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The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
JEFFERSOWS POLITICAL RAxIHS

Tie legal equality ~ human beings.
The people The only source ~ power.
NJ hereditary Offices, Dor order. nor title.
~ taxation beyond actual public needs.
No national banks. uor bonds.
80 costly -p.udor If administration.
No Interference with freedom 0fthourht %
dicl--iuu.
Ide civil. authority superior t1tle military.
No favored classesi no mouopoles.
Free and fair elections; universal Suffrage.
no public money spent without warrant Of
law.
No mysteries IN government hidden from
the public eve.
Representatives bound By The Instructions
Of their constituents.
The constitution Of The United State. D.
special grant Of powers, hmite8and definite.
Freedom, sovereignty and Independence Of
the respective states.
Absolute severance Of church and State
Tie Jmon compaet-not q consoiidati0n
nor d Capitalization.
Moderate salaries, economy and strict ao-
counth6ltv.
Cod and silver currency, supplemented
By treasure notes bott0msl on taxes.
No State banks Of issue.
No expensive navy OF diplomatic e.tab-
lislmaut.
A pror i've, OF graduated taz rafd upon
"e1ith-,hs iaX 70 grow Increasingly heavy
a The fortune was lager.
oHierul revenue system. A complete
separation Of publicmouey. from bank funds.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
THE OCALA DEMANDS.

la. We demand the abolition Of ma
tional banks.
b. We demand that the government
shall established sub-treasurIa- 0r de-
positories i'm the several States. which
shall issue money direct 20 tie people
at low rate Of tax, not 10 exceed %
per cent per annum on nom I-hahle
farm products, and also upon real es-
tate, with Hoper limitations apon Che
quantity Of land and amount money.
G.. We d(anand that the amount 70
the circulating medium Zoe ri div inc
creased To- not less than $50 .r capita.
.. That we demand thai 1nlre-s
shall pass such laws as viii feetua s.
prevent the dealing in future HfalI uz-
ricultural and mechanical III iuctiou IS.
providing stringent system Ht proceed
ure iu trials that viii secure prompt
conviction, and imposing sue penalties
as shall secure the most perfect CONF
pliauee with the law.
3. We condemn the silver HiI. recent
ly passed by Congress -, .i..ld I'm
leu thereof the free iu-
age Of silver.
4. We demand the passage Of laws
prohibiting alien ownership Ot.and, and
that Congress take prompt actioGt 20 de-
vi sesome plan to obtain all lands now
owned by aliens and foreign syudicates;
and that all lands now held hyraiIroads
be reclaimed by the government, and
held for actual settlers only.
5. Believing in the doctrine Of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none, We demand
a. That our national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
build up one industry at the expense of
another.
b. We further demand . removal of
the existing heavy tariff lax from the
necessities Of life, that the poor Of our
land may live.
c. We further demand a just and
equitable system Of graduated tax on
incomes.
d. We believe that the money Of the
country should be kept as much as pos
sible in the hands Of the people, and
hence we demand that all national and
State revenue shall be limited 10 the
necessary expenses Of the government
economically and honestly administer
ed.
8. We demand the most rigid, hon
est, and just State sld patOnal govern
mental control and the
means Of public cOmIndnicad6h and
transportation, and if this control and
supervision does not remove the abuse
now existing, we demand the govern.
ment ownership Of such means Of COM
munication and transportation.
z. We demand that congress Of the
United States submit an amendment to
the Constitution providing for the cleo
ton Of United States Senators by direct
vote Of the people OF each state.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20

"if CsBgress ha tie right under the a1r-
siitutoa o. issue paper money, b Vas given
them % De- used by them. Fei - t1 he
de.egated 90 idiRiluas 1r corporation.
Thema. Jefferson said:
"The issuing power should De- aaH from
the banks and restored 81 Che government
and people. 90 shom & properly a.H-.."
A republican uprme court app. .H.-l large
ly by Abraham Lincoln. declared That:
"Another ground % the power b. ISSUE
treasury notes or bills 8 the nece tr ~ pros
viding proper currency for the aa'rs. and
especially Of providing far the failure or
disappemres II tbs ordinary currency u
Times of financial pressure and threatened
collapse 0i commercial credit Currency Is
d natiana. necessity The operat % the
government, a- well as private transactions
ARE wholly dependent upon it. ]. follows as
matter 40 necessity, al con larl. ui
these various provisions, that d 8 specially
The duty of The general government provide
national currency
Thus il will be seen that democrat. and
republicans have both occupied ground
now taken By the Populists, and as may add
both have repudated their pledg and sold
the country TO the goldoIaters.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
IL IIGAY IgM.3
ITHE BEST
NEWSPAPER
lN ITHE SOU I %.
ITS TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
COVERS THE WORLD.
ITS , ARKET REPORTS ARE
UNEQUALED.

It's Bureau az Jackson, Miss, COO
Quoted by that experienced journalist
Edgar S. Wilson. who treats impair
tally all questions relating 30 Missis-
sippi aud Mississippiaus every day ID
the year has, in the language Of the
Mississippi press, made the Picayune
indispensable to Mississippians. y
The Pieayune reaches and crosses
Mississippi on all trunk lines the very
day Of its publication.
Mississippi this year holds tts hrst
general election under the new COZ
stitution. An State. County and District
officers. including Legislature, which
will in January. 1896, choose United
States senator. are 10 be- elected. The
Campaign will De a memorable one.
The Picayune. in addition 20 its Bureau
at the Capital, has an intelligent COT
respondent at every prominent point
in Mississippi No item Of news will
escape il.
Get the News. an the News: and set
It fresh
Read the Picayune.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20

requiring ihe disposition Of lands nov held
by such aliens within given time.
We favor a reduction Of az least Z0per cent
iu the salaries and fees of an public officials
We armign the present and former Demo
cratic administrations for their weakness. exc
tmvaganee and prodigality and for Che en-
bezzlement Of }8l5, by Democratic
official, and We promise, # successful. an adj
miuistratiou characterized by the stnctest
honesty. economy and fruga.iiy and devoted
% the policy II internal improvement and
industrial Development.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
HanSaSCibFt Scott & Memphis
KANSAS CITY,
MEMPHIS AND BIRMINGHAM,
No. Florida Fast Mail

SO. ] Florida Fast Mail
Leave Memphis $50 a. M. srriva Tupala
1923 @. ID. arrive Birmingham $50 p. m.
Close connection is made at Tupelo Tor an
points south on the Mobile & Ohio road
This train carries Pullman Buffet Sleeping
Car, from Memphis to jacksonville, Fla, via
Atlanta.
Train No. Florida Fast Mall
Leaves Birmingham ut - POP. m. arrives
Memphis 10 p. ma. This train carries Pull
man Buffet Sleeping Car, jacksonville, Fla.
10 Kansas City. Close connection Is made
in the Union Depot at Kansas CITY with
trains Of all lines to the west.
Train No. 3 New York Limited
Leave Memphis 9:15 p. m. arrive Atlanta
II 40 a. m. Washington 6:48 a. m. Balt-
more S;05 a. m. Philadelphia 1890 a. m.
New York 1858 noon. This train carries
Pullman Sleeping Car from Memphis 10 New
York and connects in the Union Depot at
Atlanta with the Fast Vestibuled Limited
Train Of the Southern Railway.
Train No. Kansas City Mail and Express
Leave Birmingham at 1925 p. m. arrives
in Memphis 1925 a. m. Kansas City 7:O5 a.
m This train carries through sleeper 10
Kansas City. Connection is made in the
Union Depot at Kansas City with all lines
running West to points in Nebraska, Colo
rado, Utah, Washington and California. All
letters addressed to the undersigned viii re-
ceive prompt attention. - 49,
JOIN A. SCOTT, G. A.P. D.,
Memphis, Tenn.
W. o. MCLEAN, Agent,
TupelO, Miss.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20

Chairmen and Secretaries II the county
executive committees are requested 10 forth
with report their names and addresses to
DR.. r. h. PREwIrT, Charm State Ex. Com.
Alderman, Miss,
so that he may be enabled to communicate
with them whenever necessary.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
Platform ofthe Peoples Party
of Miss, Adopted July 81, 'e5.

The Peoples party Of Mississippi, in con-
yention assembled, invoking the blessings Of
Almighty God, and reiterating the demands
Of the Omaha platform, solciu the support
of all patriotic citizens who, dissatisfied with
the present reign OF ruin, can subscribe TO the
following declaration Of paramount principles
principles upon whose early enforcement in
the judgment Of this party depend the lber-
ties Of the people. the independence Of the
republic and the perpetuity Of free institu-
tons. We declare:
First, for the free and unlimited coinage
Of both silver and gold at the ratio Ollie TO l,
without the grace Of foreign powers and pHn-
cipalities.
seoond-We declare foEthe abolition Of
national banks and the issue and coinage Of
all money by the general government.
Third-We declare for the speedy increase
Of the currency TO at leas. fifty dollars per
capita through the unlimited coinage Of silver
and the limited issue Of full legal tender
treasury notes "bottomed on taxes"
Fourth-We declare fora supply q mon
ey commensurate at al times with the de-
mands Of exchange. taxation and debt.
Fifth-We declare for the payment Of the
public debt according 70 contract in either
silver or gold, or both, ~ the interests Of the
masses and nol the interests Of the creditor
class alone may require.
Sixth-We declare for the repeal ofall laws
construed TO authorize the issuance Of interest
bearing bonds in time Of peaoe.
seventh-We declare for the supplying Of
all deficits in the national treasury by the issue
OF full legal tender notes and all deficits in
the State treasury By the issue OF treasury
warrants, receivable for taxes instead Of by
the issue and sale Of long time interest-bear-
ing bonds.
Eighth-We declare for the decrease in all
taxes. both State and national, and for cor
responding decrease in all public expendi-
tures, especially fees, salaries and perquisites
OF rNbNG ONANiAlAf hQiAHiHNaAAhFe WIN hAD
low range Of prices and depression Of the
times.
Ninth-We declare for the enactment Of
laws BY the general government to prohibit
dealing in futures OF gambling in agricultu-
raj products and the necessaries Of life, and
for the enactment Of more effective laws 10
prohibit trusts aud monopolies.
Tenth-We declare for amendments to the
federal constitution authorizing the levy and
collection Of an income tax, and limiting the
tenure of federal judges to term Of years.
Eleventh. We declare FOR an American
government for the American people.
uATH IssUEs.
Believing the ballot box 30 be the palla-
dium Of liberty, We favor the enactment Of
laws to guarantee fairness and honesty in
elections.
We srraign the present and former State
Democratic administrations for squandering
400, 900 acres of public school lands, and
We favor, frat, the abolition Of the once Of
land commissioner, and, second, the enact
ment Of laws 70 Prohibit the acquisition Of
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
Peoples PARTY platform

Finance. We demand a National Cur
rency, safe, sound and flexible, issued by the
general Government only, q full Legal Ten
der for all debts; public and private; and that
without the use Of banking corporations, "a
just, equitable and efficient means Of distribu-
ton direct b the people shall be- established,
81 tax not 70 exceed two per cent, as ST
forth 10 the sub-Treasury plan Of the Farm
ers' Alliance, or some better system. Also
BY payment IN discharge Of its obligations tor
public Improvements.
b. We demand free and unlimited coinage
Of silver at the ratio Of Is 10 l.
C. We demand that the amount Of circu-
lating medium be speedily increased 20 not
less than $50 per capita.
d. We demand a graduated income tax.
e. We believe that the money Of the
country should be kept as much as possible
in the hands Of the people, and hence we de-
mand that all National and State revenues
shall be limited 70 the necessary expenses Of
the Government, economically aud honestly
administered.
{. We demand that Postal Savings Banks
be established BY the Government for the safe
deposit Of the earnings Of the people and 10
facilitate exchange.
LAND.
The land. including all>eie natural sources
Of wealth, Is the heritage Of an the people
and should not be monopolized for specua-
tive purposes, and alien ownership Of land
should be prohibited. An lands now heidbv
RaA Roads and other Corporations IN excess
Of their actual needs, and an land nov owned
By aliens, should be reclaimed by the Cow
eminent and held tor actual settlers only.
TRANSPORTATION.
a. Transportation beng means Of ey-
changed and public necessity, the Govern
ment should own and operate the Rail Roads
In the interest Of the people.
b. The telegraph and telephone, like the
Post-Ofice system, being necessity for the
transmission Of news, should be owned and
operated by the Government in the interest
Of the people -
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
THE PEOPLES PARTY OF
MISSISSIPPI.

Dr. r K Prewitt, Chair, Alderman, Miss.
4 y jackson, sec'y, Louisville. Miss.
A W karlev, Amofy. Miss.
A II Street. Bonneville,
j 4 Simpson, Watson,
Frank kay, Upnah couniv,
Hon T King. Winona .
Hon John a Boiley, T1pion.
J II D1wuer Emory.
j " luan, PopIansvile.
Pins Barnes, Pike county.
S NJ HoIlingsworth, Dry Grove.
Hon s VI Newman, Hamburg.
j Bell. Bent0nia.
J T Cornell, Mayhem.
Hon J n Jamison, Clifonville.
Hon n g Haihom, Columbia.
Col 7 L McGohee, Summit.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20

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The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20

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new. pretty, seasOnabls good. to make men
ton of prices on specislties; everything Is
sold Ike wrapping dollsH." Be sure and
call on them.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20

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ssason and out Of season advocates ths lsuse
OF the producer and taxpayer and sutaconizes
rings, cHques and combinations, which op-
press the people, subscribe for and renew
vo1r subscription to The PEorLs's MEsssv-
RKR.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
INpUsTRIAL LEGION

The names Of the following gentlemen have
been FORWARDED 70 Gen. VanDervoort. Com
mander-in-chief Of the Industrial Legion OF
the United States, who viii be duly COM
missiOned as recruiting officers and the work
Of organizing the Legion in Mississippi will
Be pushed forward as npidly as possible
LIST District ofEicers-Hon. ". H. Gardner,
Boonville; M. z. Cook, Prairie.
2nd District ofieers-Hon. w. p Wyatt,
Coldwater; Hon. J. H. Simpson, Watson.
srd District officers DR.. r. 7. Love,
Saints Rest; Judge G. W. Wise, Shelby.
4th District ofiicers-Hon. j. 7. Gewin,
DeKalb; Hon. 7. j. King, Winona.
9th District officers Hon. w. p. Ratlih,
Kosciusko; don. W. II. Stinson, Meridian.
9th District officers-Hon. w. H. Griffin,
Liberty; Capt. T. A. Mitchell, Nicholson.
Tth District ofiicers-Hon. S. W. Robin
son, Goshen Springs; Hon. A. NJ. Newman,
Hamburg.
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
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The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20

GNNaNA MN y "a AAFNA VI # AAaAaAas
Col. J. T. Connell, for Oktlbbeha county.
DR.. J. A. Brown LOwudes
NJ z Cook Monroe
Hon. w. p. Reeves Ifawamba
G s Brico Lee
Fred b. Smith for Prentiss and Tishomingo
W II. Gardner, for AlcOru County.
W d Bradford, for Union county.
Fl simpson. for Marshall county.
G NJ Haynie. DeSotO county.
II Han Tate county.
Col W Dyer PouOla county
Hon Buntin. Thliahatnhie county.
Ed Hope, Lafayette county.
NJ Miller, Grenada county.
DR. n NJ Woods Ialobusha county.
Capt +. x Euoch. Calhoun county,
Hon ] W Winter, Chlckasaw county.
Dr. J T Harrington Clay county.
Hon J r Gore Webster county.
T " Jackson, Winston county
Hon T. Davis kemper county.
Hon j II JamisOn. Noxubee county.
n West Dr. Carroll county
Hon II J King. for Montgomery county.
G W Bolton. PontOtoc cInty.
Hon ] Perkins Ch0ctN cOuAy.
] r Garner Alfalfa county.
n + FriG Holmes county.
Hon u Roberts, Leake county,
Hon Carr Scott couaty.
Hoa John A Bailey Laudsrdale oount 49,
The people's messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 18??-1???, 1895-11-20
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Angeles, via AvondaIe, by the same route
and train, leaving tators, Cairo TO Duant
EvERY THURSDAY, and stations from Good
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AS Low AS BY ANY OTHER ROUTE,
Tickets and full information as to rates and
train time can be had Of agents Of tho Central
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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-31
WALTER d. CATION.
From a Photographic

Jersey and towed to Stockton by one of
the California Navigation and Improve
ment Company's steamers.
The schooner Chetco from Coos Bay was
caught in gale off Cape Bianco, and lost
part of her rudder. She was steered to
port by means of two beams and some
chains, and was docked al Howard No. 2 oy
the tug Lena l.. In docking, the tug got
into collision with the schooner John
Nagle, and had a hole stove in her deck
house. The Chetco was also slightly dam
aged.
The Pacific Mail Company's steamer
China sails for Hongkong, via Yokohama,
this afternoon at 3 p NJ. She will take
away about twenty cabin passengers and
800 Chinese. Among the former will be
Mrs. w. B. Dunning, wife of Passed AS
sistant Engineer Dunning of the Olympia,
and Charles R. Walters, of the firm of D.
& n. L. Walters.
Charles Hook was arrested by Officer
Hennebery on Market street, near the
ferries, and booked for furious driving at
the Harbor police station. Bail was not
allowed, as another and more serious
charge may be placed against him. Hook
was driving his express wagon at a quick
gait and not looking for anything that
might be ahead. He knocked down G. w.
Cook of 132 Linden street, Oakland, and
drove over him. The horse tramped on
the PROSTATE man and one of the wheels
passed over his neck. He was taken to
the Receiving Hospital, and Hook is held
pending an inquiry into the nature of his
I'M
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-31

trip the Jessie stood on her owners s
books at valuation of $4,000 That is
the sum it cost to build and equip her. OF
course no such. sum as that was expected
when she was placed on the market, but
when the Columbia River pilots offered
$40, 900 for her Commodore Macdonough
thought the figure too small and refused It,
This was several months ago, and the
Oregon men began looking around for an
other boat. In the meantime the expenses
on the Jessie kept mounting up, and Mac
donough being tired of her wrote to the
pilots, stating that he would accept the
$4,000 offer. The answer came IN the
nature of a surprise. The pilots said they
were negotiating for another boat and that
they would not pay more than $4,000 for
the Jessie. The commodore thought the
matter over and finally came to the con-
clusion to let the yacht. go. He conse-
quently accepted the $4,000 offer, and in a
few days the crack schooner yacht Jessie
will sail for the Columbia River in charge
of one of the pilots. Her future home will
be Astoria, and the Oregonians will now
be able to claim feet boat with which to
defend their pennant.
The Jessie is one of the last schooner
yachts turned out by Captain Turner from
his yards at Benicia. She is So feet long
over all, "a feet inches on the water line,
"a feet BEAM 1850 feet draft and registers
rs tons. She is speedy, comfortable and
thoroughly seaworthy, and at the figure
she is wonderful bargain.
In all the regattas the Jessie was so sue
cessful that the palm for speed was gen.
orally conceded to her. In the friendly
brushes between the Lurline, Aggie,
Chispa and Macdonough's yacht the Jessie
usually won over long course. The
Aggie is a centerboard yacht and in short
work she frequently outsaiis the crack.
Commodore Macdonough has number of
trophies won by his boat, and in week
or so these will be all he will have left to
remind him of the merry times and glori-
Gus cruises he had on the stout yacht
Jessie.
When James V. Coleman bought the
English built yacht Miranda Macdonough
challenged him to race for $4,000 side.
Coleman replied that ne was going to keep
his yacht in Eastern waters, so no race
was possible. AT that time the Jessie's
qualities were very generally discussed
and the opinion of yachting men was
that the Macdonough yacht was the fastest
Yacht of her class outside of racing ma
chine. Her weatherly qualities will be
well tested on the Columbia River bar.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-31
Phrenology-Its Advocates.

DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, the late
famously wise professor of anatomy and
physiology at Harvard University, on pre-
tentious phrenologists and phrenology: {:
"Can you tell how much money there is in
a safe which also has thick double walls
by kneading its knobs with your fingers
So when man fumbles about my fore
head and talks about the organs of indi'
viduality, size. etc., trust h i'm as much as
| should if he felt of the outside of my
strong box and told me that there was five.
dollar or ten-dollar bill under this or that
particular riyet. Perhaps there is, only he
doesn't know anything about 1.-THE
Professor at the Breakfast Table" by DR.,
o. W. Holmes, Boston. 1888, page 251.
J. Stanley Grimes, the greatest of phre
nologists, in his "Phrenology," Boston.
1850, page 80, truly says: chronological
examinations have degenerated into the
merest quackery. = y The fortune-telle,
really tells more than any Of oul
most boasting phrenologists without half
their egotistical pretensions to science"
These facts are quite applicable to-day.