People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-16
THE PEOPLES PARTY.
STATE PLATFORM, ADOPTED AT ATTAIN
IA, JULY GOTH, 1892.

Ia, JULY GOTH, 1892.
We endorse and reaffirm the preamble,
resolutions and platform adopted by the
Peoples Party in national convention as
sembled at Omaha, July 4, 1899. We
indorse the ticket nominated and
pledge the party when it shall come
into power in the State TO frame and
administer the laws in the spirit of
the Omaha platform, which is equal
justice to all, and special privileges to
none.
2. We condemn the convict lease sys-
tenn.
8. We demand rigid economy in all
public matters and mist on every pos
sible reduction of taxation during the
present impoverished condition Of the
people.
And we call public attention to the
fact that the producing interest in both
city and country is bearing more than It's
fair share Of taxation.
NATIONAL PLATFORM. ADOPTED AT
OMAHA, JULY 4TH, 1892.
Assembled upon the one hundred and six
teenth anniversary OF the declaration of indie
pendence, the Peoples Party of America in
their first national convention, invoking upon
their action the blessing Of the Almighty God,
put forth in the name of the people Of this
country. the following preamble and declara-
ton Of principles;
The conditions which urround us best
Juss1Ky our cooperation; we meeS In the
midst of nation brought TO the verge Of
moral, political and material ruin. Corrup-
t1on dominates the ballot box, Legislatures,
congress, and touches even the ern1ine OF
she bench.
The people are demoralixed; most OF the
states have been compelled to isolate voters
az polling places to prevent universal in
tin1idatiOn or bribery. Newspapers are
largely subsidized or muzzled; public
opinion silenced; business Frustrated; our
homes covered with mortgages labor i'm
poverished ; and the land concentrating IN
the hands OF capitalists. The urban work
men are denied the right OF organization for
Self-protection; imported pauperized labor
beats down their wages a hireling standing
army, unrecOgnt2ed by our laws, 10 estab-
hshed to shoot them down, and they are
rapidly degenerating into European condi-
tions. The fruits of the toll of millions are
boldly stolen 80 build up colossal fortunes
for few, unprecedented in the history OF
mankind and the possessors Of these IN
turn despise the republic and endanger
liberty. From the same prolific womb OF
gOvernms entail injustice, we breed two great
power to create money is appropriated to
enrich bondholders; a vast public debt pay
able in legal tender currency has been
funded into gold bearing bonds, thereby
adding millions to the burdens of the peo-
pie. Silver, which has been accepted as
coin since the dawn of history, has been
demonetized to add to the purchasing pow
er Of gold by decreasing the value OF all
forms Of property IS well as human labor,
and the supply Of currency is purposely
abridged TO fatten Insurers, bankrupt enter
prise and enslave industry. A vast con-
spiracy against mankind has been organized
on the two continents and it is rapidly
taking possession of the world. II not met
and overthrown at once itforebodes terri bic
social commissions, the destruction OF civil
izstion OF the establishment OF an absolute
despotiSm.
We have witnessed for more than aquar-
ter OF century the struggles OF two great
political parties for power and plumber,
while grievous wrongs have been inflicted
upon the suffering people. We charge
that the controlling influence dominating
both these parties has permitted the exist
ing dreadful conditions to develop without
serious effort to prevent or restrain them.
Neither do they now promise US any SUB"
stantial reform. They have agreed togeth-
or to ignore in the coming campaign every
issue but one. They propose to drown out
the cries of the plundered people with the
uproar of sham battle over the tariff, SO
that capitalists, corporations, national
banks, rings, trusts, watered stock, de-
monetization of silver and the oppression
of the usurers may all be lost sight OF.
They propose to sacrifice our homes, lives
and children on the altar of mammon; to
destroy the multitude in order to secure
corruption funds from millionaires.
Assembled on the anniversary OF the
birthday of the nation and filed with the
spirit of the grand general-in-chief who es-
tablished our independence, we seek to re-
store the government of the republic to the
hands of "the plain people" with whose
class it originated.
We ssRart our nUxpaaea To hA identical