The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-31
A GOLD BUG OUTFIT.
A Private Car Loaded with Generals to
Storm tho West.

General Alger, General Howard,
General Sickles, General Stewart and
General Sigel are touring the country
in General Ayers private car. They
will travel through Michigan, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebras-
ka, Kansas, Indiana Kentucky and
Ohio. They have mission to Der
form and propose to enjoy themselves
while at it.
1t is the object Of these gentlemanly
generals to expound the gold standard
theory of money in all it's purity. They
kno" all about it's benefits, and who so
able to explain them to others as those
who have personal knowledge of their
general utility? In general way these
doughty warriors know, of course, that
there are some people, usually of the
common classes, however, who do not
approve OF the gold standard. They
have also heard indistinct rumors CT
suffering and hardship among the or
Glnary people who are so lacking in
foresight and common sense as to toll
for a living, but as for anything def
mite in that way penetrating their pri-
vate car why, it wasn't built that way.
Private cars are usually built with an
eye to the purpose Of excluding the disa-
grecable characteristics of life, and suf-
fering, restitution and starvation ale
generally included in that category
IN order to make them effective in &C.
comprising their purpose they are
also built in such way as to exclude
the common people because it is only
among the common people that the
stupid habit Of suffering for want of
something to eat ever prevails to any
extent.
1t is we'll known that it is the duty
of a general to command, and equally
the duty OF the private to obey,
and when five generals bunch
themselves together and start out to
give commands it may be taken for
granted that the privates will line
themselves up, right about face, double
quick, charge, just as they are ordered
TO. Thus it would seem that our tour
ing generals have an enormous adyant-
age on their side from the start. and it
only needs that those conditions which
are the acknowledged proper cnes, be-
tween generals and privates should OBJ
tain to make them prominently Sue
cessful in fulfilling their mission.
However, there is some difference
between a political campaign and a
war campaign. One difference of con-
siderable Importance, too, is that po-
lltlcal generals have no means Of COM
pelling obedience to their commands
ana therefore have to rely entirely on
their persuasive powers to accomplish
their end. This fact may not set we'll
with the quintuplet who are riding in
General Ayers car and whose eXclu-
slve surroundings naturally will ap-
pear incomplete unless accompanied
with all the attributes of unlimited
power over their fellowmen which they
seem to imply, but they will have to
put up with it. 1t does seem a little
hard that silken-clad general from
the environments of palatial private
car should be reduced to the level Of
Sockless Simpson or Stump" Ashby
in his dealings with the private voters
of the country, but this is one of the
Inconvenience of popular government
which the Alger crowd will have to
endure. But this is not all nor per-
haps the greatest obstacle they will
find in their pathway.
Some Of the "demagogues and cgi-
tators" with whom they will likely
come in contact have travelled so far
along the road that leads to anarchy
as to question seriously the right of
any man or set of men to avail them
selves OF exclusive privileges at the
hands of monopolistic railways whose
very r0adbed was acquired through
public condemnation Of private prop
erty on the pretense that such condem-
nation was necessary for the benefit Of
the public. These anarchists" are
actually demanding that the govern
ment shall take possession of all the
railroads in the country and thus de-
prive the few God-favored ones Of the
free rides which they now enjoy at the
expense Of the people. Alger, Sigel e.
Co. will have to put up the best fight
they can and even at the best, it is
likely that they will not find their path
way among the ton-cent corn raisers
of the west spread with roses.
Give Us More Solid Money.