Owingsville outlook., 1899-02-23

The facts will not bear him out. But
the facts i'm the ease are as the rec
ord shows il was by the assistance of
Democrats in the House and in the
Senate that the bill was passed. The
POpulist party was not i'll existence
at that date.
Inconsistency, No. 8: That i left
the party because the party would
not pension me with another office /:
That Is Inconsistent. If was base
enough to cling to- u party for office
why did ! not stay in the Democratic
party? Why go to the Peoples party
when it was largely in the minority?
The facts were the Democrats tried
to beat me because | would not SUBJ
scribe to some of their subte.fuges
and become n boot-lick and heeIer
and a fawning sycOphant for which
to be j. u. B. e.. No, friend Lane,
owe my election to the Republican
party and the Democrats who held
principle above party. AS to charge
No. 4, the Peoples party are buzz
yards: There is one consolation; if
we are there is quite IA feast in store
for us on the decaying and the dead
after W. j. Bryan lnarshals his host
in 1900 solely on free silver IS to 1.
But mark my words, paste them in
your hat, and If it Is not sO then tell
me L am false prophet: The Purified
will never make the race on that
issue. They will try and resort to
the same tactics that they did in
1896: get onto the ignorant Populist
platform, Government issue of mon
ey, not redeemable in either metal.
/ further maintain the ground that
it takes brains and nerve to be a
Populist. The puppy will suck be-
fore il gets its eyes open. The bird
will open its mouth to take a worm
before it can leave the nest. 1t has
become as instinct with some who
never investigated nor cannot get nj
facts. 1t is not the rank and file
speak of as the Democratic party
the boys i'm the trenches. 1t is to the
pie grabbing class, false leaders, " ne
put party above principle; the heel.
ers, the dog-under-the-ban
class, with "a big collar on marked in
| big letters: My dog, the Democratic
party" Pure Democracy is all right
l But, oh, how the mighty have fallen
Thomas Jefferson, Jackson, Frank.
lin. Calhoun, did not teach redemp.
I
the ignorant Populists will have {,
dig the gold and silver for redemp
tion money. AS the Peoples party
is free we fear it works "a hardship
on his wife il B. +. Piersall quote,
you right. Ben says your wife does
the digging in the garden; woulC
rather quit the fight than see he
digging in the mines. You claim t,
i l.. Il. -.
why so? The cold facts as the rec
ord of Congress and the SENATE
show: Your party voted down 20 bill
for free coinage when you had th'
majority in both houses without th'
help of the ignorant Populists- Now
il there is a Populist that did no
vote for free coinage | will eat hin
without salt or pepper. III there il
an idea that the Republican part.
ever advanced that the Democrat
did not afterwards advocate ! do no
know what it is. After the Republi
cans had thrashed all the grain GU
they have jumped on the straw an,
begun to fail it as though it had JUS
come from the field of Its virginiiy
My old friend says he is done will
this controversy. l hope he " i'll AN,
probe deep into this question. W.
people without i'm Gods sunlight. w
have no Shiny serpents in the shap
of men, to cover with the mantle o
deception. We are for the creates
good to the greatest number. w
inscribe it on our banner. No natiUi
has a right to inscribe over the door
of its people Misery" and ON tn
dome of its capitol Mighty" Frient
Lane, who has had control of thi
Government for the last 81 years?
things are not right who got u
wrong? Not the Populist party b!
any means. / anticipate your answer
These things happened before W,
were regeuerGtvd or born again o
crowned with u silver crown. NJ,
old friend, actions are what tell.
guarantee company il generally com
posed of intelligent men. Would
they for moment entertain the ide:
of guaranteeing IL man who had no
shown II good character with all thu
promises he could make to do bette
in the future? The people have M
assurance even if they We're for FREE
silver that the party would enact /
into law. n few more words, Ol(
friend: You say come back home
that our fathers were good old Dem
ocrats. That's right. That was whei
truth prevailed in parties as well a
religion. Today the motto of tin
purified is never tell the truth whel
"a lie will do as we'll or better. No
friend John, don't quote the Prodiga
to me. We have set up hOuse-keep
ing ourselves with the good thing!
we received from the father and th'
improved facilities we have adopted
We are in every way better arranged
than we were, pressing onward fo
better things than pie and plander.