Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-08-18
PLATFORM OF THE PEOPLES PARTY.


The Peoples party assembled in ma
tional convention at Omaha on July 4,
1892. nominated James Baird Weaver,
of Iowa, and James Gaven Fields, Of
Virginia, for president and vice presi-
dent of the United States respectively,
and adopted as its preamble. and plat
form the following:
Assembled upon the ll8th anniversary Of
the Declaration OF Independence the Peoples
party Of America, in their first national con-
vention. invoking upon their action the bless
ing of Almighty God, puts forth, In the name
and ON behalf Of the people of this country, the
following preamble and declaration of princi-
pies:
The conditions surrounding us best justify our
cooperation; we meet In the midst of nation
brought to the verge of moral, political and
material ruin. Corruption dominates the bal
lot box, the legislatures, the congress, and
touches even tho ermine Of the bench. The
people are demoralized; most Of the states
have been compelled to isolate the voters at
the polling places to prevent universal intimi-
dalton or bribery. The newspapers are large
ly subsidized or muzzled; public opinion 81
fenced; business FRUSTRATED; our homes COW
cred with mortgages; labor impoverished and
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