The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-10-19


Ausanabled upOA tho one hundred and glz
Ge9nth anniversary Of thS DeclaraGio9 OK lAde
pgndGlc9, Tho Peoples party OK America ~ I5
hPst national convention, mYQklhA ago@ L9Sss
action thO blessing OF Almighty God, puts IoHE1
IA the name and on behalf OF the people OF tnl
@G,INfyv, fho Following preamble and declaration
Of principles: The conditions Whloa SaEEOon1' pa
"a baat ingtify our o0-OpcratiOni we mooe N IN
midst al nation brought TO tho verge OF moral
political and material ruin; coFrupGon uonl
mates tho ballot-boX Legislatures, congress, "a @
tOuche0 even the eEmin0 Of the bench In
people are demoraliEed; most OF tho States nsv'
bSeB compelled To isolate voters At polling
places 10 prevent universal n1mlo&lonI o
bribery. Newspapers are largely gubsld1EoS
Or mu8aled; public opinion gilsncedi DQslneu
nroatrated: our homes covered with mortgages
labor impoverished and the LAND eoncentratlnl
M the hands OF the capitalists. Urban workm0E
are denied the right OF organisation Tor selI,pro
lection; imported, pauperiEed labor beats dowL
their wages: a hireling, standing army unrecOB
niHed by our laws 10 established TO shoot them
down, and they axe rapidly degeneratlng lnLS
European conditions; the fruits OF the toll o.
millions are bodily stolen to build up couOSea
fortunes for the few, unprecedented N tnS ms
tory Of mankind, and the possasS9rS on Il9Se MS.4 ~
from the same prolific womb OF governmental
Injustice. we breed two great Glasses - tFampa
and millionaireS; the national power % create
money Is appropriated to enrich bondholderSi
the vast pubic 0eDg, phYADAo ln 9oboA SSAuIA OJA
rency, has been funded into gold bearing bondSv
thereby adding millions TO the burdens OF the
people; silver which has been accepted % coin
since the dawn Of history, has been dsmonetissd
to add TO the purchasing power OF gold ~ DO
oreasing the Valne OK all forms q properly Gs
IA purpoSely abridged to tattan qsursFS, bank.
Pupt enterprise and enBlave industry; vast
9onspiracy against mankind has been organized
on the two continents and is rapidly taking pos
session of the world; IL not met ana oVerthroWn
Rt once Il forebodes terrible social cOnvulgion,
the destruction Of capitalization or the establish
ment Of absolute despotimi we have witnessed
FOR more than q quarter OF century the strngs
gles OF tho two great political parties Tor power
and plunder, while grieyous wrongs have been
aontrolling influences dominating both theSe
parties have permitted the existing dreadful
Conditions to develop without serious 0ItOrt TO
prevent or restrain them; neither do thoy now
promise us any substantial reforms they have
agreed together In the coming campaign TO tg.
RorO every Issue but one; they propose to drown
the cries Of the plundered people with tho lp-
roar OF Dham battle over tArld, 90 that capital,
corporations, national banks, trusts, w&tersd
stocks demonstration OF silver and the oppFoS-
sion OF ugurerg may be lost aight OF; they pro-
pose to sacrifice our homes, lives ana children
On the altar of mammon; TO destroy the multitude
ln order to secure corruption funds from mil
llonAirea Assembled ON the anniversary OF tho
birthday OF the nation, and hllOd with the spirit
OF the grand generation who established eur GMs
Aepandence, we seek TO restore the governments
70 the hands Of the "plain people," with which
class Il originated; we assert our purposes 70
- identical with the purposes Of the national
constitution; TO form more perfect union, es-
tabliSh Justice, insure domestic tranquil
hty, provide for common defense, promote
general welfare and secure the blessings
q liberty for ourselves and our poStORtty;
We declare that this government can only
endure % q free government Whl!e built
upon the love OF the whole people Tor each
ether and for the nAtloni that Y cannot bS
pinned together by hayonst; that tho civil war
a over and that every passion and resentment
which grew out of the war muSt die with It, and
that we must In fact aS we'll a. In nAmO become
A united brotherhood OF free mem our country
hndS itself confronted By conditions for which
there is NO precedent In the worlds our annual
AGRICULTURAL productions amount TO billion OK
dollars in value, which must in few weesk9 or
months be exchanged for billions OF dollars
worth Of commodities OF other productions; the
Ourrency supply is wholly inadequate to make
this exchange, and the results are falling OF
prices, the formation Of combines and rings
and the impoVerishment OF the producing olassi
we pledge ourselves that, II given the power, We
will labor to correct these evils BY wise ana
reasonable legislation, in accordance with the
tarmS OF our platform; we belieye that tho pow
OFS OF government, in other words, OF the people,
Rhould be expanded las In case OF the postal
SorVioo) a. rapidly and as far a. the good sense
Of an Intelligent people ard the teachings OF ex-
pOrience shall justify, to the end that opprSs-
sion, injustice and poverty shall eventually
cease In this land. While our SympathieO, q
The party Of reform, are naturally upon the aide
Of every proposition which viii tend TO make
msn intelligent, yirtuOuS and temperate, we
nevertheless regard these questions, important
"a they are, ~ secondary to the great issues nov
pressing for solution, and upon which not only
eur individual prosperity, but the very existence
Oe cur free institutions d0pend; and WO AK al
mon to help IA fret determine whether We are "a
have the republic to administer before we differ
ns 10 the conditions upon which 1t II to be Rd-
ninigt0red; believing that the forces OF reform
this day organised wiz never cease to move FOR.
ward until every wrong Ia rOmedied and lawful
rights and equal privileges seourely established
Cor all men and women In this country, WO a..
clare therefore;
Tirst-That the union Of the labor forces Of
gAO United Statee, this day oonSummated, ahAll
- permanent and perpetual; may its spirit come
Into all hearts for the salvation Of mankind,
9ocond- Wealth belonRs To him who oreakaa n