The Louisiana populist., 1895-06-14
SHADOWS.
NOTES AND COMMENTS FROM
POPULIST STANDPOINT.
Prodding the Animals In the Old Par
ties for the Delectation of Our Peo-
ple's Party Readers-Trying to strad-
die Again.

Sam Jones says If he was running
soap factory in hell and they would
bring him a car load of the carcasses
OF politicians he would say: Il don't
want them" Sam seems to have a
pretty fair idea of the average politi-
clan, and it is the army of these men,
acting as the paid tools of Wall street,
that are running the affairs of this gov
ernment to-day.
Wherever elections have been held
the Populists have made gains, while
the two old parties have lost. The peo-
pie are waking up. They demand some
erly constructed platforms. The politi-
clans are becoming alarmed and will
promise everything if the people will
try the grand old parties "iust one more
time;" but this cry is so old and worn
out that 1t will no longer deceive the
people.
The Chicago Times-Herald has
changed owners and will hereafter be
run as Republican Sound currency"
paper. The owner has offered Mr..
Cleveland's comptroller of the cur
rency, Eckles, who is Democrat, ten
thousand dollars "a year to become
financial editor of the paper. This goes
to prove the charge frequently made
by the Populists that the Republicans
and Democrats were so near alike that
they could stand on each others plat
forms and edit each others papers.
Those fellows who want free silver,
but want it through the 'old party" re-
mind us Of the old lady that did not
want her boy to go into the water un-
til he learned to swim. Any man who
has as much brains as an oyster knows
that both old parties have had a fair
trial and both have demonetized silver.
On every occasion when pressed to the
wall in their convention they have
straddled the issue, but when it came to
voting a majority always voted against
1t. It Is the height of folly to expect
that either of the old parties will give
us free silver.
The Democratic party put Grover
Cleveland where he is, and he has done
more to put this country on practical
ly gold basis than any other man in
the United States, not even excepting
old John Sherman. In the light of this
fact why should the Democratic party
be now trusted to restore silver to its
position prior to 1873! 1t is folly to
think Of 1t, and such men as Bland
and Bryan who are advocating such a
thing may safely be put down as the |
veriest political demagogues who seek
to again deceive the people, or as polit- |
ical towards not worthy to lead
There is movement on foot in |
most Of the southern and western |
states to call convention and make |
some declaration on the currency ques-
tion. In most states 1t is known that |
this declaration will be in favor of free |
silver, or a straddle that can be con-
strued to mean free silver. The cause
of these conventions being called lies
In the fact that there is rapid disin-
tegration going on in both old parties,
and more particularly In The Demo-
cratic party. This condition has
the bosses and they seek to
stop this Wholesale desertion by some
in favor of free silver and
financial reform. In the meantime, the
goldbug element in the two old parties
are doing all they can to prevent any
declaration in favor of free silver. and
the bosses are having monkey and
parrot time of it.
The ereates. raerit in tas silver qcss-