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NATCHITOCHES POPULIS
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VOL. IV NATCHITOCHES, LA., JUNE 10. 1898. . 40
THE ALTGEELD SPEECH.
BRIEF REVIEW OF ITS CHIEF
POINTS.
efferson and Cleveland or the Founder
and the Destroyer of Democracy-The
Latter Held Up to the Scorn of All
Mankind-Republican Press Is Rabid.
Governor Altgeld again struck the
popular chord in his Jefferson day ad
dress at Chicago. Mr. Altgeld took
for his subject, "Jefferson and Cleve
land, the Founder and the Destroyer of
Democracy." Mr. Altgeld gave a strong
word picture of the life and work of
Thomas Jefferson. Then he turned the
subject to the arch betrayer of the
Democracy, Grover Cleveland. We all
know what Cleveland did to his party.
But few of us have heard the "grand
old man of Illinois" tell the story. He
tells it in such a well-connected, pano
rama-like manner that the contrast is
at once instructive.
He begins with Cleveland's first job
in a Buffalo law office. Then he shows
how the then young man grossly be
trays his benefactor, that he might
reap a certain reward.
Next he tells about Cleveland, the
lawyer, accepting the nomination for
sheriff-something that no reputable
lawyer ever does under any circum
stances. Cleveland sought it, how
ever, and happened to get elected.
About that time Cleveland became
mixed up with the corporations. They
made him mayor of Buffalo. He did
their bidding and they made him gov
ernor.
About that time the people of the
cotmuntry at large were becoming tired
of the Republican party.
A presidential campaign was near at
hanid, and they wanted a change.
Here was a chance for the corrupt
fInfluences that were behind Cleveland.
Tihey set to work and secured his
nominatiocn, even against the protests
Of the people of his own state-THOSE
WHO KNEW HIM BEST.
Cliveland had not been president
long before the people found out that
he ewas about the same kind as the
Republcan brand,
He did the bidding of the Wall street
crow4, at once assuming a threaten
lu attitude toward bimetallism, which
'ander successive Republican adminis
turations had become almost a thing of
moore the people sighed for a
SThis time they got Ben Hat
't` , wbho - t once proceeded to carry
tq ndnw at the
the voic' of the people in the
l e andl andW a new party wit
bilsh effrontery gwith
f 1-' which t lbu ner "securedCleve
at Chicago Is
S Mr. Altgld..
: ;zr ,piolewereno suffeadring from
`4 at the Mceinley bill sa
ea& -chosen for four years
]y4 Ru a `g of corruption
ha unparalleled in
wa4ekyplunged In
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i to the 4loney
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of the constitution and use a mine af
ter the Rthschild pattern to blow up
all government issues of money ac
cording to the fashion of Spaain in
blowing up the battleship Maine.
The consultations of the president of
the United States with Secretary Gage
in the present crisis as to the best
mode of raising money for the war
ought to create much more anxiety
than any negotiations with the treach
erous Spaniards, because the Spaniards
do not pretend to be working in the
interest of the United States, but Mr.
Gage does. The people of the United
States have recovered from the terri
ble losses of the civil war, but they
may never recover from the infinitely
greater losses inflicted through the cun
ning and machinations of the Mach
iavellian who demonetized silver. No
war with Spain ,ould inflict permanent
misery upon the people of the United
States; but Mr. Gage's scheme of over
throwing the government of the con
stitution and substituting an oligarchy
of bank manipulators might destroy
every vestige of liberty.-Silver
Knight-Watchman.
A Dictionary Matter.
He rushed up the steps.
They were the steps of the national
treasury.
"I want to give my all to my coun
try!" he cried.
He waved a valise.
The valise contained wads of cash.
He had heard there would be a war
War is like street car travel.
It eats up a lot of money.
"Cuba!" he cried.
The secretary of the treasury came
in.
"Is the government in need of
money, Mr. Secretary?"
"It is."
"How much?"
"Lots. We may be up to our eyes
in war very soon."
"Here is a valise full."
"Thank you. Here is a government
bond."
"Is it a gold bond?"
"No."
"What sort of a bond is it?"
"It is a coin bond."
"I can't give you my money, Mr.
Secretary, until I get a gold bond."
"The law doesn't allow gold bonds
to be issued."
"Then the law must be changed, Mr.
Secretary, or I won't lend my money."
"But I thought you loved your
country and wanted to lend your
money for that reason."
"Just so. I love my country too
much to let it dishonor itself by issu
ing a coin bond. Gold bond or noth
ing,"
"My dear sir, you are quite right,
but let me call your attention to one
particular."
"What is that?"
"The meaning of the word coin."
"What does it mean?"
"Gold."
"Are you sure?"
"Well, now, Mr. Secretary, what dic
.tionary does the government use?"
"Al English dictionary, of course."
"Exactly. But how can I know that
when my money is repaid, that 'the
government won't be using an Ameri
can dictionary?"--Twentieth Century.
"iithe English People."
The Chicago pulpit editorialiser dis
courses largely of "the rapidly, grow
ing predominancy of the English peo
ple." He quotes John Fiske and Jo
siah Strong in support of his asser
tions tthat "this race is in control of
praotically all : the new land of the
globe; it is the multiplying, populat
ing ut~k; it is the fighting stock, too."
He declares that, united, It could, by
.Influence and arms, command peace the
woald over.
The +.reacher of editorials would not
bove been so very remote from the
truth if, instead of "the English peo
ple" g-d "this race," he had said the
IEangsh-speaking people, There is a
diference between the two. Even in
the ~iish Isles by no means all of
the gs1h-apetking people are Eng
1is2h. The fisk and the Sotch are not,
nor are the Welsh, most of whom
Sp)ak more or less English. Nor is
.It qnltte orrsct to speak of 'the Englisb
thx.iselves: As a "race." They are Si
5 rta.t qitge mtinsgIg of different
*ea, There is no distincly English
.iet he a m1xture of Ssaxons, Nor
-0elts and katius t t makes the
In . o*o pris of the world the Eng
(sgheteakii people are English in a
oiusk j rtlo tIman ln Great Britain.
+ nhlam~ls.e. they' are much more
hi , B Scotch, German,
,~ai4zaevaa asti French orig.
r~ EIBRItalk orlgin, As
uity htle the Shg
teleaguage and to
~y1$i~'.tother nationallties
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A POLITICAL UNION.
THE COMBINATION PLATFORM
IN OREGON.
It Is Nearly the St. Louis Platform and
Direct Legislation Is Included in the
Program of the Three United
Parties.
The Oregon state conventions of the
Populists,Silver Republicans and Dem
ocrats united upon the platform adopt
ed by the Populists and decided to
make the state campaign in combina
tion. The platform adopted is:
"United in a common cause for the
sacred purpose of preser.ing the prin
ciples of government by the whole peo
ple, in fact as well as in name, re
storing and maintaining equality, un
der that government, of all classes, we,
the people's Democratic and Silver
Republican parties of the state of Ore
gon, waiving all minor points of differ
ence and uniting for the purpose of
carrying out the great underlying prin
ciples upon which we are all agreed,
do make and present to the people of
this state the following declaration of
principles and to the carrying out of
which we solemnly pledge each and
every candidate upon our united ticket.
"First-We demand the free and un
restricted coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1,
without waiting for the consent of for
eign nations; and we are unalterably
opposed to the policy of the present
Republican administration in demand
ing the retirement of greenbacks, and
the turning over of the money-making
power of the government to the na
tional banks, as presented by the bill
drawn by the Republican secretary of
the treasury and indorsed by Presi
dent McKinley; and we especially de
nounce the avowed attempt by said bill
to fasten the country, irrevocably and
forever, to the single gold standard.
"We demand a national money, safe
and sound, issued by the general gov
ernment only, without the interven
tion of banks of issue, to be a full legal
tender for all debts, public and pri
vate; also a just, equitable and efficient
means of distribution direct to the peo
ple through the lawful disbursements
of the government.
"We demand that the volume of cir
culating medium be speedily increased
to an amount sufficient to meet the
demands of the business and popula
tion of this country, and to restore
the just level of prices of labor and
production.
"We favor such legislation as will
prevent for the future the demonetiza
tion of any kind of legal-tender money
by private contract.,
"We demand that the government in
.payment of its obligations shall use
its option as to the kind of lawful
money in which they are to be paid,
and we denounce the present and pre
ceding administrations for surrender
ing this option to the holders of gov
ernment obligationa
"We demand that there shall be no
further issue of United States interest
bearing bonds.
"We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of the sav
ings of the people and to facilitate ex
change.
"We demand the election of qUnited
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
"We demand the initiative and refer
endum system of law-making in its op
tional form, local, state and national,
and the submission by congress of all
important national questions for an ad
visory vote of the people, until such
time as the national constitution shall
have been amended so as to provide
fol' direct legislation.
"We condemn as dangerous and un
just the surrender in all departments
of the government jo the influence of.
trusts, corporations and aggregations
of wealth generally; and the packing
of the highest courts of the land with
c~rporation lawyerp, too ready to do
the will of their late employers, and
to set aside valid and, wholesome laws
passed by the legislative departments
of, the states and government, upon
flimsy pretexts, at the behests of such
institutions.
"We are opposed to government by
injunction.
."In state matters we demand:
"As simple and well-guarded regis
tration law.
"A more equitable mode of appoint
lug judges of electlbn.
"Stringent laws tO regulate the bp
oration of ifsh trals, fish wheels and
all fishing gear In the waters within
the jurisdiction of the state,
' "We denounce and condemn the cor
rupt and extravagaitt Republican legis
lative assemblies, and charge that the
Republican party, to is eagranes, for
the' sppls of oferces has become divided
into *arrrlng ftfctilo, so that It is in
capable of goverintent as exemplified
by the condition eitsting In the offtce
of the state tresamuer, there being at
this time more thtu i500,000 therein
wrtingitronL the people bythe process
of taxtIii, while ate are
stnpd'1it ad fxwan fuds.
"Inasmuch as railroad and other cor
porate property is not bearing its, pro
portion of taxation, we demand that
such property shall bear its just and
equal share of the expenses of govern
ment."
The prominence given to direct legis
lation in this platform should, and
doubtless will, command the; enthusi
astic support of all. Direct liislation
comprises the whole Populist platform,
because with actual self-government
all reforms will come as quickly as the
people are ready for them. The Minne
apolis Representative, one of the lead
ing middle-of-the-road Populist papers,
agrees with this view of the Oregon
action.
PROSPERITY NOTES.
The Selz shoe factory at Elgin, Ill.,
closed down and discharged 200 hands.
Good workmen, working 12 hours a
day, were paid only $7 a week, and are
now on the township. Cause, a strike
against still lower wages.
Thousands of small manufacturers
are being forced to the edge of
the precipice, and soon will be
obliged to obey instead of command.
They are just now between Hanna and
the deep sea, and must become hire
lings or bankrupts.-Herbert N. Cas
son.
A stranger, aged about 50, suicided
by carbolic acid in Chester, Mass., the
other day. On a scrap of paper in his
pocket was written: "I am a mechanic
out of work. I am knocked up with
tramping from place to place and can
not get food. I am better dead than
living."
Concerning the possibilities of an
other great strike of coal miners,
Thomas Young, manager of the M. A.
Hanna Coal company, extensive opera
tors in Pennsylvania, is quoted as say
ing: "A strike, involving about 20,000
miners, will probably soon be in full
swing in Central Pennsylvania. The
operators declare they will not pay the
Chicago scale, and the miners an
nounce their intention to strike."
Business is picking up. Prosperity
principally prospers in producing pris
oners. Of 27 new recruits this week,
19 were crimes committed for gain.
Of these 12 stated that poverty was
their only reason for transgressing the
law.-Lansing News.
,The 1,100 operatives of the Whitten
ton cotton mills, at Taunton, Mass.
have returned to work after a strike
lasting five weeks.
SThomas Murphy, a blacklisted rail
road engineer, who was shot by the
marshal of Medina, O., for begging
something to eat, has died. And the
majesty of the law has been vindi
cated. It is a crime to get hungry in
this prosperous nation, and death is
often the penalty.
At the reibuat:'fot the New York
World, an ex-slave and former owner
of slaves studied the condition of the
striking mill operatives in New Bed
ford. Both say that the negro slave
was better fed, better housed, more
lightly worked and better cared for
than these mill hands are, besides the
certainty he had that in old age or
illness he would be fed, clothed, hous
ed, doctored and nursed, where the
mill .hand has only charity to depend
upon for these benefits.-Every Even.
ing.
Carlisle Coquets with Popullsm.
Iow Populist ideas do grow in pop
ularity! Ex-Secr.tary Carlisle has an
article in the last Forum in which he
advocates radical changes in the sys
tem of electing the president and vice
president. He would retain the elec
total college, but would'have the elec
tors divided among the candidates in
proportion to the popular vote for
each. He would thereby give repre
sentation to minorities, and .this is the
esseitial feature of the Populist prin
ciple of proportional representation.
Add to this the initiative and referen
dum and the people would then rule.
Kansas Advocate and News.
Small Bonds in Fave,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The pop
ular loan idea grows. The government
will have to borrow large sums of
money if war takes place. Large
loans will have to be made, and some
of the bonds which the gOverninent will I
issue should be in siall denominations
and be sold in postoffices and national
banks. This will give the people a
chance to aid the government financial
ly, and to get the best sort of a securi
ty which can be had in any market.
A Syastm of Mlskwepresentatiou,
The system of government by "rep
resentation," aq practiced here, is about
the worst kind of government in the
world. It is emphatically a system of
misrepieentation. - Danbury Ameri
can i'rbnemn.
? he c~as. ot PQver.I.
"It Is ecause of monopolies which
we petl adgrate. and advantages
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Services at the Methodist church
every First and Third Sundays at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. m., by the pastor,
Rev. H. Armstrong. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock.
BAPTIsT-M. E. Weaver, pastor.
Regular services, Second and Fourth
Sundays at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.; Sun
day school, 10 a. m.; prayer meeting,
Wednesday, 8 p. m. All invited.
LODGES.
Phoenix Lodge No. 38, A. F. & A.
M.-.Simcoe Walmsley, W. M.; J. C.
Trichel Jr., Sec. Meets First and
Third Wednesdays at 7 p. inm.
Castle Hall No. 89, Knights of Pyth
ias.-U. P. Breazealeo C. C.; Adolph
L'Herisson, K. of R. & S. Meets
Second and Fourth Thursdays at 8
p. m.
COURTS.
DISTRICT COURT.
Criminal Term-First Mondays in
June and December.
CIVIL TERM.
First Mondays in March and Octo
ber.
CIRCUIT COURT.
First Mondays in April and Novem.
ber.
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