The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-06-29
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'eu the masses of the people is III,
gradual and safe Improvement in ma.
'erlal prosperity which all br.ncbe. !,
trade and industry are beginning t.
0.pe'ienee. The disastrous CONNER
cial conditions of the past few year.
anu not defective monetary system
are responsible for the dissatisfse,ior
"nlcn has 50 violently fermented.
This country-indeed, the world
mas undergone series of industri.
soocks which naturally brought feel
Ing of desperation to the masses wbc
suffered most from their effects, with
determination, perfectly natural and
psrdonable, to discover a cause .nf
bring about an Improvement. Tn,
people ofall nations have been impoy
er''hed' Capital, proverbially shy
look refuge in its hiding places, ant
the farmer, laborer, merchant, and al
others have suffered by Its scarcity
Inc appalling strikes which have a
times taken on almost the aspect O
civil warfare, tho absurd but patheti,
ooAey movement, and the universe
disturbance Of commercial relation,
were all protests against this condition
efforts, however blind aud futile te
nnd way out Of difficulties whict
the people felt we're surrounding anc
binding them closer aud closer, bu,
which were intangible and inexplIca.
BILE as to their causes, while their 70.
suits were grievously plain in the ex.
perience Of all men.
Something clogged the wheels Of
trade-some invisible yet potent force
The people had grievance, but ex.
actly what caused their condition they
could not tell. Mankind seldom stop
to reason when they have wrong TO
right; aud in this state of mind the
syren song was poured into their ear,
that the monetary system was the
root OF all their woes. Along with
this assurance, and invariably accom-.
panying II, came the suggestion "give
mo your vote, and will right your
wrongs" A plain statement of fact,
aud figures does not attract ordinary
minds. Coins fairy tale about the
"crime of Ta" was told for them, and
the thrilling story Of the great Devi
Fish of Lombard street. sitting swelled
and bloated with the blood of The
werld, aud stretching out its never
satisfled suckers 10 grasp the uttermos,
parts Of the earth In their merciles.
embrace. Such an appeal was ire
slstible. No man would sit calmly
down and be crushed to death In the
Shiny tentacles of q London Devil Fish
while be had a vote to cast aud there
was a valiant champion at hand tc
battle for his rights.
So, from all down through Pike
County, from Persimmon Hollow
Pea Ridge, Bitter Greek, and the
Mount Zion Church Neighborhood
arose a mighty outcry proclaiming
death to the Money Devil and Jones
for the Senate. Tho whole story much
resembles q patent medicine adver-
tisement, which tells a blood.curdliDg
story to awaken apprehension and
terror, and offers Perkins Perilous
Panacea as a cure. But what becomes
of Candidate Jones when the tentacles
cease TO squeeze? Where Is the ne
cessity for buying P. P. P. when there
10 no longer any disease? What the
people wanted was relief from their
| distressed condition. They were NOT
so much 10 blame when they listened
| to tho Misrepresentation Of Candidate
Jones and bis ilk as to Its cause and
cure, The relief has come a little
| sooner than the candidates rtckened
They can't make people believe any
longer iu hobgobhn stories in the
daylight of prosperity. In the sun
light Of the day now dawning they
will laugh at the formless telror' Of
the night.