The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-12-30
THE FIELD IS OURS.
An Able and Enthusiastic Address by Gen
eral Weaver.

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able and important letter to Chairman
Taubenecl, Of the Peoples party, it
being really an address to the Amer
lean people.
Dies MONIES. Ia, Now 16 1892.
Hon, II. E Taubeneck, hairmln National
COMMITTEES Peoples Party
DEAR SIR;-I wish by this method
to briefly address through you the
friends OF reform throughout the
union. Unaided by money our grand
young party has made an enviable
record and achieved surprising sue
cess at the polls. We are but little
behind the Republican party in the
number OF states carried. AS re-
suit OF the late election we will
doubtless hold the balance OF power
in the senate of the United States
have doubled the number OF our ad.
herents in the house OF representa-
tives. secured control OF number Of
state governments, hold the balance Of
power in majority OF the states
in the union, and have succeeded in
arousing spirit OF political indepen.
dence among the people ofthe North
west which cannot be disregarded in
the future. Not being formed on
sectional lines, our party In u single
campaign, has gained large and in
tluentlal following In the South. This
gives promise OF good government in
that section of the union "a thing the
Republican party has failed to do al
ter thirty years OF almost uninter-
rupted rule-and gives promise, too.
Of correcting wrongs which may ex-
ist through the people OF the respec-
tive states instead OF attempting to
do so by influences from without
We have awakened fraternal feelings
In all sections, and as I'M earnest Of
our good will toward the South. the
grand people OF Kansas a state con-
tanning more union soldiers than any
other. elected an OK confederate SOL
der OF the Peoples party to repre-
sent the state at large in congress-
The country Is to be congratulated
upon the fact that the leaders OF one
OF tho heretofore great parties have
been abandoned and overthrown by
the people and their organization
we'll nigh annlhilated. This leaves
the former adherents OF the party
FREQ to align themselves with the
great antimonopoly and Industrial
movement The accession OF the
other party to power Is the result OF
violent reaction, and not am sure.
OF deliberate judgment OF the Ameri-
can people. The national leaders OF
the triumphant party are without any
well-dehned policy except that Of
contemptuous disregard for every
element OF reform within tho
ranks OF their own party and
among the people ut large. The new
administration will ignore the three
great contentious OF modern times re-
latlng to land, money aud transporta-
tlon, and will not attempt to solve
either In fact the whole force OF
the new regime will DO exortod to
prevent reform in these important
matters. The urgent demand OF the
people for the free coinage OF silver
is to DO dlsdainrully ignored, and
new obstacles will doubtless be In.
terposed TO further restrict tho use OF
the white metal. In contempt OF the
doctrine Of Andrew Jackson European
aristocrnts arc to be permitted to
dictate our financial policy.
Ono OF tho most valuable results OF
tho late civil war--that Of n uniform
legal tender currency issued by the
govornment-is TO be sacrificed and
abandoned. and serious attempt will
DO made TO force the people TO return
to the fraudulent system ofstate bank
issues which existed prior to the war
and which periodically swindled the
industrial classes OF the fruits OF their
toll This Is to be sprung upon the
people by sudden stroke OF policy
by leaders who carefully kept their
motives concealed from the public.
The crime Is to DO enacted into law
between elections and before the peo.
pie can have time to pass upon
tho question by the selection
OF representatives chosen for the
purpose. That this is the deliberate
plan Is shown by the clause In tho
Democratic platform which calls for
tho repeal OF the law imposing tax
upon the circulation OF state banks.
II is confirmed by the fact that Mr..
Coo. chairman OF the executive COM
miLtee OF the American Bankers as
ISOLATION. together with q large num-
Dor OF New York bankers publicly
gave in their support TO the Demo-
cratic ticket only few days before
the election. The situation gives ad,
ditlonal Importance to the great ques-
tion which few have comprehended
for score years. namely: Shall
the currency OF the country be q legal
tender Issued and It's volume controlled
by the government or shall 1t be nom
legal tender issued and controlled
by banking corporations. The issues
pressing for solution are simply ire.
mendous and the situation porten-
tous Our party has not made Its
advent too soon. Its mission Is to
restore 10 our government It's original
and only legitimate iunction-which
has been we'll nigh lost by nOn.user--
that Of securing TO all OF its citizens
the weak as we'll rs tho mighty the
unmoIested enjoyment Of their In
alienable rights. This cannot be ac-
comFlished until the relations be-
tween labor and Its creature. capital.
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