The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05

to stand on and then beat them in No
vember, for the mldslil voters have quit
the party aud the bosses viii be LEFT all
alone III their glory.
WHEN WE GET IN
we will not spend the peoples time and
money in cussing the president, who has
no more pie TO buy silence with, or In
lingo debates that don't mean blood. or
In censuring some foreign minister for n
picnic speech, or In eulogizing dead con-
gressmen whom / hope died IN fear Of the
Lord, as they seemed to have none of the
people. lf We make fools of ourselves II
will be In the old-fashioned way so the
people can discover IL. ana we VIII not Try
10 palm II OFF as wisdom, OF new and
estietic brand. Jerry Simpson may have
made fool Of himself, but he made big
Ger fools of democratic congressional Gus
toms when he got Henry Georges whole
book printed In the congressional record
free as part OF speech he didn't
make. l guess adj the fools are not IN the
populist party. and they could not devise
scheme TO conflscatc property rs fast as
a congress that approprintcs one billion
four hundred thousand dollars at ole SEES
sion and dcpreciates property and labor
values five billions more by II do-nothing
policy. In conclusion. ] want to say, my
office. but II am. just consider this my
opening speech. ] have not asked dele
gate to any convention to support me and
don't intend to.
ing 10 keep every man out Of the .opulst
party by telling him that 1t won't live
long. or course
If A MAN HAS VISIONS or PIE
as the only function of government. this
Is calculated to scare him cut OF his<boots
II II dies early 1t will be on account OF
The old parties stealing its leading prin-
ciples for use and not to be hid out as
soon us the Old parties have an oppor-
tunity TO put them in operation. ! see
where the popullst party can do n world
Of good in the way OF killing politIca,
superstitions and educating the people
against parties organized TO capture the
Doodle. We win make them shoot atst new
mark If nothing else. We VIII defeat them
bad enough and in enough States TO serve
notice that the people are not political
dummies and can Kick high ana often
when the occasion demands IL. The farmer
quits feeding II fat dog when he won't
bark on the tran OF a varmint. ana he
WIN treat fat politicians the same way.
The average voter In this country Viii
kick until his vote counts for as much
as that Of n Frenchman, n Dutchinnn or
an Fnglishman IN Europe. Everything ia
being done to XIII out an independent
spirit In this country. ana force man to
train with political party one thing
should lose the democratic party 5000
votes in this State and cause political
from one end of III to the other
Under tho Australian ballot law in force
in some largo counties no citizen can be-
come n candidate or get on the ticket I'M |
less his name Is put there by some or
ganigcd political party. he can't ask his |
neighhors In Dallas for their votes unless |
he gets party brand put on him. lie is |
ruled OFF of the ticket, and yet they say |
hat Texas has
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT.
Both old parties arc very promising. In
fact, the democratic party wants to prom
ise so much that It has TO have two plat
forms TO hold it all. Surprising you get
all they promise, what has the fool mud
silIer got to show for his party vote? one
will put the tariff on the dressed hide
and the other on the whole beef. One
offers protection and silver, the other
little less protection and n little more sill
yer. They have played their greasy old
cards for thirty years with a lingo rcsolu-
sleeve to fill up on IN case OF necessity.
II IL worse than Il Mexican monte game. !
DO they promise TO give you mudsillers
,hancc TO vote direct on any issue Do
hey promise - give you n mile OF railroad
% Tx n permanent basis of freight ratef
they WIN give you an expensive state
md National railroad commission and
hen give the other fellows court aolsct-
ID by them to knock out what they have
,ivon the mudsillcr They scare the young
non TO death by telling them there is no
hem are towards enough to smother fhsir
ioncst convictions and have told me so
Without blush, When woman hesitates
;lie is lost. and 30 is n mnn.
II n man believes with the third party
10 ought 10 vote with them. The
THIRD PARTY HAS cRANKS
md some delegate fixers, and all the hx-
nps that other political parties have, but
hey don't control the party. or change
Is principles l am told that where VIC
atch populist voting for extravagantl
or against tho principles ,
4 the party. that you have the. right to
how him mp in open meeting and stu re-
n the democratic party and keep your I
landing The republcs,n,s ana ,Sa demSSsria,ss
q The bail. Figure this thing out before :
he primaries; J guess the old parties VIII
pread out their usual political bargain
nj tho same old shoddy goods folded dif- !
erently. -, ,o.,, ,,osa
you who can't make up your mind
,st yet to vote the populist ticket, TO G
least not get side iirseI and ham strung :
these early primaries. Take time Tor