The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-07-10


him. Poor Hill If he had stuck
by his Elmira speech, he would
have been the logical candidate of
the free silver forces to-day. He
is at heart silver man, hut he
thinks of ID. b. Hill first, and mis-
Judging the political outlook-he
thought Wall street could control
the country, and so he espouse the
cause of the usurers. 1t is a pity
No one knows that better than
Hill, However, he is dead politi
cally in the reform ranks he is IA
rotten egg,
Before this letter reaches the
majority of my readers, the Chi
ca 90 convention will be OYER there
fore it is best for me to leave poll
tics alone in this letter. may say,
however. that SO far as the Popu-
lists in Washington are concerned.
the Peoples party will indorse no
man who is not acceptable to them.
1t is hard for a Washington cor
respondent to please all people. |
Judge that the great producing peo-
pie want the truth. This is the
truth If the silver Democrats
nominate man such rs Teller or
SibIey, he can get the support of
the POpulists and silver Republi-
cans. If not, then not.
That is the consensus Of opinion
among the Populists and silverites
in Washington. They say : 1.-The
Democratic party is dead if it tries
to clrry the country upon the free
silver cry. The Democratic party
must give some proof of its homes
ty. 1t nominated Grover Cleve-
land three times. A party which
will chose as its standard bearer
for twelve years such a scoundrel
as Grover Cleveland must be view
led with suspicion"
If the silver Democrats are real
ly patriots if they rise above par
ty and nominate man acceptable
to the Populists and silver Repub-
licans, he will be elected if not,
then the true reformers should an
tagonize their tickets and make
such fight for liberty that a Dem
= ocrat may he as extinct bird four
years from now as a dodo.
That those who read my letters
NAV know how the producers OF
the country are regarded by thcil
D servants, l will reproduce con
e versation which / heard last Sun
e day evening in Chamberlain's. The
i, two who talked arc members of thu
administration. will style then
G.. and Z. Of course this does no
i mean Carlisle. and Eckels. If
J. said so it would be libel. This il
how they talked:
MIR. c.: "Do you think, f. tina
!, you can switch enough delegates Il
d Chicago %
n MIR. f.. Haven't been control
: ling for years. Ill switch them
|, they don't know anything abou
It the financial question anyway.
+ Mr.. c.: YOU'RE mistaken. TIL
@ voters in Kentucky are just loade'
J. to the muzzlc with arguments il
:. favor of the RECOMMENDATION of sill
o YER, and they even quote that oil
l. speech of mine"
: Mr.. E.: ''Pshaw, that's nothing
l. Well confuse them on the bon
}, question. They can't understan
d figures. One of my clerks whOl
| sent to Missouri to counterac
}, the work Of Taubeneck, told m
i. that he heard one farmer trying
explain to another what the differ
ent bond denominations meant. Th
, explaining farmer said that $50:
HOS, and l0-50's meant that tn
working man bad to 90 to work ;
100 a. m, and work until 7:30
n m, in order that the usurcr migt
- lie abcd until 1850 the next morn
ing"
Mr.. G.. laughed and said the fal
mer had the situation pretty we
sized up. If my friends through
out the country want to adopt tn
10 $50, 7:4O 1880 plan, all right.
BRABsTER WEST.