People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-03-05
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~ funny to see so many Senators
things debating policies for The
sople's Party, wheh ttle dictators
emselves are not PopuliSts. Senator
Jones is no Populist, and he win tell
you so. Stewart is no Populist, and he
will tell you so. Kyle was no Populist,
and he told you so. Yet these men
keep on giving advice to Populists and
debating the policies of the party.
Judge Swayne of the Federal District
Court has decided at the instance of
John d. Rockefeller, that the Anti
Trust Law of Texas is unconstitutional.
Certainly. Whenever a statute gets in
the way of the big men, it is bad for
the statute.
Judge Swaynes decision is no worse
than that of Judge Shiras and his
colleagues of the U. S. Supreme Court,
that our government has no legal |
right to lay tax upon the incomes
of the rich.
Both decisions belong to the same
corrupt class.
A great jubilation was had a few
months ago, because the news went
round that the Calvin Antitrust law
had knocked out some minor combina
tions between dealers in family sup |
plies-dealers who sell goods over the
counters. We do not know how much |
truth there is in the statement that
Mr.. Calvin's bill destroyed some small
trusts, but we are willing to make |
affidavit that it didn't kill any of the |
big ones
Such colossal concerns as The STAN
dard Oil Trust, The Sugar Trust, The
Coffee Trust, The Coal Trust, and many
others ask no odds of the Mr.. Calvins of
Georgia, or of Texas, or of any other
state.
What does Rockefeller care for legis-
lative enactments, when he has Federal
Judges at hand to tear the laws out Of
his way by deciding that they are I'M
constitutional
Here in Georgia, the biggest trust we
have is the Southern Railway. Our
State Constitution condemns it in as
strong language as Toombs knew how
to write. But you can't get governor
or legislator to touch the Southern
Railway Company.
It's too big, you see.
Not only is it too big, but it is useful
in campaign years. Finding itself in a
Democratic state, the Southern Rail
way Company is good Democrat.
Chips in to expenses, you know. Fur
nishes the wherewith for some of those
tips which Blacks lawyers said the
ton times. Issues free passes by the
hat-full and puts special car at the
Gives that distinguished potentate a
free ride for himself and party all over
the Southwest, and West, in palace car
the cost whereof would have been
thousands of dollars, had the traveller
been plain Smith or Jones, private citi
zens.
So you see the Southern Railway
/ makes friends, violates the Constitution'l
Expresses the shippers, and nothing un
pleasant is said.
If some Don Quixote, with reforma
tory tendencies, should assail this
Southern Railway octopus, which has
reached out its huge arms, and gather
ed in as its prey the competitive lines
of Georgia, we have not the slightest
doubt that some Federal Judge would
gravely decide that the Constitution of
Georgia was violative of the Constitu
ton of the United States.
The judicial mind is a very queer
mind does more things than the trick
mule of circus.
"In Jerusalem Consul Wallace says
there are $50 United States citizens.
OF these, 1873 are Hebrews dwelling in
the city for various purposes. Of the
others, 92 in number the chief portion
consists of those who are there await
ing the second advent of our Lord,
which they anticipate as near at hand
Literary Digest.
These 92 gentlemen who have gone to
Jerusalem to await the second coming
of our Lord, are probably Democrats
who got tired of waiting for the Demo
cratic party to do something for Free
silver.
They doubtless emigrated to Pales
tine Immediately after the telegram of
Mr.. Bryan, congratulating Mckinley
upon his election, which was followed |
by the votes of the Democratic ma
iorities, in the legislatures of Alabama
|
and Georgia, in favor OF the single
gold-standard.
We tt inB that these 90 ex-Democrats
have acted with rare wisdom. We
would much rather roost on the crumb-
ling walls of Jerusalem, watching for
the second coming of our Lord, than to
base our happiness in this world upon
the expectation that the Democratic
party is going to give us Free-silver.
To make sure that our distingu' shed
friend THE Noneonformist'' is not |
misunderstood, we had better quote, in
full, the editorial paragraph we have