People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1895 — Affidavit as Circulation. [ARTICLE]

Affidavit as Circulation.

State of Indiana, County of Jasper, ss. Francis D. Craig. Editor of the People's Pilot.does solemnly swear that the actual number of bonaflde subscribers to the People’s Pilot is 1,310, exclusive of 603 subscribers to the Mt. Pleasant, lowa, Referendum, which list has been combined with that of the People’s Pilot, and that the regular edition of the People’s Pilot printed during the past three months has been 2.000 copies, and that the number of new subscribers received for the People's Pilot since the Ist day of January. 1896, exceeds 300. F. D. Craio. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of May, 1895. Dav id W. Shields. Notary Public.

The day of fusion between democrats and populists, or between republicans and populists is at an end. and the fusions of the future will be between democrats and republicans. for in all essential points the two old parties are in harmony. and both are bitterly opposed to the populists.

Listen, readers, are you going ix) quietly allow the branding iron of the British gold power to be burned into your quivering flesh. Know then a conspiracy is on foot—in operation to control—not only all the great papers of the land against you—but also your cherished local weeklies—all of them—proof of which is given in last week’s issue under heading of “Anarchists of Wealth.”

Chicago’s new and only democratic daily made its first appearance Tuesday morning. It is called the Chronicle, and has the following staff: Martin J, Russell, editor-in-chief; H. W. Seymour, publisher; H. G. Forker, managing editor; H. A. Hallett, city editor; C. C. Johnson. nigh l editor. G. B. Brown and Clifton Sparks have charge of the New York and Washington ends of the paper.

John F. Shafroth, republican congressman of Colorado, declares that if the next national convention of his party does not declare unmistakably for free silver he is going to leave the party. The following are his words:

“I believe in giving my own political party the first opportunity to keep us in the fold, but if it does not come out in its platform for free silver plainly and unmistakably and with no loophole left to crawl out of the position, then I am going to leave the party and vote for the candidate, no matter what his politics may be. who will support and carry out the free silver principles. For lhese reasons I would have the delegates to the national conventions definitely instructed so that should the national conventions refuse to champion silver the delegations could leave the convention honorably and afterwards unite upon their own candidate.” The republicans of Colorado insisted in the campaign of 1892 that their party had declared for “free silver,” and it would not be too much to expect the same declaration again. It is too funny to talk about giving that monument of political deception an opportunity. The acts of its elected legislators should satisfy any sane person as to its posi tion on silver.