People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-08-21
NUMBER 40.

trade off Sswall for Populist
If he could induce the PopuIist Con-
veation to nan Bryaa for the first
playe. The trade was made, and
Sewall should be taken down, IS per
agreement, and WATSON ackuowl-
edged and voted for by the Demo-
cratic party rs the rghtful candidate
of that bargain But the situation
appears now to be liks the fox in the
fable, "The Fox having bone in his
throat sent for D.. Crane, and prom
ised him large reward if he sue
cessfully extracted said bone, the
doctor with his long bill plucked
the bone from Mr.. Fo1's throat and
demanded hts reward, whereupon
Mr.. Fox, after hemming and having,
remarked that he could have bitten
off DIR. Cranes hesd while he had it
in his mouth if he had felt disposed,
and that he thought the reward suf-
fciently great that he didn't do it.
Now, the application suits this case
as exactly similar; DR.. Populists ex-
traoted the bone from the throat of
the Democratic party, secured to
said party indefnite length Of life,
for it is well-known that said psrty
was in q moribund condition, and the
forthcoming reward is base tresoh-
cry, such as the fox gave the crane.
There was time when the demo.
cratic party could bs trusted, bat it
was when Jeffersonian Democracy
stood for the rights of the people,
all the people, not the classes but the
masses, but the Hamiltonisn substi.
tute, that prevails now, i, fraud that
should be relegated to the back yard
of public contempt, for its record is
so corrupt that it atinks in the nos
trills of every pure minded clean
handed, gentleman of every political
creed.
The combination of the Populist
and Prohibitionist parties of Georgia
was master stroke of wisdom, if
not Of necessity, and every good
man in Georgia can stand on the
platform of said party With both feet,
without damage to himself or his
eo asry, th coo~srE needa Is*S svoh
a party aud such platform of prin-
oiploa, it means victory, for there is
absolutely nothing in that platform
to find fault with, but everything to
praige and commend.
Take it all together the Populist
platform OF principles, as they are
presented now, enthuses the people
ike good. old tine religion. What
a saving to the state of millions OF
money, to say nothing of what is
better than monsy, the boys of our
commonwealth, if the bar-rooms
60 I'D DO wiped out. Is it possible
anybody can be SO blind as not see
that it is to their interest to vote with
the Populist party? Then, again,
let us call your attention TO the fact
that the Populist party go a step
farther in the direction Of free edu
cation han the D 1mccratio party, it
carries along with it tho furnishing of
free book, as well a free tuition, to
all the clldren OF tle the Safe,
white as we'll as colored, and again,
the Populist party calls for refarma'
tories Tor young criminals, and their
chances for redemption, offered by
the Pops, should bring every right
thinking man to the support of the
party.
The D mocratic party, will send
out its stump speakers to bslittle the
platform of the Populists, and to
decry the efforts of its leaders, but
they had just as we'll send out stump
speakers to make a crusade against
old time religion, for every man who
makes up his mind 10 vote for the
principles emb ,died in the Populist
p atfor u will do hos or to himself and
his state, and will come nesrer got
ting to heaven when he dies, than
the fellow who sticks to moiern De-
mocracy, and tries to inculcats its
rotten principles, from the stump, or
rostrum, to perpetuate the chains o.
slavery upon it's foolish victims.
Yours truly,
ANDREW MURRAY.