People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-09-30

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Peoples Party Candidates For President
and Vice Presideut-They Favor Free
Ballot and Fair Count.
PENSACOLA, Fla, Sept. 20. - Gen.
Weaver and Gen. Field, the peoples
party candidates for president and vice
president, have issued the following adj
dress:
To the People Of the United States:
Having been nominated respectively for the
Office of president and vice president BY the ma
tional convention Of the peoples party, which
assembled at Omaha JulY4 1892, we take this
method Of formally notifying the public Of our
acceptance OF the nominations and Of our ap-
probation OF the honor conferred upon US by
the action OF the convention We are heartily
in accord with the platform Of principles adopt
ed by that convention, anC if elected will en-
deavor 20 faithfully carry out the demands in
letter and spirit.
We have been requested by the national COM
mittee TO visit the yariOuI states Of the union
so far as X should be within our power and 10
address the people upon the political situation
and issues presented in the platform. We are
now in the discharge Of that duty, having al
ready 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 cordiality. The enthusiasm
everywhere is without parallel and extends TO
every part Of the union We have visited. By
contact with the people We have become ac-
quainted with their wants and suferings and
have bsen brought face to face with the mani.
fold perils which so seriously threaten our civ
ilization and the overthrow of popular gov
eminent We wish to express our judgment
freely and without reserve in order that we
may stand acquitted before our fellow men and
our own conscience touching the whole matter.
The people are in poverty. Their substance
is being devoured by heartess monopolists,
trusts, pools and money sharks. Labor is
largely unemployed, and where work is obtain.
able the wages paid are small and the products
of labor not paying the cost Of production.
This is matter Of serious concern to the whole
people The leaders Of the heretofore dominant
parties arc everywhere controlled by the great
monopoly and money centers and manifest utteI
disregardfo for the wants and wishes Of the people.
The parties are hostile camps arrayed on sec
tional lines, and represent the bitterness and
crueties Of the past, every four years discussing
theissues Of the late war which should long since
have been allowed to pass from the political dis.
cussions Of the day Notwithstanding the bit
terness existing between the old parties they
vie with each other in their subservience to
oapitalistic and corporate greed. They are in.
capable OF dealing sincerely with the vast prob
lens evolved by the growth Of the last quarter
OF century Upon the great economic cues.
tons OF the age they are practically one in pur.
pose, differing just enough 10 enable them to
carry on a sham battle, while the work of rob
berry and spOliation proceeds undated In the
meantime the farmers and planters north and
south, and wage-earners everywhere are pro-
scribed, maltreated, brought into competition
with convict labor, and in many instances shot
down by hired mercenaries acting under order
OF arrogant corporations who have unblushingly
usurped the functions OF the government and
presumed TO act in its stead These corpor-
ations dominate the daily press and control the
lines OF daily communication with the people
still greater peril-we hold that the right
OF free ballot and fair count are rights pre-
sentative OF all rights, and upon their inviola.
bility rests the perpetuity Of free institutions
and representative government We are
panied to discover in the public mind of the
southern states through which we have passed
widespread loss of confidence on the part of
the people in the integrity of the judges Of cleo
tons in receiving the ballots of the people and
counting them for the candidate of their choice.
We think that this evil must be corrected by
the intelligence and integrity Of the people Of
the country, otherwise scenes Of riot and per.
haps bloodshed may follow these efforts
OF parties in charge Of the ballot boxes
to defraud the will Of the voter. They
will lead to serious collision, and that
quickly. After consultation with the people we
believe 1t to be true beyond reasonable Ques-
ton that the majority Of white voters are with
the peoples party in every southern state thus
far visited, and our information leads US TO be-
heve that the same thing is true in the other
states also The white people are leaving the
old parties and casting their lots 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 Kolb was chosen
governor by over 1000 majority, and yet his
opponent was counted in by majority Of 10 900
County tickets throughout the state were
counted out and others counted in.
BY the same unblushing methods we are in.
formed that in the state election, which oc-
Cured in Arkansas on the 9TH OF September, at
least $4,000 qualified voters Of the state were
deprived Of the right Of suffrage that the re.
turns were inaccurate; and at this election the
peoples party, though polling o large vote in
the state, were denied representation in the ap-
nOinfO1pnt NJ {td1ac nd
whom the election was to be conducted In
consequence OF these methods the will of the
authorized voters have been defeated. The
only thing that our trends in that state have to
guide them is in the few counties that had an
honest count. In every one Of these counties
our vote ran fully up to expectations
In Washington, Independence, White,
Clark Nevada, Crawford, Sebastiou,
Scott and White counties the peoples party
had an immense vote, their ticket leading the
republican largely and was about equal with
the democratic We believe that fair count
would have shown similar conditions through
out the state. These frauds and Irregularities
in the state referred to, though local, are vet
matters worthy of the serious consideration OF
the people Of the United States This deplora-
BILE condition Of affairs cannot be remedied
from without The solution must come from
the people within these states, supported BY a
healthy public sentiment everywhere, and we
believe 1t to be the duty Of all people without
regard to section, TO stand by these noble peo-
pie OF the south who have risen up to damand
good government and honest elections
After On experiment Of many years it is ap-
parent that neither the republican party nor
the democratic can or will accomplish the much
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 re.
peal OF class laws will rally to the support of
this great Industrial movement and place the
party in power under whose banner the
white people Of the country are marshaling
themselves to battle for the right and
win the day In November. With the agrres.
sions OF capital on the one hand and the over
throw by fraud Of free elections on the other
how is it possible for our civilization to lasti
The new party has its face turned to the glori.
Gus future in its sublime mission to usher in an
era Of fraternity and justice among men. In
the presence Of such an opportunity to enamel.
pate our country from miSrule OF every kind LET