Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-04-28
WASHBURN ON MONEY
SPEECH AT THE MASSACHUSETTS,
PEOPLES PARTY CONVENTION.

dependence-The First Great Demand
Is for Money Enough.
At the state convention of the Peo-
ple's party, held at Boston for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the Omaha
convention, George F. Washburn. of the
national central committee, deliveredan
able address, from which the following
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. It is eminently proper
that we should consider for a few mo-
nents the work accomplished by the
conference and the elements which conf
posed that grand body. First, have
no hesitation in stating that it was the
largest and most important INDUSTRIAL
conference ever held in America. 1t 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 ina 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 a united
country in sentiment and mutual inter
ests as well as ia government now and
for evermore.
1t was in Faneuil hall that our noble
patriots spoke foB abolition and liberty,
and in no place 80 appropriate couldi 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. It dispels the darkness of de-
ception and holds to the glaling hight of
publicity the ruinous results and the
blighting curse of the oppressive slave
holding trusts and lnonopolies 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 It 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 wears ago. 1t 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 rot by Wall street and
its money lenders W
The conference also adopted plat
form which breathes liberty and, pros
perity from the beginning TO the end,
IT speaks with special emphasis on the
great issues of finance. land and trans
portation.
Our first and great demand is that we
shall have a greater volume of money of
some sort, as we have not one-half
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.