The farmers' union., June 21, 1894, Image 1

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THE FARMERS' HON.
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JUNJ) 21, ISO-!.
Number
'olume IY.
. Humphrey's
Green Front.
0,000
Men,
ioysand Children
f call at my Store and examine my
ammoth Stock
sfsscsc cap .
HON. THOMAS E. WAT SOX,
Delivered at DeGive's Opera
Atlanta, Georgia, May 19, '94.
As Mr. Watson ar se from his
seat and advanced to the front, of the
stage, be was greeted by loud and
bad
and strike alwavs until the
wrong are broken, struck this evil un
til this imprisonment for debt was
timlom-ed fitmlausc. When it
I " D W I
subsided, he spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: I thank
c. .. ti .1. . .( .'.in' ..!,. iiiii ...
you ior intr waiiimi vm "i"'"1' stomach bv berorm
and I am glad to believe that the
time draws rapidly near when there
is no considerable audience that can
chains of i come of a quarter of a million dollars I is no way to get the railroads. 1
mere heavily than you would tax the answer you, we can get the railroads
man with an income of one hundred back just as the railroads got from us
u I ended and poverty no longer made a J thousaud dollars. When you get to the lands and the money with which
MOUSe, ........ ,.!.. i -i i i... .!. . i t : i ..
(.,ime j a man like UoeKaienar, who uas an u uuuu uy iucia w eminent, uu-
It has not been o very long ago income of at least one million dollars main they took the right-of-way. TJn
since it was a capital crime even to a year, or that sweet citizen, Andrew der the law of eminent domain they
JUv Lord's birds." It was not Carnegie, or that tuouei oi me re pun nave a ngui u is uirougu vuui
IK
t lie Vandi-rbilts when von set to your
these men. with a net income of a They can condemn any piece of prop
million dollars a year, come down on erty whatsoever so they take it foi
shoot
so long ago since it cost your life to
shoot "the Duke's rabbits."' It was
not so long ago since it was a crime
I to go about soliciting for the hungry
bread. It has
not been so long ago since a man m
prison might be tried by his peers and
found not guiltv and vet could not
Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI.
( iu ntv or St (fn.M. i !-
In the Circuit Court of Scotland oount)'.
Autrn-i term . 1891.
Jamkss. A-iiKiiv, Plaintiff,
vs.
Vaiicy .1 Woods, Marlon Stafford. Wil
liam li. Stafford. Benjamin H. Stafford, Grant
Stafford. John s Israel, Henry A. Israel, NVw
ton J. Israel. V I ice Israel, K. r. l!-:ic!. Rltxa
beth Amiiu-t-juiitv, Albert A ui tiu t iiiaii. James
Israel. LHli- Isrtw I, Sarah A. Israel, John It.
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. . . ii. ..... .. -i .i i. I'."."."'-.:' ' ' (neunKnown Detra
lieore liOUlU, or the ASlors, or ueius, lunmau )uur pastures, uawnju l i jodq ( , si. ii i.s. deceased. Defendants
through voir cemeteries
At thi
attorneys. -,
lus petition
other thing
Wo,.!-. M.u-i
I! 'H I:. I'll 1.
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be collected in winch mere win uw I ieave those prison walls until he bad
be many good friends of mine, and I Sl.u,e( Wtu tije jailer for the food he
good friends of the cause I represent, j eaten amJ for iR, gtraw on whl(.h
Fellow citizens, I congratulate you j ,e sjept and had moistened with his
and my party upon the fact that t(..us
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them heavier, and try to save their the public good. What they take j.,.,,,
souls as well as save the republic, from the public the public can take
(Loud and continued applause.) j back. The law for one is law for the
other. (Prolonged applause.) ion
ask me, how would I get them? (Jet
them honestly and like a gentleman.
History tells us that many a poor
prisoner lingered in the jails of Kug-
OF-
r (OAil I 1
angry passioas oi lavz nave uw
ed; that prejudice is dying away, and
that throughout all the ranks ol (.cor- j ianfj vear :ifU.r year held for the jail
gia life, there is an inclination to ex- j feesalthough ' hey had been acquit
change idea?; to listen to argument; j jj Dj tjie charges brought agains
to hear facts to the grand end that I li(.,u
we may have better government.! low were those evils stricken from
Applause. jour social, political and legal system?
T do not for one moment question gy tu. efforts of brave men who did
5
lothing
which I have just received,
ami which has been pur
chased under a prospect of
:i low tariff and bought the
go ds away pown, the equal
lias never been known in
Northeast Missouri. 1 am
prepared to sell you
00D GOODS
Even below your own ex
pectation. Those
ats,
Caps,
Boots,
Before discussing the currency
question, I wish briefly to discuss
what is called the wildest plank in our
platform. I would like to have the
respect of every honorable citizen in
the Mate of Georgia. 1 would like
to have the good will of every man
whose ixood will can he purchased up
on honorable arounds. Hut 1 say
liere and now that I sacrifice no prin- W fwr tl"''11 firlv aud uareIv'
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ciple to gain any votes or to gam anv j niun u.v LlIt "l
man's good will. (Applause and ,u wlK,e or m P:llt- lue lS8U-
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cheers.) Thev say that our railroad auw w ... ... ... i
That is a matter of detail. hat I
would steal no man's property and
I want no man to steal mine unless he
will steal my debts with it. (Ap
plause.) Let us take these railroads
under a fair system of assessments
under the law of eminent domain, and
Bhoes,
Ncckwcai
Furnishing Goods,
AS WELL AS MY
Clothing Stock
Are all Fresh, New Goods,
and purchased under the re
cent decline in the eastern
market, and, positively, will
be closed out to make room
for another stock, which 1
expect to buy in the near
future, even lower than ever
if possible. Call early ami
see me if you wish to
your sincerity or your Honesty, i
sometimes find it very difficult to drum
up much respect for your judgment
(Applause.) You ought not doubt
our sincerity or our honesty, and the
question as to whether you will ad
mire our judgment, depends upon the
candor with which you will listen, and
the frankness with which you will en
ter into deliberations on the subject.
(Applause and cries of That's so.)
I have an abiding faith that it' you
are right, I am going to go down; but
that if I am right you are going to go
down. (Applause.) And if you are
right, 1 want to go down. (Continued
applause.) If 1 am right, you ought
to want to Know it. If I am wrong I
want to know it; convince me of it.
slid I will shed these principles in a
moment. (Applause and cries of
"That's the way to talk ".) I yield to
no man in my love for the common
wealth. 1 yield to no man my admi
ration for our institutions. I yield to
no man in my pride of race: but I be
lieve that no question can be settled
unless we take Uod into it. ..p
plause.) I believe that no question
can be permanently settled until it is
settled right. Build your house up
on the sands and it is at the mercy of
the storm. Build it upon the eternal
rocks and it will be there when Ga
briel blows his horn. (Great applause
and cries of Hurrah for Watson .)
The pathway of the reformer has
never been' a pathway of flowers.
Kver and always it has been a rock
road: ever and always the crown of
the reformer has been a crown of
thorns: ever and always his feelings
were outraged, his motives miseor-
rut wl- his bf. endangered, bis
disturbed, and nothing but the S "here accumulated wealth will
t. i.t t.,,.i,,i ' bear them, and that they should not
courage of right ever has maintained
. . , ,.i :.. , ! be out unon a man's hat. a man s
i .i i..t.,rmiT III 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 '1 ill i' ' 1 11 .
wrong. (Continued applause.)
5 1 speak to-night in the capitol city
of my State; speaking to elegant, re
lined and educated ladies, speaking to
elegant, c ultivated gentlemen; speak
ing to representatives of the best
blood, the best brain, the best charac
ter that the State of Georgia affords,
and I tali them to witness that the
rights which thev enjoy to-night-
just what you are gathered here to do
to erect the standards of right and
to battle under them until the wrong
goes down beneath tour feet. (Ap
plause loud and long.)
Seen through the stained glasses of
party hate, we have appeared to you
to be wild men, with horns on our
heads and hoofs on our feet, enemies
to prosperity, enemies to private
property; people who paid no atten
tion to principle ami vested right.
To-night if my strength and patience
should permit I intend that the citj
of Atlanta, so far as this audience can
lestifv shall hereafter hold us in
higher respect, because it understand
us better. (Applause.)
What is our creed? What are oui
principles?
We believe in the coinage of th
constitution the free and unlimited
coinage of gold: the free and unlimi
ted coinage of silver, and the supple
menting of that volume of currency
by the issuance of treasury note:-
whenever the necessity of business
requires. That is tin- theory ol
Thomas Jefferson, who never did
dream that his entire doctrine should
he stamped under the feet of those
f who destroyed his ideas wjile thej
pretended to worship his memory.
( Applause.)
We believe that the making of
i money is a national, sovereign right.
I No citizen can make it. no corpora
tion can make it. but that the gov
ernment ought to make it and no1
j farm out that privilege to an iudivid
j ual or corporation. (Cries of "Right,
i right." i
i We believe that the taxes should lie
plank is wild and visionary: that to
hnv no all the railroads would bank
rupt the country and the government 1 1 the ricU ':' ,Kr tbe Pr uuin- 1
mo-ht not take possession of all the l" espise myseil .1 i maue wai
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mrnnmtc railroad orooertv. 1 im'ltM U1K uw mau l,,:uis"L"
t
Let us discuss this for a moment,
and when we have put our minds to
do say is. 1 do not advocate injustice
1
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In
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me race oi me you nate niu tiui iu
accumulate property if you can. It
it fairly and squarely you may go
away from here thinking I am still
wrong, but you will doubt it a little
more than you ever did before.
Facts are facts. Arguments are ai
gumeuts, and the man who brings the
strongest, facts and lh- best argu
ments will, in the end, prevail. You
may put us down to-day by triggei
ing with the ballot box. (Applause.)
Von may put us down to-morrow by
keeping our views away from the peo
ple, but sooner or later the sunlight
of truth is going (to break through all
these temporary obstructions, and the
people are going to understand thest
questions, and when they ilo they are
going to be Populists from the moun
tains to the sea. (Applause ami cries
f - That's right. ")
You tell me this is new doctrine. I
say to you. no. It is : n old doctrine.
New to you because jou have been
Kip Van Winkling a little too much.
Was there ever a nation that didn't
own its national highways? Was
there ever a civilization, ancient or
modern, that was not dedicated to the
roposition that the highways must
is not only your right but your duty
to do it. Your wife, your child is
looking to you for protection and sup
port, and 1 make no war upon the
man who is doing it. It is only the
man who by class laws, by special ex
emptions, that has got some advan
tage at the expense ol his netgbboi
that I make war upon, and then it is
more upon the system than upon the
person that I make the attack. How
would I hurt the railroad companies
for the government to take their prop
city and pay them for it? How
would it hurt the poor man to do it?
Talk about the rich man. Some three
or four years ago when I was a con
gressman not only "de jure' but con
gressmen -de facto" I had the honor
to make an argument over in the cap
itol where these grand patriots are in
cubating about your welfare now. ami
I advocated then as now that the na
tion should build and own its public
hi'diwa- ; these highways over which
our armies go in time of .var; these
highways ever wh ch our commerce
goes in time of peace. I advocated
it then and my views were combated
! bv the Hon. Patrick Calhoun with
i n th- uiMlntin herein, i lus
. i. Mom a. w aaner, and 'ili.-s
.ui tifti.tit vit. alleging, aniona
. that defendants. Nancy J.
ii Stafford. William H. Stafford.
-iaflor.1. tfrant Stafford. James
si ael. :uil i he unknov n bein nf
f". deeea!ed. arc not resident
o. . in -tuio Missouri:
u n rei ... ii it is ordered ly the clerk thai
swd lKu.iutits tie notified t puMleatlon
tnat piaintiS lia commenced a suit aaaiutil
them in this court, wherein he ahedfie thai
he is the owner and in possession . the !1
lowinff described real estate, situated in the
.-.unity ut Scotland and state ol Missouri to-
itt : rhe northeast fourth !, .-t the north
est quarter I m ol Section seven m. ami
the est halt t (,t the nortbweW quar
ter i l and the northwest fourth o the
southwest quarter ui Section eitrht ,st- all
lu township siM.v-tne i&tt north .it the base
line ..1 Range twelve ,12 west ..t the tilth
Prtneipal Meridian, and that he has been in
possession .! the fqutoe for more than twentv
aveyears, and rurther allecrtntt under oath
that defendants atpear to have record in
teret In utle t.. the name, ami further Hlleires
tnat title has tested in him by limitation, and
agkimt that a decree be rendered in hi favor
perfecting 'his title of record, and that unless
the said defendants be and atmear at this
;;mtat the next term thereof, to be begun
r ml hoiden at theourt House in tho t lty t
wemphis. m said eounty. .m the stxth .lav of
ugust next. and . .nor before the third day
l said term, it the term hall so lotia COM
tnueandil not, then on or liefore the last
ia or said term answerer plead t. the pe
tition in said eanse.ithe same atU be taken s
SiS. J,Wte,,m,, "rl11 W'
An lit s further ordered that a copy here
Atte8t: i. M KTV. ( Ireuit Clerk.
Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI
Cof. IV OK Srini.lMi i ss-
Vw,;i!slqC0Urt nd county.
Joseph H. TMOMeso.v, PhtinUff
iTs ttfffS V'Tiu ! y xr
ami affidavit -.n . . 1 tiU' mv PUhn
tudl and TI I a e.ii . '' V AmT l"n '
heirs of Areheba I I h mu "'.ki.ovv,,
'ntsofthestmAlJSm c"'
sa'detemmn 1 S ""U rV' '' H-'-X that
t ai. M l . Med Uy puhlkMthm
the.1..'.. M&FSSSEi, " rr iurnir'
i..-is theoam r ami , . ' " .'' ' "1I ',UV .'
lowing nal estate in s .Vii .. 1
The south wes fourth ol ,. !"M """ M" :
ter of Section , v L th..st quar-
I ll I. and has been in m L, f"T' , !"V'"
thirty years, ami U r 1 ',r
oath, that I tie tnki.u, i i ,',i-1,"
Oarnall a,.,,ear lr "'i Wfrcl,bafc
iKnd.and't'nat theirul ""ZlL"
cent 1 1 .ni said ArcheiiMl.1 i . .
m.l tnrther aihtltrinv . .. v."- "'se...
record! tebTKin "'l: f
House in the City of .. . " " 1
IV. on the sixth .lav . r i " " ", wMn"
wfore the third lay V, h i V , L "IV'.',
term uaii o omr ,.,,. i, ' . : ,""
""" btlMxtheaTrttM?d.i1 ,,,,u
werortdead to o... . ; ;:.;. ' "" " :
ii... . . n. ... .. ." " saw cause.
belong to the people- that it was Uki giet, force and great ingenuity. Tb
dangerous to give them to any itnli-1 two arguments were presentetl. Mint
vidua! of any corporation. In the J no c-ffeet; his hal a greal tleal,
lavs when our ancestors established I au,j t,ie result tf it was that he had
these institutions, the public high-: llls e -partners when they turned the
ways belonged to tht: people. The (jeutral railroad lo.ise, left one casi
iron lusihwav natl not lueu superset!- - vi,t.,v t u. milliouair sat down ami
ed the dirt hiuhway. but to show you j w,.1)t witn the witlow and children.
co..t, a uian's shoes. In other words,
that the taxes should he laid upon ac
cumulated necessities; that the bur
den slum Id lie placed, according to the
ability of the citizen to pay: that a
man ought to be taxed on what In
has iwd not upon what he needs,
v Applause. )
We believe, with Thomas Jefferson,
that the accumulation of property U-
civil liberty, religious liberty, politi yond reasonable limit is a danger t.
cal liberty, each of them have been ; the citizen and to the State. The
.t.,;.,...l with the blood of the men ! possession of one hundred million dol
SUSUIIUVU ...... - - .
that the iron highway should belong
to the roveru:nent. let me call your
ittentiou t. the fact that they said
that navigable rivers, lakes and bays,
seas and gulfs should never belong to
private citizens, to corporations oi j
ven to the State-. Toll me. nn
friendly Democratic editor -explain :
concluded nkxt week.
The Populist Executive com mi It e
of Georiria, met a few days ago to la
out the plan "f campaign and it was
decided that a daily paper was neces
;.rv. it was decided that the first
number of Tom Watsou's daily shouh
. i.. inmnnn. Wh. oe issued bv Julv I'di. lotn Wat
l lO tUUI jie.'j.o- in iiiuiiw" j
bd George Washington. Benjamin sou and his committee have level
IT.-nklm !.ee the balance of tin ' neads as they will know that the right
IBtAWlW!. M
rreat statesiceu who flamed the eon-; will never prevail ovei i
... 1I..1 I ha Savannah rivoi hlll liatlClS to ICacll the CltV VotelS
it I lu to ?H oSlJ 111a. uiv . ... .iin.uu . 1 .
the Chatuhooehee river, the Missouri Labor's Tribune.
houbl al
1 1. 1 .... ...
...nen a Coliiessed. ami Imlir-
tneat will he rendered ,VV, '
Attest :
1 - VK'rv, 1 ireuit ( I. rk.
FARMERS' EXCHANGE
Memphis, - Missouri.
o
H. PITKIN, President.
A. H. PITKIN, Cawhier.
Paid up Capital, $25,000.
ii
H. :. Pitkin.
A . St MOM.
A. M. PtTltiK,
Wh. ItKKr.ni.n v:,
i. S. PtTKIW,
Director.
Does a geneml bankinit Itusiness.
HuysirtHMi neaoi iattile .ai. r.
Special attention aleeu lo oolleet i..n-
v "OMB ANU SKK i s.
r northeast t iorner Putdte Square,
JAMES
The official Treaaury statement to b
Save Money
Rcmciubor. Old and Young
Ladies' Shoes and Slippers
a specialty. 1 " yours as
i An-! lars never made a man Happier, nevei
I made him a better husband, oevei j tlaust
ever.
M. Humphry,
Green Front,
Horth Side,
Memphis, Mo.
who died to give them to us.
otause.
How many of this audience will re-'. made him a lietter father; it nevei
member the dav when the poor man. m ule him a better citizen, and nevei
unable to pav his debt, was treated as made him a lietter Christian; but it
:i criminal: was incarcerated between makes him a danger to society. Ac-
it o ..onf.otiess mis. .ii cumulation of wealth should be dis-
llte I OUT wana - 1 i
nul tins oartv having been adjudged cotir. ged bv putting upon it whtt is j
a criminal on account of poverty
...;,.. tiu.te was no hope for him ex- gressive
to IK
river, the Mississippi river
rqv !,el.n-r to the oeople and nevei
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.DOlaUSe I 1!-ue 1 UUC i, wui !uun tiiui mi
eept
x ! ealletl a graduated income tax. a pro-
t ...
SCOine i:i.v niiau mean.
left writhing within the what? fetart at any arbitrarv I mil
i- I j .1.1 1 - . .. 1 i i -. . Qu.i atari al .1 11? t.w.Ml...
prison w.ihs until nis nie euuett :iihi you iovr. uj ..o. ..i
' he had paid the penalty f poverty of four thousand dollars per year and
with his life. I low did that cease ?, then as you go up make your tax
Brave men said it was wrong, hu- j heavier. Tax the man with the net
mane men said it was. a shame re- income on one hundred thousand dtJ
I formers those who com hat evil, those j lars heavier than you would tax ih
wUo take the battle axe of right and man with an income of ten thousaud
strike o day, and strike tomorrow, 1 dollars;, tax the man ho has an iu-
telong to a corporation?
'rack that nut if you can.
i. . .1 - - - i
i rui mat in juui wnwnai
Ulpe anil Smoae li. oneat .ii'iuanav..
Why did they say tLe Savannah
iver should never belong toanybod)
-ut the people? Because it was the
copies highway. And yet iu Un
cvolution of commerce the Central
llailroad is manifestly more impor
tant as the people's highway than the
Savannah river could be. There is
not a Democrat or Republican here
icho wou'd vote to taru over the dirt
the eleven months of the current tis
cal ea: have exceeded the receipts b
I2 I KM I uoo. tht aszinresnle stambnu
m round figure; Itecepts $2C8,00O,
OUU; expenditures $3W,tMIO,MKJ;
fhese figures iudicatd a total deficit
lor the twelve month of the tisca.
ear of above $78,000,000. National
Watchman.
E. PULLIAM.
w
Blacksmith,
SHOEING .ND REPAIR SHOP.
KepairioM Neatly and Pimtif Uu.
I make a s-pcciallv of
The next issue of $50,000,000 u
bonds is printed, scaled and signet:
and lying in the treasury already.
roads of Fulton comity to any corpor savg tlie Washington correspondent
itiou or any individual whomsoever. Qf ,jK, Qbicago Times.
Vli ? It would interfere with the m 1
freedom of travel and commerce! The American nation should be
Why won't the same argument apply j bigger than any political party. Is
to the iron highway? You sav there it? -Sedalia Sentinel.
Shop Southeast Tor. Square, old
IVtkin s Stand. Memphis. Mo.
J. M. Kloetzer,
MEMPHIS, MO ,
First floor west of the Citixen's Bank
building, invites the publ c to call
on him when wanting to buy
HARNESS, SADDLES, Halters,
Bridles, Whips, &c.
The stock is new mm the lowest
possible price asked for gotal gtaais.
The country trade especially solicited.