The farmers' union., October 27, 1892, Image 1

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I AMME
MOM,
VOLUME II.
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY OCTOBER 27, 1892.
NUMBER 41.
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G1VEHTQ THE WORLD.
Columbian Exposition Build
ings Dedicated.
GLORY AND HONOR.
ORATORY AND MUSIC, AMID
SCENES OF GRANDEUR.
EVENT OF A CENTURY.
THE EXALTED OF EARTH WIT
NESS THE CEREMONIES.
iMRtiitaries of I he Killing Nullon of I lie
World llecouic the Oneiit of the llepnli
lic'it Chief Citizen mid Are Kscorte-d to
the Scene of the Day's Ceremonies with
All the Pomp and I'rlde of Military Form
liver One Hundred Tlioiiiuiul l'copie
Cheer the KlfMiieiire of Depew and Wat
tenon anil Hear the Vint t horns of Five
Thourand Voices Attune the Moloiiie-t of
the Dedicatory Ode An Kl;br.ite Dis
play of I'yroteehniei.
i II I (' A G O sjieci.il:
! The World's t'olum-
binn Exposition lias
Wen formally opened.
The series of celebrations consequent
upon the dedicatory exercises was in
augurated in Chicago's stie.'ts Thurs
day moaning, when the gorgeous" civic
pageant mar.-hed before delignted
thousands. The command which put
In motion the mighty column of nearly j
a hundred th uand opened an event
that will go ringing doAvn the ages as
the most brilliant page in the history of j
a great and prosperous nation. No such
multitude as surged through the
streets has Chicago ever 'before seen.
Political convention with their crowds
and clamor were ieft far behind, and
the seen-' on the down-town thorough
fares as the great parade moved off will
be I ng remembered alike by Chicago
nns and by the visitors who th-onged
the city.
It was close to the noon hour when
the vanguard of stalwart policemen
spurred their restless horses and
w heeled into line. General Milt and
his brilliantly uniformed military aids,
and the more brilliantly attired civilians
of his staff, came into view, an 1 pres
ently the advance guard of that vast
army of l'Ki.dO men was in motion.
Eveiywhero along the line of mar. h the
distinguished men a well as the
organizations making the most
striking displays weio greeted with
enthusiastic cheering. Though the
sun had hid himself behind a
bank of clou Is, and the sky looked down
with a lowering face uron the moving
display of animation and rotors, noth
ing could damp the ardor of the crowd,
and nothing that was worthy escaped
their notice. From the grand stand on
the Adams street front of the Govern
ment liuild'ng. Vice President Levi P.
Morton, the members of the Cabinet,
the Supreme Court, and diploniates from
all the nations of the earth witnessed
the grand civic para le as it passed in
review. In the streets there was a mob;
it cannot be cVle t by any other name.
This was essentially people's day in
the series of cere.nonies. Wednesday
night's grand I all at Ihe Auditorium
was a notable event, I ut the partici
pants were confined to the upper ten in
official and sociel life, for Governors,
legislators and diploma's; Thursday
n'ght's military ball was for the same
o'asses. Friday's military parade was
confined principally to the limits of the
fair grounds, to which admission could
THOMAS W. TALMFIt
be, had enly by card of invitation. But
Thursday's shoT was wide open to
w hocver could get a point from which
to see. The bootblack and roustabout,
cr the laborer, was as fiee as the mil
lionaire or pet of f ociety.
DEDICATORY EXKKl'fsKS.
Imprewwlve Ceremonies In the Great Mmi
nfaetnreA Haildinff.
Friday was the great Columbian dedi
ca ion day proper, and on this day the
big programme lor wlncli Ihe whole
c ountry has been preparing for months
was given.
The tlay's exercbes began with a
salute of twenty-one guns on the Lake
Pront.
At 9:15 o'clock the dedicatory parade
was started. Gen. Miles and his staff
t axe down the boulevard at the head
of a glittering company of United States
troops. The even Hne3 of yellow
p'umes rising and fall'ng in unison, the
steady trot of the horses, the quietness
and precision of every movement, was
a revelation to spectators unused to
n ilitary pageants.
The stat of Gen. Miles was followe I
by the mounted band. Then came troop
i f '.or troop o! cavalry, presenting a solid
In twelve deep, extending from curb
to curb. Three troops of white cavalry,
with tanned and bearded faces; a troop
of Indian cavalry, copper-colored and
expressionless, and a trjop of colore 1
cavalry, black and smiling that is the
way they carac.
After the cavalry was another mount
ed band, and then ap;uated artillery
men, who rattled over the uneven cedar
blocks about 12th street at a smart trot.
The regular artillery we: followed by
a baltcy of the National Guard. The
volunteer boys wore not so smart as the
regulars, but t hey looked very business
like an d full of powder.
The escori was not yet finished, fo
smoothly an I silently came a tro;p
mounted on wheels the Toledo adots.
The people gave the sixty men a cheer
a they passed, which seemed well de
served, for Iheir soldierly appearance
and the even manner in which they
handle I their iivn s eeds we :o very
noticable.
The brilliant escort which had passe !
was none too brilliant for the array of
p wer, wealth, a d intellect which was
now to follow, when this Governors of
the country and -the men who have
directed the affa'rs of the Exposition
rede and drove in pubi c parade to the
dedication of the World's Fair.
First in the lino of carr ages which
followed the troops was the highest rep
resentative of tt.e Government of the
United States, Vice President Morton,
and escort. In company with the Vice
President were Presi leu Palmer of fie
National World's Fair Goiniirssion and
x-1're-udent Pa';er of the Wei I i's Fair.
Then followed the Governo's of (he
diffei out States and other notables with
their aids and attendants, the whole
making a glittering and imposing cik'C
tacle that will b.' remembered as long
as the dedication erenonie s shall hold
a place in history. The parade marched
down the gayly decorated boulevard to
Washington Park, where the military
review osc tared.
Starting for I lie Huililin-t.
After this event was over the cavalry
procession a an e eort started from
the Washington Park reviewing sta'id.
marching up Palmer avenue and
through Midway Plaisanee to the en
trance of the grounds. The route along
the whole line was rich with decora
tions of every description, the colors of
all nations being thrown to the breeze
in great jrofusion, with the Hags of
Auierica and Spain themjf t prominent.
At the junction of Cott;fge Grove ave
nue mid tile Plaisauce a suad of police
under Lieut. Powers was stationed: at
the Woodlawn intersection was Lie.lt.
ISchm with anoth r squad of police,
while between the forces of Powers and
llchm there was a space of about half a
mile iu which there wen no police. Into
this gap the crowd rushed without liln
derance and so.ui became unmanage
able. All was L'oufusio.'i and the crowd
threatened to inter ere considerably
with the progress of the procession.
Put everything was later put to rights
by the appearance of the troop?, which
had been held in res- rve at the grounds
to welcome the parade. The coming of
the troop j soon restored order among
the crowd. The people obeyed with
gre.it good humor when the soidicrs.
who had been formed in line down each
side of the road, ordered them baclf. In
a few minutes the whole stretch of road
unprotected by the 1 ollee was picketed
by the troops. After the procession had
passed the soldiers fell in behind and
forme I a renr-guard to the parade.
When the military parade entered the
grounds over the viaduct it made an al
most entire circuit before dispersing at
the end of the park. Then the digni-
tnries and invited guests began to enter
j the big Manufactuie Puilding and the
i great procession was over.
J Within the .Mnnutiwtiire.t liuiliiili
J Tho scene in the great hall, as
i viewed from th platform at in
! o'clock, was thrilling. It was a spe -I
tacie that in exiling years will mark
an ejoch iu th s march of the
! natii ns of the earih. And when away
on in the time that is to ome American
history shall be writt n, i:o man in the
chill of calm thought will b able to
taint with words the dedicatory scene,
l.'o. s one who was not present gain any
notion of th ; meaning of titty n -res of
pa"ked humanity? Does lie get an im
pression of vastness when iie knows
that St. Peters at Pome might be put
within the great stiuet.ire and with
room left? What does it mean to s:iy
that 100,00") persons ni'iy be comfort
ably seated and room left for 7",oni
more?
The chief decoration? in the great
build ng were at the rear of the grand
stand and ar hed over the broad, car
peted aisle through which the dignita
ries sought their places on the platform.
From the roof strenu.crs of bunting of
yellow and red and white droopid down
from tho iron girders to the sides of the
great iron arches. There was a back
ground f g;cut lings with the stars and
stripes fA-awn smoothly at joints and
tastefully draped in others, while in the
center an ea.le arved in stone formed
the nucleus of a glorious standard of
colois. On one side of this setting,
hanging from away upon one of the iron
arches, depended the tanner of Spain.
There was a'so displaye I for the first
time on a near-by arch the official ban
ner of the AVorld's Columbian F.xjosi
t'on. Out upon the grat, vast 1'oor, underi
the arches an t t-H 'depending Has, a
forest of chairs had been j laced,-an 1
whrn the crowd had come in and the
people had gathered, a great, n rvous.
mov.iig sea of itumrn.ty moaned v.-itu
ebb'ng hum and buxjc of talk and com
ment. The gallery u; among the
arches of iron and surrounding the en
tire building was filled and blackened
with humanity.
Imagine '.10,000 human faes in a bunch
in the center of a great Held 1 out
whom arj standing nearly as many
more rcrsons. Fothe stand filled wit.Ii
the singers and dislingu'shed guests
and hear tho preliminaiy blare of th
brass instruments, which are being put
through preliminary operation for the
music which is to come. Diffuse ov, r
this entire scene the growing murmur,
wh'eh at times mounts to a roar, an 1 a
faint idea of the scene may be pictured
on the mental vision.
j To one who has never reen the b
! hemoth buildings in Jacksi n Park, it
' may bo impossible to give on adequate
j idea of the colossal magnitude of the
j great spectacle. National conventions
hive been accepted as great assem
blages, yet several national conven
tions could have been held in the kb
I hies without interferense with the peo
1 pie in th j main room.
This wonder of the engineering world
' docs not seem a building. The dimen
sions are mountainous and not archi
tectural. Standing against tho rail of
the inner balcony, sweeping the broad
expanse of busy floor, the scene is p.
landscape and not an interior. The
glint and sparkle of rich costumes and
jeweled decorations are tho sprinkled
(lowers nestling against the darker color
of the uplift. When 100nfi0 people
waved their handkerchiefs, the prospect
was that of a thick cot ton-field tossed
by a high w nd. In the exciting mo
ments when enthusiasm toots a violent
turn, the demonstration was not that of
individuals, but of the undulating
whole. A man in the thick of this scene
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THE SPEAKER'S STAND IN
was as nothing, a black spot mixed and
groi.nd into the color of the pi dure.
When the multitude assembled the
people came drifting in granular fiir
r nts a'ong the narrow avenues. Fur
ther along they closed upon each other
in the steady push forward until it was
difficult to tell one speck from another.
Then the natural compression of a
jostling crowd did the rest and they
were molded into that mighty solid
block, filling to the outer limits the
floor at the largest building on ear h.
Arrival of the I'ugcant.
It vrasjust 1:4 ). m. when the im
patient crowd caught sight of a glitter
ing uniform at the back of the broad
stairway leading to the speakers' stand.
Mil ward Adams, manager of the seating
trrr.ngements, followed the guard in
uniform, who had cleared the way, and
proceeded down the stairway leforJ.
Director General Davis, master or cr--monies.
Then came Vice President
Morton, hauncry M. Depew, President
Higinbothain, Mayor Wnshbtirne, Cardi
nal Gibbous, Archbishop Ireland.
JUshop Fowler, and Lr. Me Cook.
ly the time the cheering and waving
of handkerchiefs had ended ihe speak
ers' stand and seats behind were em
banked with the mi)-t notable githring
of dignitaries and high officials ever
seen iu this country outside the na
tional capital. Chief of these, of course,
was Vice President Morton, who in his
capacity a representative of the Presi
dent and of the Government had the
seat uf honor, directly in the front of
the renter. Next to him on his right
w re bishop Fowb r and Ir. McCook,
while' Director General Davis, master
of ceremonies, w,:s on his b-lt. In a
semicircular row behind the Vice I'tesi
dent were Mrs. Sarah Covreil LeMoyne,
who was selected to read a portion of
M'ss Monroe's dedication o ie; Gen. Gos
horn, who was Director G.ncrnlof the
Centennial F.xpos'tion; P. A. H. Wide
ner, chairman of the Committee on
Ceremonies of the National Commission:
Mrs. Gillespie. ho wa President of
(he Woman's Foard of the. Cen:ennial
Exposiiion.iind is the grand laughter of
lien iiniin Franklin: Mrs. Potter Palmer,
President of the lio'ird of l ady Mana
gers, and Henry Wa'.terson, the dedica
tion orator.
Across the aisle in a c-orre.-pond'ng
semi-circle were Mayor Washb.irne, M'ss
Monroe, who wrote the ode f the dav;
Chaiineey Depew and Cardinal Gibbons.
Director of Works Puniha:n had a place
Tiext to Mrs. LeMoyne, I ut was too busy
to leain'a'n it for any length of time.
It was a pleasant S'gji watching the
great Bica hanked in terrace wdiile
they waite I for the tumult to subside
and the programme to begin.
THE CIVIC PARADE PASSING
Opened the Oeilie.it -7.v Kxerrieci.
The dedication exercises were con:
mi need by the great chorus singing the
Columbian hymn. ".
The words f the hymn are as fol
lows :
All liail r.n I welcome, nation;! of the earth!
Columbia's irreetinir comes from every State;
Proclaim to all mankind the world's new b'.rth
Of freedom, age on aire shall cousecrnte.
Let war and enmity for ever ceaso:
Let glorious i:rc and commerce laiiib wrong,
The rnivcr.al biotherhooii of eace
Shall lie Columbia's inspiring Hons.
Tl.ei came the invocation of Bishop
ChaiiiS H. Fowler of California. It
-??s the first test of a speaker's voice
b: fore t'ie multitude, and demonstrateel
instantly the futility of any attempt to
reach more than a small section of the
great multitude. Ignorant of the relig
ious nature or the address, tho throng
murmured and rustled until the swell
ing wave overwhelmed the speaker's
yoiee and sent his words adrift on a sea
of sounds.
The invocation over, Director General
Davis ad.usted his eye glasses, tossed
back the gray locks on his forehead and
advanced to the stand, manuscript in
nsS.I$&. m men wiSatS-
han.l. His trumpet-like voice, his well- I
known features and the commanding
office ho reprcsente:! ommanded the
tumult about him and sent a ripple of
silence far into the crowd. His address
was a brief recital of national triumphs,
closing with a concise statement of the:
purpose for which the exposition had j
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THE GREAT BUILDING.
been inaugurated. The simplicity of
the words and the exalted thought they i
conveyed found a tpiiek 'response in his i
hearers, bringing interruptions of ap- i
plau-Jo and a volley or vocal approval at
the close.
Mayor Washburne was then intro
duced to deliver an address of welcome
ami tender the freedom of the city. His
tones, while lacking in resonance, were
enunciated so clearly ant with such
.EV. MII.ES.
uprising strength that his thought
won the ear oE the guests of the day to
whom he addressed himself. Citizens
of ( hicago, too, responded enthusiastic
ally win n he declared tii j city's great
ness and wealth of promise.
Following the Mayor came leadings
by Mrs. Sarah Cowcll L Moyne, of
New York, from Mi-s Monroe's dedica
tion ode. 'ihe reading comprised only
a fragment of the poem, alternating
with verses sung by the chorus from
music composed by G. W. Chadwick. of
l'o.?ton.
As Mi 3. I.'Meyne finished reading
Director Genera! Davis presented her
w ith a w reath on behalf vf the women
of Chicago. This was a simple affair
ef laurel leaves boti.id with yellow and
terra eotta ribbon. The cheers that fol
lowed this act biought Miss Harriet
Monroe, the author, to her feet, and she
also was presented with a like memento,
which she a.-know ledged by a graceful
Tjow and smile.
Director of Works Buriiham formally
presented the designers, painters, and
sculptors of the Exposition with corn
men orative medals. Mr. liurnham's
voice is not calculated to rea?h the gal
leries, an I lie made no attempt in that
direction. As he took his seat he was
met ! y the usual heer, taken up in the
galleries and echoed by the individuals
hanging from the girders well up to the
j dome.
Mrs. Potter 1 aimer's address, "Weirk
i of the Hoard of 1 ady Managers" was
enthus.ast:ca!iy received. She was in
troduced I y Director General Davis and
received with a standing salute, in
which the elignitarles joined. The Pres
ident of Ihe Hoard of Lady Managers
a!-know lodged th's reception by a mod
est tow and proceeded at once with her
report, looking down up n the waving
of handkerchiefs and smiling, expec
tant faces.
11. N. Higinbothain, President of th"
Chicago Directory, made the presenta
tion of th" buildings of the Columbian
Exposition to President T. W. Palmer
eif the Columbian Co u mission. Mr.
Palmer, leauing his hand upon the dee
orated stand, listened to the short, terse
THE REVIEWING STAND.
talk of Mr. Higinbothain, and then,
when he hatl hypothe'.ically been ta'i
deretl the documents, turned and faced
the audience, took a sip of water and
delivered his address. Frequent ap
piau met this speaker, p.'rhap because
his trained voice penetrated farther
across the Moor sj a.'e. A short history
of the work in bringing the sands and
tiuagmires of Jackson l ark to the solid
and massive buildings and beautiful
gardens was reviewed, and in it the
story of ho.v the commission had
leached to the utt?rmost parts of the
earth was told. The General was greatly
applauded for his eloquence.
Dedicated the Oronnd to Humanity.
When President Palmer turned to for
tnal'y make the presentation. -which he
did to the President of the United States,
Vice President Morion arose. Ata signal
f.om Col. Davis the audience stood as
one, auld prolonged cheers. Vice Presi
jlunt AJorton, refirascnting President
Harrison, stood haii facing the and cue
and speaker, and was asked to dedicate
the ground to humanity. .
Accepting tne trust on behalf -of tho
President of the United States, VI c
President Morton read his speech with
an evident appreciation of the greatness
of the oce-asion, pausing in effective
periods and emphasizing the national
sanction of tin Fxp-sition. As he turned
to take his chair at the conclusion, the
Diplomatic Corps rose and sto d un
til he was seate 1. That was the signal
for more enthusiastic cheering, whici
continu ed until the majestic "Hallelujah
Chorus" silenced it.
Watlenton Deliver the Oration.
Then came the two greatest features
ef a great rogramme the orations by
Henry. Watterson and Chaunee-y M.
Depew.. Mr. Watterson abandoned his
manuscript when Director General Da
vis announce J his mi'i o. and walking to
the front of the stand took his placo
before a bewildering tumult of applause
and waving hat tind handkerchiefs
from the throng that had risen to greet
him. Without hesitation, except when
interruptel by apfdan e, the epeaker
plunged into hi- subject. His earnest
ness, the rich tones of his voice,
the ommand:ng personality of the man
impressed even those who could
not catch his words. llapldiy he
reviewed the "Columb'an epic," pursu
ing en to scan the progress of American
ivilization, clos'ng w.lh an invocation
of the greatest .solemnity. As he ut
tered the sentences "Gol bless the
children and the mothers! God bless
our country's flag!" a rift in the c'ouded
sky sent a Hash of sunlight through the
curved ro:f that centered on Ihe rugged
figure tf the orator, as though a bene
diction had been vouchsafe i in answer
to his plen. The c owd enught Ihe sug
gestion and became as still as waiting
petitioners before the heav nly throne
mute witnesses to the orator's power.
CliHiini-ey M. I.ei.c.vs Address.
When Mr. Watterson reached the
climax of his peroration and stepped to
ward his seat, there was an instant's
hush, followed by deafening cheers that
broke? out aga'n when Chauecy Depew
was announced. Mr. Depew's stylo
was in striking contrast to the Kentucky
editor's, but his achievement was par
allel. Heading his speech, he was
seemingly oblivious to the printed
weirds. In moments of excitement ho
waved the manuscript in emphasis,
never losing a word r abating for an
instant bis perfect lommand of the
striking phrases. His voice, forced to
the volume of a great organ, rolled out
over the crowd and hel 1 it as with a
chord of steel. Occasionally some ab
sorbed listener, wrought by the stirring
sentiment, spoke ills approval and start
ed ejaculations of assent, tut the orator
never wavered.
In places the theme changed from
Homeric solemnity 1o lighter vein, and
moved the hearers te laughter, but it
was only to relieve the tension fur an
instant light touch in a picture of
titanic lines.
When Mr. Depew had concluded, there
was no question as t his triumph. He
had reached the hearts of i.is listeners
and they respondeil with re verberating
acclaim, a tribute such as even so great
an orator could but feel deeply.
lty this time approaching night had
turned the great halt into a cavern of
eerie shadows. Are lights suspended
in clusters warned ti e sired people of
the eh ise ef day. Some departed, filter
ing out in long pedestrian lines, while
those who remained rowded closer to
"IlKSHRVKll SKATS' IN W.S:IN iTON PAKK.
the front to hear the beautiful closing
1 rayer by Cardinal Gibbons. Then
came the i-horus, "In Praise of Gid,"
the benediction by liev. II. C. M C ok
of Philadelphia, and, a, oMoek the
farewell words of Director General
Davis, announcing tho formal close of
the e-xoreb es.
As the director general fin'shed his
speech a battery on the shore announced
the final completion of Chicago's trust
the erection and dedication ef the
great buildings that are to hold tho
World's Columbian Exposition of 1H!H'.
The great Fair had been formally
op p.ed.
i ii;i;vnih display.
Klahorate l'rojrraiiimc in 'VYafthiiiKtmi,
Lincoln, and tiarlield Purlc.
As became th dignity of the occasion,
the fireworks display Friday night was
a record breaker. It was probably tho
finest nyroteehnie display the world has
ever witnessed.
Properly speaking there were three
displays, the exhibition having been ar
ranged in that manner to avoid the con
centration of great masses of people tt
one point. At each place the lirewerks
were exactly alike. Twenty-live thou
sand dollars' worth of rockets and fire
pictures glowed and sizzled at Washing
ton, Lincoln and Garfield parks. 'J he
programme in each park was the slime
and Included about everything that
eould go up or go off, from the well
ki own sky-rockets which on th's occa
sion iroared in Hocks of 5,(,00 to huge
tombs, weighing 110 pounds, which
were thrown Mill feet into the air and
then exploded gorgeously. There were
set-pieces 40 leet high and 0 feet in
MHS. SARAH COWEI.f, Le VOVXt
length, which, when touched off showed
iu h devices as tne sailing of Columbus
in lire. A huge 11 y balloon was another
design. ,
I ;
STAND BY YOUR CMS
THE RESULT OF THE BAT
TLE RESTS WITH YOU.
YOUR VOTE VALUABLE
PLUTOCRACY WILL MAKE EF
FORTS TO WIN YOU BACK.
Brake the Independent Y1 Largo
nnugli to Mrlk Terror to the Urartu
of ONI iarty Managers ltr Your lluty
lo Add One.
Vi'eavor and Itcrorm.
. Make the aliove your motto and
earry it with yon to the polls on flota
tion day. lift no People's party man
underestimate the value oftho inde
pendent votes. The president i il vo.c
is the one that will be counted as ex
pressing the sentiment of the eople,
and a vote for Mr. Cleveland or Mr.
Harrison will be counted as an en
dorsement of the present political c"on
;li;:ons and favorable to plutocracy.
On the other hand, votes for either
Weaver or llidwell will be regarded as
a revolt from present political condi
tions, and will be taken as an expres
sion on (he part of ihose who poll them
that they will not follow their e-rnt-while
party leaders further into tha
plutocratic camp.
Friends and brothers, wha'-, s'.all the
record be? Every moans known to
bad men and devils is being employed
to lead yon on and hold you i:i the;
plutocrat ie column, agains. your more
patriotic impulses. Yoa are being pur
sued, cajoled, ridipule.I. and threatened
by turns. Your prejudices are ai
pealed to, and efforts are made to
frighten you, as though something to
bo feared is to follow your independent
action. All this is not for you : it is
for plutocracy. If you can s ill b ;
held, plutocracy is s ife, and the selfish
rn I-;erioNisT. Look
leet've Tariff -
Pic;rsTKt Fah .11: i. Jolmny. g.-t your gun. pre:
ruck.
burden of wrong remains upon the
shoulders of the- masses.
This wholly rests with yu now, you
who intend to vote independent. If
you can be won back now, plutocracy
will wedl know that, you can be won
back a', any cud all times, and they
will ihui'it iu your face the lie-ense
yo.tr vote gives them to go on in their
present course until the llepublic falls
as have fallen the Republics that have
preceded ours. And the historians of
other days w ill ask, and wait for the
ruins of our greatness to answer, why
di 1 the I cojilc of the American Repub
lic, the intcdiigc ut people of the clos
ing nineteenth ceiiiury, vote their own
dost rue: ion V
Don't ask yourself who is going to be
elected. Tlint is not the ques ioa. The
question npo:i which the fate of our
institutions hnngs is, bow large will
the independent vole bs? If it is large
enough to strike terror to plutocracy,
we are safe; if no1, we are doomed.
The man who cull add one to the col
umn and fee ls that he ought to do so,
but does not, will be cue of the guilty
when the Republic and liberty is lost.
Mii'l il lie War?
The above question earnes wi h it
gloomy feirebo.lings. and it is a ques
tion which none of us like to discuss
or even think alxint. Indeed, the man
who asks it is scoffed at as a prophet
of evil. Uut we remember a time in
the years gone when thinking men
dreamed of w ar and feared i's reality,
and when they gave modest expression
to their fears they too were ridiculed
and laughed at. Hut the war came,
and the liowcr of the repnl-lic sleep in
soldiers graves.
In the resent crisis one of two
things is just as sure as it was before
18G1. The present tendency of things,
tho constant absorption of tho wealth
created by labor, the tyranny of the
money owcr, must cease or war will
come. The people may seem to be the
slaves of party i;ow, and the; pnrties
the tools of tho money power, but
there will come an awakening; and
the longer it is delayed thj more fear
ful the awakening. A vote would stop
it now ; an avalmche couldn't once it
is on.
If the people would so vote as to
show the ir independence, as to show
their determination to be free, as to
strike terror to the heart of pin o
cracy and to say to their false servants
thus far shalt thou go and t;o farther,
the danger would be happily averted
now and for all time. 15ut they may
not do that. The spirit of the party
has invoked the powers of evil, has set
to work misguided men in all the
walks of life, and by fair means and
foul, are trying once more to win the
people from their convic ions. Such
men are sowing the wind to rea the
whirlwind. They are planting the
dragon's teeth to be themselves ren.
in twain. They are only paving the
way for a catastrophe. The people
may lie deceived now, but they cannot
lie for always. Even party slaves wiil
some'imes arouse to feel the chains
grinding into their llesh, and then
will the end be.
We appeal to friend and foe alike to
consider the situation. Let ns have
votes not bullets. Let us settle this
trouble in peace ra her than court the
dogs of war. Fellow-citizens, you
have meant to vote against plutocracy,
yon i.ave said yon would do ir; let
nothing turn you aside. There is more
in your vot'j this fall than there ever
was before. Make it count on the side
of right nn.l peace and
Progressive Farmer.
prosperity.
The Fo ci lllll.
This sc:ire-erow agrwd upon liy the
machine politicians. North and South,
to keep their victims in line, is like ail
awkward bumpkin plaving nri.ost with
out so much as a sheet to -onceal his
absurbitv. Do uot the people of the i
South know that the North and Nor.li-!
west, avo, and the Fas', would op: osc j
Federal interfere nce with the ir elec-
lions jus; as strenuously as would '
themsedvesV A law cannot go into j
effect which is uot general ia its oper-
ation, and we know that an engine of
oppression elirected against Alabama
or I.onisuna would !e just as easily
turned upon Illinois or Indiana, anil
we will have none of it. The only dan- ;
ger is from the plutoera'ic power
that dominates )h parties, which
may feed that it must control tho elec
tions as well as the parties, an I that
powr is just as anxious for this con
trol in the North as iu the South.
The duty of the hour is the over
throw of the parties thns dominated
by plutocracy, an I if the Southern
people allow themselves frightened
back into the oi l parties by this hilly
scare-crow, they w ill ltt doing more to
fasti-n the ediains upon themselves
than plutocracy could do in a dozen
campaigns. The dd parties are owcr
less to enact force bills or anything
e lse without the votes of the jMHiple
behind them, and the sure way to shut
off the s hurtful measures, and to se
curo immunity from wrong, outrage
r.nd oppression, is to let these jarties
severely alone, and teach the jioli i
ci.ms that the people are still the
power behind the throne which even
the American Congress may be com
pelled to edjey. The South and West
against the field, and let the politi
cians take their for-e bill and other
hurtful measures with theru to their
dens in Wall S recjt. Ex.
Tli.Te' I ut On? Way.
Great Uritain was exceedinglv pros-
HIOir-VKOTEi'llOXIsT HCvitt f; ver.ii. THE (111.11 Ti.i ril.
in I you. my fr:it. an i reflect hityouo-ve the nivfrniticent prosperity which yon enjoy to our glorious Pro-
yo.ir gun!
perous from 1707 to 18S1. Specie pay
ments suspended, then cams an era of
hard times. Sh.vl.jck voblied the peo
ple of their money and laid the blame
upon the tariff or upon indirect taxa
tion. Ret ween 1819 and 1845 they
gra .nail v destroyed the system of in
direct taxation aud adopted free trade.
Did this repeal emancipate labor or
benefit the farmer? History records
that it bronghc no relief and tiiat the
number of house and land ow ners cou
.inually diminished. To bring pros
perity io this country it w ill take more
than pittence that can lie saved from a
repeal of the tariff. Just as in Eng
land, the old parties are trying hard to
fool tiie people with that old chestnut
They know it sueecoded there; they
think it will succeed here. The far
mers" income must be increased
through higher prices. Higher prices
cannot be secured save through an in
crease iu currency. Increase in cur
rently cannot be secured save through
law. Law can only be made through
parties favorable to an increase of
money. Republican and Democratic
parties are opposed to an increase.
Then why vote for them? Rut why
not vote for the. People's party, which
demands an increase to $50 per capita?
Tne l i(ti.
fight is on. The presidential
The
campaign is here. It ;s not very bois
terous, but there is a deep feeling.
The inclination i-: to make the tariff
the bone of contention. It is the same
old I tone. Suptse we settle it next
November. We have settled it two or
t'ireft times. Wedl, suppose we settle
it again. The fact is, the tariff is a
convenient question for the parties to
light over. Uut what of the financial
question? What of the tax question?
What of the question of the election of
President and Senators by the people?
What about the question of compell
ing monopolies to give np their grip
upon the throa's and pocket looks of
the masses? What aliout making it
unlawful to sustain a private murder
ous Fmkerlfm army in this Republic?
What about the; right of labor farm
labor or ci y lalxr to organize, with
out b ing stepped on by employing
capital? What about establishing
ostal savings banks iu which tho peo
ple of small means can deposit their
surplns earnings? What about the
execution of present laws against the
formation of trusts? Come, citizen,
!o not lie blinded by oratory and false
issues. Compel the men for whom von
! J.
vole for Congress and the Legislature
to tell you where they sland upon other
questions than that of tariff.
W nat taper Voney I M.
There is no disputing the fact that
the French Government is the most
prosperous in the world after passing
through all her wars. After the revo
lution of 1818 by the decree of March
15, the notes of the Rank of France
were made legal tender to the amount
of $350,000,000. The amount taken
the first ten days was $6,000,000.
The English writersof finance said it
would lead to tho destruction of the
French currency, though it was bnt a
sliort time after the English press ad
mi ted its success as a master stroke of
finance. Tho war between France
and German v was declared July 19,
i 1870, and terminated May 10, 1871.
1 Iu April. 1870, the circulation of the
j Rank of Franca was 288,750,000,
bullion and specie was S2G 1.555.000. a
little over $18 per capita. In August,
j 1870, the. French Government aus-
pende.l specie payment and mafic notes
on the Bank of France legal tender.
The bank then loaned the Govern
ment, $.110,000,(100 at 1 per cent., and
paid 1 per cent, on its entire circula
tion. The Dank of France and other
credit institutions loaned to the people
in two weeks $36,000,000, and tho
on? lateral or security required
was an "on,esl " business r
niereial s!anding. It is recorded
,Ij.at uot a commercial or industrial
fl'lur occurred in the linudation of
llw f eorg a Cntra-f.
Let Georgia ISonrbons look to it.
The rot .on egg thrown at a woman, a
visitor and guest within the border of
their state, will give to the man at
whose dignity and manhood it was
aimeil, a million more votes November
8. He is the representative of confed
erate labor, the. bone, brawn and sinew
ef the land. He was the choice of an
unpiirehasable convention of the high
est gift within the suftage exercise of
Americans. He - stands to-day the
overshadowing man of the three great
candidates before the country, and
when Georgia officials permitted, or
incited hoodlums to offer to him or bis
I ary, gross insult they stultified their
chivalrous states And put a lasting
shame npon i More they insult
every man upholding the principles
(which General Weave-r represents) iu
every either state within tLe Union,
and the confe-derated lalxir organiza
tions nominating him for office.
Lame and impotent excuses will not
palliate the brutality displayed
towards a standard beirer of the Peo
ple's party. These ontrjsc-s were not
unpremeditated. They were tho fruit
of plans matured in wickedness and
pcrpe: rated through hirelings. At a
higher c'oor lie the guilt.
When the present campaign shall
Lhavc passed into Listorv, Weaver's
name will be enshrined i:i the pulsat
ing heart of the nation, an 1 across
those of the men crucifying him for
j his eVhamoionship of the hosts of labor.
a bar sinister stand out in infamous
memory of blind, besotted bigotry
National Economist.
Tuen anil ? ow.
A few year's ago the President's sal
ary was $25,000 and a Congressman's
salary was J.iHM). Wheat was worth
$1.50 per bushel, and Ki.OOt bushels of
wheat would pay the President's sal
ary, and 2.O0O hftshebV would pay a
Congressman's salary. " Notjr the Pres
ident's salary is $50,000 n year, and" a
Congressman's salary is $5,000. WRta.
is woith 70 cents a bushel, and it trill
now take over 71,428 bushels to pay
the Presi lout's salary, aud over 7,142
to pay a Congressman's. And yet the
farmers are in as good a condition as
they ever were, say the i oljticians. A
vole for the parties that have brought
aliout this condition of things, is an
endorsement of the condition and a re
quest that they ba continued.
Cleveland's Contribution.
The Associated Press dispatches
have it that Mr. Cleveland, following
the example set by himself four years
ago, has contributed $10,000 to his own
campaign fund. It seems that class of
Mr. Cleveland's supporters called
mugwumps premised, in case of Cleve
land's nomination, to contribute $500.
000 to the fund, but that they have so
far failed to redeem the ir promise. Mr.
Cleveland's cheek was drawn through
the Holhyd Trust Company. Mr.
Clevelias friends. E. C. Renedict,
Mr. Whitney, and Mr. Dickinson, have
each contributed $10,000. If the Peo
ple's party succeeds it must beat both
men and monev.
ert'o 'at'Hiii.
We had earnestly ho.xl that the
reign tf sectional hate was over in
this country, but the present campaign
develops the fact that radicalism in tho
North and Rourbotiisni in the South
are determined that this fruitful means
of keeping themselves ia power shall
not -be lost. From now till November
8 h the partisan papers North and
South will be as full of apparent hate
of each other as thev were during the
War. There is no doubt but that this
is done by agreement among them
selves, but its effect upon the people
is ruinous all the same. Wipe out the
parties of hate. It is the only remedy.
The Vt eav.;r Affidavits.
Certain affidavits have been circu
lated all over the South derogatory to
Gen. Weaver while at Pulaski, Tenn.,
during the war. One of tho principal
of 1 hose affidavits was made by "Col.
.Tared Phillips." It now tarns out that
the Cleveland managers procured this
affidavit to be made by a very ignorant
colored man by the name, of Jared
Phillips. Further comment is not nec
essary, farther than to observe that
such toliticians will do anything
rather than yield place and power.
Intelligent farmers know that the
robber tariff law does not benefit them.
Last year this country exported 142,
000,000 bushels of wheat and imported
only 8,210 bushels that is, we sold an
enormous amount of wheat to . foreign
countries because it is cheaper than
any other, and oar farmers paid 25
cents per bushel on a little over 8,000
bushels of imported wheat. What
good does the tariff on wheat do our
farmers ? Wheat ia lower and the tari ff
on it higher than . ever before bat
where does the benefit to the farmers
come in? Dayton (Ohio) Workman. -