River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-07-07

WV SfN WY fNIH confusion.
'ASES u. WEAVER Chairman Taub-
enecl called he convention to order or
attempted to do SO at 1l:05 o'clock.
Mayor Bemis' address of welcome was
replied TO by Ben ;. Terrill, of Texas.
Chairman T;4ubeneck then introduced
as temporary chairman c. ii. Ellington,
of Georgia, and surrendered the gavel
TO him.
The states were called for members
of the. committees on credentials,
permanent organization and rules.
A recess was taken until p. m The
afternoon session was taken up with
speeches, no work being done.
A MEMORIAL SESSION.
The convention adjourned on Satur-
day to meet again at 2:SO p. m, Sunday,
To participate in the memorial services
of the late Col. l.. l.. Polk, of North
Carolina. The vast assemblage which
attended this memorial session afford
ed a striking proof of the respect in
which the memory of the late Col. Polk
is held by the supporters of the
movement which he was instru-
mental in founding The session
was devoted exclusively to the de-
livery of addresses eulogistic of the
dead champion of reform and expressive
of the reverence in which his lame
was held. At the conclusion of
the addresses a resolution was
adopted to the effect that collection
boxes should be placed in every alli-
ance hall throughout the country for
the purpose of receiving five.cent sub
scriptions to form a fund out of which
the family of Col Polk should be pro-
tected and monument erected to the
man himself on the family farm in
/ North Carolina.
MONDAY PROCEEDINGS.
OMAHA, Neb.. July 5.-When the con-
vention met Monday morning the com
mittee on permanent organization pre-
scented the name of III. O. Loucxs, of
/ South Dakota, as chairman. Mr..
/ Loucks was elected and addressed the
/ convention at considerable length The
report of the committee on rules was
| adopted, and the convention took re-
cess for short time in order to witness
the Fourth of July parade.
On reassembling the committee on
resolutions made its report. A supple
. mental ItlOIl was dlNo iUdAlt. DOM
We're adopted.
/ Assembled upon the hundred and six
teenth anniversary Of the declaration OF indie
pendence the peoples party Of America in
! their first national convention, invoking upon
their action the blessing of Almighty God, puts
/ forth, in the name and on behalf of the people
I OF this country, the following preamble and
declaration OF principles:
( The conditions which surround US best justify
J our cooperation i We meet in the midst OF a
Z nation brought khe verge of moral. political
and material r. Corruption dominates the
ballot bc&, ID Dslatures, the congress- and
touches even the ermine of the bench. The
have been compelled to isolate the
voters at TIE polling places to pre-
vent universal intimidation or bri-
berry. The newspapers largely subsi-
died or muzzled; public opinion silenced;
business prostrated our homes covered with
mortgages: labor impoverished and the lands
concentrating in the hands of the capitalists.
Thesurban worKmen are denied the right of
ganization for self-protection; imported pau
perized labor beats down their wages; a hire
ling standing army, unrecognized by our laws,
is established TO shoot them down,
and they rapidly degenerating
Ito European conditions. The fruits OF the
toll Of millions are boldly stolen to build up
colossal fortunes for few. unprecedented in
the history Of mankind; and the possessors of
these, in turn despse the republic and endanger
liberty From the same prolific womb Of gov
ernmental injustice we breed the two great
casses-tramps and millionaires.
The national power to create money is appro-
/ priated to enrich hondholders; vast public
debt ray;Hle in legal tender currency has been
/ funded into gold hearing bonds, thereby adding
millions to the burdens OF the people
Silver, viii ~ has been accepted as coin since
| the dawn Of hist.ry, has been demonetized to
add 10 the purchasing power If gold by decreas.
l inc galue M a Of ~ as
1 human labor, and the supply of currency is
/ purposely abridged TO fatten usurers. bank
/ rupt enterprise and enslave industry. a
vast conspiracy against mankind has been
organized two continents and il is rap
\ idly taking possession Of the world If not
/ met and overthrow at once IL forebodes
terrible social convuls ons, the destruction OF
\ civilization the establishment OF an absolute
despOtism We have Witnessed for more than
/ quarter OF a century the struggles of the two
great political parties for power and plum
der, while grievous wrongs have been in
fiieted upon the suffering people We charge
/ that the controlling influences dominating
J both these parties have permitted
/ the existing dreadful conditions 10 develop
without serious effort TO prevent or restrain
| them. Neither do they now promise us any
/ substantial reform. They have agreed together
| TO ignore in the coming campaign every issue
| but one. They propose 10 drown the outcries
of plundered people with the uproar
~
that capitalists. corporations, national
/ banks rings, trusts watered stock, the denon-
4 citation Of silver and tha expressions Of the
usurers may all be lost sight Of They propose
1 10 sacrifice our homes, lives and children on
the altar of Mammon; to destroy the multitude
/ I'm order to secure corruption funds from the
/ millionaires
! Assembled on the anniversary of the birth
/ day OF the nation and hlled with the spirit of
/ the grand generation who established our indie
pendence, seek TO restore the government of
the republic to the hands Of the plain people
! with whose class it originated We assert our
\ purposes to be identical with the purposes Of
4 the national constitutions form a more per-
feet union, establish justice. insure domestic
/ tranquility, provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare and secure the
/ blessings of liberty for ourselves and our pos
terity.
We declare that this republic can only endure
| rs a free government while built upon the love
1 OF the whole people for each other and for the
nation; that II cannot be pinned together by
bayonets that the civil war is over and that
every passion and resentment which grew out
| of il must die with it, and that we must be in
/ fact as we are In name one united brotherhood
/ of freemen.
Our country finds itself confronted by condi
\ tions for which there is no precedent in the his
/ tory OF the world. our annual agricultural pro
\ auctions amount 10 billions of dollars in value,
/ which must within few weeks or months be ex-
I changed for billions OF dollars OF commodities
consumed in their production; the existing cur
rency supply is wholly inadequate TO make this
exchange; the results are falling prices the
/ formation Of combines and rings, the impover-
! ishment OF the producing class We pledge
/ ourselves that If given power we will labor 70
correct these evils by wise and reasonable
/ legislation In accordance with the terms OF our
| platform.
/ We believe that the powers OF government
| in other words OF the people, should be ex-
/ banded (as in the case OF the postal service as
/ rapidly and as far as the good sense Of an in
telligent people and the teachings OF experience
shall justify. to the end that oppression, inJus
tice and poverty shall eventually cease in the
land
are naturally upon the side of every proposition
which viii tend TO make men intelligent virtu-
Gus aud temperate, we nevertheless regard these
questions-inportant as they areas secondary
TO the great issues pressing for solution, and
upon which not only our individual prosperity
but the very existence OF free institutions de
termine whether we are to have republic to
administer before we differ as to the condition
upon which il is to be administered: believing
that the forces OF reform this day organized
will never cease to move forward until every
wrong is remedied, and equal rights and equal
privileges securely established for all the men
and women Of this country We declare there
fore:
First-That the union OF the labor forces of
the United States this day consummated shall
be permanent and perpetual-may il spirit into
all hearts for the salvation of the republic and
he mn Z mo- Of mankind