of
Louisiana, will, within the next
few days, through the medium of
some personal friend, make state
ment to the people of this State in
which it is proposed to show the
ardent devotion of the Governor
to the matter of Ballot Reform.
This is case of ''blowing hot and
cold," and The Item anxiously
awaits this statement, and will give
it the attention which the great
Importance of the subject demands.
The people are in earnest on the
question of improved suffrage.
They were thwarted at the last ses-
sion of the legislature through the
Vaccinations of their executive,
and are not now in the humor to
be trifed with any longer. Since
May 1894, Governor Foster has
played a star engagement as Jekyll
and Hyde, giving the promise of
Ballot Reform to the ear, only to
break it to the hope. 1t is time
that the responsibility be fastened
where it belongs.
The man who so completely dom
mated the legislature as to force it
to select, in a single night, two
United States Senators of his own
choosing, could unquestionably
have afforded some assistance to
advance ballot reform had he had
the least inclination in this direc-
ton. 1t is puerile to think other
wise. True, he did elaborate upon
this subject in his message to the
legislature, but subsequent events
show the utter insincerity of his
recommendations. 1t was mockery.
That famous committee of four
teen, composed of members of the
Senate and House, to whom all
questions of suffrage were prompt
ly referred, was his. creation. No
member of this committee could
have been appointed unless author
lied and accepted by the Governor,
and it is q fact worthy of mention
that every ballot reformer in
the legislature, including Senator
Montgomery, Representative Be-
mott and others equally prominent,
was excluded from appointment on
this committee. Every ballot re-
form measure sent to this commit
tee was strangled, and every ballot
reformer delegated by the league
of this city to appear before the
committee in the interest of this
great cause received but feele en-
couragement. Who doubts but
that results would have been differ
ent had only the Governor of the
State so desireda
But we wait an explanation,
shortly expected from the execu-
tive or some representative friend,
before entering into additional de-
tails. Daily Item.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03
Intrinsic Value,
BATON ROUGE, La
April 24th, 1895.
Editor LA. POPULIST:

| J
Editor LA. POPULIST:
Your ellow-townsman, Mr.. Cos
grove, has given us a good article
in the Times-Democrat on this sub
ject, something in line with the
one [ had Just sent you bearing on
the subject. Since the attempt is
being made to surrender our peo-
pie into the hands of a gold trust
by the trusted servants of the peo-
pie it is necessary to 90 to the bot
tom of this finance question and
settle it rightly and for all time.
As the intrinsic value has long
since been abandoned in theory, it
must now be discarded in practice.
1t is out of the lines of reason and
can only have a foothold in tradi-
tion and superstition.
What is valuel A creature of
the mind; an invisible, intangible
entry; the offspring of circum-
stances and conditions growing out
of the ordinary affairs of life, and
the relations arising therefrom and
becoming existent between men
and things. For instance; iron,
which in itself, and Independently
of man, could be of no use and
therefore, could have no value, be-
comes IN the various uses to which
it is put and applied by man, ex
tremely useful and valuable. The
same may be said of gold; but
Webster in illustrating the mean
ing of the word value, declares
that iron has really more value
than gold.
Economists tell us what value is
not; but they do not tell us what
it is. An affirmative definition of
value is what we want. Value, as
Mr.. Cosgroye tells us, is not an
entity inherent within q thing
but, is extraneous to the thing,
and arises from the uses to which
the thing may be applied by man.
Value, therefore, can not be inhe-
rent or intrinsic with the thing,
but the properties which serve to
make a thing useful to man, and so
impart to it value, must be inhe-
rent or intrinsic within the thing.
1t follows then that while iron,
gold, silver, wheat and corn, and
many other things have value at
taching to them by reason of pro-
perties within them, and which
render them susceptible to use by
man, they, none of them possess
intrinsic value, and as a rule, the
degree of value which may attach
to any particular thing from ex-
traneous causes, will depend upon
the time, labor and skill required
to produce the thing taken in con-
nection with the quantity of pro-
duct and demand for it in use.
While iron is more useful, more
essential to the needs of man, and
more in use than gold, and conse-
quently really more valuable, gold
takes on a much greater fictitious
value, because of the fact that it
has been elevated to the position of
an exclusive medium of exchange
by law; and the credulity and su-
perstitions of man have been fur
ther worked upon to ele, ate it to
the character of a ''Rcdeemer."
Gold is no god on whose altar
should be sacrificed millions of in
nocent, helpless women and chill
dren, victims of mans vice or in
to govern.
Yours, truly,
j. T. HOWELL.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

An exchange wants to know
''why Republican and Democratic
farmers will give two and One-haIf
bushels of wheat for one dollarl"
That's ''dead easy'-to make the
''dollar good in Yurrop."
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

Don't you democrats want to
give your party just one more
chance9 Come now, amt you
proud of the record made in the
last two yearsa Didn't it do up
the tariff, the banks and the big
appropriations and bring a hurri-
cane of prosperityl Grit your
teeth and stay with it.-Coming
Nation.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

LOOKOUT for the movement to put
delegates in the next national conven'
ton who do not iudorse the Omaha
platform.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03
FOR SALE
OR RENT ON EASY TERMS,
A Saw & Shingle Mil.

Capacity per day 10000 feet lumber
and 80, 600 shingles. Engine 25 II. p.
and 80 II. p. Boiler. All bran new,
except shngle mill, which is in good
running order.
Apply to r.. o.. WALTERS,
at Chaler, La.
Nav 3-1m.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03
ERIDAY, MAY 3, 1895.

Hold fast TO the three fundamental
principles embodied in the Omaha plat
forn-fnance, transportation and land.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03
Why il HaiHed.


were at the depot Saturday morn
ing son time" and after swapping
few phrases with the polite and
affable conductor, Mr.. A. L.
Denys, we complied with his ''all
aboard" and was soon whirling
rapidly along toward our destina-
ton.
We stopped at Bayou Natchez
station long enough to chat few
moments with our friend M. l..
Payne, and to ''shake hands" with
those clever Natchez merchants
Messrs. Friedman and Jaffa.
Arriving at Cypress a little
ahead of time, we began to look
for items of interest. The first
was a neatly painted sign hanging
on the front of what used to be a
saloon, but the sign read in large
bold letters, ''Keely Cure" As
prohibition has not yet gone into
effect, we supposed the change was
due to the prosperity that is every
where evident under the Gold
standard.
But casting our eyes over on the
porch of Mr.. j. c. Johnson's beau
tiful residence, we saw prettier
picture still-one of his daughters,
a pupil, and Miss Leila Holston,
the teacher of the Cypress school.
Thinking Miss Leila would like to
hear the latest news from Natchi-
toches, her home, we walked over
and told her that her ''folks" had
not yet taken the measles, nor had
Natchitoches quarantined against
Cypress on account of the small
pox. She reported her school in a
fourishing condition.
The rumbling of the regular
passenger on the L. p, called us
back to the depot in time to get the
morning Shreveport Times, and
before we had finished it our clev-
er and punctual friend, Mr.. r. o.
Walters, showed up in good order
to fulfill his promise to ''make con-
nection" between Cypress and Mel
rose.
But by this time the long-wished-
for rain that had been promising
and tantalizing the farmers for sew
eral days began to pour down in
real earnest, and we took comfort
in being under roof, and passed off
several hours chatting with the
pleasant agents at the station.
About 1:30 p. M, the rain ceas-
ed and the clouds looked broken
and light as if the sky were about
to peep through, and we took a
seat beside Mr.. Walters on a good
stout jumper, drawn by pretty
3-year old colt of his own raising,
which he was just ''breaking,"
which accounted for the jumper in
stead of a top-buggy, but we had
3 good umbrella that we soon found
the most useful part of our ''rig,"
for the dark clouds soon whipped
back from wherever they had gone
and gave the hardest rain of the
day. So you can clearly see that
it would have been raining yet if
It had not sooner got an opportu-
nifty to give we editor good soak
ing. By means of the umbrella,
however, we confined the wetting
10 the largest part of our body
Dur feet, and that fast-trotting colt
soon landed us safely into the COM
portable and well-regulated home
If our friend, where we were ush-
cred into a warm room in which a |
ire and a change of raiment soon
lispelled all idea of dampness.
Next we joined Mr.. Walters and
lis accomplished better half in the
lining room where an elegant re-
past had been prepared by the
'kilful hand of this good lady.
While we we're disappointed over
he failure of the young folks pic
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

It is easy enough to see where
the head of the new silver party
is, but how about the following.
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

BE your watchword, and
practice what you preach.
We will do our part in
helping to get the right
kind of literature before
the people, and desire the
earnest cooperation of all
our readers in this work Of
education, Look over the
following offers, take adva.
vantage of the one that
suits you best when you re-
new your sbscrpitiOn, and
don't forget to call your
neighbOr's attention TO
them also.
THE
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03
The 0nfu k|0y

To head off q bloody reyo-
lntion in this country, lies
in quickly educating the
people-in getting them to
see things in the light of
truth, and to fully realize
the dangers which menace
the republic. NOW is thG
time to work. Get your
uncOnverted friend to read
ing and thinking right now,
and in 80 he will vote
right. Let
The Louisiana populist., 1895-05-03

dispelled all idea of dampness.
Next we joined Mr.. Walters and
his accomplished better half in the
dining room where an elegant re-
past had been prepared by the
skilful hand of this good lady.
While we we're disappointed over
the failure of the young folks pic
mic and the club meeting that were
intended to make the day interest
ing and enjoyable, we could not
complain of the cause.-The much
needed rain. And as the meals
which we enjoyed at Mrs. Walters
bountiful table could not be sur
passed by any ordinary picnic, and
as Bros. w. +. Eversull, Robt.
Hyde and H. r. Walters, brother
of our host, all near neighbors,
came in and formed quite q little
club meeting whose session lasted
until near midnight, we felt that
our trip was, very far from a DIS
This was not our first trip to
that community as cur readers viii
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legene 6eoeaaarten geweNielt bal, lit
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