People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-08
DECLARED A SECOND TIME -
FIRST AT PHILADELPHIA,
SECOND AT OMAHA.
WEAVER AND FIELDS CHOSEN
AS THE STANDARD BEARERS IN
THE GREAT CAMPAIGN FOR HUI
MAN LIBERTY AND PROGRESS.
A GRAND JUBILEE SUCH AS
MODERN POLITICAL CONVEN-
TIoNS HAVE NEVER KNOWN
Is THE RESULT.

Is THE RESULT.
The first great national convention
of the Peoples party has passed into
history. Independence day, 1892, wit
messed the greatest national demon
StratiOn commemorative of past
achievements and promising of still
greater strides on the road to human
progress and liberty that has ever
been known in the annals of national
history. As Philadelphia now i'm
presses the mind of liberty lovers,
Omaha will cause the same sort of
emotions to be cherished in after
years.
The proceedings in detail of this
great national convention will be
found elsewhere in the VOICE.
The Peoples party, which we in
Kansas have so fOndly nurtured, for
which we have been forced to endure
the pointing of the finger of scorn and
the taunting deriSion of the servants
of plutOcracy, the old party neWspa-
pers, who have never lost an opportu-
nifty to shrek with fendiSh glee.
your party is not known outside of
Kansas, has grown into a national
giant, which threatens immediate ex-
termination of the old party machines
and general shifting of party lines
and party organizations.
Out of a total aggregate apportion-
tiOnment of l776 delegates to all the
states and territories, 1862 delegates
were present. Every state and terri
tory in the union, save Utah, was rep
resented. Even far-Off Alaska sent a
delegate.
Many were the thruStS thrown at
the advocates OF the new party follow
ing the Cincinnati conference. such
as where was the SOuth?" Our an
swer at that time was, wait until the
st. Louis conference has borne its
fruits. Had these Self-stultifed
blocks in the path of human progress
been at Omaha they would have seen
the south in all its glory. Never be-
fore have we seen such vigorous ear
neStnesS as beamed from the faces,
flashed from the hand shakes, and
sounded from the voices of these men
from Dixie.
There may have been a time when
their ideas of true patriotism could
have been questioned, but now under
the heel of oppression from a common
foe of both north and south, and in
view OF promised subtle, cunning
overthrow of republican institutions
and human rights, great wells of hui
man patriotism have sprung up in
their bOsOmS, which bubble over and
cOmmingle with the same spirit that
is flowing from the breasts of the
common people in every geographical
section OfOur glorious commonwealth.
There is no mistaking the fervency
of these people. From Virginia, the
CarOlinas, Florida, Georgia, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Tennessee and Kentucky comes the
same OutSpOken denunciatiOn of the
covering, grOveling attitude of the
Democratic party under the domi-
neering control Of the plutOcratic
SteererS of New England, and their
emphatic, bridge-burning renouncing
of longer allegiance thereto. One
state after another vehemently
pledged their vote to the People'e
party candidate and Notwithstanding
the effort Of the bourbon element of
their states to make them believe
they are only aiding in the election
of Republican president, they are
determined and absolutely invinci.
BILE.
The principles enunciated in ouI
platform are identical to those pro.
mulgated at st. Louis and notwith.
standing the efforts of plutocracy and
its blinded and corrupted cohorts tC
ridicule and laugh them out of exist
ence as the elimination of superior
abSurdity, they have the same life
giving qualities as was possessed by
the famous declaration of independ-
ence of l776, and are just as sure to
win.
The platform elected more applause
than any of its supporters or trainers,
showing that the principles are upper
most in the minds of the people.
The scene which followed its report
was one which beggars the powers
Of speech to describe. The nearest ap.