The Louisiana populist., 1895-06-21
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Our young friend Mathis of TIM
Peoples Demands gets off the fol
lowing newsy item:
''Thc gold-bug dailics do no
hesitate in saying that the free sill
vcr convention in New Orleans wa.
success" d.
We would be glad to hear thu
above admission of our strength
from the bugs if it were true
but we have been reading the daily
Picayune, and have failed to fine
any such admission in it, and W.
certainly think the Pic. is the or
gan of the mOnOmctallists.
For his information we give thu
following clipping from the strong
est gold-bug sheet in North La.
and this is thoroughly in line witt
all that we have been able to sc,
from gold-bug papers in regard T.
said convention:
The silver convention in New
Orleans last Monday, was a con
glomerate mass of the odds ant
ends of all political parties. Tn
wild and untamcd populist and tn
corrupt ward politician of New
Orleans the free silver democra
, and the out and out republican, al
sat side by side and cheered to tn
echo the mouthings of the silvel
winged grasshopper from Nebras
ka, and the soft Money Congress
man from Mississippi. A man
democracy must be ''mitey" ravel
ly at the ends, to ally himself witt
such mongrel hybrid set.-More
house Clarion.
The Baton Rouge daily Advocate
our State administration organ
also chimes in against the silve
movement by calling its committee
a "Republican-Populist combine,
and declares that,
at is no longer free silver versus tn,
gold standard it is Democracy agains
the field"
Thus the organ of the ORGANIZED
Democracy in this State declares
that the silver movement is tn,
field against Democracy, while
Bro. Mathis says il is a Democrat
ic move.
Again, Bro. Mathis says tha
this move was gotten up to decoy
Populists off their platform, an(
keep them from agitating ballot re
form.
If he will read tho address SEN
ont by this movement and publish
ed elsewhere in this issue, he will
find that this movement is as much
a ballot reform move as q silver
move, and is the only organized
anti-atlministration (hence only sin
ccrc) ballot reform movement il
the State.
We believe Bro. Mathis honest
ly wants information on this move
mcnt, because of the two follow
ing paragraphs in his article:
I'VE are highly in favor of free silver
and are willing to do all in our power
to secure the election of free silver
State ticket, but we do not believe il
leaving the balance Of our platform anC
let alone ballot reform with the hope o.
securing this one reform when we fee
that it is as impossible to do so rs il
would be for us to stop the earth from
revolving around the sun, unless hones
elections can first be secured"
1--WE hope the Populist will throw al
the light on this subject that it possibly
can, and while we honestly oppose it:
position. we feel thst its readers in this
parish. will not lose anything by read
ing both sides OF this question"
Now if he will read the address
already referred to, he will see tina,
every demand of his for ballot re-
form and free silver is met, tha,
nobody asks him or any other pop.
ulist to leave any of their platform
that neither he nor any other popu
list is asked to go into the Democrat
ic party, and that the whole address
sounds like populist wrote it, and
We suspect it has no uncertain
sound.
The gold bugs will do all in theil
power in this campaign to keep the
silver mOvemont Divided co thox