The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-09-28
Tho Address In Full.

dent and Vice President, have issued
the following address:
To the People OF the United States:
Having been nominated respectively for the
offices of Preside M and Vice President of the
United States by the National Convention OF
the Peoples party, which assembled at Omaha
July A. 1892 we take this method OF formally
notifying the public of our acceptance OF the
nomination and OF our apI recitation OF the
honor conferred upon US by the action OF the
We are heartily In accord with the platform
OF principles adopted Ly that convention,
and If elected, Will endeavor TO faithfully
carry out the demands in letter and spirit.
We have been reques ted by the National
Committee to visit the various States or the
Union 40 far as II shall be within our power
and to address the people upon the political
situation and the issues presented In the plat
form. We are now in the discharge OF THAI
duty, having already, one or both of US, visited
fifteen States in the Northwest and South, and
If health and strength are spared we intend to
continue the work until the campaign
is closed We have been received with
tends to every part of the Union we have WIS.,
tied. BY contact with the people we have be-
come acquainted with their wants and suffer
ings, and have been brought face to face with
the manifold perils which so seriously threaten
our civilization and the overthrow OF popular
government. We wish to express our tudg-
ment freely and without reserve in order that
we may stand acquitted before our fellow-men
and our own conscience touching the whole
matter
substance of the People Devoured.
The people are in poverty. Their substance
is being devoured by heartless monopolists,
trusts, pools and money sharks. Labor ID
largely unemployed, and where work Is obtain
able the wages paid are for the most part un-
remunerattve, and the products OF labor not
paying the costs OF production. This is a mat
ter Of serious concern to the whole people.
The leaders of the heretofore dominant par
ties are everywhere controlled by the great
monopoly and money centers. and mani
fest utter disregard for the wants and wishes
of the people. The parties are hostile camps
arranged on sectional lines and the present
bitterness and cruelties of the past; every four
years discussing the issues OF the late war
which should long since have been allowed to
pass from the political discussions of the day.
Notwithstanding the bitterness existing be-
tween the old parties they vie with each other
In their subservience to capitalistic and cor
porate greed.
They are incapable of dealing sincerely with
the vast problem evolved by the growth of the
last quarter OF century. Upon the general
economic questions of the age they are practi
cally In harmony, differing just enough to en-
able them TO carry on a sham battle, while the
work of robbery and spoliation proceeds una
bated. In the meantime the farmers and
planters, North and South, and the wage
earncrs everywhere are prescribed, maltreated,
brought into competition with convict labor,
and in many instances shot down by hired
mercenaries acting under orders of arrogant
usul sd the functions OF Government and pre-
sumGd TO act in its stead These corporations
dominate the daily press and control the lines
OF daily communication with the people.
still greater peril-we hold that the rights
OF free bal OF and fair count are rights pre-
servativc OF oil rights, and upon their inviola-
biltty rests the perpetuity OF free Institutions
and representative government. We are pain
ed to discover in the public mind of the South
ern States through which we have passed
widespread loss OF confidence on the part
OF the people in the integrity OF the
judges of elections in receiving the ballots of
the people and counting them for the candi,
Joto Of hafr fhnf No fnIr hat 10 owvfl
must be corrected by the intelligence and in
tegrity of the people of the country otherwise
scenes OF violence, and perhaps bloodshed,
may follow these efforts OF parties in charge OF
the ballct boxes to dotraud the will OF the
voter. They will lead 10 a serious collision,
and that quickly.
Their Par,y'S Growth In the South.
After consultation with the people we be-
lieve II to be true beyond reasonable question
that the majority of white voters are with the
Peoples party in every Southern State thus
far visited and our information leads us to
believe that the Same thing is true in the other
states also. The white people are leaving the
old parties and casting their lot with us, and
our numbers are constantly increasing We
are informed by large number of intelligent
and reputable people that in the recent state
election in Alabama Capt. KolD was
chosen Governor by over 10000 majority,
and yet his opponent was counted in by a
majority OF 1000 County tickets throughout
the state were counted out and Others counted
Ia BY the same unblushing methods we are
informed tnIt In Inc state election, which &C.
Cured in Arkansas Sept. o. at least 90 900 of
the disqualified voters of the State were de-
prived OF the right OF suffrage, that the returns
were inaccurate that at this election the Peo-
pies party. the number polling large vote,
was denied representation in the appointment
OF judges and commissioners by whom the
electiou was 90 be conducted. IN consequence
OF these methods the Will OF the legally author
tied voters OF the State has been defeated.
After an experiment of many years it is ap.
parent that neither the Republican party nor
the Democratic party can or will accomplish
the ch-desired end-to wit, the restoration
Of the ballot TO fair and honest basis In the
States OF the Union. The Peoples party alone
can secure the desired end. If the people of
the whole country who desire honest elections
and the repeal of class laws will rally to the
support of this great industrial movement and
place the party in power under whose banner
the whole people of the South arc now mar
shaling themselves, this vexed question will
be settled forever. 1t Is certain that the pee
pie OF the South will not join the ranks OF the
Republican party. 1t is equally certain that
the Republicans will not unite with the DEM
ocratic party.
what the Peoples Platform Offers.
The Peoples party affords the only solution
OF these important matters. All who desire
the revival OF business, all who wish for the
return of prOSperitV tn orr country all who