Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-29
The Address In Full

General Weaver and General Field,
the Peoples party candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President, have issued
the following address:
To the People of the United States:
.ofices OF Preside mt and Vice President of the
United States by the National Convention OF
the Peoples party which 9bia sbd Of a. sogmaiy
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 by that convention,
and. il elected, will endeavor to faithfully
carry out the demands In letter and spirit.
hsvs to sst Ss Ss1oSs States of
Union so far. as It shall be within our power,
and to Hs the RsSps the % Ss
form. We are now in the discharge OF that
duty, having already, one or both Of us. visited
II health and strength are spared we intend to
continue the work until the campaign
marked m eordiaIity. The enthusiasm every
sends to every aG ps1t Of the Union we have
come acquainted with their wants and suffer
ings, and have been brought face to face with
the manifold pertls which so seriously threaten
our civilization and the overthrow OF popular
. government. We wish to express our 1udg-
ment freely and without reserve In order that
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 Is
largely unemployed, and where work Is obtain
able the wages paid are for the most part un-
rremunerative, and the products OF labor not
paying the costs OF production. This is mat
ter Of serious concern to the whole people.
ties are everywhere controlled by the great
monopoly and money centers, and mani
fest utter disregard for the wants and wishes
of TIE people. The parties hostile camps
arranged on sectional lines and the present
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
They are incapable Of dealing sincerely with
the vast problem evolved by the growth of the
economic questions of the age they are practi-
cally In harmony, differing just enough to en-
able them to carry on 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
brought into competition with convict labor,
and In many instances shot down by hired
meroenaries acting under orders OF arrogant
usnrped the functions Of Government and pre-
sumed to act in it's stead. These corporations
of daily communication with the people.
still greater peril-we hold that the rights
of a free ballot and q fair count are rights pre-
servative OF all rights, and upon their invtola-
bility rests the perpetuity Of free institutions
and representative government. We are pain
ed TO discover in the public mind of the South
widespread loss of confidence the. part
Judges of eeatons 81 in rsSsivins the ballots Of
the people and counting them for the candi;;
must be corrected by the intelligence and in
tegrtty OF the people Of the country; otherwise
msg eHfs follow tSese eOrts Of pafies in cSsrse Of
the ballot boxes to defraud the will OF the
voter. They will lead to a serious collision,
and that quickly.
Their Party's Growth In the south.
After consultation with the people we be-
lieve 1t to be true beyond reasonable question
that the majority of white voters are with tho
Peoples party In every Southern state thus
far visited, and our information leads to
believe that the same thing is true in the other
States also. The white people are leaving the
our numbers are constantly increasing. We
are informed by large number of intelligent
and reputable people that in the recent state
chosen Governor by. over 4o,ooo majority.
and yet his opponent was counted In by q
the state were counted out and others counted
IN. By the same unblushing methods we are
CURED in Arkansas Sept. ., at least 5000 Of
the disqualified voters of the State were de-
prived of the right Of suffrage, that the returns
pies party, the number polling large vote,
was denied representation in the appointment
election was to be conducted. In consequences
of these methods the will Of the legally author
lied voters OF the State has been defeated.
After an experiment of many years II is ap-
parent that neither the Republican party nor
the the Democrats party can or or VIII accomplish
Of the ballot to a fair and honest basis In the
States Of the Union The Peoples party alone
the Whole country nS who desire % honest ssosons
and the repeal OF Glass 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 are now mar.
shaling themselves, this vexed question viii
be settled forever. 1t IL certain that the peo-
lple 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
.cf, these important matters. All who desire
the revival Of business, all who wish for the
return OF prosperity to our country. all who
swage-workers OF our common country, all who
desire an adequate increase OF our currency
the abolition Of banks Of issue and the
constitutional control of the great In
the United States, all who desire that the laws
eof'taxation shall be equftably adjusted to the
property OF the country, all who desire that the
public domain shall be sacredly held in trust
9orthe people, all who desire that the highways
between the States shall be rendered subser-
Went to the popular good and, finally, all who
desire the restoration Of fraternity among the
people and the obliteration OF sectional ami
mosties should at once regard IL as their con-
scientious duty to align themselves under the
hammer Of this great Industrial and fraternal
movement. It seems to us to be quite impos-
able that the liberal and tustice-loving peo-
pie OF this country should longer cast their
ballots for the corporations and money
changers. IL would seem impossible that they
should refuse to make common cause with the
fatr-minded majority Of the people Of the
South, who have risen MP to demand justice
and coed government in hheir respective
States.
With the aggressions OF capital on the one
hand and the overthrow By frand of free cleo
tiona on the other, how is IL possible for om
civilization to last2 The new party has ita
face turned TO the glorious future it's sublime
mission TO usher In an era Of fraternity and
Justice amoag men. In the presence Of such
an opportunity to emancfpate our country
from misrule OF every kind let party lines be
forgotten, and let the generous flame of a COM
mon patriotism nerve every heart and move
every soul JAMES II. WEAVER.
JAMES q. FIELD.
RORERT RONNER thinks that Sunol