People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-07-08

laws, is established to shoot them down and
they will rapidly degenerate into European
conditions The fruits Of the toll Of millions
are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes
unprecedented in the history Of mankind and
eaee pesses seaaQiy these in turn despise the re-
pubic and endsueer liberty.
From the sdtne prolific womb Of govern
ment4 iniqsfice we breed the two classes
trampS and fnrlionaires The national power
to create niopty is appropriated to enrich bond
holders afast public debt payable in legal cur
rency hdabgen funded into gold bearing bonds
thereby Winding millions to the burdens
OF the people. Silver, which has been
accepted as coin since the day when
anything is known Of history, has been
demonetzed TO add 10 the purchasing
power OF gold by decreasing the value OF all
forms OF property as well as human labor, and
the supply Of currency Il puruoseiy- abridgea
/ pfatten hsprefst bankrupt enterprise asa en-
slave ipdustrji AepnFirae5 SgafIst hagkind
mas been organized on two continents aud is
faihinc posscssion o. The woridsl not
met and overthrow ct once it forebodes terri
Ole social CONFUSION, fhedestruc,ioaoi CifnLa-
4 uel or lhe establishments f ans absolute des-
/ potisIn ' ''-
| We have witnessed for more than a quarter
! Of a century the struggles OF the two great
political parties for power and plumber. while
grievous wrongs have been infiicied upon a -sui-
ierlng people. We charge that the controlling
4 influences dominltin these parties have per.
mitted the existing dreadful conditions to de-
velop without serious efforts 10 prevent or re-
strain them. Neither DO. they now prom.
/ Use US any substantial reform. They have
agreed together to- feh6te in the coming
campaign, every issue but one. They propose
/ 10 drown the cries Of a plundered people with
/ the uprOar Of a sham battle over theitafif so
tAat CAPITALISTS, corporations, nntional banks,
rings trusts, watered stock, decentralization Of
silver and the expressions 81 the usurcrs may
al be lost sight Of ThegWoposed TO sacrifice
our homes lives and children on the altar OF
mammon, TO destroy the multitude IN order to
secure corruption funds from the minionaires
Assembled on the, anniversary of the birth
day Of the nation and filed with the spirit OF
the grant generation who established our inde-
pendence we seek our independence We seek
! to restore the government of the republic to
the hands Of "tAe plain people with whose
/ class it originated. We esserto our PURPOSES TO
! be identical with the purposes Of. the national
constitution: 10 form a more perfect union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquility,
| provide tor tho common. defense, promote the
general welfare and secure the blessings Of
liberty 10" ourselves asd ur'pOsterft7pJ Cd
| We dec re that this free republic can only
endure as free government while built upon
The NJ e..
Tor the nation That it cannot be pinsed to.
gether BY bayonets; that the civil war is over
and that every plssion and resentment which
grew out of it must die with st. and that we
must be in fact as we are in name, one united
brotherhood Of free men. Our country
hnds itself eonfrontedEby conditions for
which there is 10 precedent in the
history Of the world Our annual
agricultural productions amount 10 billions OF
dollars in value which must within few weeks
! or months be exchanged for billions of dollars
OF commodities consumed in their proddetibn
The exhausted currency supply is wholly
inadequate 10 make this exchange, The
results are falling prices, The formation OF
combines and rings and the inpoverish.
ment OF the producing class. We pledge
ourselves that if given power, we will labor
TO correct these evils by wise and reasonable
legislation in accordance with the tenets OF ouI
platform. We believe that the powers Of GOV
eminent In other words, Of the people Shall be
/ expanded (as in the case of the postal seryice)
as rapidly and as far as the good sense Of an in,
te'ligent people and the teaching Of experience
shall justify TO the end that oppression inius tiee
and poverty shall eventually cease in the land
While our sympathies apart from reform are
naturally upon the side OF every proposition
which will tend to make men intelligent virtu
Gus and temperate, we nevertheless regard
these questions, important as they are as
subordinate TO the great issues now pressing
for solution and upon which not only ones indi
vidual prosperity, bat the very existence o.
free institutions denend, and we ask all man
kind to first help US TO determine whether
we are to have republic TO administer be
fore we differ as TO the condition upon which
1t is to be administered believing that the
forces to reform this day set in motion vii
never cease to move forward until every WRONG
is remedied and equal rights and equal prvii
leges securely established for all the men an(
women of the country we declare, therefore:
First-That the union Of theIabor forces O.
the United States this day cousummated, shall
be permanent and perpetual May its, spiri
enter into all measures for the salvation of the
republic and the uplifting Of mankind. Jvd-
Second-Wealth belongs to him who created
ii, and every dollar taken from industrswith
out an equivalent is robbery, IF anyone vii
not work neither shall he eat" The interest.
Of civic and rural labor are the same. their eni
mics are identical a., L........ i.ttI
Third-We believe that the time has COM,
when the railroad corporations must eftbeI
own the people. or the people the corpora
tions-ahd should the government fente
upon the worliHef owning and manafinz am
or all railroads, we should favor an amend
ment TO the constitution that all empl6te
upon such roads shall for toe time,beiug forea,
the exercise Of, theft right OF suffrage in accord
ance with the precedent established BY heebn
stitutiOn Of the United StasesAs to the inhabit
ants of the District Of Columbia.
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