Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-07-07
The NEW PARrY'S platform.

1t Is Vigorously Worded, Promises l.
Many Needed Reforms, and Demands q
Unlimited Coinage. 9
Following Is the text of the plat.
form promulgated by the National
Convention OF the Peoples party just
held in Omaha: T,
We meet in the midst OF nation I
brought to the verge of moral, poli-
teal and material ruin. Corruption
dominates the ballot. box, Legislature,
Congress. and even touches the ernine
of the bench. The people are de-
morAlized. Most Of the States have
been compelled to isolate the voters
at the polling places to prevent uni
versal intimidation or bribery, the
newspapers are subsidized or muzzled,
public opinion is silenced, business is
Frustrated, our homes are covered |
with mortgages, labor impoverished,
land concentrating in the hands OF
capitalists, urban workmen denied
tho right of organization for se:f>pro-
tection, imported pauperized labor
beats down their wages; a hireling
standing army unrccognized by law,
is established to shoot them down;
and they are rapidly degeneratina
into European condition. The fruits
of the toll of millions are boldly stolen
to build up colossal fortunes unpre>
cedented in the history of mankind,
and the possessors of these in turn
despise the Republic and endanger
liberty; from the same prolific womb
of Government injustice we breed
two great classes, tramps and million
aires. The national power to create
: money is appropriated to enrich bond>
y holders. The vast public debt pay
!. able in legal tender has been funded
into gold-bearing bonds, thereby
adding millions TO the
BURDENS OF THE PEOPLE.
The silver which has been accepted
a. coin since the dawn OF history, has
been demonetized to add to the pur'
chasing power Of gold by eoreasine
the value Of all forms of property al
d. we'll as human labor, and the suppl,
of currency is purposely abridged &c
fatten tho usurer, bankrupt enter
prise, and enslave industry. The vas
conspiracy against mankind has beer
organized on two continents and it i
rapidly taking possession Of the world
II not met and overthrown at once, !
forbodes terrible social commissions
the destruction of civilization or tn
establishment of an absolute despo
tism.
We have witnessed for more thai
a quarter Of q century the struggle
~ Of the two great political parties 70
power and plunder, while the Rrievou
. wrongs have been inflicted upon tn
100 suffering people. We charge tha
wv the controlling influences dominating
both these parties have permitted IL
"A existing dreadful conditions to de
vslop without serious efforts to pre-
no vent or restrain them. Neither d
ill they now promise US any substanti'
reform. They agreed together
'9 ignore in the coming campaign ever
issue bat one. They propose to drow
,.s the outcries Of the plundered poop
with the uproar of sham battle ov,
the tariff, SO that capitalists, corpor'
nts tions, National banks,
, RINGS, TRUSTS, wATERED STOCK,
ue- demons tization of silver and oppre
sions Of all usurers may be lost sigl
~. of. They propose to sacrifice o,
VIC homes, lives and children on the alt
yer of Mammon; to destroy a multituc
in order to secure corruption funt
from millionaires.
one Assembled on the anniversary
re-. the birth of the Nation and flied wi
!, the spirit OF the grand generation wi
established our independence, v
seek to restore the good Of the R
public to the hands of "the plain pc
- ple," which class originated it. "
assert our purpose to be ,den,ic
with the purpose of the National co
struction TO reform a more perfe
union. establish justice, insure dome
rain tic tranquility, provide for the cor
mon defencse, promote the gener
welfare and secure blessings OF liber
for ourselves and our posteri.y." "
y.ri. declare this Republic can only endu
and as free government upon the To-
No Of the whole people for each 9th
and for the Nation; that it cannot
pinned together by q bayonet. T
r., civil war is over and every passie
$500 and resentment which grew out Of
must die with it. and we must be
fact o. we are in name, one unit
brotherhood of free men. Our cou
try finds itself confronted by conc
t,ons for which there is no precede
in the history of the world. o
; IN ID annual productions amount to billio
said of dollars, the value OF which mu
!. "e- within few weeks or months be e
lahnannd e.. hill;nna IT aouauod;s;