People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-04-01

! i N"'PoPOloi lHIOWllg OF mats
shaking hands and all manner of re-
Jolcing. He who witnessed the demon.
Stratlon will never forget it. A large
banner swung to and fro bearing the
following inscription: "It's not sympa-
thy we want, only justice" At this
Iuncture, a couple hundred soldiers
the blue and the gray" rushed upon
The stage, seemingly in wild excitement.
amid the waving of stars and stripes
and shouts of "see the union of the
north and the SOUTH" then and there
clasplng hands, falling upon each
others necks, weeping and shouting.
we will this day tear away the bloody
SHIRT together with the long establish
ed prejudices of party affiliations and
cast them into the ditch, covering
them with our mortgages, monOpolies,
trusts and combines, and sealing it
with our tears and love, hoping that
never again can designing politicians
resurrect the same"
The action of the Cincinnati confer
ence was again ratified: the child born
at said conference was legalized. The
lad is sort of ephemeral nature en-.
dowed with brains, bone and sinew
indicative of full grown manhood. of
age, independent and proposes this
fall to vote for whom he pleaSeS. The
object of the convention being accom-.
pllshed, they adjourned sine die. but
Immediately were called to order with
General Weaver in the chair. The OBJ
Ject of meeting was to agree on time
and place of holding the national
nominating convention of the PEOPLES
party, for president and vice president.
The 4th of July and Omaha, Neb., were
selected. The next was an agreement
by which delegates shall be elected to
said convention, the agreement being
that eight delegates from each state
and four from each congressional dis
trict of the United States, making the
historical number l776, which, with the
day of meeting, is a reminder of the
first declaration of independence of
America.
The platform adopted is not a polit-
ical platform, but merely a declaration
of principles agreed upon by the con-
ventiOn The national delegates when
they meet will adopt a Peoples party
platform, which will be in line with
the st. Louis demands.
The membership of the several orders
represented at st. Louis numbers about
six million. The most remarkable in
cident was the earnestness and har-
mony of action; next the similarity of
the aims and objects of the organiza-
tionS as they are formed and located
in every part of the United States. I
predict the day is not far distant when
the old party bosses will admit that
there is a political being loose in the
land other than republican or demo-
crat.
If the present uprising, the universal
distrust the political dissatisfaction,
the breaking away from party afIilia-
ton is not indicative of legislative in
justice, then the smoke and lava issu-
ing from the mouth of Vesuviusi is not
indicative of a volcano. The way is
marked out, the trees are blazed. Come
to the rescue and we will clear the way
TO the White House for our national
standard bearers.
| take pleasure in placing in nomina-
ton Gen. Weaver and L. L. Polk for
president and vice president of the
United States, and for governor of
Kansas, Judge DOster and for lieuten-
ant governor, Gen. Kelly. shall close
and wait for a second and shall ask
you to subscribe to the following sen-
timent:
Our interests are much the same,
And We must on one another depend;
No matter what our calling IS
These principles We should defend.
From the plain TO the hilltop
We hear our brothers call:
We will leave the farm and workshop
And vote her suaig { this fall.
A. G. FORNEY.
Belle Plaine, Kansas, Marcn p. 1892.