People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-07-24
Editorial Notes.

had in view when they adopted .
Populist platform at Chicago was tc
destroy the Peoples Party. If they
are honest in their clamor for Free,
silver they will retire the millionaire
candidate from the East and accept
the Populist nominee from the South,
and thus unite the silver forces with,
out destroying either the Democratic
or the Populist party.
If tbs only design of the Demo,
cratic party in this campaign is to
bring all the free-silver voters to-
gether, why are they SO anxious that
the Peoples Paihy should disband
and quit business? How does it
hurt the cause Of sree-silver for the
Peoples Party to- continue to live,
provided we are willing to cooper
ate with other silver foroes2 Where
would the cause of free. silver have
been in 1892 and 1898, when the
Democrats were lighting it, had it
not been for the Peoples Party?
NJ
When the Prodigal Son returned,
did he abuse the old man, aud the
elder brother for having behaved
themselves decently during the years
the Prodigal was wandering in
strange countries, and wasting his
substance in riOtous living2 Did he
frown upon the old man and ask
him to vacste the premises? Did he
contend that the old man should
kick the elder brother off the plan
tation2
Here, in this campaign of 1896.
we have the Democratic Prodigal re.
turning to his old home after a sad
waste of time, substance, and oppor-
tunlty in strange lands; we Pops see
this Prodigal Afar off, and we lift up
our voices in welcome, and lo!-the
hug of forgiveness is hardly done
with, before the ProdigaI remarks
that, upon second thought, he can
not trust himself to live with US, I'M
less we will surrender all our prop
erty to him, and make him ruler over
all the regions round about.
In other words, he cannot forgive
US for not going astray when he
did; -a0eZeSS we. donate to him the
hocks and the herds, the lands, chat
tells and Entertainments, which zoe
saved while he was spending.
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The Atlanta 35nstitation is deoply
mortified because the South has at
last been recognized on the national
ticket. Rather thaa see Southern
man elected to the Vice. Presidency,
the Constitution viii continue to op
pose the honorable cooperation of
the free silver forces. BY adhering
to this line of conduct, the Constitu-
ton will assure the defeat of the
free'silver mo cement and the cleo
ton of Mckinley.
If the Constitution persists in a
course so ruinous TO the success of
the free silver movement, we shall
suspect that Mr.. Crisp and the Con
stitution are up to their old tri ,ke,
and that instead of wanting free sill
yer, they are simply using it as a
campaign weapon to destroy their
foes.
Hoke Smith, for instance, and
The Peoples Party.
The Free. silver Convention at St.
Louis was a farce "a ten. cent side
show of the Democratic party. The
man stood at the doW, and cried
with a loud voice, and sought to at,
tract attention as the big crowd went
into the circus. With voluble elo-
quence this man with the loud voice
told what visible wonders and mon
strous sizes and shapes you could see
in this side.show for the pitiful sum
of ten cents. The wild man from
Borneo was in there-and others to
keep him company-but few entered
therein, for the trick was old, the
sights had been seen.
And SO it came to pass that no
mortal man paid any revenue or at
tention to this little ten cent Demo.
cratic sides show, and when evening
fell, and the voice of the man at the
door grew weary, the tent of the lit
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