People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1893 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

in earnest, as many of them have already done, there will be “wailing and gnashing of teeth,” but it won’t be from the farmers. The farmers and laborers have solved the question of production. This nation produces more than any other in the world. They are now beginning to study the question of production and will soon solve the problem. Money and transportation at cost, land for the landless, public control of public institutions and a graded income tax will secure to labor that to which it is entitled. “If any will not work, neither shall he eat,” will be tbe principle involved in future legislation.

The Republicans had control of this country for thirty years and did not make heaven out of it, but if they only had a chance now’, what wonderfully good things they would do. Gentlemen, y.-u have sinned away your day’ of grace, the people have trusted you the last time; disband, scatter yourselves among the Prohibitionists, Democrats and Populists. New’ and better associations may possibly make you wiser and of course cannot help lessening your pow’er to do evil. The investigation of a committee of the Tennessee Legislature into the convict system at Coal Creek revealed a situation described as “savage and cruel beyond belief, and w’ould disgrace the horrible tortures of degraded savages.” Women convicts were stripped naked by brutal guards and whipped until blood came, and indignities of a bestial nature unfit for publication were heaped upon the unfortunate creatures by guard s and their favorites. Had this taken place in Russia, there would be a loud wail heard from the daily press, but as the Platts, Brices and Wall street plutocrats have “vested rights” down in Tennessee the hireling press remains singularly quiet.

The Republicans and a few honest Democrats tried last win s ter to remodel tbe Fee and Salary law, so as to make it constitutional, says the Republican. Well, yes, Bz’o. Marshall, how hard did your party, when it had full power, try to pass an honest, fair, square Fee and Salary law? Did you ever say salaries were too high? Had your party been sincere and honest, it could long ago have reduced fees and salaries. and therby saved thousands, and thousands of dollars to our tax payers. The Republican party is a fraud, a lie and a cheat. Don’t complain to us about this Democratic sham bill; we know it was intended for a cheat, but why did not your party, when it had the power, give us something better?