The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-17


necessary then that ths people should y,
made acquainted with the condition Of VI,
country. A campaign Of education VA
started. and for fourteen years wc hav,
had that kind OF 4 campaign. l know thR'
the people Of America to-day are Y
, tha miast OF ths nost momentous npheavA
have been reading the old party papsra you
do not know how great this peoples party
movement 10. II has extended into every
county in the United States. have been
speaking almoat daily for tho past swo years,
all over the country. This moysmentia ths
movement OF the ace, and il challenging ths
beat offorta OF the beat people. This tour
began Vt NinoenncA Ind. At Denver the
meetings were 400 largc--ono voice could
not reAch the thousands who came 10 listen.
Tires out Of every four votes in Colorado
will DO cast for the peoplea' party nominees
this year, and the fourth viii exc!aim, ..Oh
Lord. what shall ! do TO bs aavedp' This
Ia u great IN oral movement. People moot,
and short and get converted ~ Thousands
Just ~ they DO a calsp meetings. This
natural rights that Adam Mad, and Va ara
the only party that will do this."
The general thsn referred TO his vialt to
California, Oregon and Washington, saying
that At Portland they counted people BY
the acre. and hat At Seattle il was unsafe
~ y SA = OMAUt - t WOAV4 ~ Au0Ay
people. why was thisa" Ls asked. mot
tinusd. I have been painted re 00n =.
4 political blsckise, YOU know.
Why in this town some OF nv old
friends, God bless them, say ! an = political
turn coal. Well, have no use for !
man who won't turn HIS coat when IL il
wrong side out. But the charge ID not fair.
] never turned my coat but twice. ! was
born a democrat, but on reaching my ma
jority joined the party Of fiesdom-the re-
publican: Then was called . Ffesdom
Howler. / stayed with the republican party.
twenty-o y%eais-till 1877. That uarty
was captured by the money power
when | left ii. Joined the
LITTLE Peter Cooper movement. then
the rreenback party, then tho labor party.
and now the peoples party. They are all
the same, only they have row with each
change. Is 10 like a man when he marriss-
his bride ne calls saba; later in life she il
Sarah, and sftsrwsrd it is Aunt Sally. But
It is the same woman, all the same. " is
the same platform Peter Cooper ran on. ths
same Ben Butler ran on, the same Strseter
ran on. The party all these years has been
in favor OF a trinity of finance-gold, silver
and paper. all legal tender, issued by the
government. l am not in favor OF . single
occupy the same relation under the
law they do in nature. Like q thief
in the night in 1877 congress dsmonetized
silver. urged on to the step BY a representa-
tive Of England, who cams to this country
with IS, 600. 600 and corrupted the members
aroused me and caused me to leave the re-
publican party. / am talking tonight to
men. l know some OF you have
come out Of curiosity and soms OF you to
sco1t, but l will talk to you fairly. II you
van the free coinage Of silver you must
vnfn fNp kha vork- AhAA - $1,000 - "a |
to you. You must apply common sense to
your politics if You want to got anything. ,
If you want free coinage Of silver you can .
not get it from a party that 10 opposed to il.
This can paign." continued Gen. Weaver. ,
rs not really opened by the two old parties
,hance 10 elect it's ticket. The republican
party is not in this hRht. mean what
lay and | can prove it. Its nominees are ,
to the northern states. In 1890 il .
ost nine of these states, which il carried in :
8s8: Since 1890 public sentiments has been :
lean party. To be successful they must :
lot only regain what they lost in 1890. but y
hey must carry all the new states in addi- .
Ion. ls there any enc here who believes =
hey can do il? The democratic candidates l
.ill make gains in the north this year. and q
tates in the west. The republicans cannot
20 south and take a single state. If the
lection is thrown into the house they are
better on. becauss they have not enough .
'otes there. The battle Is not BE- :
wsen the republicans and democrats,
,eople's party. We will not only contest !
new states. but after Aug. 10 Gen. {
field and myself will 90 south. We have . y
'etter prospect for carrying every southern G.
tate than the democrats have for carrying
ne. The stock in trade of the republican
rkv hao ham %ho ~~-l.,~- - l:--- :.
ne south. They had Noontrol of every
ranch OF the government in 1888 and they
I'd nothing to better those conditions.
hank God the peoples party is a frater-
al one. This movement means that man
s!ivss his rights from the Creator and
arty Is not waginR a war against the rich,
OF against the bankers. is not msnacing .
roperty rights. Il is fighting = GLASS Of
God never mads-ths Yankee
'ade them. They never die, are :
orn with a full set of teeth. 1 allude
, the CORPORATIONS. It is a battle between
ne people and the corporations. They have
rlven the people to the wall. Corporations
ominate every state, the national govern ,
tent and state legislatures. They are cor
aptlng the lawmakers and the ballot
oxes. They are depending ON money to =
airy the coming election" :
Referring to the money question the
7eaker said: "We are going to give you
'ore money it We get into power, and ve
re going to get into power. 1t ia utterly
npossibls that the farmers and WORKING b
|en will GO the polls in November and vote
J the CsrneRies will. We are going to n
i've you more silver. Can you get it in tho =
emocratio or republican party?' He then
lad the silver planks in the democratic
nd republican platforms and compared -
lem with that in the ~reople's party. The
emoc ats he continued. ARE willing to !
lbnait the question to the crowned heads of -
and the republieanssay, Me too.,'
he peoples party say the people OF Ausr-
a shall do as they want without consult Fl
z the crowned heads of Europe. am y,
't in favor Of the free coinage of silver 10 90
% interest of the producers, but in the in nj
rests OF the farmers OF the M1ssissirpi 10
Hey. II free coinage docs not give us 1T,
money. l am in favor OF the govern ri,
ent issuing paper money, to be a full legal ia
nder for all debts, public and private. XII
Q want good money, "a we'll an you dc. 81
Q believe We should have $50 per capita. an
'ance has $58. We would not vote that
u all at once. We want the government n
Issue the money and not ~
o banks. am opposed to ,
8 sub-trensu' les, you have now, am
favor OF the one the farmers and iabore,s
ant. The national banks to-day ara the =
b-treaaurics. We believe that Uncle
ms arm 10 long enough to reach over the
mixers and let the farmers and laborers
va money at the same rates as he does tha
mixer. III manner of putting money in
makes no liffarepca