People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-07-09
VAN DERVOORT's CALL.
He Warns the Nation Against the Papa1
Curse in this Country.


At Mineola lives the new president o.
the Texas Reform Press association
o. P Pyle, and at Grand Saline tina
veteran in our work, j. G. Rhodes, also
DIR. Goldsmith, Prof. Collins and hos
of others true and tried in the faith
Every one of the residents of these
counties belonging to our party is al
earnest middle of the road populist
and many of them are going to Nash
vile. The whole state has lined uI
wonderfully. Those who think the
populist party dead in this state should
see the reports of the meetings held
Every one of them unanimous for the
conference and all determined to inau-
gurate the grandest campaign ever
made in this state in 1898.
The Peoples party can if they are
host of enduring patriots, l notice
that Wharton Barker in the American
favors new American party. He
thinks we can never get together. That
L
ize. That we cannot unite all the re-
form elements under our banner. l am
inclined to agree with him. Grave
doubts exist as to whether under our
ballot laws we can get rid of our fusion
committees, that the friction caused by
the effort would divide and distract our
ranks so that we can never present a
solid front Nearly all the men I have
talked with wonder how we can reor-
game, how get rid of Butler and his
democratic allies who have control of
our party machinery. My plan woulu
be to elect a new national chairman
and secretary and executive committee
and call on our people to reorganize
them. The difficulty would be that
until the fusion state committees were
dumped they would recognize Butler
and as he has back of him the fusion
congressman and senators it would be
difficult to rally again. These men are
determined to deliver us to democracy.
They have control of several states.
They have an army of officeholders
They have a goodly number Of papers
who are fed at the pie counter All
these will stand solid for new fusion
deal. Their selfish interests demand it
and they will sell principle, party and
manhood to hold their positions.
love the name of the Peoples party.
l. Cd NF
our papers who stood by the faith.
But there's nothing much in a name.
The Peoples party name has been
dragged in the dust, its organization
Frustrated. It's convention became an
auction block for the betrayal of the
party and it's candidates. We need
never abandon one of our cardinal
principles. We step out of the murky
air bred by corruption and fraud, into
the clear day of a new future. The
same principles have been upheld by
the greenback and union labor parties.
Three times the men who upheld this
movement have changed the name o.
the party. If at Nashville we should
decide to be known as the American
mittees and form a new organization
in every state, we could carry all our
papers and our true member with us
bodily. They see the difficulties sur
rounding us now SO plainly that they
feel it will be difficult to reorganize
Fusion leaders control all our machin-
cry in the north and of the national
committee. We could leave these men
with mere side show if we took this
new departure, and we would thus
avoid all the breakers and have time
by 1900 to secure place on every state
ticket under our ballot laws. And we
could add at once 1900, 600 voters to our
ranks. We are opposed to British
domination. We are opposed to Roth
childs domination. We are in favor of
government of the people. We be-
lieve in true American policy for all
the people / am opposed to all the
influences that tend to place this coun-
try under foreign dictation. There is
more deadly and sinister influence in
this nation than either the British or
the Rothchilds. 1t is leagued and
linked with both, All history shows
that it has been the curse of every
government where it was permitted to
live.
1t has been abolished by the Pope OF
Rome. The ablest writers; in that
church have piled up evidence noun
tain high against it's iniquity. Nearly
every Catholic country on earth has
driven it's members from place and
power in the administration of the
affairs of the church, until today, out
casts from nearly every Catholic nation,
they are driven to the United States to
entrench themselves in the citadel of a
so-called free government. 1t is the
Jesuit organization that 1 allude to.
This whole power has been transferred
here. They controlled Cleveland. They
control Mckinley. They have a dele
gate who acts as pope in North and
South America and is as absolute a
ruler as the pope himself.
Our whole people seem to be under a
spell, They are afraid to mention
this silent power. They are afraid to
lift hand to stay the tide that is me
nacing the very existence of this nation
Mexico, Italy, Germany, the very hot
bed and sanctuary of the Catholic
church, has overwhelmed this organi
zation; but America stands silent with
it's millions of majority of those be
lieving in true Americanism and does
not lift hand. Those who attempt il
are overwhelmed with abuse and Sian
der All the slums of hell are arrayed
against them and they are compelled
to abandon the contest. | believe that
every one should be allowed to wor
ship God according to the dictates Of
his own conscience. l would not de
prive any human being of his right tc
do so, But say TODAY that the mem