The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-10-05

ANNsVpbled uDOn The one hundred and Gt2
tesnfh anniversary Of the Declaration Of lAde
pendsnca chs POOplOg party OF America w "
6rgt national convention, invoking upon thet
ACTION the blessing OF Almighty God, puts sort1
IA The paTnO and on behalf OF the people OF thl
country, the following preamble and declAfa1ol
oR principles: The conditions which SaEroont
IA best Justify our cooperation; We meet IN 20.
midst Of q nation brought 70 the verge on moEAI
noIitioal and material ruin; corruption dOmt
mates tho ballOt-box, Legislatures, OOngress' ans
Touches even the ermins OF the Oenon. IN.
pNOplO are demOralized; most Of tho states nave
baen Oompelled TO isolate voters at polling
places TO prevent universal Intimidation o.
bFibary, Newspapers are largely S1Dald1Soc
on muxzled; public opinion .ilenced; business
proStrated; our homes covered Tltn mortgE44so
IN the hands Of the capitalists. Urban wor r6mon
ara denied the right Of organization for self-pro-
teotiOn; imported, pauperiEed labor beats d0Wn
their wages; hireling, standing army unreco8-
niged bV our laws Ia established TO shoot them
down. and they are rapidly degenerating into
European conditions the fruits Of the toll o.
millions are bodily stolen TO build up couOs!1
fortunes for the few, unprecedented IN the hiS-
tory Of mankind, and the posSesSor9 Of tnese IN
turn dasDise the republic and endanger hbertyj
from the same prolific womb Of governmental
Injustice, We breed two great classes - trampS
and millionaires; the national power 70 create
money IL appropriated TO enrich 0OndholdsrS;
the vast public debt payable In legal tender cur
rancv, haR been funded into gold bearing bondg,
thereby adding millions TO the bardenS OF tnS
peOplo; silver, which has been acC0Dtad ~ cola
SinCe the dawn OK history, has been damonetl1ed
70 add to the purchasing power OF gold Dy de-
CPeasinR the value Of all forms OF property 40
we'll az human labor, and the supply Of currency
a purpOsely abridged to fatten QsurOrS, bank
Fupt enterprise and enslave industry; q vast
conspiracy against mankind has BEEN orga aniSed
ON tho two continent9 and 10 rapidly taklng pos
session OF the world; II not met and oVeFthrown
Rt once it fOrebOdes terrible social cOnvulsion,
Ehe destruction of Capitalization or the establish
ment OF absolute despotism; we have witnessed
Cor more than = quarter OF a century the Btrug-
giles Of the two great political parties Sor power
inflicted upon the people; We charge that the
Controlling influences dominating both these
parties have permitted the exi9ting dreadful
conditions to develop without serious efort 70
prgvenk or restrain them; neither do ehSy now
IorOml8S us any substantial reform; they have
agreed together In the coming campaign TO tS-
more every issue but one; they propose TO drown
che cries Of the plunderSd people with the ,np-
roar OF sham battle over tarin, 90 that capital,
OorpOratonS national bankD, trusts, wRterOd
stocks, demonstration Of silver and the opprOS-
Eion OF usurers may be lost sight Of; they pro-
pose to sacrifice our homes, lives and children
On the altar OF mammOn; 70 destroy the multitude
in order TO secure corruption funds nom mil
MonAires Assembled ON the annivsESaEy Of the
birthday Of the nation, and filed with che spirit
oP the Erand generation who established eur In.
dependence, we 90 k to restore the government
20 tho hands Of the. plain people" with which
class Il originated; we Assert our purposes 70
Do identical with the purposes OF the national
constitution; to form moro perfect union, o.
tablish Justice, insure domestic tranquil
IT, provide Tor common defense, promote
general welfare and secure, the blSSsings
q liberty for ourselves and oar pOTtority;
We declare that this government can only
mduro 40 q FREQ government While built
uDoM the love Of the whole people Tor oaoh
ether and for the nation; that Y cannot be
pinned together by q bayonot; that the civil war
which grew out Of the war must die with II, and
that we must In fact % we'll 90 In name become
a united brotherhood OF free meni our country
nnds itself confronted By conditions for which
there 10 no precedent In the world; our annual
AGRICULTURAL productions amount TO billion OK
dollars In value, which must in q few weeek9 or
months be exchanged for billions OF dollars
worth of commodities Of other productions; the
currency supply Is wholly inadequate to make
Ghis exchange, and the results are falling OF
prices, the formation of combines and rlngD
and the impoveriShment OF the producing olaSSi
We pledge ourselves that, IL given the power, We
VIII labor to correct these eVi9 BY wise ana
reasonable legislation, in accordance with the
terms OF our platform; we believe that the pow
oTS Of government, in other words, Of the people,
Bhould be expanded (as in case OF the postal
serVice) as rapidly and aS far - the good sense
OR an Intelligent people ard the teachings OF az
pSrience shall justify to the end that opprSSS-
sion, injustice and poverty shall eventually
cease In this land. While our Sympathies, -
the party of reform, are naturally upon the aide
az every proposition which will tend to make
men intelligent, yirtuouS and temperate, Wo
nevertheless regard these questions, important
q they are, AZ secondary 70 the great issues now
Dressing for solution, and upon which not only
eur individual prosperity, but the very existence
e our free institutions depend; and We aSk all
mGn to help rs 6rst determine whether We arc 10
hAVO the republic to administer before We differ
% to the conditions upon which 1t is to be Rd-
Mainigtsrod; believing that the forces OF reform
this day organized viii never cease to move for.
ward until every wrong 10 remedied and lawful
dghts and equal privileges securely established
&or all men and woman In this country, WO do
alarO therefore:
Hrst-That the union Of the labor forces Of
ehO United Sta e., this day consummated, shnll
hO permanent and perpetual; may ite spirit come
Into all hearts for the salvation OF mankind
Hscond-W Wealth belongs to him who creates Il,
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