People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1895 — Page 4

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Democracy pleads guilty. Did somebody say tariff? Shall we surrender to the banks? The probabilities of repudiation are increasing. Has the democratic party forgotten all its promises? Bonds do not employ labor—but greenbacks would. • ■ I I . I .1 .1 . Grover Cleveland has proven himself an ideal republican. The Rothschilds are still in the hastiness of crucifying Christ. Bonds are issued to contract and not to expand the circulation. The more bonds are issued the less money will be left in circulation. The democrats seem to have no hesitancy about going to the bottom of tho situation. The people have Hie right and the power to control the government and the hanks. N'o wonder Christ was crucified when he tried to convert the ancestors of Rothschilds. Is taxing the unborn with gold bonds taxation without representation? Don t all speak at once. The contract slave system practiced hv the factories is as bad as chattel slavery ever was. It is folly to strike while t he corporations hold the military, Vote the suns out of their hands. ■The sugar trust coating don't seem to improve the bitter pill of the democratic administration. Wo can’t stanu on the platform with one foot and on tlm line of concessional policy with the other. Even workingman who is enlisted in the militia should get out trf it before he is ordered to shoot his brothers. The first is, they must get an the platform with us, or, secondly, we must get off the platform and stand with them. There is a rapidly growing sentiment that there is fraud in the issue of bonds to buy gold—aad that they should be repudiated. Congressmen are apparently begunning to tumble to themselves— when they familiarly caR each other “liana” and “impertinen-tr scoundrels.” Too much credit with the bond sharks is what is the matter with the country. Abolish tho gold reserve and restore the credit of the government wit h the people. If the militia is to he used solely for the protection of the rich, let them do the lighting themselves. Workingmen should not join the militia to shoot down other workingmen. The secretary of the treasury admits that there is a surplus on hand, more than enough for current expenses of the government—and yet Grover says we must buy gold from Rothschilds to sustain our credit.

We have long been accused of favoring repudiation—we now accept the challenge and invite the financiers to put us down in their blacklist book as ..ivoring the repudiation of every kioini issued during the reign of King t; rover. the very men to whom we made this concession would be the first to declare to the world that we ad abandoned our platform and organized a free silver party. Thus we would be forced no. defend both our conduct and our principles. Those men say that they can’t stand on the Omaha platform, yet they want to stand with us. For this ourpose we are appealed to by some of our own leaders to make the silver question the great issue and stand with those men, and prevent the formation ol' a new party. What would be the logical conclusion of such action? ) ■ ■ “Fly to the life"VoatsfThe ship is sinking!” was the cry of alarm on the doomed Elbe, “(let out; you are a calamity howler,” was the response of a pompous and self-satisfied passenger, v.ho turned over in his bunk, and was drowned with the rest of the-victims.— The Age. They shall cast their silver in the streets and their gold shall be removed. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They shall not satisfy their souls, neither fiull their bowels—because it is the stumbling of their iniquity.—Ezekiel 7:19. There seems, to be a persistent effort on the part of some to push the currency question to the front and then make free silver the issue. It is urged that such men as Senators Stewart, Jones and others holding similar views cannot join us unless we do this. This v/e are told is an occasion to exercise some sense as practical politicians. We must have a policy, it is said. Very veil. Now, let us announce the logic of such a proposition, ;n the light of the situation.

We are a party nearly two million strong. We' have built up this strength through a straight fight on the lines of the Omaha platform. Our motto has been to “keep in the middle of the read” —that is to,stick to the platform. Senators Jones and Stewart knew this, and knew what the Omaha platform was when they joined us—or. at least, when they were said to have joined us. Now, if Joaes and Stewart, and others r r their way of tbiuktng want to go with us and we want to go with them t! are only two courses to pursue by v,....!: e tan s cmyiish such a union,

THE PEOPLE’S PlLOt\ REIteSELA££, !nD„ March 2, 1«93. WERKL Y. ONE DOLLAR PER YEA&

There is no middle ground. Hunger, is more dangerous than dyni amite. Do you want to give ’em another i change? ‘Policy is all right if it is in line with tj inciple. i Don’t get discouraged—God is on the side of the people. j Gold is the rich, man’s god and the j poor man’s devil. Support your reform paper; they are ! fighting your battles. ! Shylock has put up the black flag on the temple of liberty. Coxey’s currency and public improvement plan is a good one. Banks of issue and liberty cannot Alive long in the same country. Ou what meat doth this, our Caesar :u-j i that he'has become so great? The gold conspirators have got the preserve down to about $40,000,00b. John Bull-hc-adedness is what is the -matter with old party administrations. Organize in every - state for r.ue campaign of IS3G, and push the work of education. The abolition of interest would bonetit all poor men and do no injustice to The rich. The logic of events is solving 'he ■roldem of government, ownership of railroads. And now how does the honest demo- '• feel who expected so much from is party? I a proportion ns you get people to a 1, you will increase the Populist vote in IS3G. The People’s party will continue to island on its platform until another one is made by the people. Don’t depend too much on leaders—hoy may deceive you. Go to work, think and act for yourself. The “parting of the way?” is still ■•p a. but there are not many democratic leaders leaving the main road. It rooms that Springer has lost his elasticity, and the President had to act Wilson to spring the new bond -i'The main question now seems to be -■aether the people have any rights t all that the plutocrats are bound to aspect. Push the work of education on the 'hates of the Omaha platform, em!phasing the importance of the currency ... uostiou. Grover Cleveland’s message is as full if A diabolism as the one which the devil bore to Mother Eve about the forbid!o:i fruit. Take away the power of government 'from the batiks, and let them hustle aider the same kind of protection the laborer gets. The Missouri legislatures, instead of purifying society, is to prohibit high .bats at the theatres, and appoint a state watermelon inspector. The plate glass manufacturers have ■ j urt formed a trust, capitalized at ten ''.Million dollars —and yet it is conspiracy for laborers to organize. With begging prohibited, stealing punished with imprisonment, and no work, what can a man out of employment do but become an outlaw.

If wo must have bonds, why not pass Cuxey’s non-interest bearing bond bill? J Ask the men who want to draw ar.d Jive on interest, and their tools. The new emperor of Russia announces his intention to uphold autocracy—- : Mid the boss of the United States is pledging the country to plutocracy. Good roads would benefit the whole . country. Why not put the icfle to work •on them and pay them in legal tender paper money, issued by the. govern..nent? Fifty-year bonds, interest and prin • upal payable in gold, non-taxable, and the destruction of the greenback! This is the program. Who sass silver is ■the main issue? There is some discussion going on .among reform papers as to what course is best to pursue in the campaign of lS9(i, which, as a matter of fact, all isoem to agree ought to begin now. Think of the terrible storm that lately swept the country—then think of the homeless and hungry—and again, ask yourself if it is right that the idle rich should feast upon the toil of tjhe poor. The czar of Russia has invited the. bomb throwers to turn on the music.. He wants to have the same kind of a his daddy had, so as to become accustomed to the tortures of hell before ■ he goes. Study the initiative and referendun i. It is simple, direct and would tak » way the power of congressmen to sc 11 out to the sugar trust, Union Paci 3c funding swindles or any other edrpor ation of thieves. The destruction of the greenbacks i* the next thing in order. The Presidi mt recommends it in his message. Go .14, and paper money issued by the bar ike is the order of the day. Tnii mean s a double rate of interest- interest on die bonds, and interest on the bank c urrency. Add to this interest on the deposits loaned and we have the ”p »st tanking system in the world”—for the banker. * t

GLORY BE TO GOLD.

; MOLDS THE WORLD IN ITS THUMB AND FOREFINGER. t * Y <lol<i Is the Essence of Divine Force — The Seigniorage of Creation —The | Treasury Reserve of Heaven —Sinking Fund of Salvation. > The following apostrophe to society’s IgjKl—goitl— has been going the rounds j[ ol the tress for some time, being writ- !; :t»n under the inspiration of the first | [bond i.iMue. by Goo. A. Puckett, then jj tof the Wellington, Kan., Voice. The i' article has been credited to several I papers, and stolen by others, but still I, applies pertinently to the situation — j ‘especially so in view of the late mortj gaging of the United States to Rothschilds in order to buy enough gold to i restore the golden calf in the treasury. GLORY TO GOLD. God created gold, and then made | man for it to play football with. Gold is the fostering mother of labor, , the kind blessing of an all-wise Creator ; who provided gold before food, so that I in case the great solar system got tan- ' gled in the wires of interplanetary ; ‘communication the interconvertibility ! -of gold and silver might still preserve the divine right of property. > To get gold should be the object of [ •every man’s life. I If we all had a million of ounces of gold apiece, just think how we could 1 101 l on the cushions of luxury and puff ' itobacco smoke at the impertinent blinku ing stars. Gold is the end of the prismatic rains bow—the glorious first cause and mag--1 ic touchstone of the millennial climax. ; Gold serves all the purposes of a . god. All other glories of earth are as glow--worms compared with the arc light o{ R-gold. f Life without gold would be a stagnant frog pond. I Bright yellow gold, the beauteous loving guardian of mankind. Gold is the pendulum of history, |r< controlling the wheels of all time and •: progress. , Gold laughs at the “childish senti--1 mentality” of God, and plays fearlessly 1 with the toe nails of the devil. Gold is the universal password.

Gold is absolute monarch ot spirit, m hid, body and burial ground. Gold is the flower of virtue and the frtuit.of industry. iHonesty possesses nothing that gold cai mot buy. G 'old is the essence of divine force — tho seignniorage of creation - the treasury, reserve of heaven —the sinking fund of s; ilvation. Ga Id is the organizer of chaos —the .•stelh ir unit of an astronomical accident. Gob 1 is the sunshine on the fleecy clouds of irridescent dreamland —the dightni ng flash of political thunder — and lon g-distance telephone of martial law. Gold k i the raiment of the lilies (who toil not,, neither do they spin)—and the sugar of senatorial courtesy. Gold is the dealer of human destiny, and winne r of the political jack pot. Kingdom s may rise and fall, generations bloc* m and go to seed —but gold Hints not t i silver hair nor drops a 4rear oil the grave of transient fleeting humanity. Happy, all powerful gold—creation’s "heir and coc k of the walk.

Mill [?] naire Anarchists.

The million aires of America have farmed a com spiracy to “throttle the law.”, and are i setting an example that may not be toi >t on men who have to work for a lihm tg. After mucfli trouble,’ the American people, throngJi a really unwilling congress, passed! a I uv taxing incomes over $4,000 a yean’ 2 per cent, now on tha statute bookx. It is as mur.fe a law as any other, and naire righteous *. than the laws under whose operation the millionaires accumulated their wealth. Ut would tee ga id policy, if nothing els e, for mHSionai res to show a ready and willing obedie nee to law, for when m< n begin ito dem and from law a certii crlte of ;;ood character, the title of iti*? million aire m»ay he found lacking. 'Stenator I till, the great democrat, and nator Qu:iy, the-great republican, are in open rebellion agailnst the collection of the tax a nd every democratic and repi iblican mftilionaJre la the United Si ates is doing everything he can, short

A SIGN OF THE TIMES.

of conducting armed hostilities, against it. Millionaires, as a rule, do not themselves bear arms against a law to which they are hostile —it is only against men who go on a strike against reductions in their wages that the money lords send their armed hirelings —the state militia, the United States marshal and his deputies, and the federal army—as they did last summer. When they operate against a law, instead of usiilg Winchesters, they buy up courts and legislatures, and congress if necessary. Each after its kind —strikers are reduced to obedience by shooting bullets into their breasts, legislators and courts are brought to time by means of slipping dollars into their pockets. The millionaires are teaching the producers and wage-earners to resist by any means in their power the enforcement of laws they believe obnoxious to their interests. A law that on the assumptions, privileges or vested rights of rich is to ho “throttled,” either by bullets in the field or by bribes in the forum. The millionaires are your true anarchists, and their detestable custom of evading, resisting and trampling under foot, is having a most deleterious influence on the underpaid workingmen who have work, and the great army of workingmen without either work or pay. The millionaires are playing a mighty dangerous game in seeking to “throttle” the income tax law. —Pittsburg Kansan.

DEMOCRACY A MERE FICTION.

Grover a Mere Figure Head of the Money Power. From Mrs. Diggs’ Letter from Washington. The fiction of self-government is revealed' in all its threadbareness at Washington. There was never an absolute monarchy more governed by men of royal blood than are Americans by plutocracy. And fat, stolid Grover is plutocracy’s pliant tool. Whatsoever the gold bugs desire of Grover that will he do, and all in the name of “the constitution.” If the tattered American sovereigns cannot get a glimpse of the great Grover, the next best thing is to see Lady Frances or Princess Ruth. Then how thay do shout and rave. The sight compensates for the fact that their own wives and little ones haven’t decent clothes to go to church in, and no expectation of ever in their lives being able to earn enough to enable them to buy the humblest sort of a cottage | home. God grant that grand old Abraham ! Lincoln spoke truly when he said: ] “You can’t fool all the people .all the time,” for then there is some hope that j the next four years will teach the Am- ! erican sovereigns that their chief ser- | vant Grover is not theirs at all, but merely the figure head of the money power of Wall street and universal gold buggery.

If the bankers who are drawing gold from th-j treasury with greenbacks had to depend on their own resources the drain of gold wouldn’t continue for a day. The secretary of the treasury is furnishing them the treasury notes free of interest, on long time deposits, in fact these banks have used this government deposit so long that they depend on it almost exclusively to carry on their business and if it was called for there would be the blackest Friday that this country ever saw. Some day when the people realize half the devilishness of the gang there will be about fourteen years of black Fridays for some of ’em. —Chicago Express. Mr. Leavitt in his recent work entitled “Our Money Wars,” says: “John Thompson said to me: “I find the following was going the rounds of the money-reform papers in 1887. I am of the same opinion still.’ “The mono-gold advocates are doing their best to monopolize the money of the world. Their measures are admirably calculated to sweep into the hands of the millionaires the assets of the industrial classes, at a very disastrous price.—John Thompson, President Chase National Bank, New York.” It’s simply a ground-hog case —if more gold bonds are issued they will be repudiated. It would be impossible to pay them in gold, even if the people were willing.

Robbery by Bankers.

WAITE AND M'INTIRE.

THE COVERNOR AND EX-COV-ERNOR OF COLORADO. The New Republican Governor of Colorado I'.nilorses tlie Recommendations of His Predecessor and the Gamblers Ara Scared. The following' items taken from the Denver Road, indicate that the republicans of Colorado have captured a Tartar: * * * Gov. Mclntire failed to indorse Gov. "Waite's Mexican silver dollar idea. That is about all lie failed to indorse of the long string of reform measures advocated by the Populists. Mclntire is all right. Gee W hizz!! Won’t the money loaners. bankers and gamblers “holler” if the legislature carries out Me Intire's recommendations? * -i:- * One of the best moves Gov. Waite ever made was at the Mclntire reception when he joined the line of common people wi.o filed into the Brown palace to shake hands with the new governor. Not only did the old governor make a good hit, but the new governor showed himself more sagacious than the committee who had charge of the reception, by inviting the old governor to take a position on | the stand yvith him to help do the ! honors. The more we see of Mclntire i the more we are inclined to think he j is going to fool the snobs and Pochula crowd who .think they own him. Mclntire and Waite have struck up a warm friendship.

We listened attentively to Gov. McIntire when he delivered his message to the legislature. If we are able to size up the situation properly Gov. Mclntire is the possessor of occult powers that enable him to appreciate conditions and properly meet them, ilad Gov. Waite used the language he did when he referred to trust deeds and gambling the cry of “anarchy” would have gone up from all sides. People and public sentiment are queer commodities. Gov. Mein tire paid the Populist administration the highest sort of compliment by practically indorsing Gov 3 Waite's extra session demands. If the governor keeps up his lick the pawnbrokers and shylocks will hate even worse than they do Waite. * * * l First Banker —Say, that man MeIntire must be called off. His ideas about attachments are worse even than old Waite's. Second Banker —Yes, and to think we made him, too. Gambler —Well, boys, but he gave it to us worse than anybody, and we boosted harder than anybody to help elect him. Real Estate Shark —True, but see where he lands our crowd with his trust notions—why! it is awful. All Together—He’ll ruin the state and drive capital away. He is an anarchist and a worse Populist than old Waite! Editor The , Road —Ha! Ila!! Ila!!! (The Cheesman block topples over and Moffat, Kuntz; Chase, Fletcher, Loeet and George barely escape with their lives.)

National Alliance.

The National Farmers’ Alliance in its session at Raleigh, N. C., adopted, among other resolutions, the following: Resolved. That while standing firmly by all of our Alliance demands, we recognize that no other reform is possible until the destructive policy of contracting our money volume is overthrown, and the banks of the country be forced to retire from government business. That, having at last forced the financial issue to the front, we will fearlessly meet this issue and serve notice on the country that we will never rest until people shall rule instead of the dollar, and a pronounced American financial system is established.

Postal Telegraph.

BALLOT RIGHTS.

A Southern League Orgaalzed to Maintain Them. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. —. —(Special Correspondence.)—The Southern Ballot Rights League, which was organized in New Orleans, Jan. 18, has opened a general office here to commence its work. The purpose of this association is to agitate and educate the south on the subject of ballot re-* form. Investigations of political corruption will be made and published to the world. Documents, speeches, etc., on the subject of ballot rights will be widely distributed by the league. Any one may become a member of the league who will send his name and address to the general office at Montgomery, Ala. If $1 accompanies the name, the member will receive the publications of the association for one year. A ballot reform wave has struck the south and especially Alabama. The league will keep its members posted and no doubt but that thousands of people in the south will join this work, send in their dollar to keep it going and to be informed as to what is being done for a fair vote and an honest count. The Southern Ballot Rights League is non-partisan and prominent republicans like Col. W. S. Parkerson of New Orleans, democrats like Secretary of State Adams of Louisiana, populists like J. C. Manning of Alabama, are interested in the movement. Reformer.

MUST HAVE A BETTER SYSTEM.

Every Starving Mortal in Dangerous to All Mankind. My friends, you may turn the cold shoulder to the world’s unfortunates and outcasts; you may sneer at their misory and rejoice at more stringent laws regulating vagabondage; but rest assured that as certain as day follows night the society that finds no better remedy for human misery than the rickpile, the workhouse and jail is destined to rot and fall to pieces. Your own personal security, the comfort and happiness of your loved ones, depends upon the establishment of a system that, guarantees justice to all mankind. Ev-J ery starving mortal is one of the ‘darbl miners” that Victor Hugo describes as] picking away with blind hate beneath] the social superstructure, preparing] the gulf into which civilization shall] plunge to its ruin. Mercy and Justicel are the guardian angels of a true social! system. Where they are not, Destruc-I tion stalks along the streets and high-l waysiand shadows the halls and homesl of the people. “Blessed are the merei-| ful,” said the Great Master, and hel further said: “As ye did it not to the! least of these my brethren ye did it non unto me.” —New Charter (Santa Cruzl Calif.). I

A Difference.

If a bank or an individual owes yoii SSOO and you demand the money, thal debt can be paid in gold, silver on greenbacks, as the debtor chooses. 11l this case the debtor and not the credl itor decides what kind of money he will use to discharge his indebtedness with! A tender of either of the above kind! is the end of the law. But when Mn Ikleheimer or other banker present! one of the obligations of the govern! ment to the United States treasury fol payment, it has been decided that th! creditor, and not the debtor, shall sa! what kind of money he shall have. Bn this decision, which is without precel dent, the gold reserve has been, raids! by the bankers, and an issue of $100! 003,000 in bends forced to replenish, th! gold reserve, only to he drawn oil again by the same men. If over the® was a conspiracy this is one, and thl government, through the administr® tion of Grover Cleveland, has wicke® ly and fraudulently become a party ® it. Every bond issued under such co® ditions is tinctured with fraud, an by the principle which underlies a® contracts, is null and void. No contra® secured through fraud is good. Eve® dollar of these bonds should be rep® diated on the same principle that a® contracts based upon fraud, or when an agent exceeds his authority, is voi® able. The decision was unjust, ur.wii® rantable and unlawful. The issue I the bonds was an outrage. It was thl decision that brought on the pan® .caused an increase of the public del and made a rich harvest for the gen bugs. Under a strict construction I the constitution the men who are gun ty of it should be impeached for hi® crimes and misdemeanor, and th® names go down into history in dfl grace. I

The Rich Murderers.

There is something more than h< rible behind this sudden desire of t rich to arm and equip school child© training them up td murder their f lows. The New York bill takes in of eleven years! Seeing that the fai ers are getting too wise to shoot es other, they are now turning their w to use the children who don’t kn and can’t understand the questions, shoot their own fathers. It don’t me anything else. It is just what the e peror of Germany is doing. But case is not hopeless. These boys v have a training and they can be taui by the fathers, and they will be, i the human monsters who are try to use them to bolster up the monjp laws of the land, will feel t]ie rest from boys. The rich have enough votes to control and are prep ing to use force. “A rich man’s 1 and a poor man’s fight” is what t are after. There is ample evide that the poor men are not going to it any moreA The school boys may be so easily to handle as these seb ers think. Every mother should struct her little boys that war is n der. —Coming Nation. The trouble with democratic "p perity” is that it don’t prosper.