The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1895 Page: 2 of 16
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SOUTHERN MERCURY.
OCT. 17, 1895
THE WAY IT HAPPENED.
JESSIE B. SHERMAN.
Said Toddlekins to Waddlekins,
A very homely pup,
"See, there's a Bleeping pussy cat,
Suppose we eat her up!"
They ne'er had seen the like I ween;
But then they thought, you see,
That such a soft and sleepy thing
No fearful foe could be.
But something strange, an awful
change,
Came o'er that furry ball;
And what it was that happened next,
They never knew at all.
Ah how they Hew, those noble two,
That most heroic pair. •
Said Toddlekins to Waddlekins:
"It must have been a bear!"
HON. GEO. VV. GLASSCOCK.
Abandons the Democratic Party and
Aligns Himself with the Populists.
The following strong letter from
Hon. George W. Glasscock needs no
•explanation :
"I have been a consistent member
of the Democratic party until within
a few years, since which time I have
been an independent in politics, but
supporting mostly Democratic nomi-
nees for oiiice. I have always be-
lieved that patriotism and love of
•our form of government should be
held paramount to and independent of
partyism, especially when the princi-
ples and policies advocated and prac-
ticed by a political party are not in
accord with the sound principles upon
which the Government is founded,
and for the best interests of the
masses of the people who sustain and
uphold the government.
For the past thirty years the peo-
ple of the South have been taught by
the leaders of the Democratic party,
that the only hope of this country
from an obsolute despotism by a con-
centrated power in our national gov-
ernment was in the Democratic or-
ganization, and the return of the
Democratic party to power; that it
was the party of the people and
would represent the best interest of
the masses; that their cardinal prin-
ciples were equal rights to all and
special privileges to none; that this
was a government of the people and
for the people.
The great living issue before the
people was the tariff question advo-
cated by the present Democratic ad-
ministration, while the Populists con-
tended that the great issue before
the people was the financial ques-
tion.
The Cleveland democratic adminis-
tration on its advent into power
promised the people relief and a re-
form of what they considered an
abuse of the tariff laws and the
finances of the government. Having
complete control of the government
it was expected of the democratic
administration to make their prom-
ises good, and to relieve the people
from unjust and burdensome exac-
tions of monopolies, trusts, syndi-
cates and combines, and favor both
gold and silver as the money of the
constitution: that the lands of our
country are the common heritage of
our people and shoul d be held for
actual settlers only.
On the faith of these and other
promises the people were induced to
elect a democratic president and
congress, thus putting in 1892 the
whole management of the govern
xnent in • the hands of the demo-
cratic party. What have they
done? As to the tariff, they
have so legislated to please the
eastern high tariff democrat and
the southern free trade democrat, so
as to protect the manufacturing in-
terests of the East and North, and
put the industries and productions of
the South and West on the free list,
by means of which legislation they
have lessened the revenues of the
government which, together with
other mistakes and blunders, they
have caused a national indebtedness
and in times of peace have issued one
hundred and sixty-two million dollars
in bonds, thus increasing the public
debt, and have nearly destroeed most
of our valuable industries, including
our wool, cattle, hides and sugar.
The result has been to foster the
great industries of the East and
North, and paralize the industries of
the South and West and to leave
them to the mercies of the fallacy of
free trade. Instead of favoring the
use of both gold and silver, they have
assisted in the demonetinization «act
of 1873 of the silver currency, and
have repealed the Sherman law,
which gave us an increase in our
money, almost equal to the increase
in our population, and have forced
upon the people the single gold
standard and a stationary volume of
currency, thus contracting the cur-
rency and all values, and increasing
the purchasing power of the dollar
and paralizing our agricultural and
commercial interests.
Instead of giving the people re-
lief from the grinding power of mon-
opolies, and furnishing enough money
to answer the demands of a growing
commerce, they have put the gov-
ernment under the control of the
money power of Europe, which now
practically dictates the finances of
the government, and has this govern-
ment in its power and under its con-
trol.
Of late we have seen, with humilia-
tion that the bond syndicate and
money power have been requested to
assist the government to administer
the finances, and to save us from a
depletion of our money and to sustain
the credit of the greatest nation on
earth. Instead of conducting our
financial affairs in the interest of the
American people they have surren-
dered our finance to Shylocksof Lom-
bard and Wall streets, until to-day
the money power is greater than the
government.
Instead of advocating an increase in
our circulating medium to answer the
demands of the country, thj;y have
attempted to destroy $346,000,000 by
burning up that amount of green-
backs.
The present National Democratic
party has not kept its pledges to the
people, but it has abandoned the com-
mon people, and to-day we are under
the absolute control of the money
power.
On account of the incompetency of
the democratic party in manage-
ing the finances of the country, and
its departure from the interests of
the people, I cannot longer act with
that party. I have sympathized with
the People's Party from its incep-
tion, but have hoped that the democ-
racy would keep its pledges, and that
the needed reforms could be better
accomplished within that party.
I felt constrained to stay with the
party, but as they have left the peo-
ple and gone oil after the money
power exclusively, and believing that
the People's Party is the only party
that favors the free and unlimited
coinage of siber and gold at the
ratio of 16 to 1, and the increase of
our volume of money sufficiently to
enable us as a people and nation, to
transact our business on a cash basis.
That the People's Party is sound on
the abolition of the present uational
banking system, and the returning
back to congress where it rightly
belongs, the power to coin money and
regulate the value thereof.
That it is unquestionably sound on
the issues to control monopolies of
every character that effect the inter-
ests of the people. It has assumed a
determined stand to protect the
great producing masses, and is in
honest sympathy with all other
classes who are in need of protec-
tion.
Believing that this party is sincere
in its promise to relieve the people
from the oppression of the present
unjust distribution of the fruits of
labor, and holding my country and
my fellowman above partyism, I have
aligned myself with the People's
Party, and will henceforth render to
them all the assistance within my
power in their efforts to restore this
government to its ancient purity.
And will assist in the advocacy of all
measures of reform endorsed by the
party, which I believe to be for the
best interests of my people and my
country,
Respectfully yours,
G. W. Glasscock.
Par Nobilc Fratrum.
John Sherman and Grover Cleve-
land are the only Americans whose
pictures hang in the bank of Eng-
land.
Sherman's picture was hung there
after he demonetized silver so adroit-
ly that less than a half dozen men
knew of the trick until long after-
ward.
We presume Cleveland's picture
was ordered after he acccomplished
the remarkable feat of selling mort-
gages on the American people at
S1.0-H when they were quoted in the
market at $1.22.
Both are alike in one respect.
While working for themselves they
remained poor, but while working for
the people they have accumulated
millions.—Peoples' Party Paper.
To yuict A Horse.
When a horse becomes frightened,
demoralized or otherwise rattled
about something he encounters, a
good way to quiet him down is simply
to talk to him in a good tone of voice.
If a horse gets frightened at some
thing he sees in the road, stop him at
once and give him a formal introduc-
tion to it, telling him in the mean-
time how very foolish he is to let
such a thing disturb him. Nothing
can be worse than to whip a horse
when he is frightened. He does not
get frightened because he wants to.
It is only because he has seen or
heard something that he is not fami
liar with. After he once gets thor
oughly acquainted with the object of
his uneasiness, it will never frighten
him again.—Minnesota Horseman.
The Mercury is pleased to learn
that Bro. J. H. Perdue is convalescent
after a long seige of sickness. He
will attend the Upshur county Alli-
ance on Oct. 16 and speak at Shady
Grove the 18th.
Know Hood's Cured
MI waa all ran down and could not sleep
it night on account of the continuous
and severe pains
through my body.
I had also stom-
ach troubles and
catarrh. After
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Sarsaparllla a
short time I com*
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using three bot-
tles in all, my
_ complaint en-
tirely left me. I now have an appetite,
-leep well and am free from all stomach
trouble. I know I was cured by
Hood's Saraaparilla
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Park, Milton. The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1895, newspaper, October 17, 1895; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185629/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .