The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-07-11

We, the People, Make a New
Declaration.
The Nation Brought to the Verge OF Moral,
Political and Material Ruin-CorruP-
ton Dominates-The People Arc
Demon allied by Bribery.

America. in first national convention. invoking
apon their action the blessing Of Almighty God.
puts forth in the name and on behalf OF the peo-
pie of this country, tho following preamble and
declaration of principles: The conditions which
surround rs hest justify our cooperation, we
meet in tho midst OF . nation brought to the
ruption dominates the ballot box, legislatures
and congress and touches even the ermins Of
the bench. The people are demoralized; most
d the ;tases have been S
timldation or bribery. Newspaper are largely
subsidized or muzzled; public opinion silenced;
business pr9s,rated; our homes covered With
centrating in the hands OF capitalists. Urban
uorkmen are denied the right OF organization
for self-protection; imported, parperized LABOR
army, unrecognized by our laws. Is estab!Ahed
to shoot them down and they are rapidly desen.
Grating into European conditions; ne frults OF
colossal fortunes for the few, unprecedented IN
the history of mankind, and the posseseors OF
these in turn despise the republic and endangeS
liberty; from the same prolific womb OF govern
mental injustice. We breed two great classes
tramps and millionaires; the national power TO
create money is appropriated to enrich bond,
holders: the vast public debt. payable In legal
tender currency. has been funded into gold
bearing bonds, thereby adding millions to the
burdens of the people silver, which has been
been demOnetized to add to the purchasing
power of gold by decreasing the value OF all
forms of property as well as human labor, and
fatten usurers, bankrupt enterprise and enslave
industry; vast conspiracy against mankind
has been organized on the two continents and Is
met and overthrOwn at once it forebodes q ter
rible social CONFUSION, the destruction of capi-
talizatiOn or the establishment of absolute des-
quarter of a century the struggles of the two
great political parties for power and plumber,
while grievous wrongs have been inflicted upon
trolling influences dominating both these par
ties have permitted the existing dreadful con-
ditions to develop without serious effort to pre-
promise US any substantial reform; they
have agreed together to ignore IN the
coming campaign every issue but one;
the plundered people with the uproar of a sham
battle over tariff, that capital, corporations,
national banks, trusts, watered stocks, demon
may be all lost sight of; they propose to sacri-
fee our homes, lives and children on the altar
of mammon; to destroy the multitude IN order
to secure corruption funds from miu h;nh
of the nation, and filled with the spirit OF the
grand generation who established our independ-
ence, we seek to restore the government OF tne
republic to our hands, the plain people, with
which class it originated We assert our pur-
poses to be identical with the purposes OF the
national constitution; to form more perfect
II,
guilty, provide for common defense. promote
general welfare and secure the blessings OF lib
erty for ourselves and our posterity; We declare
that this republic can only endure as Tree GOV
eminent while built upon the love OF the whole
people for each other and for the nation; that
it cannot be pinned together by the oayonet;
the the civil war is over, and that every passion
and resentment which grew out OF 1t must die
with it, and that we must, In fact, as we are In
name, become a united brotherhood OF Tree
men our country finds itself confronted by con-
ditions for which there Is no precedent In this
world; our annual agricultural productions
amount to billions OF dollars In value, which
for billions of dollars worth of commodities
of other productions; that the currency supply
is wholly inadequate to make this exchange,
and the results are falling OH of prices, the
formation of combines and rings, and the i'm
poverishment of the producing class; we pledge
ourselves that, if given the power, We Will labor
legislation in accordance with the terms of our
platform; we believe that the powers OF gov.
eminent, in other words of the people, should
be expanded las in case of the postal servlce) as
rapidly and as far as the good sense of an intel
ligent people and the teachings of experience
shall justify, to the end that oppression, lnJus-
tice and poverty shall eventually cease in this
land while our sympathies, as the party OF re-
form. are naturally upon the side of every prop
osition which will tend to make men intelligent,
virtuous and temperate, we nevertheless regard
these questions, important as they are, as Soc
ondary to the great issues now pressing for so.
luton and upon which not only our Individual
prosperity, but the very existence OF our free m
help us to determine whether we are to have the
republic to administer before we difte. as to
the conditions upon which it Is to be admins
tered: believing that the forces of reform this
day organized will never cease to move forward
until every wrong is remedied and lawful rights
and equal privileges securely established for all
men and women in this country, We declare
First-That the union of the labor forces Of
the United States this day contaminated, shal
ia
come into all hearts for the salvation of man
kind.
Second-wealth belongs to him who creates it.
e eau is robbery: III any viii not work,
neither shall he eat; the interests OF the rural
and civic laborer are the same; their enemies
Third-We believe that the time has come
when railroad corporations will either own the
people or the people must own the railroads.
and should the government enter upoA the work
of owning and managing any or all railroads,
we should favor an amendment 70 the cOnstltu-
ton by which all persons engaged in Overnment
service shall be placed under civil service reeu-
latlons go as to prevent an increase OF the power
of the national administration BY the use OF
such additional government employees.
Fourth.We demand a national currency, safe'
ment only, legal tender for all debts. public
and private, and that without the use OF bank
ing corporations, q Just, equitable, efncient
means OF distribution direct to the people tax
vided as set forth in the sub-treasury plan Of
the farmers alliance, or better system; also
BY payments in the Discharge of its obligations
for public improvements. (A We demand the
free and unlimited coinage Of silver and gold at
the legal ratio Of 16 to l. We demand that the
amount of circulating medium be speedily in
creased to not less than so per capita. We de-
mand graduated income tax. We believe that
the money Of the country should be kept ae much
as possible in the hands of the people, and hence
We demand that all state and national revenues
shall be limited to the necessary expenses OF the
government. economically and honestly admin
istered. (E) We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the government for the
safe deposit of the earnings Of the people To
facilitate exchange.
Observation-Disclosures being a
method of exchange and public necessity. the
government should own and operate the rail-
roads in the interest of the people. (A) The
telegraph and telephone, like the postofhce s5s.
tenn. being q necessity for the transportation OF
news. should be owned and operated BY the
government in the interest of the people.
Land.-Land, including all natural sources OF
wealth. is the heritage of the people. and should
not be monopolized for speculative purposes.
and the alien ownership Of land should be pro-
hibited. AL land now held by railroad and 9TH
er corporations. in excess of their actual needs,
and all lands now owned BY aliens, should be re-
claimed by the government and held tor actual
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