Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-09-12

j, North IL, his wages, he says: II eau tne A.
tcntion OF sudh men TO ane I laeo ing mem NO
, pr' out Of Employment and starving after .
auar1cr of a century of Repnoi1can rue.
Nay, more, i is s., w sed. a amdI Inw 'f far r in other
narts Of the North ] leave the good and Just
minded Of those localities 70 speak. capitai
has coerced tho votes es OF + tne aoG intimid ti1n ~
. % in some cases worse means. The negro
ofthe South. also, can not go to the bal!otpo1
for fear of the sno ~ n an Two II vd ne Goes to- n e%s
In the matter Of finance there is nothing to
hone for from either party. The bankers ana
CAPITALISTS OF both parties have united for
twenty years to control the financial icglska-
ton Of the Nation. And now, with money
lnexhunstible crops, with .n overproduct1on
of stocks and provisions, with plenty on every
hand, because OF the present financial system
.the producing labOrer goes about the street.
unemployed; and the armer wheat. which
with the fathers was.a measure Of value. Is a
drug In The market: and that which he raises
to-day, produced by the sweat OF his lace, u
| without profit to his industry.
| For these ills tho Grcenbackers offered Q
remedy. Congress should make an incontro-
vertible bond at a low rate Of interest. 70 be
issued by the Government, 50 that any man
| might invest in it instead of placing his money
in savings banks and trust COMPANIES, to DO
| loaned out on margins on kiting stock and
then lost when he called for it. The address
on this point closes rs follows: Every tinan.
cier knows that it Is the odd nifty millions
aucy or scarcity of circulating medium, and is
there q man who dares say now that such q
bond would not have prevented the panic and
desolatiOn to business through we are now
"The time has come when the g%reepback is
sustained by the Supreme Court asa constitu-
tiOnal currency against the opinions OF the
paid attorneys of every fnancier of the coun-
try. The time will come, il the people of this
country can get the clutch of monopoly of its
Rl1prAnNv off ItH throat. when 9110h n GyEfpTn
OF finance as | have sketched will give free
dom to the industrial! and business interests
from which tie peoplenow suffer"
He appeals 10 the lab6Fing man to declare
his independence. You have the power"
ernment as did Your fathers. This can only
be done by acting together. Be not deceived;
stand by each other. Let the people unite
union has been the policy of the leaders,
monopolists Of all shades of opinion, en-
emtes of the people, who: while they Join
claim to belong to different parties. You
know that it makes no difference to you
whether one set of men or the other is in
Ro~ mon mo- oSfd IS c 9n ans pe%SR hie Is issn' paety
carries on the Government, laboring men and
,yo ona are = permitted = ted to enjoy only Ny
the sweat Of thy face Shalt thou eat bread
You enjoy none of Gods blessings! Why
not? You earn and produce them all-allthat
~ W lA4S tnl W q
They are yours in the sight of high Heaven.
Stand together and a just share of them is
yours"
He declares that the ballot is in danger from
the British party. There is already an aris-
tocracy, he says, in America, aping the Brit
ish. The American mechanic can not make
clothes good enough for these apes; they are
waited on oy british .servants; they cut their
whiskers British fashion, SO as to appear as
un-Alncrican as possible.
I'm the Tight botween the FcderaliSt against
the Democrat there was no third party. This
continued untilthc time OF jackson, when
the great Sto banhing monopoly was broken
the parties, industrial and economic. The
question OF the abolition of slavery caused a
war enabled the monopolist to get possession
of both parties Now there is no actual diff
dersnc = between ,PIarties-only enough to
He abiures lahoring men to vote together.
He tells them not to be alarmed nj the cry
that he who votes for a third party loses his
harvest. Hero is his plan: ''ln framing your
electoral ticket make a fusion in all the States
with the ppo minority. and make it upon
this theory: Not that you are going to vote
for the electors OF any candidate opposed to
your interests; not. that the friends OF tho
other candidate are going to vote for yours,
but aEree that you will run the same cleo
torhl ticket, provided the electors who CON-
pose it are, as they ought to be, reputable
men who will be bound py their honorable
undertakings, which is all there is that binds
the electoral college to vote in any directions:
and then have it agreed that the electoral
vote Of the State shall Ike divided in the
electoral college according to the number
of votes thrown for your candidate. and
the number OF votes thrown for the other
candidate on the same ticket.
I'm many States, if we exert our strength, We
already hold the balance OF power. In quite
one hundred Congressional districts less than
one thousand votes will determine whether a
friend OF labor and the people or the tool Of
monopoly shall have q seat in Congress-. Let
us organize. therefore. in every district to see
tn H. fhht no mNn rn1E fH (Nnrrnsc rcf NJ
district who is not with us and OF us; strong
enough in moral rectitudc to stand for the
rights Of the people unaWed by power and
%unbought by gain
Again, in balanced States make an alliance
with wt,ichSysro Of the other parties will choose
GERS and take others to your
s sS!SG xo SpG the an a, assef f;nsat fh Ia ! both parties !,
f friends TO are 1t sent that to so tie s eTs
k]exjsatures: There are many States where
workinginan, the farmer and the merchant.
against oppressors and monopolies, and if
these will stand together they can get pro-
lection in spite OF the monopolist-"
Following this is his letter, accepting the
nominations rendered by the Greenbacll
Labor party and the Anti-Monopolist organi-
cation. He pledges the remainder of his
days to their cause, and cougratuiates them
and himself upon the fact that they will not
for more than a Quarter Of a century. Everyy
act OF his life has been under IL microscope
lighted by the lurld fires OF hate and SANDER.
He is vet unframed, and has no opinion to
take back. no policy to recant, and no lust
charge TO explain for what he has done either
in peace or war"
Then follows an address to the Democrats
of Massachusetts. who put their faith in him
once before. He invites them to stick to him
now and to come into the peoples PARTY"
To such rs can not he bids kindly a political
farewell. AT the end OF the address, as an ap-
pendix. IS q note to the effect that he issued
the address sooner than he had expected. He
would have preferred to wait for Mr.. Cleye-
land, but he yielded to the advice of trusted
friends in making it nov. He believes in Y
short campaign.
BURNED BY THE sun.
Crops and Cattle in Illinois, New Hamp.
shire and Ohio Suffering from