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The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12
THE REFORM PRESS.
ROUSlNG MEETING WILL
CONVENE AT MEMPHIS.
22, Will Be an Enthusiastic Gather
ing-Southern Hospitality Promised to
All Who May Attend.

Hon. Frank Burkitt, vice-president
OF the N. R. P. A. makes the following
announcement in his paper, the peo-
pies Messenger:
At Memphis on Saturday last We had
the pleasure of meeting many Of the
prominent railroad and business men
Of the city and, while not fully perfect
ing arrangements for the seventh an
nual meeting of the National Reform
Press Association, to take place Feb.
%, 1897, We are greatly encouraged
and feel that it may safely be an
nounced that the next ,ieeting OF the
Reform Press of the UpA Jed States will
bs..1 be held I'D in Memphis on 'washinst0n's
We are now sure OF a,generous, hos
pitable southern welcome for the Popu-
list editors of America, and we hope
every state will be represented. To
Mr.. T. B. Beattie, secretary Of the Me-
chanical Association Of Memphis, we
are specially indebted for most cour-
teous interest in the matter, and his
efforts will be seconded by the follow
ing committeeman already appointed:
w. ]. Wells and S. w. Brum from the
Mechanical Association: H. E. Coffin,
N. A. Gladney and F. B. Hunter OF the
Merchants Exchange; Mr.. McCollum
and Gen. Peter Tracy Of the Memphis
Typotheta.
Mr.. Beattie informed us there would
be a meeting Of the Passenger Agents
Association on Monday which he would
attend in the interest Of the Press
meeting and that the Cotton Exchange
and other organizations of the city
would cooperate heartily.
We hope for an interesting and
profitable meeting of the press, and
when the labor of the session is over
we hope We may be able to take our
northern and western friends on an
| excursion to New Orleans, via the Val
ley route, thence to Mobile and back
to Memphis by the NJ. & o. and K. c.
On such trip as this they would
have the opportunity to see some OF
the prettiest country and most import
ant cities of the south; to acquaint
themselves with the manners and Gus
toms Of our people; to realize some
thing of our boundless hospitality and
to be able to place our section and Its
resources In a proper light before their
readers when they return to their re-
! spective homes.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12
A ROBBlNG SCHEME.
That Ia What the Pacific Railroad Fund
ing Bill Is.

That Ia What the Pacific Railroad Fund
ing Bill Is.
1t Is needless to measure words IN
dealing with this bill. 1t is simply
bill to legalize an already completed
robbery of the public to the amount
of more than S12O,0OO,0OO and to make
possible and safe an additional swim
die amounting to two-thirds as much.
Two railroads, the Union Pacific and
the Central Pacific, owe the United
States government S114,OO0,OOO. The
greater part of this money was re-
ceived by the corporations in the shape
Of bonds of the United States on which
the nation is now paying interest. The
government for its part has received
neither interest nor principal on its
debt. This funding bill, so precipi-
lately reported by committee OK
doubtful legality, and which SO COM
mends itself to the lawmakers that dis
tinguished senators resort to petty
falsehooi rather than antagonize 1t, is
intended to renew this debt for nifty
years at per cent, and then release
the debtors from all liability on pay
ment of barely 11a per cent per an
mum more II is a bill for the 'spolia-
tion Of the American people.
II these railroads had been honestly
built and had failed to make money,
Americans would look with resignation
upon the loss to the government. But
the money that the government loses
goes into the pockets Of mere hand
full of robbers and swindlers, who dif-
fer from the Borden thieves partly In
the size Of their spectators, partly IN
the fact that they keep servants iE-
stead of serving, but not at all In the
lack of honesty. These men robbed the
roads while building them; they
wrecked them as their owners, they
Systematically planned to defraud the
government by keeping valuable por-
tions of the roads, terminals, feeders.
ferries, bridges, etc, in their own con-
troll and free from the government
mortgage. Though the Union Pacific
be in the hands of receivers, they do
not suffer; though the government
shall seize it, they will still roll IN
wealth. The funding bill, in behalf OF
which they are exerting every resource
of the politician and corruptionist, WILL
multiply their wealth. It's defeat Will
leave them rich beyond the dream OF
ordinary avarice from the fruits OF
their already accomplished t1efts.
Instead of planning the passage OF
a bill for the enrichment of robbers,
the Congress of these United States
should direct the attorney-general OF
the United States to take steps to send
such malefactors to a felon's cell.-Ex.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12
Sneaker Feeds Game.

The plutocratic press in the country
in referring to the proposed funding
bill never associate Hon. Thomas B.
Reed OF Maine as Coils P. Hunting
tons chief hireling.
Such is the case.
AS speaker of the house Mr.. Reed
appointed committees that were favor
able to Huntington's pet steal. On the
last two occasions when the funding
bill was presented Mr.. Reed also
showed his friendship" for the rail-
road magnate, when he appointed .
commission to decide upon the appro-
priation for the harbor question.
The Pacific coast octopus owns the
whole water front at Santa Monica.
California, and Of course is trying to
locate the harbor on its own grounds.
The engineering corps has decided
that San Pedro is the only logical
point for a deep sea harbor.
Huntington and his henchmen only
oppose San Pedro because the Terml-
nal railroad has a wharf at this point
and the Southern Pacific cannot mo-
rnopolize the shipping business.
The harbor question will be settled
at Los Angeles next month and Hunt
ington's hen:hmcn insinuatc that
money will buy anything. 1t is ex-
oected that this commission, composed
Of officers in the United States navy.
will be careful in its selection, 80 as
to rcfute the slanderous tongues OF
these railroad hirelings.
| The funding bill comes UP for hear
| ing early in January and Gar Reeds
position will be watched with inter-
est.-St. Louis Evening Journal. j.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12
NATCHITOC a4Es La, MARCH r. 1897
REFORM THAT DON'T REFORM.
Government Issue of Paper Money I!

Government Issue or Paper Money Is
the Big End of the Money Question.
We have never yet seen the Demo-
cratic politician who did not talk and
act as if all the monetary reform need
ed in this country was the free coin
age of silver.
Mr.. Bryan following the habit Of his
kind whenever he begins discussion
of the money question commences
with silver and ends with silver
In a recent article of his published In
the North American Review we find
this characteristic Democratic SEN
tence:
"The declaration of the Chicago con-
vention in favor of the free coinage OF
silver forced upon the people OF this
country" he says, "a study Of the mon
ey question in general; and within the
last four months more people have
been studying the silver question with
deliberation than ever before in the
history of the world"
From Democratic standpoint free
coinage Of silver is the money ques-
tion" entire and the money question"
is the Silver question:" nothing more
and nothing less.
1t seems never to have filtered
through Democratic skull that free
coinage OF silver would not add more
than 73 cents per capita to the circu-
lating medium in this country per an
mum, and that the amount would be
so small the next generation would
scarcely perceive the increase, for the
population would increase in nearly
the same proportion.
The idea that the national bankers,
who at present control our money
volume and contract and expand 1t at
will and pleasure-always for their
benefit and to the injury Of the ma
tion's industries, should be forced out
OF the governing business and that
Uncle Sam alone should issue our paper
currency seems newer to have reached
Democratic brain. And it never will,
notwithstanding the fact that this is
the big end Of the money question" !"
Until Mr.. Bryan and men like him
can muster up the courage to abandon
party name for principle and set his
great energies to work unhampered
by the dead weight OF Democracy, he
will never comprehend the real needs
OF the people. Free silver is an in
cident In the monetary reform for
which the country is clamoring, but 1t
is not a remedy for the evils suffered
and the man who thinks so has much
yet to learn and he who knowing bet
ter attempts to make the silver ques-
ton" and the money question" sy-
nonimous terms. only for fear he will
incur the enmity of the national bank
ers, is an arrant demagogue.
Democratic reform is a reform that
don't reform worth a cent.-People's
Messenger.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12
The Fewer the Better.

For three successive elections Mis-
sissippi has chosen seven Congressman
on total vote of less than $4,000. In
1894 the total vote was less than 40
600. The Fourteenth Amendment to
the Federal Constitution reads in part
as follows:
but when the right to vote at any
election for the choice OF electors for
President and Vice-President Of the
United States, representatives in Cong
ress, the executive and judicial officers
OF state, for the members of the leg
islature thereof, is denied to any Of
. the male citizens Of such state, being
twenty-one years of age and citizens OF
the United States, or in any way abridg-
ed, except for participation in rebellion
or other crime, the basis Of representa-
tion therein shall be reduced in the
proportion which the number of such
male citizens shall bear to the whole
number of male citizens twenty-one
years of age in such state"
Outside of South Carolina there
we're perhaps no three Congressman,
who vii. occupy seats in the next
house whose districts did not cast in
the aggregate more than $4,000 votes,
and in many single districts in the
late election more than half that vote
was thrown. Now If the clause OF the
constitution above quoted means any
thing 1t means, that under such condi-
tions as now prevail in this state and
South Carolina the representation in
Congress shall be cut down in the pro-
| portion which the number of male citi-
zens disfranchised by state laws beal
Ito the whole number Of male citizens
in the state over twenty-one years o1
age.
This would give Mississippi two
certainly not more than three Con.
gressmen, and unless we had won
derful improvement on the old ganl
who have masQueraded at Washing
ton the past six years, we do not hesi
tate to say the fewer the better.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Charles Sumner Was He an Anarchist?
If you have tears, prepare to shed
them now," for we are about to spring
something awful. Here is an extract
from a speech made in the United
States senate by Charles Sumner on
the Dred Scott decision. He said:
Let me say here that hold judges,
and especially the Supreme Court of
the country, in much respect, but l am
too familiar with the history of judicial
proceedings to regard them with any
superstitious reverence. Judges are
but men, and in all ages have shown
fair share Of frailty. Alas! alas! the
worst crimes Of history have been per-
petrated under their sanction. The
blood of martyrs and Of patriots, cry
ing from the ground, summons them to
judgment.
It was judicial tribunal which con-
demned Socrates to drink the fatal
hemlock, and which pushed the Savior
barefoot over the pavements Of Jeru-
salem, bending beneath His cross. 1t
was judicial tribunal which. against
the testimony and entreaties Of her
father, surrendered the fair Virginia as
a slave; which arrested the teachings
Of the great apostle to the Gentiles and
sent him in bonds from Judea to Rome;
which, in the name Of the old religion,
adjured the saints and fathers of the
Christian church to death in all its
most dreadful forms, and which after
ward, in the name of the new religion,
enforced the tortures of the Inquisition
amid the shrieks and agcnies of its
victims, while 1t compelled Calico to
declare, in solemn denial to the great
truth he had disclosed, that the earth
did not move round the sun.
1t was judicial tribunal which, in
France, during the long reign Of her
monarchs, lent itself to be the instru-
ment OF every tyranny, as during the
brief reign Of terror 1t did not hesitate
to stand forth the Implying accessory
Of the IMPLYING guillotine. Aye, sir
1t was judicial tribunal in England
| surrounded by all forms Of law, which
sanctioned every despotic caprice ot
Henry VIII, from the unjust divorce
OF his queen to the beheading OF Sil
Thomas Moore; which lighted the fires
Of persecution that glowed at Oxfort
and Smithfeld, over the clnders o
Latimer, Radley and John Rodgers
which, after elaborate argument, up
held the fatal tyranny OF ship none,
against the patriotic resistance 0
Hampden: which, in defiance OF JUS
tice and humanity, sent Sydney AM
Russell to the block; which persistent
ly enforced the laws OF conformity tina
our Puritan fathers persistcntly re
fused to obey; and which afterwart
with Jeffreys en- the beach, crimscne
the pages If English history VT
massacre aud murdec, even with tn
hlood al innneant wnnaan
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12
Postal Savings Bspks.

From the Philadelphia City Item: In
Great Britain the postal savings bank
system has proved an unalloyed sue
cess. 1t is a boon to the working
man Of frugal habits, and. besides, ere
ates foundation upon which that sure
thing" dear to English hearts. the an
nuity, is built. Savings ban do not
suspend in England, leaving deposit
ors nothing to show for their years OF
thrift and self-denial. And the system
i Is simple AZ It y satisfactory.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

cast into hell instead of the lions den.
But this property theory Of money
beats the great God.
His intention was that every man
should eat his bread in the sweat Of
his face, or by labor. BRIT this system
lifts the money-monger above Gods
law of labor. He can snap his finger
in defiance Of his creators law.
Some one made the calculation that
l cent put at compound interest on
the day Christ was born at per cent
would amount to more now than all
the wealth of every kind on the Amer
lean continent. Only l cent.
One dime placed at per cent COM
pound interest on the first Christmas
would now amount to over $4,000, ,OOo,-
100000 of spheres as large as our earth
of solid gold. Ii would take a man
1,GOO, years to count these globes,
counting 100 a day. 1t would make
over 100000 rows OF globes as large as
the earth made Of solid gold, reach
ing to the sun. Only dime.
That is the outcome OF properly
money. The world is groaning under
its load and it is getting heavier every
hour No wonder it crushed to pow
der Rome, Greece, Egypt, and all the
great empires of earth.
We are travelling the same road and
| unless we face about" we Will land
where they did.
But we don't propose to "face about.
We voted to stick to the gold standard
because the Republican party wanted
us to do it.
For thirty years or over the RepuD-
ilcan and Democratic parties pretend
ed to fight each other with all their
might. The reformers told the people
that it was a sham war. The old par
I ties held up the tariff before the people,
like shaking a red rag at a mad bull,
SO as to keep the country from seeing
that they were manipulating the
money question so as to enslaye them.
Now the two old parties are married
and enjoying their honeymoon.
1t was not free coinage Of silver that
both the old parties hated. This was
sham again. It was the income tax,
government by injunction, but espe-
cially the war on national banks tnat
these our enemies hated.
The hard conditions OF life produced
by this heather system OF money Is
awful. THE destruction OF the poor
is their poverty" Bible. The harvest
of mammon worship is appalling.
In the year 1895 over two hundred
men were carried each day to drunk
ards graves. Over thirty murders
each day, and over ten suicides. Esti-
mate if you can the anguish, the tears,
the groans, the crushed hearts and
blasted lives of the wives and children
of wrecked families.
Yet we voted to worship the gold
calf on Nov. 3.
So this dance Of death is to continue.
The priests of mammon rejoice. They
have gained a great victory.
They have put down anarchy. They
have crushed out reputation. They
have their feet on the neck OF the toll
ers, and their slaves are subdued
Hanna's money did it and they shou'
for JOY. Let the masses weep, starve
suffer and die. What care they:
Gold is God. What is the Almighty
that we should serve him." us there
knowledge in the Most High? Yes
He shall laugh at their calamity ant
mock when their fear cometh," and Il
/ cometh.
| Rtchview, Ill.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12
NO. 80!

Aye, sir, and it was a judicial tri-
bunal in our country, surrounded by
all the forms of law, which hung
witches at Salem; which affirmed the
constitutionality of the stamp act.
while it admonished Jurors and the
people" to obey; and which now, in
our day, has lent it's sanction to the un-
utterable atrocities Of the fugitive
slave law.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

More rotten armor plate has been
discovered going into the construc-
tion Of some of our war vessels. The
armor plate companies seem to be in
the steal business as we'll as the steel
business.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The war against excessive rates OF
railroad and express companies is in
creasing in Its intensity. The logic of
events points to government owner
ship as the only remedy.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

There is considerable fear expressed
among Populists at the proposition to
increase the standing army, but a
greater danger than that threatens us.
It is the aggressive spirit Of the banks.
Having disposed of silver, as they
think, they now propose to- destroy the
greenback and assume full control Of
the currency.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The Imperative Mandate enables the
people to vote office-holders out OF Of
fee when they don't do to suit them.
OF course plutocracy and the Office
holders will oppose 1t.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Finance, Transportation and Land
constitute the main issues which con-
Germ humanity most. Let every Popu-
list continue to educate along these
lines.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The law cannot make a wrong right:
robbery Is robbery whether violation
of law or not. Trusts, however, are
unlawful combinations and therefore
unlawful robbers.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The Republicans seem to be in
peck Of trouble; they are asked by
tie bankers to retire the greenbacks
ana they don't see their way clear to
do It without issuing bonds. which
they tear to do. II they Dc either, or
both, defeat stares them in the face at
the asxt election,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

A number OF the men who marched
in Chicago for Sound money" in the
recent campaign are now marching for
something to eat.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

If 1t Is unconstitutional to tax the
rich then We should have a system
that would make 1t impossible for
man to become very rich.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The Republicans threaten to break
up the trusts. II they do they will
earn the gratitude of long suffering
people.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The New York Journal is authority
for the statement that the Republic
ans had campaign fund Of s16,OOO,-
600.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Did you ever think what little resnecs
the rich anarchists have for the laws.
They seem to think that laws are
made for the poor to observe only.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Boatner, Democratic free silver
Congressman from Louisiana, wants to
increase the salaries of congressman
from $4,000 to $1,000. That's a sample
of Democratic economy.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

In Illinois a banker has been sent to
the penitentiary for robbing his de-
positors. Mark one for Illinois.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

1t costs about s2O,OO0,OC0 year to
sustain the navy, and the proposition
now is to increase this expense.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The banks have declared war on the
peoples money, now let war be declar-
ed against the banks.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Don't depend too much upon the
question OF free silver as an issue; edu-
cate along the lines Of the Populist
platform.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

One Of the principal objections which
plutocri.ic papers urge against Popu
lism is Peffer's whiskers.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

II the law does not make money,
then let us demand the repeal of the
law which makes gold legal tender.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

One Of the demands Of the times,
and one that the people will have soon,
Is an income tax.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

If We had Direct Legislation we
could wipe UP the earth with the poll
ticians.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Agitate the question of compelling
the banks to give full security to depos-
itors.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The little dollar of contract and the
big dollar Of payment is what makes
the rich richer and the poor poorer.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The Jaw Gymnasium, alias the
American Congress, is now in full
blast.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The Peoples party is no one mans
party or two mems foolishness. The
rank ard file must rule.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Brave men never give UP the fight.
Let us take 1t MP with renewed effort.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Banks are more dangerous than
standing armies. jefferson.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The beautiful snow" assists the
coal trust to rob the people,
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

The Republican party has large
batch of promises to redeem. Watch it.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Let the war against banks of issue
be waged all along the line.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12
THE MONEY QUESTION
TRUE MONEY AND OUR PRES
EMIT VICIOUS SYSTEM.

The Intrinsic Value Fallacy Is the Sum
of All VilIainies and the Foundation
OF All the Montary Evils That AfIlict
the World.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12
Congress is talking.
The world is going mad after wealth
and power.

Push the work of education on gov
ernment railroads.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

A howler for office is out Of his
place in the Peoples party.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

There Is a strong mistrust that the
meat trust is hoggish.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-03-12

Profe5sicaal politicians will do to
watch,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-13
NO ITALIAN CABINET YhT.
Marquis Di Rudini Has Failed In HI
Attempt to Form One.

ROME, Dec. 12.-i2 nsldnight--An 0fIlclnl
note announces that the Marquis n Hu.
dini. having so far failed 70 form cabl-
net. visited King Humbert at II o'clock
tonight to aequaint his majesty with the
state Of affairs. The late cabinet heade0
by D Rudini resigned on Sunday last
following the resignation of Gen. Peibeux.
the minister Of war. as a protest againse
the action of parliament In hnnendtn4s
contrary 10 his advice, bill dealing Win
army promotions.
1t was well understood. however, that
the uitericr reason for the retirement o.
the fun cabinet was the belief that Huch
course WAS necessary TO take II posstple
for the Marquis III Ruaini TO eliminate
certain irreconcIIabie elements and to 30
cure a ministry that would be nnaniM0ass
The success of hi Rudini has been pfeju-
diced by the hesitation OF the Marquis
Venosta. minister of foreign anairs - fne
late ministry. to accept the foreign port
folio In the reconstructed cabinet, WHEN
IL had been understood would include
Senior Senardelli. In dispatch frOm
Rome 30 the Associated Press on last FRI
day it was asserted that the MARQUIS ~
Rndini had completed the task OF recon
struction Of the cabinet. Marquis VeBoste
having accepted the foreign office port
folio. and that the list of the members o.
the new ministry would be officially issued
on the following day saturday.