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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
OUR PLATFORM.

Principles of the United Order of Anti
Monopolists.
Realizing that our American government not
prof1ting by lessons from her predecessors,
must now account for committing the same
great crime which has caused the downfall of
each former republic and understanding that
the blighting curse to US results from secret
bands Of conspirators, by whom the great SOW
ereign powers Of government are being used to
crush out the liberties Of the people, and make
slaves Of the masses causing such state Of
restitution, discomfort and crime, that no peo-
pie can long endure, we, believing that when
bad men combine good men must associate
have formed the organization known as the
United Order OF AntiMonopolists, and declare
that there Is vital, dangerous and over.
shadowing question now before this nation
compared to which all others are insignificant
That question is: Shall the great powers Of
the government be used to crush out the liber-
ties OF the people, rob the industries, make
serfs and slaves of the masses; or shall it be
used as intended by the fathers to protect the
interests OF the people, guard their liberties
and aid their happiness?
We, therefore, declare our objects to be:
1. To do all in our power, legally, to secure the
repeal of all class laws
2 To work for the abolition of the national
banking system in the United States, and re-
store to the government alone the right to issue
and control the volume of money.
8 To abolish every species of monopoly in the
land. and we believe that actual occupants only
should hold titles to land.
4 To transfer the ownership of all railroads,
telegraph and telephone lines to the govern
ment where they belong, to be operated as is
the postal system.
s To secure pure ballot and fair count
and with view to this end, we want the Aus
tralian system of voting.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES.

Texas has nearly ITO, 600 voters in
its alliance organizations. Tough on
the democracy.
On June the peoples party was
organized in nearly every county in the
state of Tennessee.
The alliance are the people in
Louisiana and will carry the state this
fall as they did this spring.
Tennessee has 125, 900 peoples party
voters. The old parties have not a
ghost Of show in that state.
The meaning of the silver plank of
the new platform is not buried up in
verbiage. Weekly Toiler.
Get off the fence! Be a man and
help reform the government, or be a
"thing" and obey the sbosses South
ern Mercury.
Just think of it: 767 new peoples
party papers started in the United
States in the past seven months How
it does go to pieces.
1t is going to be the producers of
the west and the south against the
usurers of the east, this time. Stick a
pin right there, please.-Pittsburg Kan
san.
The conference of the various labor
organizations in Alabama, in session at
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
AN EARNEST APPEAL.

Lcs tne Small Offerings OF tho Common
feopie RorDEa Campaign Fund.
we have reached crisis in the Do
litical history of our country. The con-
federated industrial organizations have
agreed upon a platform and have called
a national convention to meet at Oma-
ha, July next, for the purpose OF
placing in nomination candidates for
the Office Of president and vice-presi-
dent OF the United States. The forces
which we antagonize are unscrupulous
and backed by unlimited capital, while
on the other hand those who look to
the Omaha convention as the hope of
the republic and promise of reform,
though great in numbers are neverthe-
less poor in purse. We have no rich
corporations or syndicates upon which
to draw for our campaign funds We
must depend upon the small contribu-
lions from those who love justice and
equal laws as the source of revenue to
meetcurrent campaign expenses. While
it is believed that all are willing to con.
tribute literally, yet it seems difficult
to reach the public so as tosecure timely
and uniform action.
The national committee Of the peo
pies party requests that all who are in
sympathy with the action of the St
Louis conference and the ends to be at.
tanned by the national convention which
meets at Omaha on July next shall
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
DEMOCRATIC PROMISES.

They Arc Made to Deceive and Are Not
Intended to BE Redeemed.
In view of the recent acts of the dem.
ocrats in congress it is interesting to
read over their platforms of one short
year ago. State elections were held in
Iowa, Michigan and Nebraska. In
Iowa and Nebraska the democrats Sc
cured the governorship.
Plank 9 of the Iowa democracy,
adopted at Ottumwa, June "a, 1891, de
clared:
We reiterate our demand of one year ago fol-
the free coinage of silver, and that it be made
a full legal tender for all debts, public and pri
vate, and denounce as unjust and dishonest the
provision Of the law recently enacted allowing
parties to stfpulate against payment in silver
and silver certificates, thus setting up one
standard for the creditor and another for the
debtor; one for the poor man and another fol-
the rich man.
The Nebraska democrats at their con-
vention held at Grand Island, Septem.
Der II, 1891, declared:
We favor the free coinage OF silver and that
it be made full legal tender for all debts, pri-
vate or public, and denounce as unjust and dis
honest the provision OF the law recently en-
acted, allowing parties to stipulate against
payment in silver and silver certificates, thus
setting up one standard for the rich and an.
other for the poor.
Plank of the Michigan democratic
platform adopted at Lansing, February
26, 1891, declared:
We believe in the free and unlimited coinage
OF gold and silver, unhampered by conditions as
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
IN NEW YORK CITY.

The Work of Organizing the Peoples
Party Starts Under Favorable Circum-
stances.
The work of organizing the peoples
party in New York city has started I'M
der favorable auspices. In response to
call of the committee a largely at
tended meeting was held recently in
Central hall, West Thirty-second street.
Representatives from thirty-one organi-
cations, representing 10000 voters, re-
sponded. These included the Knights
of Labor, the Citizens Alliance and
Nationalist clubs. George McFadden,
of the Franklin association of printers,
was made chairman. The st. Louis
platform was adopted, and committee
of twenty-four appointed to organize
the various assembly districts We learn
from a correspondent who was present
that the character of the men engaged
in the movement and the interest de-
veloped at the Central hall meeting
justify bright hopes for the future Of
the new movement in New York. Jour
nal Of the K. of Z.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01

assemble in their respective counties
and localities on said 4th day of July,
place themselves in telegraphic commu-
nication with Omaha if possible, and
that they then and there take up a col
lection for the purpose of raising funds
to enable the national committee to
carry on the campaign. We further re-
quest that the funds be forwarded on
July to M. A. Rankin, treasurer of the
national committee, Terre Haute, Ind.
We trust that the friends will respond
promptly and heartily to this call.
II. E. TAUBENECK,
Chairman National Committee Peoples
Party.
ROBERT SCHILIING. Secretary.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
MAY, 1891.
Birmingham May 80, Endorsed the st.
Louis platform with but one dissenting

Birmingham May 80, Endorsed the st.
Louis platform with but one dissenting
vote.
The Eye Opener, a peoples party
paper edited by colored men at Fort
Worth, Tex, tells us that there are $50
colored peoples party clubs in that
state
Judge Hill, of Oregon, was nomi-
mated as an elector on the republican
state ticket, but he telegraphed the
convention to ''leave him out" He is
now peoples party man.
And the news comes up from New
York that the peoples party is booming
all over that state The eastern pluto
Gratis will soon have something to do
besides watching the alliance farmers
O. the west.
In Georgia and Alabama the demo-
Gratis have had hard time in getting
enough of their committeeman together
to effect an organization. Everybody
deserving the Bland bill murderers for
the peoples party.
Arkansas is getting there, at the
rate of ten new peoples party clubs per
week. That means whole lot by No
vember. Oh, it is growing stop
it. Education, agitation and organiza-
ton is doing its fatal work. ''Good-bye,
old party, goodbye. denver Road.
Here is specimen Georgia item
which we copy from the Atlanta peo-
pies party paper: johnson county
claims ten peoples party men to one
mossback. The democrats had twenty
one democrats at their mass meeting
and the peoples party had more than
could get in the courthouse"
"A hired press and hired speakers, a
control of wires and closing of news
channels, will not head off this great
agitation of the people against the rob-
berries of trusts, combines and banks
Two thousand reform papers are throw
ing the sunlight of publicity on the
damnable crimes of the past few years
against the life and liberty of the peo-
pie. There are too many reformers to
call them all anarchists, fools and
dreamers. Coming Crisis.
Alliance men all over the country
and, thank God, Virginia is no excep-
ton to the rule-are pledging them
selves to stand squafely on the St.
Louis platform, and declare their unal-
terable purpose to vote for no man nor
party which does not do likewise They
are tired and utterly sick of being
fooled by the fair promises of the pol
iticians. made only to be broken. They
have made up their minds to take no
further part in the stale old game of
''Heads we win, tails you lose" The
wonder is that they did not make up
their minds long ago.-Virginia Sun.
The old party press and thought
less followers often inveigh against the
philosophy of Spencer. Mills, Atkinson
and other deep students of economics,
simply because they are English, yet
will shout themselves hoarse in uphold
ing the English money system in Amer
lea that is fast absorbing our lands,
mills, factories and opportunities and
reducing our people to beggary and
ser:dom. The money system of Amer
lea is fast paving the way for reign
of terror in comparison to which the
French instance was a summer morn OF
gladness Coming Crisis.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01

to the legal tender qualities of either, and I'M
hampered by the proviso suspending coinage
of silver after July l., 1891 We condemn the
republican policy because it demonetized silver
and still refuses the demand of the people for q
restoration of silver to a complete equality
with gold We condemn the republican mem
bers Of congress from the state of Michigan
who voted against the complete reconciliation
of silver.
Gov. Boyd and other democratic trick.
sters were asked by Congressman Bryan
in the late Nebraska state convention
what they put a free silver plank in
their platform for last year if they
didn't mean it. The same question APP
plies to every democratic platform in
the west, northwest and south. And a
great many honest voters who have
been voting the democratic ticket for
the past twenty years under the i'm
preston that the party really meant
what it has so often stated and re-
iterated in its platforms, are asking the
same question. Rather they have asked
for the last time. They are tired and
sick of treachery; tired and sick of
promises only made to catch votes, with
no intention of fulfilling them.
The conclusion is inevitable that the
democratic party is no more sincere in
its promises upon other important
issues than it has been upon the silver
question.
Its talk now about an international
agreement on ratio is but dodge to
catch the votes ''just once more" The
gold-bugs want the ratio 20 or % to /.
France gets along nicely Is to 1. En-
gland won't agree to any ratio. She
wants silver demonetized in this coun-
try. 1t enables her to get cheap silver
with which to buy India wheat, and
she wants her American bonds to pan out
$50 or 200 cents on the dollar Her ennis
saries can well afford to play poker"
with majority of our congressman and
let them win big '.jack-pots. 1t
sounds just little better for con-
gresham to say that he won 81, 200 at
poker than for him to say he took it as
bride. "Poker" has proven favorite
game in this state under similar condi-
tions.
The only difference that we can see
between the democrats and republicans
on the silver question is that the repub-
licans have been honest in their plat
forms regarding it. They oppose free
silver and uphold the law of 1890, and
say so. The democrats claim to be for
free silver, but they are not, and by
their every act prove that they, too,
uphold the law of 1890. Chicago Sen
tinel.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
NORTH CAROLINA, TOO.

The Old Tar-Heel State Wheels Into Line
With the Peoples Party.
A decent respect for the opinions OF
men requires, whenever any consider
able number of citizens determine to
adopt new line of policy in their po-
litical relations, that they set forth the
change. The people of this state are
called upon to send delegates to Omaha,
Neb., there to meet delegates from
the other states to impersonate in a
candidate for president a new line of
principles and policies; and the ques-
ton may well be asked why, with two
potential parties in the field, this course
of action is thought necessary. There:
fore we will briefly state some of our
reasons.
First-The people ask for laws which
will naturally cause money, the instru-
ment of trade, to yield to the demands
Of trade. They have not in the old parties
a helper to crystalize this principle into
law.
Second-The people ask for laws tend.
ing to abolish money monopoly which
is continually impoverishing the wealth
producers of this nation and paying
from two to three hundred millions OF
gold annually to foreign nations as
tribute, by the free coinage of silver
and the issue of money direct to the
people instead of issuing it direct to
corporations, thus partially relieving
the people from home usury and foreign
tribute. This service neither of the old
parties will undertake.
Third-The people ask for hindrance
of monopolies and trusts, and that such
natural and powerful monopolies which
may exert their baleful influence upon
legislation be owned by the govern.
mem. To this the old parties turn
deaf ear.
Fourth-The people ask that aliens
shall not own land in this country, and
that corporations shall not own land
not needed for their main purpose. The
request is denied.
Many other requests are made and
strenuously opposed The question may
be reasonably asked here why not en-
deavor to convert one Of these factions
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
Old Parties In Danger.

In the St Louis Republic of Monday
is an editorial under the caption ''Cin-
cinnati and OMAHA" the tenor of which
is that people should remember that
there are other forces at work in the
United States to-day than the republic
an and democratic machines. 1t speaks
OF the prohibition national convention
at Cincinnati and the peoples party
convention to be held at Omaha. It has
taken the Republic some time to dis
cover this fact: ''That there are signs
of strength in the peoples party move
ment," or even longer to admit it. It is
highly probable that the action of the
South Carolina democratic state conven-
ton had much to do with causing the
Republics admission. Yes, the south,
west and northwest is a threatening
factor in the. calculations of both old
parties. Waterman.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01

Don't wait for a club organizer.
Anybody can be peoples party club
organizer, simply by going to work at
forming club. Take piece of paper,
write at the top, we, the undersigned,
hereby form ourselves into peoples
party club to be known as the - peo-
pies party club. Then go around
among your neighbors and get signers.
Later on meeting of the club can be
called-Missouri World
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
The peoples party of Florida has

The peoples party of Florida has
issued a call for state convention
on June The democratic state
convention will meet in Tampa on
the same day. The peoples party
has of late grown rapidly in Florida,
and it is predicted that it will cast
about G, 1000 votes next fall The coun-
ties are rapidly organizing for the cam.
paign.-N. Y. Sun.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01

There is no dead sure thing about
the democrats carrying Missouri. If
they had few more such gold bug pa
pers as the st. Louis Republic and Kan
sas City Times, the people would dump
BANDS party BY 10000 majority this
tAll.-Denver Road
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01
Issues?

Yes Grandfather's hat Baby Mckee, Rus
sell Harrison Wanamaker's bargain counter
and Sunday school class-of course the demo
cratic party has issues.-Kansas City Journal
PETERS whiskers, Otis milk dairy,
Jerry Simpsons socks and Mrs. Leases
mouth-of course the republican party
has issues.-Topela Advocate.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-01

Mo man who believes in reform has
any business in an old party primary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-08
NEW SUITS ENTERED.

Three for Damages and One for Bill In
Fquity-Lawyers Giving tho Judges
Plenty OF Work for fhe Winter.
August Heitz yesterday entered suit in
Common Reas No against james Wall
for S., 90 o damages for alleged false arrest.
Heitz is the deputy sheriff who while serv-
ing in Homestead was arrested by Consta-
BILE Wall He alleges that on August 26 as
he was walking peaceably along the street
Wall arrested him and dragged him to the
lookup, where he was locked up until the
next day. The next day Squire Oeffner
fined HIM for disorderiy conduct Heitz
appealed to court and Judge Ewing re-
versed the Squire and put the costs of the
appeal on Wall Heitz now wants dam
ages. A capias was issued for Walls ar
rest and $500 bail required.
William Neusah yesterday entered suit
against Nicholas Werle for 81 900 damages
for injury TO property caused by drainage,
etc., from the defendants property adjoin-
ing.
A bill in equity was filed yesterday by
Earl S. Gardner against Mary j. Butler.
The parties, it is stated, were partners in
the machine business on Liberty street as
Butler & Gardner. The plaintiff charges
that the defendant, by over-drawing her
account some So. 600 and by her representa-
tive in the business, c. E Millikin, taking
the firms money and neglecting the busi-
ness they had to stop work in December,
1891. They now have assets worth s11, 900
and debts of s., 600 Millikin, it is charged,
with the consent of the defendant, has taken
possession of the books of the firm, and is
collecting outstanding accounts Gardner,
therefore, wants an injunction to restrain
him from so doing, to have receiver ap-
pointed, an account taken and dissolution
of the partnership.
George Rothemuns has a $4,000 grievance
against the P, C., C. & st. L. Railway Com
pany. Mr.. Rothemuns lives at Mansfield.
lie had family ticket which he purchased
on April s, 1892, good for one year. He
boarded train in Pittsburg on July 6 and
claims that the conductor, w. j. Merrick,
refused to accept the ticket offered and
when he refused to pay his fare he assaulted
Rothemuns and put him off the train. A
suit for damages was entered yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-08
MINOR SENTENCES,
Various Terms of Imprisonment Melted
Out to Evi-Doers

Various Terms of Imprisonment Melted
Out to Evi'-Doers.
Thomas McDonough was sentenced to the
workhouse for 80 days for assauIting Kate
Cavey, of Charters
Stephen Lavell, of Braddock, for illegal
liquor selling, was fined $500 and sent six
months to the workhouse.
William Hearter, for the larceny of S65
from Henry Kearney, of Strawberry alley,
was sent six months to the workhouse
Gilbert Williams, for illegal liquor selling
at McKeesport, was fined $3.50 and sent
three months to the workhouse
James Frew, for the larceny of a COW and
set of harness from William RYAN, of Nc
Keesport, was sent four years to the peni-
tentiary.
George Peterson, for entering the dwell
ing of Adam Williams on Twenty-eighth
street, was sent six months TO the work
house.
Hugh Moran, for stealing the pocket
books of Catharine Bergeld and Henrietta
Baumbach, of Allegheny, was sent one year
to the penitentiary.
Michael Myers, for the lasceny of 81
from Samuel Wills, of Millvale, was sent
three months to the penitentiary.
Andrew Krawezky, of the Southside, for
assault and battery on S. Krawczky, was
sent three months to the workhouse.
George Douglas was sentenced two years
to the workhouse for stealing goods from
the house Of J. Reed, of Oakland avenue.
He was acquitted of charge of stealing a
watch from S. Jones
John Fecker, for stealing o horse from
1gnatz Stroup of Mantou alley, was sent
fifteen months to the workhouse.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-08

Hoff" on the neck of every bottle.
Eisner & Mendelson Co., Sole
Agents and Importers of Mineral
Waters, 6 Barclay street, New York.
Th
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-08
THEY PLEAD GUILTY.

A L1rse Numb II Appear Before the Court
and Confess.
Yon Kofsky and Andrew Ripkey pleaded
guilty to entering cars on the Pittsburg.
McKeesport and Youghiogeny Railroad at
Braddock and stealing eggs and other
produce They were each sent two years to
the workhouse.
William johnson pleaded guilty to burg
larry in entering the house of Lizzie Downs
on Fourth avenue He was sent three years
to the penitentiary.
John Murphy and Patrick Butler, of
Bates township, pleaded guilty to illegal
liquor selling. They werseach fined S. so
and sent three months and 20 days to the
workhouse.
Fred Meyers pleaded guilty to the
larceny of watch from c. H. Weinhouse,
of Liberty street, and was sentenced nine
months to the workhouse.
Jacob McMarlin, Jr., pleaded guilty to
stealing O horse from j. H. Martin, of
Reynoldton. He was sent one year to the
workhouse.
''Shorty" Stetzel pleaded guilty to the
larceny of $50 from George Chadwick, of
Lacock street, Allegheny. He was sent six
months to the workhouse. Stetzel was ar
rested on Monday last.
Frank Emmerling pleaded guilty to the
larceny of q watch from n. n. GRAY, of
Allegheny. He was sent three months to
the workhouse.
David Williams (colored), of Boston,
Pa. pleaded guilty to being a common gam
bier and was sent one year to the work.
house.
Joseph Dougherty. of the Twentieth
ward, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault
and battery on Police Officer Lowery.
George Brown pleaded guilty to stealing
horse from Jacob Seibert, of Liberty
street and was sent four years to the work
house.
George Weaver pleaded guilty to stealing
calf from 7. C. Douglass of Boston, Pc.
Fred Lee pleaded guilty to the charge OF
aggravated assault and battery on oath of
Thomas Hackett Both men are employed
at the Union depot.
Henry Kimball was given three months
to the works for assaulting Ellen Kimball
at Homestead.
c. w. Phalen pleaded guilty to the lar
ceny of pair of scales from parties un-
known.
William Banford pleaded guilty and was
sent to the workhouse for 30 days for steal
ing hat from Louis Morgan at McKees-
port.
Thomas A. Wendell, of Mansfield, pleaded
guilty to misdemeanor in marrying Nora E.
Ward, knowing she was the wife of Alonzo
Ward, and assault and battery on Charles
Ward. He was sent six months to the
workhouse