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SOUTHERN THE MAIL IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE AND PEOIT-E'S PARTY OF SOUTHERN OREGON. ADVERTISERS lx you study four brl inter mits and patroiiizn ibis paper, it til be appreciated by ill tbe best farmers, from whom jou get trade. .'Z Paper Of, By and For the People! VOL. IV. MED FORD: OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 1802. NO. 39. St ft 1 r SOCIETIES OF MEDFORD. K. of P. Talisman lodge No. 31, meets M Hi day evening at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers al ways welcome. M. W. SKKSL, C C. J. A. Whitman, K.o( R.iS.. A. O. U. W. Lodge No. US, meets erery sec ond and fourth Tuesday in the month at 8 p. m. in their hall in the opera block. Visiting Brothers invited to attend. J. A. W'HITESIDI, W. M. O. F. Merrimak, Recorder. ' I. O. O. F. Lodge No. 83, meets in I. O. O. F. hall every Saturday at at S p. m. Visiting brothers always Welcome. D. S. YOUHOS. N. O. A. C. NlCBOLSOK, Rec Sec. I. O. O. F. Rogue River Encampment. Lodge No. 30, meets in I. O. O. F. hall the second and ourth Wednesdays of each month at 8 p. m. - W. I. Vawtu, C. P. B. S. Wkbb, Scribe. Olive Rebekah Lodge No. 58, meets In I. O. O. F. hall first and third Tuesdays of each month. Visiting sisters invited to attend. Mrs. D. S. Yoongs, N.O. A. C Nicholson. Sec. A. F. A A. M. Meets Bret Friday on or be fore full moon at 8 p. m.. in A. O. U. W. hall. N. L. Narregas, W. M. J. S. Howard, See. . O. A. R. Chester A. Arthur Post No. 47. meets in G. A. R. hall every second and fourth Thursdays In each month at 7:30 p. M. 6. C Koblx, Com. J. H. Fakib, Adjt. F. A. A I. U. L. L. Polk lodge No. SOS, meets very Tuesday at 8 p. m. 6. 8. Brigcs, Pres. Epworth League meets each Sunday even ing at 6:30. D. T. Lawton, president, Julia Fulde, secretarv. Yonng People's Literary meats Friday even ing of each week, under the auspices of the Epworth League. . W. C. T. U. Meets at Christian church every Monday evening at 7 p. m. Mrs. A. A. Kellogg, Pres. Mas. E. P. Haxhosd, Sec y. T. M. C. A. Meets every Sunday at 3 p m. at M. K. church. V. S. HAU.Y, Pres. Ji. E. Rig by Sec Secretaries of above lodges will please attend to corrections. Any society wishing to have a place in this directory will please hand in nec asarydata. CHURCHES Of MEOFORD. Meth Kiist Episcopal Church E. E. Phip?. . pastor. Services every Sabbath; mom ire, II . m.. evening. 7:30 p. m Prayer meeting ci 7 SO p. m. Timrsday. Sunday school each Sua day at 1 J a. m. E. A. Johnson, superintend ent. Epworth .Literary Society. 7:30 p. ni.. Tuesdays. Class meetings every Sunday c. close of morning service. Christian Church Xo pastor at present. Preaching flrt ami third Sundays in month, mornia and evening. Worship every Sunday morDiug. Sunday school at 10 a.m. Prayer meeting every Tharaday even inc. Presbyterian Charcn F. J. Ed rounds, pas tor. Preachine at 11 a: m. and 7:30 p. m. Son da; school iu a. m. Y P. S. C. K- 0:15 p. m. Baptist CHirch T. H. Stephens, pastor. Proashla at 11 a. xn. and 7:30 p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday even ing. Sunday scliool at 10 a. m The pastors of the different churches arc re quested to attend to corrections. mm'm gares. 1 B. PICKEL, II. Physician and Surgeon Medford, Oregon. Office: Rooms 243. I.O.O.F. Bldg J B. WAIT, Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. Office: In Childers' Block. II P. GEARY, ! Physician and Scrgeon. Medford, Oregon. Office: Cor. C and 7th sts, S. JONES, Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. Office: Hamlin block, up stairs. R. O. F. DEMOREST, Resident Dentist. Makes a specialty of first-class work at reasonable rates. Office in opera house, Medford.Or E OBT. A. MILLER- Att'y and CoUfiSKi.LOR-AT-i.AW. Jacksonville, Oregon. Will practice in all courts of the State. J H. WHITMAN, Abstractor and Attokney- At-Law. Medford, Oregon. Office in bank building. Have the most complete and reliable ab stracts of title in Jackson county TTTIIXARD CRAWFORD, Attorney and Counsellos- -At-Law. Medford, Oregon. Office: In Opera block. I USTIN S. HAMMOND, A Attorney-At-Law. Medford, Oregon. Office: I.O.O.F. Building;. A CLEAR SILVER BELL ELOQUENT ADDRESS BY A PEO PLE'S PARTY CANDIDATE. Effects of Silver's Rctrayal lodia'a ex ports Increased at Oar Expense Great Britain Jusslea Silver and Controls the Price or Wheat. Hon. John C. Dell, People's party can didate for congress from the Second Congressional district of Colorado, ad Cressed a large and enthusiastic audi-' ence r.t Montrose, Colo., on the aims and demands of the party. His treatment of tho silver question was masterly and clear, and the portion given in tho fol lowing extract is commended to the careful consideration of those looking for light npou this important subject: To eet oat of parallel with an old political party which haa civen consolation and ple&v ant association In the past produces sadness and rcprct that surh a step should bo necessa ry. If the interest of country, home, family and doty require it the Kiev should bo taken, however paint nl thedutymay be. Every politi cal party ha its name and platform. Everyplat forth has its central figure and its Irimmlnro. Wlulo the name of an old party becomes very dear to tbe devotee, (lie principles of the party should be uppermost In his appreciation. If the party name and tho most sacred aud bene ficial principle separate, the devoteo must take his clinics and follow the name or the principles. Hv can't follow both. The name can bet flatter his pride, the principles may feed and clothe his family. In my humble opinion the people of Colorado must make this important choice. Ono of the cardinal principles of the Repub licanism of Liucolu and Grant aud of the Democracy of Jackson and JelTerson was the free and unlimited coinace of silver. Suchpal lant spirits and strong individualities make the Brent principles of great parties. Thil fixed principle cf these great parties were emi nently satisfactory to t he masses of the people, and while silver was above par. without warn inc or not Ice to tbo people or the knowledge of the reputable members of con press, by In triiruc it was clandestinely expunged from tbe statute books tl-muh the purchase of and in tho inl;-rwt of the bondholder and owners of ready money. Turpitude and fraud are ad mitted by all, r.nd bolt said with shame and to the discredit of the American congress, that it ref u-es to rriaslate it. Every iwly has its leader end he is entitled toanmid the keynote rf the campaign and tlx the order of business. Tho Democrats teli c that a reduction of tiic tariff will brine Ile panacea for ail of our evils, and tr secure this is its firs: and snprercr duty. The i:-pubilcun Icad'trs inform ns thur we are airc.u?) proftr oos and tha: a fiir and basest trir.l of the preM-r.t tariff wi!h reciprocity n ill maintain ns all in pearo red plc:?iy. Grnyral Weaver, th? leader, chief architect and builder of the Icop!cs pla'.f.irm, very eraphically tells us that Ihefrst ruemies ihc People's party proposes to rout are thj enemies of the freeacd urdi;itrd coinasr cf silver. The People's party have a platform noqunli fiedly demanding this. General Weaver, it urad. Is now aiu ever has been a consistent and earnest advocito cf tbe f.-eo um: of slivrr. I know ihi;. n'jicrtM'n will urj:riwe i-aj- of our friends wboe party rpee bos ever depicted bin a". handle i f i;u-unsi&tcnrit ac'd a t.&x rnd K--.fl niom-y fanatic. The pl-'f 'rm cpn u'bic!. l.e ran in I.M, the Icfcl'.itr.Ttu futhtrof ue :ie unni -.vhich ho now fatand. i:d never ilitl f:l:.-r an.l son hmt; more alike. The f.iisn ri.il i-'anfe in v. hat h called thcGrccnuark and IlL : r t latfonn of reads; ' -AM inonfly. whether meiaillc or peper, Uouid bj bucd ar.d t!:c v:unio cnattvlled Ly the irovcrnnieiit and not by or through b.int :n ctirr-omiif.iis. mid when ;o ls.-::ed siicu.d be a fil lcci:l i'-t:di'r for nil del;s. public end pri vate; t:ist the honi!s of the l"ni:ed tcus honil not be refunded, but paid as ruidiy r.s 1 mcticablc ncmruiat; la contract. Tocn:.hl. t;iestvernnic;t la meet there culir.t!o:is 1 ct:l ler.derccrrccfhncld be sahttiicud fir- the rotes if the national banks, the nntiuna' banking sy?tc:n cllicd and tho ucfcnlicd coinrc of stSvt r as well as irj'.d e:ablibcd by law. Do these !iok lik-.- or rond liko the ut terances of r. soft or Cat cionry crank? ji re tboe not the snms cardinal principles that ni. cf t ae niininjr. vbt-at rowin?. cotton crow in;:, prodncirand indu.,lr!al clarsra rdvocr.tet allseoons cf lite year, exert when ti.e Iti tri;turs c-f tlio place buntirs i-. tbe hentofa poll: irstl rr.tn! aijrn rau?. their prtjudircs nnd rarti-aaship tioutr.rn their Jnc'stncri;? t'on sbitei.t v.itb this t'o PupalUta at all times in enr-sress have voted cnnnimoutly fur the free and unlimited oin&:a. t1 silver. . L'pun the other band, the conventions cf both the old ftsnici refund to rutopt a f:-co (.li ver plutfcnn. aud each beaded its tirkci wi.h a rircsoulalive persnnniiy opposed to free coinage. The papers end fUrr of tho cast insbt that in the i:et cotirrc?. the pcid top!c must l&kc the offensive ruul ti:p thu fcrther ctfiacu 3f silver. Senutur SiurriKau lias introduced a ill for Its complete destruction. The ptucnt cdminiHtrHtifn has done everything iu Its power to nittku the present h'.ws odious. In the purchafc cf tilx-cr m-asury notes nre issuul redeemable In coin. The treasury de partment hits a right to pay this in ilvcr. A friend cf sliver nnd of the jc!e would e-j u:y It. A few days ko Ileidelbctk Ickelheitu tendered to this dcirtrer.t i.tt:Kt in e cores and demanfleil ftold to shi; to Cennnuy. Tho treasnry department without bc-.i'.atrfin paid it out in itold. aud the press ilisi-atrhej Immediately flashed the new ail over the land, show hits thut our silver aytc:n would soon drain the country of Ltold. Does any one donbt but what tbiBWas purposely done to fur ther iutitnidjile thb public and Completely destroy sihtr in the interit of the i.old monopoly? -My frietd.dul you ever think of the importance ;f the success of free coinage? The national debt v. as created, much of tlic state and municipal Indebtedness was created when horses, cettle, nheat. corn and siivrr were worth r.t luo-toiir-tbltd mere tlinn they are today. Ily demnctiziiii; silver cold be came appreciated, or all commi.-dilics. Includ ing silver, dcprtcir.led as compared with gold quite one-third of its former value. This op erated so as to increase such' Indebtedness at least one-third or decreased tito people's jtoucr to pay one-third. Ail debts are payable in the produclscf thtj country, and as the prcducts arodimtni-jhed in value so is the ability to pay dimisishod. This Is not ail. I ndlti Is our c om petitor in grain, rotton, etc. In lo71 India ex ported r.boul .i).tfl0 bushel? of u hint per nn-nnm.-The l.itl Statos then exported nbm:t ISIVXIUUI for the foreign markets. Wheat was I hen worth 1.17 per hnffhel, cotton abont sixteen rents pr tound nnd silver ljl per ounce. Without warning or a whiipcruf dissiitkfao tinn. or the knowlotlite of the people or the repntuble mcmticrs of -rougria's. kilve r was ciandesilnely and fraudulently den;oneti.fd. It Chn went into the hands of the aicfuIa!ors and Ijcgnn i;r:u!nMly dlndninhin in value. As it rliutini.rbcd. ko tllri wheal, cattle, cotton and other commodities, '-r as gold appreciated till commodities, liicluding silver, depreelatrtl in paying qualities. V'e di'inoncrlseed silver, but our competitor, India, iiil nut. What ii the result? In the Item of wheat Inst year site ex ported 30,K).ta bushels huiead of i.Uil.Ht) In tKT3. We exported Ifiii.fMi.iMi hm-lnds lt. sjead of l.7).(Xii).il In lli"l. We ,hi:iineil ninety cents per bushel instead of .1 .-IT in IK711. l;ow Is thiseceounted fr.rV Ily detnonctizii:!,' silver H iMjcnnu'S a commodity and is left to I he In trigucsof the spc uintor. - Every coined tilver dollar In Knrupa or America ha. tiie same ptirehasitn: power es the ,'told or any other Iol!nr. There is no sm !i ihin;: as a dep:vc!;iteil.cr,ii:td dollar. It islhe bullion that U dt'pn-etated. leei'.i:ie cf Ihpvery fa-t that we r.re jenieil the rig'.a to coin ll. If Unghtnd buys o:ir imdi:ee nhe must UKticur gold, Miver or pnperdtdlnn In payment. Kiich is eft;u!ly vaittuble: If she buys in India, where silver Is not demonetized, she can buy onr depret-htted silver fnr eighty-three cents per ounce, ship til to England for a trifle, and coin it into Indian rupee, which are worth $1.33 par ounce, according to the Indian ratio. By tlds manipulation on every ounce of silver used In India she saves about llfty cents. Tho prices ou our products nre fixed by what tho surplus will bring in the foreign market. Therefore England fixes tho prices on our surplus for what it costs her to lay down liko products from India. In fixing thissho takes from tho price cf American products what sho can make on her silver purchases. In other words, if it costs her '-5i per bushel to lay down wlkeat from India, we will havo to lay ours dm. n for one dollar per bushel, as she makesover fifty ccntson tho silver specula tions. These things have bankrupted tho American producer nnd dohtor and enriched England, India and the creditor classes. Speak the Truth. Every republican per In Colorado Is sup porting tLe national Kepublicnn ticket nnd platform ably uml heartily. liurroh for tho Lcrcstand intelligent llepublican pres's. Den ver Kepubliean. The inau who wrote this paragraph knew that his words are without the slightest foundation in fact; the editor who passed upon it knew that it was an unblushing lie. r.nd the Uepublicans of Colorado will stump it us such ut,on their Grst public opportunity. . The Iiepnblican press cf Colorado is too loyal to the best interests cf thestato to support any man for the presidency who has proven by four years of service in the presidential chair thut he is op posed to the free coinage of silver. If the Uepnblicuns of Colorado who are neither olKceholdera nor oEce seek ers do not register their votes fairly and squarely for free silver this year they will demonstrate to tho rest of the coun try that they nro neither ibpu of sound business sense cor good American citi zens. Colorado cannot ufiord to indorse a man who persistently ignored the silver plank in the platform upon which he was elected throughout his term of of fice, in tho hope of gaining re-election through the firoag monetary support of eastern money lenders and the other foreign sympathizers of the cast who are interested in the large foreign trade of the United States. The Denver Republican understands thi tfl lv th sit mitiiiii 34 f hftrn"4i!v m anv one ill Colorado. It shur'd rds tin- I demand that the state liepubiic.-.a press trine of equal rights, hence they re k nor venal. It cannot bo ' carded the new government as an is neither wea bulldozed or wheedled ia:o doing what is nnmanly. tin-American aud r.n-Iie-pnblicaa for temporary gain to a few politicians. Denver Titue.s (Hep.). Able. Strong and Hrnlnj. Congressman White, of iowa. though a thorough going republican, and there fore strongly opposed to treaeral VT caver politically , has 1:0 tymj-allsy v.ith the smart Republican editors who cr.ll the candidato of the Pc r!e's party a weak m:;n. la the cc.irso of an interview with a rerjresoniatiro cf tht Washing ton Watchman ho tsid: 1 regard Cir.ersl V "er.vcr rs a n:ort n?:n:rkaV'-j man. Nt cr:T i.i '..c thor oughly l.o;:et a;id riiicrra in hij couvh: tij'.ss. bf.t h'.- i- prcbaLiy the best equipped, tsontally r.r.! phyiiculiy, to ..; rv i.a a v-i;i:.H.i;.i i-j ii iarv;u .c;.. r l . , anv manias Amer:;a. A mind bub (Thomas Jefferson led the opposi blmx over with knowledge and informa 1 1;1'51 tu ln:s ann-repub;icun institu tion, re-en forrtd with a physhpe c:pi.il ! tton. in Cber end toughness to barbed wire, I He t-aid : he i.; trahlcd lo dify tho elements nnd i "Tbi bank P.irnoration will come rv on a ri'i:a:g;j ra a large cc.-.:c of months 1:1 rcccs-jo'.i. lo.ing neither Ceih nf-r voice. I:o ix genial in dispost tion. logical and philosophical in lb presentation of n snbjert. While in con-' grcss he was ret upon by tho l;on3 cf both parties, and to bi3 credit it rtacds recorded i? the imperishaido legislative reccr.ls cf this country ihst he has van quished ti:ein one ::iid it!!. 1 cannot gft it through my head or Cud it in my heirt to call such a man wenk. Itcttrr Concede Tttclr D?inatiit4. Whr.t it :ho remedy? A desjrate m:dady do'.h iiEit the ticf.ple. What is the jianacea fi'.r all these wounds? , There is no use disguising t!;e fuct that the people want r.nd must have more money gold, si'.ver and paper. They must have cheaper tranrprtatiiin. They demand tin cjual chance to till the :irth r.nd dig i:i the mines which tho great God has given us. Yon can talk to them until you grow old nr.J weary, ami all r.rguinents will l.-e of no avail. Thee three principles of land, trans-p-..rta:i')U nnd money are cngrufted into their being, aud there it will stick unt;! they get lhi-:r demands. It wonld bo wise and prudent for u!l to concede their rights end adjust the great difTer enecs Lcl'wcen capital and the wago earners. Ti.e Enquirer looks for a happv issue out of iku storm and foreboding. Dlessed be the Moses who shall lead tho people. Del Korto (Colo.) Entjidrer. . Vt'lint the Populliit Cdoui. The Democrats enjoy pointing to numcsicau u.s a inwiii cnininj ui ii:e j bocntiea of McKialey uud Carucgiocout i.;.i ni.nt-.auu i.: utscamiona 01 iravei, a:i- j to c0lrol the gOVerni!)i-Ut in ItSown th::s b.ri:p under weight that would j.. jltere5! alld nwnx, if ii crusa r. ccccn crj:r.ary men. He can j , , , . ' , .,-,,'r .i,. talk to outdoor audiences for lUr(H! Noes no destroy, the hbc-rues of the Tho Pennsylvania Republicans make treasury notes, wry faces and lliug back, "You're an- The Fcdorsl party, on being dc othcr," while pointing to tho miners" fitted i:i 1S2S, reorganized under war iu Tennessee. Tho Populist raise3 his warnins'han:l and pleads for jr.stico, mercy and peace. Tho i'opniist l:i!0?. s no north, no totUh," no ca:;t, i;o west. IJo knows no Demo cratic or Republican party. Ho knows tho economic conditions are out of joint, cr thero would he no conflict be tween labor nnd capital, llo asks you to vota the People's part1 ticket this fall and thus indorse the grandest polit ical sentiment of tho present contnry, "Eqnnl rights to ell. special privileges lo none." Denver Road. A Ufiomrr Mlctiicim Tnvrn. Lake Linden is the boomer People's party town in nil Michigan. All its city nnd township ofiicers. except the mayor, aro PopniiMtM, r.nd he w:i3 elected ly their votes. There is an assembly of the K. of L. r.umljcriiiK nearly 1,000 nieir.hcra. and they i:ich:i l.wiuees. Ev- l evy v. tei; they ili.Mnhule hnmiieds of copies of reform p:.pers in ill! Lav-r.n;;es at the expouso of the as;wi!:u!y. and tho result is walkover for tho reform party at the election. And they are blessed with u number of ineinbcrd who know how to hustle. Jlobert Schilling in Mil waukee Advance. HISTORY OF PARTIES A True and Concise History Up To The Present. SHOT AND SHELL. This Extract is Taken From T. A. Eland's Book. During the American Revolution the people were divided into two parties, "Whig" and "Tory." The Whigs believed in the right of rev olution, nnd the Declaration of In dependence was their platform of political principles. The Tories held to the old doctrine of the di vine rights of kings to rule the people. The Whigs triumphed. A Republic was orgnnized, and 11 gov ernment of the people, by the peo ple and for the people was institu ted. The Tories disbanded as a parly but the Whigs maintained their party organization for some years. A new party arose, which took the name "Federal." The Tories, as a class, went into the new party, ami the conservative Whigs aUo joined the new party. The Whigs were radical. They believed in the doctrine of"Inalien able Rights'' for all, and in a liber al construction of the Constitution. The Federalists were conservative. They did not believe in the doc- elective monarchy, rather than" a republic. Washington was elected presi- jdent without opposition. Ilia ad ministration, wniie nonpartisan, was in fact, a Federalist adminis tration. Alexander Hamilton, the head of the Federal party, was a member of Washington's cabinet, and the "controlling spirit in it. 11? was the secretary ot" the treasurr, I and under his influence the old nuniarchial monetary system was !r.i. pted bv tiiis republic In 1791. a b::l was adopted i'V congress, and j jSi;:icd by President Wash'ngton. e4l:iblish:::i a National bank, niml- ! tried after thj Hank of England. !conie Under the leadership of Jefferson the anti-bai.k men organized the original Republican party, and in 1SUJ this party elected Jefferson president, over John Adnms, Fed eralist. Jefferson was re-elected in ISO-, and in 160S James Madison was i-lectcd as a Kepublicnn. Tint bank was chartered for 20 years, hence its charter expired in 1S11.' Then was fuitilled Jeffer son's prediction that the bank woud come to control the government for it was able to secure, and did se cure, a new charter from a Repub lican administration. There was now no vital ditTererice between tho two parties, Federal and Kepubliean, hence tho cam paigns were conducted on personal rather titan political ground?, till 1S2S. The bank would soon need a new charter. The anti-bank Re publicans took tho more popular party name. Democrat, nnd elected Andrew Jackson president. In i"i j .. i,:ii ,...,(. "" "j03 I'"" the bank a tmrd charter for 20 ! years. But President Jackson ve- toed it. He declared that under our constitution congress has no power to authorize a bank corpora tion to issue money, but that the i currency oi tne country snouia con- 1 . " ii i n " .1 Fist oi cum nnu siiver coins r.nu tho name of the Whig psrtv, and in 1840, it elected Gen. Harrison pres ident, and Juhn Tyler ns vice-president. Harrison died within a month of his inauguration nnd Ty ler became president. Congress passed u bill to charter a national hank, but lyler vetoed it, ns Jack sou had ten years before. In 134-1 Polk was elected presi dent, ns a Democrat, the chief issue beini:' tho annexation of. Texas. Texas was a slave-holding country, and her annexation to the U. S. was a pro-slavery measure, and in becoming the champion of that measure tho Democratic party be came the pro-slavery party. To 1S54. Ml the demand of the slave oligarchy, tho Democratic par ty .then in power, repealed the Missouri Compromise act, thus opening the tenitorics of Kansas and Nubi'iiska to slavery. In 1S"G, the Frceguil clement of the tcvo par ties organized tho, present Republi can party, and nominated John C. Fremont for president. The Repub lican party was born in the of Phila delphia, on the 17th of June, 1856. There were three candidates for president that year: Buchanan, Democrat: Fillmore, American and Fremont. Republican. The Repub lican candidate received no votes in the South, yet in the Electoral Col lege he was defeated by only 59 voles, including the eight given to Fillmore. Yet people will say that the People's party has no show for electing its candidate this year, though it was organized a year ago last May, and though it has more than half the voters in the country pledged to its supjort and an elec toral ticket in every state in the Union. If precedent is worth any thing, the People's party staudes in a most hopeful relation to tho other parlies in the race for president this year." This review of the hisloy of par ties is necessary to an understand ing of the attitudo of the three par ties now asking the suffrage of the people. It is seen that the Democratic party was the legitimate child of the old Republican party; that in its beginnics it was anti-bank, and that uudcr Jackson it was re-christened and took an?w the oath of al legiance to the interest of the people as against the arrogance J.nd selfish ness of bankers. It is seen that it fell into the slave oligarchy, thus ceasing to be Democratic. We learn from this history that the Republican party was born of the snirit of freedom and was the champion of liberty in its c-ariy ! years. Following the history of these lw great parlies we see them unit ing togeat her in 1S63, against tlie jieople and in the interest of bank ers, foisting upon the county a national banking system, with a.n sggrogste capital almost fifty times as great as that of the Srst United Slates bank, and with power fir greater than was jKsess ed by that first bank. We see these old pirtics burden ing the country with a fictitious war debt in the interests of these t anks, and continuing that policy of ui-just special legislation until the present day. Now we see them both, with an impudence un pa rai led, an afiror.iery perfectly astound ing, asking the people for their suf frage on platforms, not i;emocratic, not Republican, but Monopolistic and Plutocratic. Sii much alike are these old par tics that no man could discover any materia) difference between the ad ministration of Cleveland and that of Arthur, or between the admin istration of Harrison and that of Cleveland. The People's Party was formed by tha industrial classes who pro duce the wVaith of the country, and its platform is in line with the principles of the Declaration 6f In-! dejK'ndence, the Constitution of the United States and the doctrines of Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln. The People's Party stands for the abolition of the national bank system, the free and unlimited Coinage of gold and silver, and tho issue of treasury notes sufficient, with the c-jld nnd silver coin, to do the business of the country upon a j liberal basis. It demands that h!1 the great linos of transportation shall be owned and operated by the governmet in the interest of the people aud not by private corpora tions for their so'ic benefit. It demands that the United States iiosloffice shall have a coin-! plete telegraph system and that i -i ii i i. .i. t inc puonc lauus oi me couiury shall be held for actual settlers only, and not for private corporations aud non-resident speculators. The platform of the People's par ty is bused upon the scientific prin ciples of a sound political economy. It is in tine with the doctrines of tho American Economic Associa tion, comprising over seven hundred of the leading thinkers and scholars ot the United btates. Louisiana All Right. Hon. J. G. Field, of Virginia, ad dressed the largest assembly of la dies and gentlemen ever assemled in the town of Minden. Webster' parish, Louisiana, on the night of the Sth inst. When he spoke of tho third party having accomplish ed more in tho last year to unite the North and tho South than had been done oy both old parties in thirty years, and now the .blue and the gray wore no more enemies, but brethren now fighting a more dead ly enemy than they did from '61 to '(5; then it was that tho old rebel yell was absolutely deafening. At times dining his speech clapping of hands and cheering became so deaf ening that the ladies often put their bunds to their cars, but at the same time they would stamp with the men utid make the largo hall tremble. On the 8th Gen. Weaver in tho morning addressed fully 4,000 persons. Davis & Pottenger, -o Dealers In o- RRdflFRIFS r.RnP.KFRY Rl USSWfiRF wiiww.i-,, witwimfcIss , ........ . GMnaware. Wooflen & How are. GOOD GOODS AND LOW PIRECS. GIVE US A. 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