People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1895 — ITS STEADY GROWTH. [ARTICLE]

ITS STEADY GROWTH.

HIE HRIN’CIPLE3 of populism’ ARE NOT EPHEMERAL; ■The Principles It Advocates Are Euoagh to liuild Upon as Long as Hnmanity anti Civilization Exist,-E-Figures Never Lie. The greftt plutocratic newspapers are somewhat alarmed to sOe the steady increase given the Populist party by the official election returns. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, a hewspaper of national reputation, an Independent support er of Grover Cleveland, though republican iff polities, inakes the following bomineiit! “This is a remarkable and in -many ways a disturbing demonstration of radicalism. The Populist party was started in a flush industrial period, and the fact that it has held on so long and grown ne less slowly and steadily in bad times than in prosperous times is not the least significant features of its development. Were; it based upon elements of ephemeral •strength met-ely we should probably by this time stave seen either the collapse of the oi gahizatioti oF a suddeti bound to a high’er level. That neither event has resulted would .seem to offer proof of the existence of sb-ong basic material. As a matter of fact the-anti-slavery the lime it be-gan‘-to put a Presidential banllidate in the field in 1841 dolin'to the breaking up. of the whig papty .H), 1852.. never exhibited a more pbrsistrnt and grow Ing 'strength t£afi tfie' Tc’opW.s part) has ■so far shown.” - . / . " Radicalism-nlways has a basis.. And the Populist party has even, a strdnger IxiSis “tlia’n had tile antislavery party. *• The slavery we c<ppose is that of a class of men to. whom lhe,nation owes its great progress, in the development of wealth, invention and all material growth.. " " ‘ Opposition to wage and debt slavery are t’- e cardinal principles oi the People’s party.' Asa basis it has th 6 religion of Jesus Christ,, the brotherhood of man and the foundation principle of justice, equal rights to all aud special privileges to none. Every man in the People’s pfirty has his feet firmly on the basic principles. It is not buoyed up like a balloon, with gas; nor is it a party of sorehead politicians kicked out by the struggle of ambition from the old parties. The People’s party has ooine to staj‘, bec:> ■ se the principles it advocates are permanent—firm enough to build upon for the future as long as humanity an I civilization exist. That there was a reason for its birth during flush times very strongly that general injustice and not mere local discontent was tbe Cause of the organization. The People’s party is not an organ- | ization of malcontents, howling and i rending itself in the dark. Its organization Was due to broad ! comprehensive study of the principles ;of the government of the people, by the people .and for the people. When the nation and the money loaners were prospering, all the people iof the nation should have been prosj pering in proportion to the work they ’ contributed to the general prosperity. That farmers and laborers were de- | pressed while idlers spent the summer in Europe anti the. winter m dissipation. arotlsed the people to a study of the eternal principles of equity. The oppression has been felt worse during the past two years, but the peo- ' pie were not made wild anxl fanatical. I They had coolly reasoned out the cause of the trouble and many of them ■ had prophesied the climax. | They have reached the point in reason where they see that monopoly must be allowed to run its course for the present, while the people are being 1 educated to take charge when the course of the money power' has become unbearable to the whole nation. ! The great trhsts are testing the 1 principles of cornoration, and when Droven successful and all powerful the nation will find it necessary to assume functions that have been before delegated to private individuals.. The People’s party is looking confi<k*ntly forwai-l to the consummation <»» it eVery demand. Not party success, br.t a better national industrial sysieig m tlje übje-'t ot this movement,