The Louisiana populist., 1897-11-26
POINTS FROM THE PRESS,

We will not have honest money until
We put honest men in congress.-Ennis
Populist.
Notwithstanding the existence of the
gold standard, there is comparatively
no gold coin circulating in the country.
Stuart Enterprise.
What the laboring people need most
is not muskets, but sense.-Tacoma
Sun.
To abandon 16 to l is to abandon tho
silver question as a political issue. If
16 to l is not material to bimetallism,
then bimetallism is immaterial from
any standpoint. The real fight Of plu-
tocracy is to make debts difficult to
pay; to make obligations greater by les
sening the ability to pay them Gov
ernment bonds are payable in coin and
this is. specified as of established
weight and fineness. A change of ratio
makes these bonds payable in gold, and
that is what the money power is labor
Ing to secure.-Chicago Express.
II a hog digs a root from the earth
1t has sense enough to claim the right
to eat it. This is many stages ahead
OF most people in point Of intelligence.
Issues. 5t
The gold men are urging the people
to look pleasant, so that the infant
prosperity may not be frightened away.
New Era.
The American workingmen have
demonstrated their ability to invent
any kind OF machine except good
government.-Journal of the knights Of
Labor.
Silver comprises one of the greatest
sources of wealth of our country, il it
were only developed, but to appease
our rich Northerner, It must be kept
in the background. The West might
get some of the wealth were it brought
to the front.--Stuart Enterprise.
1t would be safe to bet that all Of the
twenty-one men murdered by the sher-
if at Hazleton voted for him and the
whole Republican ticket-Tacoma Sun
A New York man has secured a yer.
dict of $500 for the loss Of a toe. II
will comfort the average workingman
to know that he is walking about hunt
ing for work with $4,000 worth Of toes
in his shoes. Journal knights Of La
bor.
There is no law on the statute books
authorizing the redemption Of a silver
dollar with any other dollar. yet "a
cents worth Of silver, having received
the stamp of the government, passes
for 100 cents.-visalia News.
Sheriff Martin, the brute who is rec
sponsible for the murder OF the Latti-
mer coal miners, says the miners wal
ued life at very small figure" From
one who regards human life so highly
as to cause the slaughter Of people by
the score, and then brag how he had
upheld an infamous injunction Of q
wizened Drained Judge on the bench.
the above is indeed very pertinent.
Dakota Ruralist.
We are told in the editorial columns
Of the goldbug press that our coun-
try is blessed with peace, prosperity
and happiness, while the news columns
record the shooting down Of scores Of
and defenseless workmen by. 4
deputy sheriffs in one OF the richest,
and most prosperous states Of all. II
his Is the Republican brand OF pros
perity we had better have less Of IT.
Mandan Independent.
There are a great mass OF people 20
that they believe It is well
.or community or nation when It's
.eal estate sells at a high figure. But
lust the reverse Is true. The higher
t is the more your children will have
o give Of their labor for the privilege
# having q spot to live on. Do you
hink the high price Of New York dirt
s good for those who have to pay pro-
,ortionately high for the use Of It?
every rise IN real estate means that
he many Of the future will have to
,ay to the few owners OF the future
more and more Of their labor for the
privilege Of living on the earth, The
over priced the land and the higher
,riced the labor the better for the
masses Of mankind.--Appeal to Rea-
on.
r.0udon Rankers Ara Umeaav.