The Louisiana populist., 1896-01-17
THE AGENTS REPORT.
BOSS ROTHSCHILDS CONFERS
WITH HIS FRIENDS.
Z Southern "Free Silver Democrat" and
Western "Free Silver Republican" Confer
with Their Political Employer and Tell
Him How They Manage.


childs seated with southern silver
silver Republican on the other, when
the following colloquey took place:
Rothschild: Shentlemen, Twas reaty
to receive your reports.
Western Republican: May it please
your honor, my task is difficult one
My constituents are against your gold
policy. Every man Of them is for free
coinage of silver at the ratio of Is to 4,
and IL they knew was in your service
my life would be the forfeit. You will
see by the written report which l pre-
sent, the methods | pursue to get elect
ed to positions where | can serve you
best. use the tariff and tell the fool
Republicans in the silver states that
duties on lead, lumber, wool and other
things are more important to them
than silver, and figure up what vast
amount of these other articles
are produced and show them
how insignificant the product of
silver is. But my strong card is to
tell them that the Republican party is
the party OF progress, and that we
must look to that party; that We can
get something through the Republican
party and nothing through any other
party. l discourage them about a new
party and tell them, as you have
directed, how impossible it is
TO organize new party. have been
compelled in the last year to make
three trips to Chicago to get your
Socialists to 60 out to my country and
tell the people that all the trouble
arises from monopolies, and the way
to do is to have the government do
everything and take charge of the
whole business; and point to some
things that the government does pretty
well-carrying the mails for instance
and say to them that If the govern
ment did the farming and railroading,
building the factories and the opening
OF mines, it would be well done and it
would stop monopoly. This Socialist
card is great one. You did well in
selecting them as a disorganizer. They
work like q charm. Mr.. ROthschild,
you see that my services have been
FCk otduOuc, oii0 ltoliC NOh Will tSil-
mate them at their true value in dis
tributing your favors.
Rothschild: 1 abbreciate fully &c
great service of mine agents in re west,
who vas combelled to blay DOODLE
bart. Dey vas a leetle awkward at
Wrist. but now you blays re game of
DR.. Jekyll und Mr.. Hyde NIT greater
success zan re original. You haf i'm
brooved on it very much und your re-
wards shall pc according to your great
labors, und zay to your co-workers
blaying re same part that Rothschild |
will nefer see them suffer so long as
dey vas drue und faithful und bring |
him monish. Vat kind of rebort |
does mine frendt from &c sunny land |
OF re south pring?
Southern Democrat: The difficulties |
with which a southern Democrat is
compelled to contend in assuming the |
character of DR.. Jeykll and Mr.. Hyde |
are very great. The southern people
are excitable but where they have con- |
fidence they believe with all their |
hearts, but when that confidence is |
shaken in the least they become the |
most dangerous enemies in the world. |
l tell you, Mr.. Rothschild, it is more
dangerous to play the game We are
compelled to play than the business of
acting the spy between two armies.
We have to make the deception per-
feet.
Rothschild: How does you shentle-
men manage dot game?
Southern Democrat: Why, negro |
denomination is our great card. We
have succeeded in many elections by |
telling the people if they don't vote the |
ticket made in Wall street under your |
supervision (of course they don't know |
that you supervise) that the Republic
cans viii put the negro on top of them
and that win be the end of them. That
fetches them every time. But some of |
the western senator's, with that incor- |
rigible radical silver man old Stewart |
at the head, helped us to beat the force
bill. OF course we had to be against |
the force bill, but we did not expect to |
beat it. We had no intention to beat
it. You see when that was beaten |
some of our southern brethren thought |
that there was no more danger in that |
club and Immediately organized the
odious Populist party, which is giving
us q great deal Of trouble. To head
that on we have TO be better silver |
men with our mouths than the real sill
yer men themselves. We have to swear |
all sorts Of oaths and, Mr.. Rothschild, |
we have TO speak i'll of you,
which hurts our feelings more than
any ether part we have to play, be-
cause our enemies charge US with be-
ing your friends and il the people be-
lieved it they would take our lives. |
We are now easing the matter down
by telling them that we will die for |
silver, but If the Democratic conven-
ton should decide for gold we would |
have to go with the convention 10 |
save the great Democratic princioies. |