The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1891-08-28

Profoundly impressed thai We. the Peoples
party Texas. SHOULD declare 70 the world our
position on vital issues and pledge ourselves
10 enact radical REFORMS Of tie abuses and
usurpati. MS Of power by those who have been
e-eVated - positions BY the Democratic and
Republican rag les In The national and state
gov rnmen;7 aEl trusting in tn- guidance Of
divine Providence, We do hereby charge that
the parties hsT. fastened a ys;eul Of finance
on the nat on witch Is sapping the VitalS OF
nUr ilst.tut,oas aad en-iav.n g OR people
I nat they have eEteudeG e. sry aid ana foster
ing care To cOrp0rgte enterprise. organized 10
Cypress ana enslave the people. and subvert
IN principles OF Jefferson Jackson and Lin
com auu Ut the Glne uiac pave. ana 90 now,
refuse 50 aid or ASSIST tire lgDUr6rs. producers
and business men. hY lust and wholesome
Jaws, to maintain their ri2hts ami interests
and reap tle luil rewards uf Gheir own efforts;
but do still assist the ba'iSs and sharks OF Wall
street and lCmoard street in controlling the
volume Of money, bringing down pr.ces aud
baingi = plulCs IN business and aenatlon to
Industry 10 fiji the rconers BY using force Osure
and speed alton. They have loaned money 10
banks eXrc-lbons and railroads but refuse
such re ief to the producer Ihry have built
warehouses far the importers mcrchRn -lse
and the WHISKY mans g trits, national parks
fcT me plsasnle seeaila psIirer snd spt eulatcr,
c5stiy isf.@Tai piiIld ms 10 rnndnce Te$. eHtaSe
values n many CITIES, but refuse to acconlno-
da.e the ptoluc-r VITA g warehouse, by which
he can pau lyze the damning inElcnee Il
5 ecIllat jrs and -hylccks They have loaned
money Tor various purposes ana now nud IT
wrong to ssisf the debt. mortgage and usuIF
ridden PEOPLE oi IN : country, who, IN er me
-.fsf' q zap. ,r6 i1- tho
crisis which AL free ratiOfs before Us have
come fo-national decay and loss OF Ia
1iouGl manhood.
They have denied Us the free coinage OF sE-
vcr .Or 1Fhfee years althol-h the millions
al servt voters OF Doth parties have demanded
II earn say. They have fastened Unequal
bu GrnS Ill men, -'erI VOu5 TO be Dor bat
nave not touched Jhem with lie tips Of their
fingers rLey hive sEntcusd oar government
T. ON tie hands OF economy aud now Il billion
dollars 10 spent by single congress; both par
tie vieing with each ether in naEi.g big ap
preparations Tor rivers, narools. public build
ing, cNtrayaLauces or of1c.ai-. lfyrcssmeu.
The pens .,lling Of rich wild OWE burying dead
congress men, etc. ih-y have denied tn COJn-
try income lax law. While the taxes OF the
cOun rs should ce collected from each man il
proportion 10 his al lily to support the go > L
ntut They have suffered abuses IL railway
transportation and Telegraph corporations
to continue and TO grow more aggravated AMI
intense until the Sc corporations are welding
dreadful iuiiurLces in national and state oil
tics and have become the able allies OF produce
SPECTATORS in controlling prices and ensISv-
ing the = ople. They have refused 70 amend
our organic law so rs TO make Bni;eu States
senator and the president e ectivs by direct
vote ui the people While fraud and misrcpre-
sentatiCu has run rampant in the select GA OF
our cEief executives the United States senate
has become 4 den OF m lliOnGires. wlC ar in
fnitely mOse terrible menace 20 free govern
ment than the dreaded house OF .Ords OF Great
which to erye tie purposes Of hR es, they
have. in the name OF Democracy here il TeXa-
sqUandered almost ali the available public DC
main, the .eritage y tne people OF this AZ fI
ture generations an act WIFI The much de-
pised y. j. laws adminlst alton would lot
dare TO do. 1hev have. at various times, al
the different Siitings Of the leglslatu e, passed
laws granting an extension OF the tine III
which railroads and other corporations c0ul4 !
comply with the terms Of IN iii of vIoiSt-c !
chsl te S, winch were first acquired ullU5-iy. |
D. T-T
dered null and void save for the acts above re
furrcd to They have paced unequal burteuS ]
OF taxation on The pc Die. taxin-. improved |
land 81 he amer usually Ut IRON double &c |
Cuadruf,,e the price OF the ad1cirins uuim-
proved lana OF the specuiatot. They have /
failed To provide r the term OF free schools a.
con emplajed 10y our laws. They have failed !
to provide a uniform system of text books az /
ne -tGte'E expense. They have hOss ded tn |
school fund in the safe treasury viii g eNts |
home owners were sen ilA- cat e. $50 per !
a.num ON 5ls.trU % OF ioceigu mortgages. !
\, hen his m .Ley could have been loaned 10 |
our citizen land owners at a low rate OF inter /
est WAicn would have solved the school Iund /
surplus quest H. lowered interest ana have |
s opped some OF this big foreign dram on our I
iinanres. They have granted an eight hour /
aW for she benefit u school teachers. road /
WORKERS and all CLERKS ana state Oh.cials, bUt /
refused IL 10 the pub ic employees VINO co hard |
labor for the state and municipal governments |
They have latled 10 give the s;a;e an effective
and just lien law 10 protect the Ineclanic, ia
bore and material man. They have given the |
state q faulty, vicious sd rorrtift lFvst
lem which * a reprORch to humanity AMI in
.eilieence They have refused fair election |
law similar TO the Australian system, al 1
'hou h the people have long felt the corE -
I,4.>-----1N--N.--1 The yard politician b. 81
As Nto ]
n bribery ami Intimidation V irtTissS.ssscount !
INC more OF the evils OF our body pOiit We az
nal to the people OF Texas 20 forsarethe ties 1
which have 20 long ceceivlngly held them TO l
his unreciprocated allegiance and come out
in favor OF a party pledged to the following
which are the Platform OF the PeO-
:, IS marty OF Texas.