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THE SOUTHERN MERCURY.
WEEKLY.
Published Every Thursday. Subscription
Prlca, fl * Year.
MILTON PARK. - - - Managing Editor
Entered at the Oallas, Texas. postofflce
as mull matter of the necwnd cta s.
Receipts for moneys given by the Man-
tling lOdltor only will be recognized.
ica. Texas Lb the best field to work
in because the people of this state have
been longer and better educated along
these lines than those of any other
state. Won't you send us Just one sub-
scription with the money In addition
to your own? oYu can, if you will try.
Office,
l.amar).
213-15 Commerce
Dallas, Texas.
Street (corner
His name is
Smith.
'Hell Roaring" Jake
A cotton seed and cotton
trust is in formation.
dinning
Tennessee Democrats in state con-
vention have endorsed the Kansas City
platform.
We need your help. Now is the tlmo
to give it- A campaign will soon 1)0
on, and wo must make a showing.
An editorial In the Farm and. Ranch
comments on the presentation to the
United States by the Emperor of Ger-
man of "a statue of Peter the rOeat."
Of course this was the compositor's
fault, who would quite naturally set
"Peter" for "Frederick."
That old "smelling committee" of
the 27th Legislature has about ab-
sorbed the money set apart for their - med platform whu.h
demiSd. for public ownership of ail
WIL8HIRE ON THE ALLIED PLAT.
FORM.
The title of the leading editorial In
Wiishire's Magazine for May is: "The
Fallacy of Public Ownership."
Mr. Wiishire attended the late Al-
lied convention at Louisville, and taken
that as the text for his article. He
said that convention adopted a plat-
form "which ha<l little in It beyond a
demand for public ownership of public
utilities, and for the Initiative and ref-
erendum."
This criticism Is an evldepce of Mr.
Wiishire's superficial observation, and
shows that he Is very far from a
knowledge of the essential truth of
Populism.
Especially important is the first dee-
of value for the people of Texas, no
one has knowledge of It. It was only
another Democratic scheme to rob the
people and make a fat Job for a lot of
political servants.
If you can't send a Hub or even one
new subscriber, can't you take and
send an extra copy to some Intelligent
friend? It will open hia eyes.
Ohio Republicans in state convention
were solid for Hanna. That is as it
should be in the eternal fitness of
things.
Now is an opportune time for some
enterprising policeman or detective to
«et up a case against the anarchists
for dynamiting Mont Pelee.
The Chicago Tribune advises the ne-
groes of tlw South to arm aginst Hie
whites. Thin Is not anarchy in the
Tribune because It. is a millionaire
organ of mlliianaires.
The Democratic National Executive
Committee have fixed the Issues for
the next campaign. They are to be op-
position to the trusts and to the tar-
iffs. This opposition to the trusts is
the veriest rot in the world. It Is sim-
ply impossible to put down the trusts
so long as the right to contract is left
free. The only remedy is public own-
ership.
Morgan has presented to King Ed-
ward tapestry for which he paid fBOO,-
O00. to be used at the coronation. The
American millionaire Just dotes on a
king.
Eniiile Thomas, an authority on
classical antiquities, says that the clr-
i lis maxims at Rome contained seats
lor four hundred thousand spectators.
And now let Chicago get a move on.
The People's party of Indiana will
meet in state convention at Indian-
apolis June I. The basis of represen-
tation will be five delegates from at
large for each county, with one addi-
tional for every 200 votes cast In 1894.
Now comes the Chicago and North-
western Hallway Company and says no
employe In its service shall u so tobacco
in any form. Of course it is all right
for the President, Hoard of Directors
nad big-wigs generally of this multl-
milionairu corporation to smoke Ha-
vanas, drrnk White Seal and chew
whatever they please, but. the common
laborer—the conductors, engineers, and
all the way down to the trackman-
must stop this "filthy habit" or lose
their job. Ere long they will prescribe
the quality and quantity of foodhesball
eat and the style and quality of clothes
they shall wear. And this in free Amer-
ica!
The revision of the Presbyterian
creed by the Northern branch of that
denomination has takon all the mar-
row out of Calvinism and made St.
Paul and Augustine back numbers. But
why not go tho whole logical liog at
once, brethren? Here's old Mont Pelee
put in an argument against a special
providence which goes to the count-
ing of the hairs of the head, and the
killing of English sparrows? But how
are you going to maintain a general
providenco and deny the specials of
which they are composed?
If every subscriber to tho Mercury
will get up one other subscriber whr^
sends the money. We will be able to
send Populist literature free to many
thinking people who only need to un-
derstand our principles to join us.
Won't you make the effort, brother?
The unexpected happened when the
Texas bank presidents got together
nnd denounced the monopoly of the
trusts. They fear that the establish-
ment of branches by the big banks will
put them out of business. The hot
iron lias now been put on their hides
and they squeal.
The Y. M. C. A. are organizing Sun-
day Bible classes in the cotton mlll9
to teach the Rockefeller doctrine that
"the trust Is tlie full bloom of the
Christian religion," and to tell the op-
eratives to be good and submit to all
things, looking for their eward "on the
other side of Jordan."
We have Just received from tho pub-
lishers a book of Labor and Socialist
songs, set to music—some 60 in all.
We heartily commend them. The songs
are stirring, and will add immensely
to the Interest of a meeting. Charles
N. Kerr & Co., Publishers, fit; Fifth
Avenue, Chicago. Price, 20 cents.
When President Roosevelt, comes to
Texas he will be treated with all the
honor and respect due to his station,
and receive the free nnd spontaneous
hospitality of all our people. It will
bo th'e President, and the man whom
we honor, not the Republican politi-
cian. There will be no place for hys-
terics.
The Book Trust has scored in Kan-
sas. It kept some forty or fifty lobby-
ists in Topeka during the entire ses-
sion of the commission, and succeeded
in unloading on the state tons of ob-
solete Rchool books which were In use
twenty-five years ago.. So says tho
Topeka Farmers' Advocate.
Dr. Henry Van Dyke, an extreme
liberal, who denies the Divine inspira-
tion nnd authority of the Bible, was
elected Moderator of the General As-
sembly of the Presbyterian Church,
North. This, with kuocking Galvan-
ism out of tho Confession of Faith,
winds up the career of Northern Pres-
byterianlsm as a historic creed.
Pauncefote. tho British ambassador
to the United States, was a true repre-
sentative of his order, and of British
interests. There was nothing special
ly worthy of mention about him. He
reminds us of Mother Goose's son, of
whom the old rhyme soys:
This is her son Jack, a line looking
lad.
He Is not very good, nor yet very bad.
An official report shows that Clca-
go's public ownership electric light
plant has largely reduced the city's ex-
penses, been a great saving to con-
sumers, and Increased the wages of
employes. If such things are done in
Chicago, they can be done everywhere
else. Intelligent voters is all that is
needed.
In one of our Canada exchanges we
find the following prices for genuine
wool goods, with no Yankee shoddy In
them: Men's tweed suits, from com-
mon to the very best, $6.00 to $15.00;
men's worsted serge, common to best,
f7.00 to $15.00; men's cheviot serge
suits, from common to best, $5.00 to
$10.00. The same goods, this side of
Canada line, cost something more than
twice as much. If a Texas man want-
ed to buy two suits of line clothes and
a fine overcoat and an outfit of good
underwear, it would pay him to pay
railroad fare to Canada and back to get
them.
public utilities as the people shall from
time to 11 trie elect. Why does Mr. Wii-
shire restrict these "public utilities"
to water, ga . electricity, railroads,
etc.? The platform makes no such re-
striction. Coal. Iron, flour, meat pota-
toes, the soil itself, and many other
things, are quite as much public utili-
ties as those to which Mr. w'llshlre
would restrict tliom, and when a ma-
jority of the people choose, may be-
come public property.
Again Mr. Wiishire says: "Grant-
ing that both Public Ownership ami So-
cialism an equal in their practicabil-
ity, and that one could be put in oper-
ation, if the people willed it, as soon
ns the other, there is absolutely no
comparison between the two programs
simply as ideals. Socialism is heaven.
Public ownership, at best, Is a third-
rate boarding house."
Here is as perfect an Irish bull as
was ever made in Kilarney. The "prac-
ticability" of a thing means that it may
be put into actual operation. Now,
when It is said that, "the one could
be put into operation as soon as the
other, if the peoplo willed It," tho bull
shows its horns; for the question of
"practicability" depends upon the fact,
whether or not. the people will so elect.
It Is beyond all doubt that the peo-
ple will not elect at the present time,
nor for years to come, the ideal com-
monwealth of the socialist. In that
commonwealth there will be a common
kitchen and dining room; but the poo-
pT« arm not yet ready for a commit-
tee on buckwheat cakes. Populism is
progressive, its ideal of a "perfect,
state" i« quite as lofty as that of the |
socialist. Populism does not even tin
In labor by creating a demand for tht
services of every man, and the com
petition would be among employer# for
labor, and not as now, among laborers
for employment. Then, when labor
once got on Its feet, something else
could be accomplished.
Again, what does Mr. Wiltshire mean
by objecting to the "Nationalization of
Industry" on the ground that It would
lead to "a revolutionary social move-
ment!" Is not that the end that soci-
alism alms at? populism, at least,
aims at "A revolutionary change in our
industrial and financial affair,"
against which Mr. Wiishire protests.
How about this, brother? By your
own showing you are far behind the
Populists and must go way back and
sit down.
One more quotation:
"However, suppose congress does na-
tionalize the trusts and the railroads.
Of course in any partial nationalizing
process manifestly we must pay the
owners for their property. They must
be paid, for confiscation would mean
revolution right then and there. Hence,
there would be placed In their hands
an enormous sum of floating capital :n
the shape of cash or bonds, and those
owners would have tho rest of the
world at their mercy."
It is not confiscation to hold a rob-
ber by the throat and make him dis-
gorge. And when the day of reckon-
ing comes, as como It must, every drop
of water will be first squeezed out of
the trust properties. Then the price
will be fixed at what they will actually
bring in cash in gold coin—their own
standard. Then the people will bring
in a little counter-claim for damages,
arising from watering, over charging,
unjust rebating, violations of law and
tariff taxation. There will t ; doubtless
other items, but these are sufficient to
mention here.
Never fear, brother, there is no dan-
ger, if the Populist program be carried
out, that Rockefeller, Morgan and
Vanderbilt will dump their water on
the people and receive bonds which
will enable them to gobble "all the re-
maining Industries in the United
States.." Under Populist rule, law
breakers would be made to lcnofy that
there is a God in Israel and that pris-
ons and penetentlarles are made for
big fish as well as for littls ones.
The proclivities and susceptibilities
of the American people to and for
deceit and fraud are admirably illus-
trated in the oleomargarine matter.
The whole of tho bitter contest which
has been waged In congress turns on
the one single question of using a
coloring matter to make oleomarglno
look like butter. The coloring matter
In no wise affects the qualities of the
product. It Is the same without It or
with It; and yet, the manufacturers
say they will bo ruined unless they
can make it to look like something
which it Is not.. That Is, tlivy must
either cheat or perish.
SUICIDE INCREASING.
A sermon on "Suicide" was preached
recently by Rev. W. D. Nowlln, of
dcrtake to define what that state shall the Upper Street Baptist church at
be. Science will probably never round Lexington, Ky. He used vigorous lan-
Itself into a c omplete unity. Yet, this
is its Ideal and its aim. But it. does Kua«e- an(1 in view °* the fact that
not try to grasp it all at once, but j several prominent citizens have recent-
pursues its course step by step. This j jy committed suicide, the sermon has
is the scientific meUiod, the method of arou8ed murh talk Am0ng other
Populism. And herein consists its su-j (hjngs. he said; "i have held the fu-
perlorlty over the socialism of Mr. nerai services over twice as many sui-
Wllshire. | cldes as over those who were killed
It is well to discuss Ideals and the some one else. It Is growing—grow-
phllosophy of society. But practical here, amj an over the country."
politics is quite another thing. Its, There should be nothing surprising
object is to move men to action, and in the growth 0f suicide. Its fruitful
men are not. moved to action by ideals {.ause js poverty and the distress aris-
but by their wants and neceslstles. It, ing from poverty or thf> drpad of. It
is simply a waste of energy to go be- wi|j ,.ont|uue increase so long as
yound the intellectual conceptions of pregent economic conditions continue.
the people. Tills is what, the Wiishire *
socialism does. Populism moves In tno!
line of progression by attempting to
induce men to act, by showing how re-
lief may be had for wants which are
felt and understood. Therefore, Mr.
Wiishire is not warranted in saying
that, with respect to ideals, "socialism
Is heaven; public, ownership (Popu-
lism) at best, is a thirl-rate boarding
house
THE BOYS IN THE TRENCHES,
What they art Doing and Saying.
This has been one of the strongest
Populist counties In the State. We
elected both members to the Lower
House of the General Assembly six
years ago. Fusion and the Infamous
election law put them to sleep. They
have not moved since. Quite a lot of
them went Into the Democratic
primary to defeat Jim K. Jones and
down the Democrats with Jeff Davis.
They will not be caught napping again.
Hereafter when a Pop goes into their
primary he will have to swear alle-
giance to the party.
Our principles are more popular now
among Democrats than they ever
were."E. W. McBray, De Gray, Ark.
"I heartily endorse the Allied plat-
form and will do all I can to uphold it.
The Mercury Is my ideal of a 'workers'
paper, and should have the support of
all working men. I lived in Dallas
county, Texas, six years, near Lancas-
ter, 1855 to 1861. Would like to hear
from any of my old Triends in that
neighborhood." — N. A. Dlmmltt,
Sharpsburg, Ky.
Knowing myself to be one of the
oldest reformers of the State, having
never voted an old party ticket since
the close of the great Civil War, hearti-
ly endorsing the Allied movement for
the relief of the masses, I am anxious
to see our State and Grayson county
placed in a well organized condition,
so that all who wish may have an op-
portunity to vote a clean ticket for the
liberation of themselves, their fellow-
laborers, and the rising generation
from the grasn of the moneyed lords of
of America. Therefore as per your re-
quest In the Mercury 1 would select
Dallas as the place, and July 16th as
the time for holding State Convention.
We should have a clean ticket In each
county, with a good State ticket and a
little agitation, a much larger vote will
be polled than most men think. But few
men are satisfied with the present
situation politically. Cannot something
be done toward organizing Grayson
county? I am so situated that I am
not. able to take hold of the work my-
self.—J. W. Sivells, Bells, Texas.
"I have ben taking the good old Mer-
cury for eight or ten years. It gives
me light as to how we are getting
along in the nation. I am with tho
Allied movement heart and soul, and i
feel that It is our only relief."—J. R.
Holiday, Alvord, Texas.
"When I ordered the Mercury I or-
dered a machine, and we have always
been proud of it." writes E. B. Childre,
Royse City. Remember, we have a I
thousand Mercury machines ready for
shipment from either the Dallas or i
Louisville office of The Mercury. See
advertisement elsewhere.
I have been a subscriber to the Mer-
cury ever since it was made the organ
of the Farmers Alliance, and I never
get in arrears.—R. M. Graham, Hunt-
ington, Texas.
f could not keep house without The
Mercury.—J. A. Bridges. Teneha, Tex.
I like The Mercury as well or better
than ever. It is better than any other
Well, 11
myself i
"MEDDLING" IN POLITICS.
Mr. Archie Bowers, president of the I reform papers that I have read.
Workingmen's club in Houston In talk-, will say to you that wife and
ing to a Herald man, says, that he is; spent the fall and winter with our son
opposed to any labor organization in-: In Borden county. There is a strong j
dorslng candidates or taking sides In | Populist party in that county, but un-
partisan politics. There had been a j organized. Fisher county is, and will
movement on foot to secure a meeting! cast a large vote. Since I returned
of the Workingmen's Club for the pur-j home I have talked with several Popu-
And lust here we would like to ask. P®8*5 ot Indorsing certain candidates, | lists and Independents. All want to re-
. J .. .. - ...' Hut ho TL'ns ntrlntlv nnnoQPfl tn thift 1 nrcrnnivA Dnnitllnf mi—
The leading paper In Llano County
pays the Mercury the following com-
pliment: "The Southern Mercury, once
the official organ of the noted Farmers
Alliance, and afterwards of the People's
party," Is now the neatest, largest, and
leading advocate of the rights of the
common people In the United States.
Milton Park, tho Managing Editor,
from the earliest period of the great
strife between capital and labor, has
guided the helm of this greatest of re-
form papers without a serious mistake
from the principles that first gave it
birth, though severely criticised by the
great dailies representing other phases
of political economy, as well as by
the organs of enemies in the ranks of
the reform movement. Mr. Park has
over proven true to the principles he
conceives to be just, and honorable to
mankind as a whole."
In reference to the coal strike Henry
Clews and Company says: "The out-
come of this struggle is of vital inter-
est to the stock market, and an unfav-
orable issue would probably depress
other than the coal shares." This is
true. The truBts are so intrlcally wov-
en together, that to knock one down
will be like knocking down the first
nine pin standing in a straight row-
it. would carry the others down with
it. Such la the unstable character of
our gold basis.
Brother, we are making an effort to
get out the beet reform paper in Amer-
The indications ut present point to
a tame and spiritless convention when
Texas Democrats assemble to select a
State ticket. Most of the competitors
for a place at the State pie counter
have retired from the race, disgusted
and disgruntled at the way the "pri-
maries" have been manipulated. Tho
convention will only have to ratify the
action of the primaries, and as there
Is only one aspirant for each ofllco
there will be little free beer or boodle
to dispense. This of Itself will be a
deadener to Democratic enthusiasm.
The single standard, gold bug element
In tho party seems to have captured
tlie machine and will make tho "16
to 1 ers" eat crow in fine shape. This
was our prophesy u year ago. Now
watch those fellows who swore bj'
Bryan and tho Kansas City platform
fall in fine and become a tall to the
double-tongued demagogues who have
duped their constituents. Tonomlnatea
ticket is one thing, but to elect It. is
quite another. If the honest voters
In Texas will assert tholr manhood,
they have a chance to teach the bosses
a lesson. Nearly every man who was
a candidate before the people for nom-
ination for a State office has found out
that the fellow who had the most to "put
up'' has carried the primaries his way.
All other qualifications counted for
naught. It is a sad comentar.v on the
Intelligence and patriotism of our peo-
ple when a man is debarred from serv-
ing in a public office simply because
he has not money enough to "fix the
primaries." The best men before the
people for the Democratic nominations
have withdrawn-because their Bense of
honor would not permit them to adopt
such methods. God pity the people if
boodle and bribery are to be the "open
sesame" to public office.
what is (lie difference between public
ownership and collective ownership,
when the people are the state, or, if
you prefer the term, are the common-
wealth? It is a mere wrangle oVer
words, a fruitless logomachy. And
yet, a great part of the contention of
the American socialists Is based upon
this verbal quibble!
What a total misconception of the
principles and program of Populism,
Mr. Wiishire has further evidence
from the following statement:
"It also must be remembered that
more than half the population of the
country live on farms and in small
villages, where there Is not nt>w, nor
ever can be, any purely municipal
problems to be solved, hence as the
Populist party Is born of the farmers
it cannot look for farmers' support up-
on a municipal public ownership plat-
form."
While it is true that the Populist
party was "born of the farmers," it has
long since passed the period of its in-
fancy, and emphases the fact that the
welfare of the farm and the shop de-
pend on the same several conditions,
and that no success is posslbue until
these two forces are united. The
Louisville platform surely makes that
plain enough. It 1s a very, very nar-
narow view to suppose that there is
nothing in Populism for those who are
not directly entrusted In the munici-
pal ownership of public franchises.
Such a view betrays an ignorance of
the subject which disqualifies the one
entertaining it from expressing any
opinion whatever about it.
Mr. Wiishire says further; "The
argument that socialism Is impracti-
cable, while public ownership Is prac-
ticable, is just the reverse of the truth.
In the first place, as satd. it Is public
ownership that is Impracticable be-
cause It will fail to answer the most
Important of all the political questions
of the future, namely, that of the un-
employed problem. In the next place,
even if we had no unemployed prob-
lem, the nationalization of industry, if
put into effect upon any considerable
scale, would create such a revolution-
ary change in our Industrial and finan-
cial affairs that it would surely be a
precursor of a revolutionary social
movement."
The first sentence Is ridiculously
false. Public ownership already pre-
vails to a considerable extent while
socialism (the Wiishire socialism) has
produced no fruit that anybody has
yet Been. With regard to the unem-
ployed problem, the substitution of flat
money Issued by the government anl
the single tax on land values would put
every man to work at renumerative
wages. Ah, but you say, "the wages
system is the very thing we want to
abolish!" True enough; thkt Is tha
goal. But how are you going to get
there? Not by the action of the mil-
lions of broken-spirited, poverty strick-
en wage slaves. Gov. Altgeld truly
Bald: "Men in rags never destroyed a
government." The wage slaves must
first be made independent and self re-
specting, and to become so they must
have money. The two remedies above
mentioned would abolish competition
but he was strictly opposed to this : organize the Populist party. The most
policy and wiffild not call such a meet-1 of the leading Independents that I have
conversed with admit their error and
want us Pops to organize and take
them into the party that has principles
to contend for.—T. I. Edwards, Neces-
sity, Texas.
"I am not a "middle-of-the-roader.* 1
have passed that point. I am a So-
cialist. I admire The Mercury, be-
cause it Is a radical organ. I like a
man or paper which has the boldness
to speak out against the crying evils
of the day. The Mercury has done and
can yet do much for reform. I hope It
will swing into line and take another
step forward. Success to it."—C. W.
Burk, Beaumont. Texas.
"We ned a vigorous up-to-date speak-
er down here to wake the boys up.
They are ripe for It. Much good can
be effected here just now If an effort Is
made. The people are tired of the du-
plicty and venality of the two old par-
ties. We will not vote In the coming
election If we have no opposition
ticket to the two old parties. The
Allied platform suited us, and we want j
to see a ticket put out."—R. M. Satch-
er. Orange. Texas.
"I hope and pray the reform party
will win at the next Presidential elec-
tion. I like The Mercury very much."
—Wm. Pratt, St. Petersburg, Fla,
"Our Executive Committee met at
Palestine on the 24th and decided to
have a general conference and rally on
the first Saturday In July, and we want
Jo. A. Parker or Stump Ashby to come
on that day."—J. N. Garner, Palestine,
Texas.
"1 consider The Mercury the best
paper published In the State, and the
only one that comes out boldly on the
worklngman's side. The work done at
Louisville In forming the Allied move-
ment meets the hearty approbation of
all old time populists in this seconlt."
—A. Hale. Mineral, Texas.
"We have had a prohibition election
followed by a Democratic primary
here. Some folks gave us 'antls' fits,
and then voted in the primary and
agreed to support the nominees, who,
It Is said, wil not enforce a prohibition
law. This sems very inconsistent. I
have no faith whatever In the two old
parties. I favor Dallas as the place to
hold the State Convention, and want
ing. He thinks the labor organiza-
tions should conilnde themselves to the
objects and purposes for which they
were organized and should not meddle
or take sides in political matters.
To "meddle" is to interfere in some-
thing that does not concern you—that
is none of yonr business; it means to
thrust yourself where you are not
wanted, and where you have no right
to be. Mr. Archie Bowers thinks the
workingmen should not "meddle" in
political matters. What few easements
the workingman has were obtained by
"meddling" in politics. The beef trust
wants Just such roosters among the
toilers to tell them not to "meddle"
with what is none of their business.
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THE FLAG AND THE CROSS.
There was a full attendance at the
Presbyterian general assembly In New
York last, week, when United States
Senator Beveridge of Indiana and Rev.
Dr. J. M. Buckley, editor of the Chris-
tian Advocate, came to convey to tho
assembly the good will and greeting of i
the Methodist Episcopal church.
Senator Beveridge said In part: "The
flag and the cross are alike in one re-
spect—they never retreat. You may
temporarily close a church here, a flag
may be withdrawn there, but only in
order to advance permanently their in-
terest. They have one common pur-
pose the cross to advance Christian-
ity—the flag to make this Christian
county the greatest power on earth."
Business men will understand this,
and contribute accordingly. When the
frills are taken out of Beverldge's
speech, and it is translated into Amer-
ican, as she Is spoke on the street, It
means that the missionary is the fore-
runner, the John the Baptist, as it
were, of the trust, which will come aft-
er.
The St. Louis Referendum reports
considerable political activity in "old
MizZoura," as this Item Indicates:
"Counties In various parti of the
State are nominating their county
tickets and getting them Into the field,
and the Allied Party Is by no means
in the tail end of the procession. St
Clair County will hold Its convention
at Osceola next Saturday, May 17, to -— . „
nominate a county ticket. Jasper to be able to ^ ,s n01*1.
County will hold its county convention
May 27th, to nominate its county tick-
et. Many counties have tickets In the
field already.
"Prof. T. G. Scott has heen speak-
ing to large and enthusiastic audiences
every night for almost a month In the
Fifteenth congressional district, and
it looks like the Allied Party might
carry that district."
By the way, The Referendum Is the
liveliest infant that comes to this of-
fice. It Is ably edited, sound and dig-
nified. and deserves the undivided sup-
port of all Missouri reformers.
"We are pleased with the new Mer-
cury form and the solid doctrine It
preaches. Every reformer ought to
read It regularly."—®. C. Duncan, Ced-
ar Park. Teon.
J. A. Hlse, Caddo Mills. Texas
Every Populist meeting held in Tex-
as so far as we have seen this year has
unreservedly and unanimously en-
dorsed the Allied People's party and
the platform adopted at Louisville In
April last. Now when you have what
you want Is It not time to begin to
show your faith by your works? Bryan-
Ism Is kicked over the transom by tho
Democratic party and Bryan, and his
following, whether it be large or small,
will have to hunt more congenial corn-
pan r or snbmlt to the men they have
fought for tek last six yeari.—Cleburne
Watchman.
The Populists of Bosque conaty will
hold a nominating county convention
at Meridian oa Saturday, June 7. The
editor of the Watchman Is invited to
to with them, and they have prom-
ised us a good list of new subscribers.
We will get there if possible and do
ail tor them In.our power. This Is Just
what evry county in Texas should do.
: Get Into line and prepare for action is
i the order now.—Cleburne Watchman.
"I think the State Convention souid
| be called to meet at some central point
! In the State, say Dallas, Fort Worth,
1 Corsicana, or Waco, or any good rail-
! road town that could accommodate the
' convention, and having the best rail-
way facilities. Respectfully.—J. E.
Stevenson, Antelope Gap, Texas.
"I am much pleased with the im-
provement in style and contents of the
Mercury, and will do all I can to as-
sist It in Its noble work."—Jas. T.
Peace, Hemphill, Tex.
I have great faith in the Allied
movement. We need to have our mis-
sionaries out Just now teaching the
principles and plan of this movement.
When properly presented It will re-
ceive the endorsement and support of
the majority of the voters.—E. D. Ben-
nett, Childress, Tex.
"I am pleased with the Mercury; It is
indispensable to me. Men who have
been educated on reform and are keep-
ing pace with the movement are bound
by the ties of honor and morals to con-
tinue the fight. We must keep up tho
struggle for honest elections. The Pop-
ulist party would be in power in Tex-
as today but for the robberies and
frauds practiced at the ballot box.
What Is the remedy? Our work will
not amount to anything if we suffer
ourselves to be continually robbed at
the ballot box. The better class of
Democrats must be Impressed with the
gravity of this great evil. Prostituting
the ballot box is breeding anarchy in
our country. Every honest man, re-
gardless of party, should exert him-
self to stop this awful crime. The Mer-
cury has a great work before it, apd I
know is willing to do its best towards
purifying the ballot."—G. H. Sullivan,
Austin, Texas.
"The Mercury is a "hummer* since
she changed her dress. Her voice is
stronger than ever."—W. B. Wood,
Dawson, Texas.
"If Jake Rhodes, formerly of Grand
Saline, will write to me, he will oblige
the reformers in this section. We want
him down In our territory awhile."—
J. H. Ellerton, Edna, Texas.
"I have been taking the Merucry
many years and can't do without it. I
hope the Allied movement will win.
There is no sensible reason why it
should not."—J. W. Rees, Yoakum,
Texas.
"I admire the courage and plain talk
of the Mercury. Would that the work-
ing people would read the Mercury
and learn wisdom. It is full of cold
facts that the people ought to know.
Long may It live."—T. Ferguson, Bar-
stow, Texas.
I am a middle-of-the-roader, first,
last and all Hie time. The dawn of a
new era is near at hand, and I am will-
ing to do anything I can to hasten
its coming. Every despondent reform-
er ought to take new courage. Thb
Allied movement opens the way for re-
lief."—W. J. Adams, Forney, Texas.
"I am well please .1 with the new
form of the Mer ury. Every Populist
ought to have I It is the best re-
form paper pub' ;.ed. It stands for
every man who ■ bors for his bread. |
The Allied pari, * just the plan to
bring success If ti; * boys will swing ,
into line."—8. R. Johnston, Gordon,
Texas.
"I can u do without the Mercury. The
health of our county is so bad I can't
locate the disease, nor find the remedy
without the Mercury. The Democrats
and Republicans don't want the truth
told. May the Mercury long live to
tell the people the truth."—E. E. Cham-
pion, Ennis, Texas.
"I favor Galveston for the next place
to hold our State convention, and July
10th as the time. Would be glad to have
all the committee and others interest-
ed to speak out in this matter. We
ought to know as soon as possible."—
S. Rothhouse, Chairman Bowie County
Executive Committee, Texarkana, Tex.
"I like the Mercury in its new form;
I think It beter now. than ever. I do
not know what we can do here in
Idaho. The Bryan fusion about did us
up, but we will be found trying, and
do not intend to give up the battle."—
W. W. Tharp, Cora, Idaho.
"The Mercury is a power for good.
The only thing that keeps honest Texas
from believing as we do is that they do
not read the Mercury. Were I able
I would have it placed in a thousand
homes in the county."—J. N. Garner,
Palestine, Texas.
"There are many of the old time re-
form workers in this section yet. All
they need is a little enthusiasm and
lining up. They have not abandoned
the faith by any means."—J. H. John-
son, Omaha, Texas.
"The new dress of the Mercury suits
us exactly. We can drop the Semi-
Weekly Dalas News now and get all
the current news in the Merucry, be-
sides straight Populist doctrine."—
Chris Hayden, Roanoke, Texas.
"I always have admired the fidelity
and boldness of the Mercury. It has
always stood for the plain, common
people. Now that it has put in "a lit-
tle more grape' the boys ought to
stand closer by it."—A. S. Russell, Mid-
land, Texas.
There are a lot of Populists up here
who are as true as possible for men to
be, but they are not doing any reform
work now. We need a speaker to arouse
them to work. Jo Parker or some man
of his calibre could do much good here.
The stand the Mercury has ever held
should endear it to every true reform-
er."—N. P. Anderson, Boston, Texas.
"Now that the Mercury has enlarged
and become a general family paper in
addition to its special reform work, I
can't do without it.—The Allied party
is the nucleus around which all re-
formers should unite and thus save our
country. Let everybody support the
grand old champion of the people's
rights."—N. T. Pyrtle, Tyler, Texas.
"As our old county chairman Is run-
ning for justice of the peace on the
Democratic ticket. I think It would be
well for the Populists of this county
(Cass) to hold a mass-meeting at an
early day and reorganize. We would
like to have some good speaker en-
gaged to be with us when the meeting
is called. I will be pleased to hear
from other Populists and reform work-
ers in this county on the matter."—J.
F. Haywood, Mellnda, Texas.
"Populists are as numerous as ever
In Comanche county. We have put out
a fnl county ticket of good men as fol-
lows: Legislature, J. P. Dingier; coun-
ty judge, D. J. MfcNeill; county clerk,
D. C. Dingus; district clerk,
Redwlne; county attorney, G. K.
Smith; treasurer, G. W. McCollough;
tax collector, B. F. Conway; sheriff,
Lee Campbell; tax assessor, Ewell Al-
len; surveyor, Bob Selman. Delegates
wore elested to the State and the
various district conventions. The Dem-
ocrats in this country are going back
on Bryan and 16 to 1."—S. F. Brown,
Comanche, Texas.
"I live in a hotbed of Bryan Demo-
crats that acknowledge our platform
principles right, but I think would like
to follow the lead of M.r Bryan. They
are waiting to see where he will land.
If he should select the Hill and Gor-
man camp for his home I don't think
many of them will follow him, but if
he should decide to give his influence
to the Allied party it would soon be-
come so formidable that old plutocracy
would begin to quake. Let us deal
gently with friend and foe. We never
can make a friend by abuse. I am
proud of the Mercury in its new dress.
Long may it live to battle for the
right. I am 80 years old, but not too
old to work some for a good cause."—
W. H. Jones, Beelerton, Ky.
Populist principles are now receiv-
ing more attention than ever befors.
Look at the city vote of Chicago and
the direct nomination law of Minnesota
as applied to cities. That is Populism.
I am glad to see that the Populists of
Kansas have decided to go it alone this
year, and it is only fair to assume that
other fusion States will do the same, as
fusion has only served to work to the
Interest of tho Republican party.—
Thos. Thompson, Jr., Hitchcock, S. D.
The "new dress" the Mercury has
put on suits the occasion all right. I
am willing to take the grand old truths
that she carries on her pages as my
way-bill through life so long as she
speoks out for truth and justice as at
all times since I have been a reader of
its columns.—L. J. Zoon, Pennington,
Tex.
I cannot afford to do without the
Mercury. I am well pleased with the
recent change and will try to get my
neighbors and friends to subscribe. I
have made a call for a county meeting.
We will undoubtedly endorse the Lou-
isville convention.—W. L. Franklin,
Weesatchie, Tex.
"I have consulted with a number of
our people, and their choice for place
of holding the State convention is
Waco. I have discussed the time, but
as our people are largely made up of
the farming class I think that their
convenience should be considered.
July and August are leisure months
with them. I suggest July 16th as dats
for convention."—Oweris Miller, Coun-
ty Chairman P. P. Coryell County.
Long may the old Mercury live to
wave the llog of reform and to cham-
pion the cause of the great common
people.—W. G. Laverty, Richmond,
Tex.
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TO THE POPULISTS OF JOHNSON
COUNTY.
Fellow Citizens: i
At the earnest solicitation of a num-
ber of leading Populists I by the au-
thority vested in me as county chair-
man do hereby issue a call for a
county meeting to assemble at Labor
Hall, in Cleburne, at 11 a. m. on June
21, 1902. The object of the meeting is
to reorganize the county committee,
elect a county chairman for the next
two years, and such other business as
may come before the meeting. Every
Populist in the county is urged to at-
tend and aid us.—J. M. Mallett, Chair-
man.
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LLANO COUNTY IN LINE.
The populists of Llano County have
buckled on their armor for the com-
ing campaign, and nominated a ticket
which they hope to carry to victory.
At a meeting held at Llano May 23
the following ticket was nominated:
County Judge, J. C. Mann; County
Attorney, ,T. Van Steenwyke;. District
Clerk, Olin Segrest; County Clerk, C.
A. Pinkerson; Sheriff, W. T. Cropper;
Tax Collector, J. G. Jones; Treasurer,
A. M. Edmiston; Tax Assessor, Z. &
Lee; County Surveyor, J. 0. Staff.
T. S. DeArman, of Hico, was nomi-
nated for Representative for the 87th
Representative district, composed of
Hamilton and Mills Counties.
The following gentlemen were se-
lected delegates to the State Conven-
tion: T. S. DeArman, J. O. Staff, E.
G. Kingsbery. Z. S. Lee, J. C. Main,
T. S. McKinley, R. A. High, J. A. Kel-
ler and J. W. Brummett. J. C. Main
was appointed Chairman of Hamilton
County delegation to the State Con-
vention. J. C. Hawkins was chosen
Chairman for the next two years, and
C. C. Stewart, Secretary.
OKLAHOMA POPULISTS.
Pursuant to the call of National
Committeeman Jno. S. Allen, a con-
ference of Oklahoma Populists waa
held at the Kingfisher Hotel in King- '
fisher Tuesday. Among those present t
were Jno. S. Allen and Allen D.
Hickok, of Norman; Dr. S. F. Scott
and S. M. Langdon, of Wankonus; Pe-
ter Wllderson and J. F. Sumner, of
Edmond; J. N. Clark, Territorial
Chairman, of Oklahoma City; P. B.
Thorp, of Leslie, and others.
The situation in the Territory was
carefully canvassed. Each person pres-
ent reported great dissatisfaction
among late fusionists with the fusion
policy, and a general disposition to
break away from the recent unnat-
ural alliance consummated at Enid.
The Territorial Chairman. J. N.
Clark, of Oklahoma City, was instruct-
ed to issue a call for a Teritorlal con-
vention to meet at El Reno on Wed-
nesday. Aug. 20th. to complete the or-
ganization of the Territory in the Al-
lied People's party, and to put in nom-
ination a straight Populist for Dele-
gate to Congress. Each county is to
be entitled to ten votes In the conven-
tion, the delegates present being enti-
tled to cast pro rata the vote of tho
county.
Speakers of National reputation will
be engaged during the su nfner to ex-
plain the movement for local county
tickets in every section.
A committee wn? appointed to pro*
pare and issue an address to th« peo-
ple of Oklahoma covering thff points
at issue.
Wn.ie the attendance was small at
Kingfi-'; r, there was an earnestness
and determination manifest that an-
gurs well for the future of the move-
ment in the Territory. Good speaker*
and effective literature will awaken «
the old spirit, and Oklahoma wiU ones
more blaze with enthusiasm.
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