The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-30

doctrine and u now discipline unknown
to any man who has u scintilla of Dem.
Ocracy in his composition. And as the
apostle OF the other party John Sher-
man, Of Ohio! Oh, God, that the
namo Of Democrat should be given to q
man like Cleveland, and the name
Republican to u man like Sherman
They have gonc far aield from the
teachings of tho fathers and strange
to say they are in union in the full pur.
pose to enslave this country and trans
fer it's wealth to few and fewer. Yet
we free Americans claim to be intelli-
gent America, the land of the free
and the homo Of the brave Pshaw
You Republicans, If there are any such
here, would like blind sheep drift
more and moro into the field of wolves,
arc using your ballots to crush out
freedom. And you Democrats, who
say you have always voted with the
party and will continue to vote it, Cod
have morcy on your inbecility.
But what are you going to do with
this other political child, Populism
What can that do for tho country, or
what must the country do for it
What caused Populism ? 1t was
backs on both parties. What caused
tho Democrats who taughtand felt and
believed with Jefferson to turn their
backs on Democracy? Simply disgust.
There was that impatient class of
society which sometimes lies off the
handle and gets lost. These impatient,
hot bloodcd, rash but patriotic men are
the mon who organized tho Peoples
party. The Peoples party ought to be
one into which everyone would be
willing to 60 because if we are free
people and believe in the power Of the
people to govern themselves and the
republic, OF course, we want to belong
to the Peoples party. But what sort
masses, L say, are anxious to secure
good government, therefore, when
they did not secure 1T it indicates that
| thoy do not understand the question
and that they are led by designing and
| Interested mon. These men put out Il
| dragnet. 1t reached out and corraled
| in an element OF communism. Cuarch-
ism, paterralism and every other ism
that has no business in political
party. The result was inevitable. 1t rose
high and swept over Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Colorado and oven the Southern
States, but it did not wash away any
thing. There has been reiluence and
one Of the remarkable consequences,
you Democrats Of Kansas, is that your
party scoms to have been sponged Off
the slate. l believe the record shows
that you have gone down to about 25,-
600 votes. OF course the administra-
| tlOn had Somo pie eaters who were
compelled to vote the Democratic
ticket.
The policy now offered by the lead
ers of the Republicans and Democrats
is policy which means degradation,
poverty and business distrcss-gold-
buggely, it comes under tho title Of.
But we have got beyond that tune Of
both-way facing platforms like the one
at Minneapolis, which meant just any
thing anybody wanted. The goldbug
ued contraction. They want sound
money. Money, if you Will pardon me
for a slight aggression, may be likened
to the blood in the body. When it
does not circulate the body is not
healthy. If you conject it In the heart,
and we see it cOngasted In New York
and Boston, the extremitics grow cold,
the poor sufferer, and they think that
we clodhoppers should dictate the
policy OF this country.
! If we are to have more bonds issued
in times Of peace to maintain the gold
standard, the Cleveland and Sherman
offer, II they are to impose moro tariff,
| If we arc to see our mines stop, the
factories stop, tramps by the millions
on the roads, farmers with granaries
flowing over because thoy cannot sell
at the cost Of production, starvation on
labor, and then look at the millionaires
who are sending over to Europe to get
some bob-tailed lord to sell their
daughters to-ain't we glorious ma
tion? And yet frantic appeals come
from Wall street to vote for the party
and stand up for sound money.
You Republicans pardon me, am in
the condition here of q free lance, and
If am hcrc at I'LL it is because I am
that. J. hit around and about me wher-
ever / think it is needed. What a
spectacle the Republican party pres
cntcd at the national convention when
the question Of putting up candidate
for President was settled by bought
negro delegates from the South. Such
q condition never existed in Rome.
We did not have any Of that when we
were Democrats straight and Lincoln
do about that, you Republicans who
arc today patting the juba and saying
we will have Mckinley? What docs
he stand for? Protection What
docs Hcc,i stand for? What does ALI
son stand for? Every man of them
who is sooking the Republican nomi-
nation says he believes in sound
money. We Democrats would believe
in sound money, but what constitutes
sound money? We must get politi-
cal dictionary to answer that. I will
address myself now to the definition.
There is ono difficulty in the way. 1
see it everywhere. If it is only the
question of a nation But, ah, the
, struggle for local office of tho little
fry. You must stand by the party.
The solution of tho question is handi-
capped and, perhaps, will bc defeated,
simply because the local politicians
, put these potty things above this grand
patriotic form. And we consider our
, solves American citizens. We should
60 together on this national question,
and therefore we should not have too
, many question in our platform. AT.
, ter we have done that, say to the
knaves who want to load tho platform
, down, lot us first settle with Sherman
and Cleveland.