The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-07-07

ried Int the committee reported that
if was now prepared to make partlai
report. Fencing between frlenus VI
the candidates then consumed consiu-
erabIe time but without bringing
abDut any decisive test. Then came
a stampede and the committee nleu on
the stage with the platform hastily
brought to completion.
Thos. V. Gator of California read
the preamble of the unanimous report
of the resolutions committee on plaote
form. Gator moved the Adoption Vi
the preamble, and it was adopted ny
unanimous uprising of delegates
and tumultuous applause. The pre-
amble is as follows:
Assembled upon the one nun ureu
and sixteenth anniversary OF the dec-
laration of independence, the People's
party of America, in its first national
convention, invoking upon It's actions
the blessing of Almighty COO, puts
forth in the name and in behalf OF the
people of this country the following
preamble and declaration of principles
us best justify our cooperation. we
meet in the midst of a nation DroughG
to the verge of political and material
corruption which dominates the bailot
box, legislatures, congress and touches
even the ermine of the bench; people
are demorslized, most of the states
have been compelled to isolate voters
at polling places to prevent universal
intimidation or bribery, newspapers
are largely subsidized or muzzled, pup
lie opinion is silenced, business pros
trated, our homes covered with mort
cages, labor impoverished and land
concentrating in the hands of capital
lists, urban workmen denied the right
of organization for self protection, i'm
ported pauperized labor beats down
wages. hireling being unrecognized
byour laws is established to shoot them
down and they are rapidly degenerat-
ing into European conditions, and the
fruits of millions are boldly stolen to
build up colossal fortunes for a few
unprecedented in the history of man
kind, and the possessors of these in
turn despise republic and endanger
liberty; from the same prolific womb
OF governmental injustice we breed
two great classes, tramps and million
aires. The national power to create
money is appropriated to enrich the
boldholders of vast public debt pay
able in le4 al tender currency have been
funded into gold bearing bonds there
by adding millions to the burdens of
the people. Silver which has been a
coin since the dawn of history has
been demonetized to the purchasing
power of gold by decreasing the value
of all forms of property as well as
humanlabor and the supply currency
purposely &bridged to fatten usurers,
bankrupt enterprises and to enslave
industry, a vast conspiracy against
mankind has been organized on two
continents and is rapidly taking pos
session of the world if not met and
overthrown at once it forebodes terrible
socialist commissions, the obstruction
of civilization or establishment of alb
solute despotism. We have wit
messed more than quarter of cen.
fury the struggles of two great polit-
ical parties for power and plumber,
while grievious wrongs have been
inflicted upon the, suffering people.
We charge controlling influences
dominating both these parties have
permitted the existing dreadful con-
ditions to develop without serious
effort to prevent or restrain them.
Neither do they promise any sub
stantial reform. They have agreed
together to ignore in the coming
campaign every.issue but one. They
propose TO drown out the cries of a
plundered people with the uproar
of the battle over tariff So that
capitalists, corporations, national
banks, trusts, watered stock, demone.
tization of silver and oppression of
usurers may all be lost sight of. They
propose to sacrifice our homes, lives
aud children on the altar of mammon,
to destroy the multitude in order to
secure corruption funds from million
aires assembled on the anniversary of
the birthday of the nation and filled
with spirit of grand generation who
established our independence.
We seek to restore the government
of the republic to hands of plain peo-
pie with whoes class it originated.
We assert our purposes 10 DO luen-
tical with the purposes of the national
constitution. To form more perfect
union, establish justice in our domestic
tranquility, to provide for common
defense, promote general welfare and
secure the blessings of liberty for our
selves and our posterity.
We declare this republic can only
endure as free government, while
built upon love of the whole people, fol
each other, and for nation that can
not be pinned together by bayonets
that the civil war is over and every
passion and resentment which grew
out of it must die with it, and we
must, in fact as in name, be one uni.
ted brotherhood of freedom. Oul
country finds itself confronted by con
ditions for which there are
no precedent in the history o.
the world. Our annual agri
cultural productions amount to bill
lions of dollars in value, which must
within few weeks perhaps be ex
changed for billions of dollars OF com
modites consumed in their produc
ton. The existing currency supply
is wholly inadequate to make this ex
change and results are falling prices
combines and rings, and impoverish'
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