The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-09-22

dawn. instead OF believing that the dark
es; era I'm All history Is shroudlng us and
growing darker every instant
What sort of n Populst is this? How
can ne be n Populist? What, are not the
rich growing richer and the poor poorer.
seven days in a week? Is not the monop-
olist eating diamond-back from diamond
plate and jolting about In chariot OF
gold. while the Populist farmer is fain
TO content himself with good. plain food
and to drive in a buggy? Do not syndi-
Gates and trusts feed upon the vitals OF
the people? Is not the Senate a nest Of
milliunaires AMI vipers, and the House
TIE servile tool of the pampered ,orpo-
ration S? Is rot the Hon. Eusene Nictus
Debs one OF the trucst AMI grandest
Populist patriots and Statesmen that
ever lived, and at present the leading
candidate for the Populist domination
for the Presidency. confined In n ioath-
some dungeon, where he sees only per-
sons who come to see him, and where
mis- eloquent voice cannot be heard by
reporters more than most OF the time? Is
not Labor crushed to earth by the re-
cent heartless conduct Of soulless en-
ployers in raising its wages? Is not the
filler of the soil doc med to a life of mi =
cry by the well-attested fact That pay
ing crops do not as a rule, spring up
simultaneously? Is not Wall street pursu-
ing its old dark way OF iniquity, and
combining with the ROthschilds for the
abolition OF poverty among gentlemen
engaged In the banking business? DO not
the railroad corporations. in the insolence
of their watered-stock wealth. refuse 10
transport for nothing in parlor cars the
repres entatiNes Of opposition to the rule
OF corporations?
II the Hon. Thomas :. Petit sees not
these things. how did he ever see his
way to Fopulist PLATFORM lie ought 90
be weeping and waiiing. If he Is true
Populist The whole frame Of things
should look black and blue 10 him. Cast
but an eve through this once broad and
happy land. and see If IL doesn't reek
with teutaclcs, octopuses-with or with
out the accent on the antepenuit-devil-
fish. money devils. robber barors, and
all -orts OF queer and unpleasant things
OF earth and water and the Populists
dream. and all bent upon blasting the
destir.cs Of millions, conspiring against
the welfare OF TIE people stalking about
at MONDAY and raising thunder general
~. 10 may bo said with some truth that
no country which has POpulsts can right
~ be considered prosperous; and with
entire truth that no man who is willing
be prosperous can be Populist in good
and regular standing. Populism ends
where prosperity begins. For MIR. Petit
TO talk in the hopeful way he did was as
unbecoming as it would be for mourner
at a funeral TO jump up and dance jig.
The voice OF the Populist need not, in
deed. be munlel, and seldom can be. so
loud II rattles against the reverherant
hoavcr s.: but hollow 1t must he, with a
thick streak Of agony IN IL like the fat
en- "A rich Joint Of beef. ana the owner of
the voice must feed on WOO, just as Mayor
Strong feeds on tobacco. As the coun-
try has looked upon the Populists.
il has seemed 90 see one wide, waying
forest Of whiskers soaked with continual
tears. ana only here and there a face
which. like Jerry simpsons, lacks its
growth Of timber because the owner has
concentrated all his thought upon his
feet. But this man Pettits .a,e seems
TO be cheerful and natural, wearing a
pheasant smile and not pinchcd with
prophecy of calamity lie Is no Popelist
lie is a rank outsider. Like Gen. Wat
Hardin he has hoped off his platform.
The Populists of kentucky should demand
that he withdraw. lie Is too clipper Tor
the busincss.-New York Sun.