People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-05-20

ference-The Second Declaration Of In.
dependence-The First Great Demand
Is for Money Enough.
At the state convention of the PEG
Piles party, held at Boston for the par
pose of electing delegates to the Oma';,
convention, George F. Washburn. Of ile
national central committee, deliverct ~
able address, from which the follow
extract is made:
In response to the call of the national
committee Of the Peoples party, We
meet today to ratify the platform adopt
ed at st. Louis. 1t is eminently proper
that we should consider for few mo-
ments the work accomplished by the
conference and the elements which com.
posed that grand body. First, ! have
no hesitation in stating that it was the
largest and most important industrial
conference ever held in America. It was
composed of duly elected delegates from
the leading industrial organizations in
this country, and represented a larger
actual membership than constitutes the
voting strength of either Of the two old
parties. Every section Of the country
was represented by delegations coming
from nearly every state and territory.
There were delegates in that conference
representing a majority Of all of the
actual voters Of the south. From the
sunny south, the army Of the gray with
enthusiasm unlimited, with devotion to
our cause unbounded, marched across
Mason and Dixon's line to meet and
greet with brotherly affection the boys
in blue Of the north, each bowling in
loyalty and patriotism to the one flag
unfurled, the stars and stripes for both
north and south, representing united
country in sentiment and mutual inter-
ests as well as in government now and
for evermore.
1t was in Faneuil hall that our noble
patriots spoke for abolition and liberty,
and in no place so appropriate could we
meet to ratify the union of the two great
sections of our country. From the St.
Louis conference emanated an address
to the American people, which is one of
the grandest productions of modern
times-our second declaration Of indie
pendence. 1t speaks in clarion tones,
portraying the pitiable condition Of our
country. 1t dispels the darkness of de-
ception and holds to the glaring light Of
publicity the ruinous results and the
bGghting curse of the oppressive slave
holding trusts and monopolies of today.
1t photographs the bribery and corrup-
ton resulting from the general scram.
BILE for Office by the two old parties,
which have abandoned for spoils every
principle they ever possessed. 1t tells
plainly of the horrors of industrial
slavery Of today, greater in area and
numbers, more intense in its suffering
and despair, more inhuman and wicked
in its application than human slavery
thirty years ago. It sounds the alarm
and calls upon all God fearing, liberty
loving citizens to organize at once and
rescue from the iron hand of our Cypress.
ors what should be the government Of
the people, not Of the politician; for the
people, not for the corporations, and by
the people and not by Wall street and
its money lenders.
The conference also adopted plat.
form which breathes liberty and pros.
perity from the beginning to the end.
1t speaks with special emphasis on the
great issues of finance, land and trans.
portation.
Our first and great demand is that we
shall have greater volume of money Of
some sort, as we have not one-hali
enough to properly transact the business
of the country. In 1866 and 1867 we en-.
joyed the most prosperous period this
country ever saw and at that time had
over fifty dollars per capita in circula.
ton and with only 539 business failures,
while in 1889 we had less than five dol.
lars per capita in actual circulation and
had 1927 business failures. This rep.
resents the results of expansion on one
side and contraction on the other. Since
1866 we have added more than 3S 900 ,OOC
of people to our population without pro.
yiding one dollar for their use. Again
wealth results from labor only. About
100000 workingmen are adding an
average of seven dollars per day to the
wealth of our country and receiving a:
their share an average of one dollar pei
day. Let me ask who gets the other si1
dollars?
We have been draining the country by
war taxes Of thirty years to support thu
government and pay our national debt
Notwithstanding the millions Of dollar,
the people have paid, it win take 1900,
600 more bushels of wheat to pay thu
debt today than it would have taken il
1859. 1t will also take double TIN
amount Of cotton to pay it today thai
then, and these are the two principa
products of the country. The silver
squabble at Washington will result il
enormous advantage to the Peoples
party and has added at least half mil
hon voters and fifty congressman to ouI
ranks 1t enables the south to consist
emily break away from Wall stree
Democracy and join the great western
movement We were sure of Georgi,
and North Carolina, together with 81,
western states. Now our chances ar,
good not only in the entire south. bu