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John Brown and today we're telling The
world IN ss1g tAak Tim Ssal Goes
Marching On" TAs city h WAoss streets
/ = mob. dragged Walltan Lloyd Gazrisoa
has erected = AsnataaM monzmsat b hin
msm0gy, wAfae the man who declared
that he wouid 'eaal his slave roll under
the shadow cf Bunker HiH" IL forgotten.
The place where Lovejoy4 life blood
ebbed away is marked ay . pile VI
grAnite and marble erected b. loving
hands. The radicAlism of today be-
comes the conservatism OF tomorrow.
There Is no such thing q humanity re-
naming stationary. We must either
move forwards or backwards.
would not belong to q Political party
that was not progressive. 4 would
rather belong to q progressive party II
1t were not larger than the one Noah had
In the ark than to the old fogies outside
who thought it was not going to rain,
and when it did set in, said 1t was only
| little shower
That the members Of the Peoples par
ty are poor we dc not deny. And they
know what makes them poor. In this
they differ from the poor in the other
parties. They are trying to better their
condition while the poor In the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties are fol-
lowing brass band, noise, and trying
| to give some lawyer or professional poll.
tician an Office. My lot has always been
cast among poor people. and want 10
tell you that there is more honesty and
more unselfishness in the hearts that
beat under ragged coats than under the
tailor-made garments OF the rich. It is
no discredit to associate with the poor
Lazarus was poor-very poor. 1 think
l read where some Popuiist said this
about Lazarus one time and Democrat
spoke up and said: yes, and Lazarus
got licked" "Yes," answered the Pop
ulist, clicked by the dogs" Lazarus be-
longed to the rag-tag party. But there
was certain gentleman who did not be-
long to the rag-tag party. They are
both dead now and the good book tells
us where they went I'd rather belong
to the rag-tag party and be licked ty
the dogs than to belong to some other
party and 60 where the rich man went.
! | consider that it is no disgrace to a
party that it is made up of poor men.
1t is little inconvenient sometimes, but
am proud to plead the cause OF the
poor.
WHAT POPULISM MEANS.
Popnlism means a purer government,
happier home life, a better manhood
and womanhood and higher civiliza-
tlpn. 1t would take the little child by
the hand and teach It the principle OF
the fatherhood Of God. and that all men
are brothers; that he fs greatest who &e-
complishes the most good for humanity,
and he fs least who is the most selfish
It would turn the efforts OF the strong
into channels that would relieve the suf-
fertngs OF the human race instead Of ad-
ding to its miseries. It would pattern
after nature and natures God by enact
ing .compensating laws to prevent the
nfe-givfng elements OF the universe
concentrating Ia the hands OF selfish
few. Populism embraces in its creed the
prayer of the Man OF Galilee, and would
make this earth a. the kingdom OF
heaven, where all men are e'brothers and
all have an opportunity to partake Of
the beautiful gifts of God and eat their
bread in the sweat Of their face
CONCLUSION.
They tell us we are weak in numbers
and cannot accomplish anything. I ans
wer let us first settle the question
whether we are right or not. It we are
not right we do not deserve to succeed
II we are right and the majority OF the
people will not vote with us when they
once find it out, then all have to say
Is that the fool killer is a good deal be-
hind with his work. But believe the
people will vote right when they know
how. II they are dissatisfied with the
existing conditions they should vote a
protest against them. The only thing
changed as between the Republican and
Democratic parties Is one set of Office
holders goes out and another comes in.
II you have been having your mail hand
ed out to you by a Democrat you now
get it from Republican. That satisfies
some people and the politicians would
have us believe It to be q grand victory.
But It does not help to put bread and but
ter and meat in the dinner pail nor feed
and clothe the little ones. And the
little one of the poor has as much right
to be fed and clothed as the little ones
of the rich. Political parties are not
made in day. II they are they don't
amount to much. They grow. They
have their trials. They must pass
through crucial tests. It has laid its
foundation deep on the rock of human
rights. No storms can shake it ncr
can any conspiracies uproot it. Traitors
may come and go. They may retard for
time it's growth, but truth and right
and justice will prevail at last. The Peo-
pies party will live. Its name may be
abandoned and forgotten, but Its prin-
ciples are imbedded in the heart Of every
human being. They appeal to the finer
sense of our nature. They breathe new
hope. for the future. They glow with the