The Louisiana populist., 1895-04-19
WHERE ARE WE .AT?"
TWO YEARS OF DEMOCRATIC
DISHONOR CLOSED.
King Grover Still on Dock, and VIII
Call n Republican Congress In Special
Session to Endorse His Poltsv of Sail
ing FornInst the Wind.

well, the last democratic congress
that will ever assemble in America has
adjourned. Dissolved partnership with
the sugar trust and the bankers, and
given 1t up that democracy is hopeless
wreck. King Grover is still on dsck.
and will call the new crew in speUial
session to take lessons in his policy Of
sailing against the wind. Grover sid
he would give the people an object Ies-
son-and he has given us lesson thst
evena fool can understand--not to men
tion his magnificent gifts to the bank
ers Of London and New York. Some
people think he should have given the
object lesson to the bankers and the
prosperity to the people. But let that
pass. The people have at least learned
who. governs them. And that will pay
the damage. Democracy has shown its
incompetency-at the same time 1t has
revealed the fact that 1t Is not more dis
honest than the republican party. The
bankers and corporations have ruled
for twenty years-but they have never
before dictated SO openly as during the
past two years. While the people have
denounced President Cleveland and
Secretary Carlisle for bonding the ma
tion, 1t has been found that the republi-
can party had prepared the way for this
rascality By providing law for it-and
the republican god, John Sherman, en-
dorses the policy Of the administration
In every case where he accedes to the
demands Of the bankers and trusts.
Over 80 per cent of the republicans in
congress endorsed the President In the
special session which repealed the Sher-
man law and refused to coin the silver
seigniorage. The leaders are all in the
same boat and the bankers hold the
rudder. The country has been bonded
for nearly $500, ,000, 900 to keep up use
less gold reserve, which is one of the
pet traditions Of the republican party.
The President wants the best money Of
the nation destroyed-and the leading
republicans and the bankers endorse
this Infamous scheme. Plutocracy is
opposed to the income tax-and so are
the leaders of both old parties. The
money question has como to the front,
as the Populists have proclaimed that
1t must 1t has split the democratic
party up the middle of the back, and is
rapidly ripping the republican party in
twain. The leaders of both old parties
have shown their adherence to a single
gold standard, and there is no hope OF
relief for the people from either. The
people have been paying lot Of repre-
sentatives SIS each per day and per-
QUALITIES to legislate for the bankers
and soulless corporations. Probably
their pay has been greater from the
corporations-but that makes them
none the less traitors after having taken
the oath of ofice and pledged them
selves to serve the whole people Per-
haps the influence is too strong for them
to resist-hence 1t would be better for
the people to have direct vote upon all
important questions.
The republicans howl about the pres
ident's secret deal with Rothschilds,
whereby the United States is mortgaged
to firm who hold mortgages on every
:ivilized and half-civilized nation on the
globe. 1t is most high-handed crime
but the Rothschilds were the origina-
tors Of the great financial conspiracy
which first demonetized silver. burned
the greenbacks and bonded the nation
for the resumption of special pay
ments''-cll for the benefit of the gold
sharks, and perpetrated by the grand
old republican party. There is no Ques-
tion but democracy has made a monu-
mental failure and record of perfidy
and dishonor, but the republican record
Is % much worse, that democracy ap-
pears merely as blunder In the course
Of organized villainy that has managed
heretofore to conceal more or less of its
trail. The two years record Of the ad-
ministration is the climax to the re-
publican serial story Of taking all the
trafiic win bear without causing revo-
luton. The democrats we're not accus-
toned to handling republican dyna-
mite-and Il exploded on their hands.
The republicans had the thing carefully
adjusted and confidently expected to
live riotously at public expense forever
but the democrats have blown up the I
whols magazine and the republicans
are afraid to approach Washington.
The noise has walked the people up, and
they are watching. All the plans of the
gold bugs are exposed and the people
are organizing to exterminate the whole
blood sucking swarm. So far the bank
ers. plans have been carried out. and a
part Of the bonds have been issued, but
these can easily ts repudiated. and
after SO the people will be In position
to- govern themselves
The prices of produce and labor are
enough to convince the people that
gold basis is disastrous Though all
the sound money" advocates Of all
Christendon should mount the rostrum
to proclaim In thunder tones ne wis
dom Of international Agrsemsnt.'
S6-cent wheat; 4-cent cskkon and hum
ger drown their voices into = :aurmm
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