The representative., 1900-03-15
GEORGIA.


men and, so far, has not produced
colossal traitor like Marion Butler or
James B. Weaver This is to its ever
lasting honor.
Hon. William L. Peek has put forth
the following address, which we recon-
mend to the consideration of every true
Populist in the country. 1t bespeaks
! the earnestness and honesty of the peo-
pie of Georgia; they will be heard from
at the Cincinnati convention.
Let us turn out, friends, and greet
these noble brethren. How grandly
they compare with that odoriforous
quartet, Butler, Allen, Simpson and
Weaver.
Editor Dalton Herald: Since the Nash
vile conference there has been division
among true Populists as to Chairman But
ler's position. The difference was honest,
and time has swept all differences away, as
Mr.. Buffers action at Lincoln, Neb on the
18th of February, proved him to be every
thing but Populist. In national politics
he Is a Bryan Democrat; in state politics he
is Republican, and owes all that he is to
fusion with the E<publicans Like the frog
he is amphibiOuS and lives at times in and
then out of his party, just according to the
| lump of mud upon which he wants to rest
| That he is completely out of the way Of
| the progress OF the Peoples party there can
| be no doubt, and we in Georgia are now all
middle readers. Let us spread our
| selves, organize and build up our party and
! save this republic. Every one must make
| some personal sacrifice and put forth all
| their energy to succeed No one can afford
to remain lukewarm because we have been
| betrayed. All causes for the betterment of
the human family has had its traitors.
We can succeed if we will 1 have abiding
| faith in the people. They have overthrown
| kingdoms and empires, and have made ty-
rants lick the dust; they have revolted at
oppression-yea, less oppression than We are
| bearing today. They succeeded then, and
| we will succeed now.
| If there be doubling one among us, let
me ask can there be any good thing expect
ed from either of the old parties?
! For over S5 years they have ruled this
nation in the interest of the great money
! powers. The producers of wealth-the toll
| ing masses-have been made absolute in
| dustrial slaves to the moneyed aristocracy,
| and we in many instances were parties to
our own destruction.
| He who fails to act his part in shaping the
! policy of his country to the general welfare
| of all the people falls short of the duties
! of a good citizen, and is guilty of the sin
! Of omission and will have to ask pardon of
reach the pearly gates.
| Georgia Populists, let us forget our mis-
| takes and press forward to victory. Let us
| do our duty as we see it and with deter
mination to succeed. Let us all be at our
| state convention in Atlanta, on Tuesday,
April 10, and make the Peoples party a
| power in the shaping of the policy OF this
| nation. In October let us roll up a larger
majority than we did in 1894, when Judge
| Hines was elected governor. Yes, roll up
4 Z, to-
large that the Democratic returning board
| will be obliged to count us in.
| At the meeting in Lincoln we have lost
! nothing, but have gained. AS for me and
| mine, may the Lord be praised that Butler,
| Allen, Simpson and Weaver have left the
| pure Populist party, to return no more.
| And like Uncle Johnnie when Aunt Sarah
| died and his neighbors were consoling him
| and begging him to be reconciled to her
| death, he wiped his eyes and with an over
| flow of the heart remarked that he had been
| reconciled to Sarah's death for many years.
| And so have I to the death of these four.
| And now, alas! it is reputed that Mr. But
| ler was made chairman of the People s
| party in 1896 to guard the interest Of Mr.
| Watson, who was made the running mate
| Of Mr.. Bryan at the fusion deal in st. Louis.
And Mr.. Butler did guard the interest of
| Mr. Watson, the lion guards the lamb
! only to crush him at the first opportunity.
| No sane or unprejudiced man, regardless
| Of party affiliation, will doubt that he did
| his work as we'll as Brutus or Benedict Ar
| mold did theirs; and now he, Allen, Weaver
| and Simpson have made their escape and
| have taken refuge in the name of Bryan
| Democracy. Let all true Populists rejoice.
| If the Democracy can retain this quartet OF
| pic hunters it will be a surprise to the ma
| tions of the earth. II the big four keep
| their reputation of hustling for positions it
| is more certain than prophecy that in the
scramble they will inhame the appendix of
the old Democratic party to the extent that
! expansion Of its domain nor the knife
| against trusts can reach the parts, and
| death to this Democratic party that has
been on all sides of all questions that have
been before the people in the past thirty
| five years, will be great relief to this
nation, and we appoint Tracy, of Texas.
and kolb, Of Alabama, pallbearers, and as
the remains pass to their last place of rest
| the mOurners will sing:
"What a tangled web they did weave
| When first we practice to deceive"
Senator Tillman may preach the funeral,
| as~he knows some of the Scriptures. Sem
ator PETER will write their epitaph as fol-
lows: "The glory has departed; the places
| that once knew you will know you no more,
| forever" And the people cry. "Amen!"
WIN. L. PEEK.
Fountain Hill, near Conyers, Ca, Feb
| 26, 1900.
Kentucky will be represented at the
Cincinnati convention by a radical and
determined anti-fusion delegation, led
by that gallant patriot and able man,
Hon. 10 A. Parker.
Even Ohio will have her cohorts
there opposed to the death to fusion.
The following statement shows how
they feel in that state:
There will be no fusion between the Dem
ocrats and Populists in this year OF our
Lord, 1900, in Ohio. We expect Butler,
Allen, Simpson and few others of their
ilk who have their feet in the Democratic
fly trap to stay. Let them 60. We do
not want to herd with the fusion per-
verts. We are not of their breed Of cat
tie. We have no more confidence in them
than we have in the Democrats, and we
have as much confidence In the Democrats
as we have In Snyder's poodle dog. Let
the traitors play Indian while the Demo-
Gratis play pale face. Let them play frog
to the Democratic serpent. Let them lay
| their brainless heads on the withered breast
! of that old harlot, Granny Democracy, and
| ask her to sing the old siren songs once
| again. Join hands with the old hag who
| has never redeemed q platform or pledge.
| Between and the Democratic gang of
| pie hunters and hirelings there never can
! be peace. 1t is war that we ask We want
| no quarter and will give none, and we feel
| like jubilating from now until next Fourth
| of July for under the non partisan social
| list banner we resurrected $4,000 Populists
| from the tomb of Democracy! With sc, 900
| new recruits. under the laws of Ohio, the