Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-09-24
WEAVER AND FIELD.
They Write a Joint Letter Of Ac-
ceptance.
They Declare For FREQ Ballot and Fais
Count Tho Success Of tho Peoples
Party Held to be the True
Remedy.

party candidates for president and vice
president, have issued the following adj
dress:
To the People RI the United States:
Having beea nominated respectively for tho
| once OF president and vice president by the ma
| tional convention of the peoples party, which
assembled At Omaha July 4, 1892 we take tins
method Of formally notifying the public Of our
| acceptance OF the nominations and OF our ap'
probation Of the honor conferred upon US BY
| the action OF the convention We are heartily
| In accor1 with the platform OF principles adopt
cd by that convention, anc II elected Will en-
deavor to faithfully carry out the demands In
| letter and spirit.
| We have been requested by the national COM
mittce TO visit the various states OF the union
30 far as Il should be within our power and TO
| address the people upon the political situation
and issues presented In the platform. We are
now In the discharge Of that duty, having al
| ready one or both Of US visited fifteen states In
| the northwest and south. and II health and
| strength are spared we intend to continue the
work until tho campaign is closed. We have
been received with cordiality. The enthusiasm
everywhere is without parallel and extends 10
| every part OF the union we have visited. BY
| contact with the people we have become &C
| quaintcd with their wants and sunerings ana
| have been brought face to face with the mani
fold perils which so seriously threaten our civ
| ilization and the overthrow OF popular gov
ernment We wish to express our judgment
freely and without reserve in order that we
may stand acquitted before our fellow men and
| our own conscience touching tho whole matter
The people are in poverty. Their substance
Is being devoured by heartless mOnopolists,
| trusts pools and money sharks Labor Is
| largely unemployed, and where work Ii obtain
able the wages paid are small and the products
Of labor not paying the cost OF production
| This Ia matter Of serious concern to the whole
people. The leaders OF the heretofore dominant
parties are everywhere controlled by the great
monopoly and money centers and manifest utter
disregard for the wants and wishes OF the people.
The parties are hostile camps arrayed on sec.
tional lines, and represent the bitterness and
crueltes Of tho past, every four years discussing
the issues Of the late war which should long since
have boon allowed to pass from the political dis
cussions Of the day. Notwithstanding the bit
terness existing between the old parties they
| vie with each ether in their subServience 70
| capitalistic and corporate greed. They are In
capable OF dealing sincerely with the vast prob
lens evolved BY the growth OF the last quarter
OF q century. Upon the great economic ques'
tons OF the age they are practically one In pur'
pose, differing just enough 10 enable them TO
| carry on sham battle, while the work OF rob
berry and spoation proceeds unabated In the
| meantime the farmers and planters, north ana
| south, and wage-e arners everywhere are pro-
| scribed maltreated, brought into competition
| with convict labor. and In many instances shot
down by hired mercenaries acting under order
of arrogant corporations who have unblushingly
usurped the functions OF the government and
presumed 10 act in Its stead. These corpor-
ations dominate the daily press and control the
lines OF daily communication with the people.
| A still greater peril-we hold that the right
OF a free ballot and fair count are rights pre-
| servative OF oil rights, and upon their tnviola'
bility rests the perpetuity OF free institutions
and representative government we are
panied to discover in the public mind OF the
southern states through which we have passed
n widespread loss Of confidence on the part OF
the people in the integrity Of the judges OF cleo
tions In receiving the ballots Of the people aud
| counting them for the candidate Of their choice.
| We think that this evil must be corrected BY
the intelligence and integrity OF the people OF
| the country otherwise scenes OF riot and per
hans bloodshed may follow these efforts
| of parties In charge OF the ballot boxes
10 defraud the will Of the voter They
will lead TO q serious collision, and that
quickly. After consultation with the people we
believe II 10 be true beyond reasonable ques'
ton that the majority OF white voters are with
| the people's party In every southern state thus
| far visited and our information leads US to be-
heve that the same thing Is true in the other
| states also. The white people are leaving the
| old parties and casting their lots with u.s. and
our numbers are constantly increasing we
| are informed by q large number OF intelligent
and reputable people that in the recent state
election in Alabama Capt Kolb was chosen
governor by over 1000 majority, and yet his
opponent was counted in By majority OF lOOO
County tickets throughout the state were
| countad out and others counted In.
BY the same unblushing methods we arc In
| formed that in the state election, which 90
| Cured In Arkansas on the 9th OF September, 1t
least 5000 qualified voters OF the state wore
deprived Of the right OF suffrage. that the re-
turns we're inaccuracies and ut this election the
peoples party, though polling a large vote in
| the state were denied representation In the ap-
pointment OF judges and commissioners by
| whom the election was TO be conducted. In
consequence OF these methods the will OF the
| authorized voters have been defeated. The
| only Thing that our trends In that state have to
| guide them Is in the few counties that had an
honest count In every one OF these counties
our vote ran fully up to expectations
In Washington, Independence, White
Clark. Nevada Crawford Sebastion
Scott and White counties the peoples party
had an immense vote, their ticket leading the
republican largely and was about equal with
the democratic We believe that o fair count
would have shown similar conditions through
| out tho state. These frauds and Irregularities
in the state referred 70, though local, are yet
| matters worthy Of the serious consideration OF
the people Of the United States. This deplora:
| bic condition OF affairs cannot be remedied
from without The solution must come from
| the people within these states, supporter by
| healthy public sentiment everywhere, ana we
| believe Il 70 be the duty OF all people without
| regard TO section, TO stand by these noble peo:
| Die OF the south who have risen up To demand
| good government and honest elections.
After an experiment OF manv years II Is up
| parent that neither the republican party nor
the democratic can or will accomplish the mu S
ballot 10 fair and honest basis In the states OF
! the union. The peoples party alone can secure
| the desired end, II the people OF the whole
| country whO desire honest elections ana the re.
peal OF class laws will rallT TO the support Of
| this great Industrial movement ana place inc
| marty IN power under whose banner the
whito people Of the country are marshaIng
! themselves to battle for the right ana
| win the day IN November. With the aggres'
F., sions OF capital on the one hand and the over