The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-03-20

perpetuation of republican form OF
government, who favor sovereignty OF
the citizens, who love simplicity and
honesty in public affairs, to join us in
the triumphant march to victory.
| The Roetgen ray, by which the brain
or any part Of a living being can be
! photographed, is certainly one of the
most marvellous discoveries of the age.
Now, II Edison or some other expert
can invent some way to make public
all the trickeTy of the old party lead
ers the people will call him blessed.
Did you ever hear of a robber quit
ting OF his own accord? No, you an
swer. Then, do you expect the legal
lied robbers in and out of Office to
stop until you vote to put in different
people and change the laws so as to
preclude legalized robbing? Remem-
Der that no reform ever came through
an old organization.
The Democrats are great on de-
ficits-leaving bills for others to pay.
1t is now estimated that the federal de-
ficiency will be somewhere between
s1S,0Oo,O0O and s3O,OOO,OOO, while in
Texas Mr.. Culberson's reign has piled
up s5oO,O00 on the s13,O0O,OOO left by
Mr.. Hogg in one year, and this, too,
with taxes higher than for fifteen years.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly of MINES
ota says that the money power will
do its best to break us up at St. Louis.
Concert OF action means victory; di-
vision means defeat. Millions will be
spent to tear us to pieces" Yes, we
should be very particular in our Sc
lection of delegates. Pick out sensi-
BILE men. Don't send cranks or cow
ards.
No fusion, no single plank, no sac
rifice of principle, but let us be polite
enough to invite and even urge all
rsformers, of whatever name, to Join
with us and share the honor of over
throwing plutocracy. Let us swell the
army of reform until it sweeps the
country, and shakes plutocracy like
unto an earthquake. Monopoly must
go.
In 1850 the farmers of the United
States owned IS per cent of it's wealth,
while in 1890 they owned but 30 per
cent, clear loss of 46 per cent, or over
half in forty years; and this, too, in
spite OF the fact that there are now
three farmers to where there was one
in 1850. Thus it is seen we are grad
ually becoming nation of renters,
hence dependents.
In 1891 there were 100000 families
in this government, and the total as
sessed wealth was s62,OS2, ,OOO, 900. At
that time through class legislation it
was made possible for seventy families
to own s2,625. .OOO,OOO of that wealth,
while 9,620,000 families only owned ST.
215, 100000. Do you not see that there
is something wrong? Do you not think
it about time to make change?
The cranks have always been the
saviors of society. Perilous times de-
mand men of strong endowment, men
OF nerve, men obstinate and eccentric
in pursuit of the right, men who have
forsaken the dead past for the living
present, and who are filled with the
rapture of high resolve" Such are
are the men that mankind is indebted
to for all it has of happiness and free
dom.
The Minneapolis Representative
says that the "rings steal hundreds of
millions annually from the people. |
One-tenth of the plunder is used to |
control the daily press and buy up the |
leaders of the two old parties, to dar-
ken intelligence and make the voters
poor, blind and incapable of self-de-
fense. Strike before it is too late"
Yes, strike at the ballot box this fall
by voting Peoples party ticket.
We hear great deal about organized
labor, but the Hon. Carroll d. Wright,
of the national bureau Of statistics, is
as estimating that only l.
100000 of the 100000 of American
are organized in any sort
of trades unions. 1t would seem from
his estimate that but little over one
man in every fifteen belongs to and la
Dor organization. No wonder the
places of strikers are easily filed.
A late dispatch from Wilmington.
DEL. to the st. Louis Post-Dispatch
says it is stoutly asserted that col.
VIM. A. Dupont, who will shortly rep
resent Delaware Republicans in the
United States senate, is unquestion-
ably Democrat. He voted for Hor-
ace Greedy, Gen. Winfield S. Hancock
and Grover Cleveland, and a diligent
search made by his friends has failed
% produce any evidence that he ever
Toted a straight Republican ticket"
But what is the difference between a
Cleveland Democrat and a gold stand
lrd Republican? In candor. are thev