People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1894 — The Rights of the Populists. [ARTICLE]

The Rights of the Populists.

Had the men who have been given places of power and influence by Democratic votes lived up to the principles of Jefferson and Jackson, those patron saints of Democracy, there would be no room to-day for a Populist pai ty. The principles of Populism—barring a few extreme ideas on the relation of the state to the people—are the essential principles of Democracy. Had the Democratic party in all places lived' up to the principles in practice as well as in theory, the People’s party, which now manifests such strength in all parts of the country, would have no reason to exist. Yet, if the same energy which has built up the People’s party had been devoted to ousting undemocratic people from control of the Democratic party, the desired reforms would have been more speedily accomplished, for every proper re form advocated by the Populists can be had through the agency of the grand old party of Jefferson and Jackson.—Chicago Times. For ladies’ cloaks, go to C. D. Novels,