The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-09-21
rMn 0lEARA PEAFFoRRG.


nen1ence The Peopls's party Of America, In itS
krgt national convention, invoking upon thelE
action ths blessing Of Almighty God, puts forth,
"a the name and on behalf Of the people OF tnla
Of principles: The conditions which surround
us best Justify our corporations we meet "a me
midRt OF nation brought TO the verge or moral
political and material ruin; corruption doml;
Mates the ballot-bO1, legislat3ree congress- ana "A
touches even The ermine Of the bench. Inc
people are demOralized; moet OF the states have
baen compelled to isolate voters at polling
places to prevent universal Intimidation og
bribery. Newspapers are largely, Subsidized
or muzzled; public opinion 9ilencedi business
DroAtrated; our homes covered with mortgages;
labor IMPOVERISHED and the land concentrating
In the hands OF the capitalists. Urban Wor.men
are denied the right OF organization for gelI-prO-
tAotion: imported, panperiEed labor beats down
their wages; a hirsling standing army unrecOg-
nized by our laws 10 established TO shoot Them
down. and they are rapidly degeneratng INTO
European conditions; the fruits OF the ton "
millions are bodily stolen 70 6ulld up colloseA
fortunes FOR the few unprecedented IN the his
tory Of mankind, and the po9seSsorS OF these IN
turn despise the republic and endRnger nbertyj
from the same prolific womb or governmental
injustice, We breed two great classes = LaHpS
and milliOnaiFes; the national power 70 create
money is appropriated TO enrich bOndholderS;
the vast public debt, payable IN legal tender cur
gency, has been funded into gold-OeGring Donds,
thereby adding millions to the burdens OF the
DeODlD. silver, which mas Doon ACC8pySu % COAa
BinCe the dawn Of history, has been dSm0nottGSd
to add to the purchasing power OK gold ~ 10
cPeasinQ the value of all forms OF property ~
we'll as human labor, and the supply OF currency
is DurpOsely abridged to fatten usUrerS, D&nk-
FuDt enterprise and enBlave lnouBtryi y&Sg
conspiracy against mankind has been organized
on the two continents and 10 rapidly taking pos
session Of the world; IL not met and oVsFthroWn
at once It fOrebOdes terrible social convulglons
the destruction Of capitalization or the establish
.Pnb inta uOtiauns W hayA WitnoaQNM
for more than quarter OF century the Btrug~
Rles OF the two great political parties for power
and plunder, while grieyouS wrongs have been
inflicted upon the people; we charge that the
controlling influences dominating OOtn CneSe
parties have permitted the existing dreadful
conditions to develop without serious effort TO
prevent or restrain them; neither do they now
promise Ms any substantial reform; they have
agreed together in the coming campaign 70 ig-
more every issue but one; they propose TO drown
The cries Of the plundered people with tho up
roar OF a sham battle over tariff, so that capital,
corporations, national banks, trusts, WAtered
OtO0ks demonstration OF silver and the 0ppreS-
sion Of usurers may be lost sight OF; they pro-
pose TO sacrifice our homes, lives and children
on the altar Of mammOn; to destroy the multitude
IN order TO secure corruption funds from mil
h0naires. Assembled on the anniversary OF the
birthday of the nation, and hled with tho spirit
OF the grand generation who established our In
dependence, we 90 K to restore the government
20 tha hands Of the "plain people," with which
class It originated; we assert our purposes TO
be identical with the purposes OF the national
Eablish justice, insure domestic tranquil
lty, provide for common defense, promote
general welfare and secure the blessings
Of liberty for ourselves and our posterityi
wO declare that this government can only
0ndure az q free government while built
upon the love Of the whole people for each
other and for the nation; that u cannot be
pinned together BY bayonet; that the civil war
Ia over and that every passion and reeenCment
which grew ont Of the war must die with lt, and
that we must in fact az we'll as in name become
q united brotherhood OF free men; our country
Hnds itself confronted by conditions for which
there 10 no precedent in the world; our annua!
agricultural productions amount TO billion OF
dollars in value, which must in few weeks or
months be exchanged for billions OF dollars
worth Of commodities OF other productions; the
currency supply is wholly inadequate to make
this exchange and the results are falling OF
prices the formation OF combines ana rlngs
and the impoverishment OF the producing claaS;
we pledge ourselves that, II given the power, We
will labor to correct these eYl by wise ana
reasonable legislation, in accordance with the
terms OF our platform; we believe that the pow"
era Of government, in other words, OF the people,
should be expanded (as in case OF the postal
Oervicel as rapidly aud as far rs the good sense
Of an Intelligent people ard the teachings OF ex-
perience shall justify, to the end that ollpreSa
sion, injustice and poverty shall eventually
che party Of reform, are naturally upon the side
OF every proposition which will tend to mako
men intelligent, yirtuous and temperate, We
nevertheless regard these questions, important
~ they are, as secondary to the great issues now
pressing for solution, and upon which not only
ouG individual prosperity, but the very existence
Of our free institutions depend; and we RSk all
men to help u first determine whether We are to
have tn republic to administer before We diffeR
~ to the conditions upon which 1t is TO be adj
ministered; believing that the forces Of reform
thia day organized will never cease to move for.
ward until every wrong ls remedied and lawful
Eghteand equal privileges securely established
Tor all men and women Ia this country, We a..
clare therefore:
Erst-That the union Of the labor forces Of
the United Sta e. this day contaminated, OhRll
b permanent and perpetual; may its spirit como
Into all hearts for the salvation Of mankind.
Second Wealth belongs to him who creates It,
and every dollar taken from industry without
equivalent is robbery "lf any will not work,
neither shall he eat" The interests Of rural and