The Two Parties and Their Work in History
A critique of two parties defined as the money party and labor party. The author traces ancient regimes from Egypt to Rome, arguing wealth concentration and usury harmed liberty, and links colonial money disputes to 1776 and later debates on greenbacks and silver. The piece frames a global pattern of capital dominance and calls for economic justice.
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Mie Labor
People's Party
Egypt
Babylon
Greece
Rome
Persia
Money Party
Labor Party
Pennsylvania
America
Congress
Equal rights and a people’s government call
GW. Winrie from Hickory Grove Georgia argues against the old parties and Wall Street influence. He proposes labor power as a third force to end poverty, ignorance, degradation, and financial slavery, urging support for a labor party and a government by and for the people.
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Lefforte
Wall Street
Money Party
Labor ‘Party
Labor Party
Winrie
Local Politicians Out of Work and People Take Charge
Local politics in Anderson County Garnett shifts as citizens prepare to run their own campaign. Party leaders and newspapers face scrutiny as the public rejects bandwagon tactics and sly fox maneuvering, signaling a awakening rank and file ready to shape the People's party future.
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United States
People's Party
Anderson Coltnery
Garnett
Sly Fox
People
Unite of South and West Backed by Industrialists
A southern farmer audience asks how to act, and the piece asserts strong union ties. It declares the Farm ers' Alliance and Industrial Union support the grand cause, uniting sections against disunion and despotic laws. It predicts cross‑state solidarity from Mississippi to Minnesota and from North Carolina to Texas. The Iowa Tribune notes the storm shifts east as eastern states join the effort.
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South
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Grand Confederation of Labor
St. Louis
Ocala
Omahc
Kansas
Nebraska
North Carolina
Texas
Minnesota
Iowa Tribune
Historic quip on party driving the hearse and corpse act
A fragment quotes a sharp political jab describing a party driving the hearse while old parties perform the corpse act. The line captures satirical tone about governance and party dynamics, reflecting contemporary press commentary.
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Hazzard
England
McEssary
Hickory Grove, Ga
Nee von
Scusemoe
The
Agharon—The
People’s Paper of the State
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