Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-05
TEE POPUIISTS MANIFESTO.
They Claim Everything In sight-say Al
Silver Men Belong to Their Party.

They Claim Everything In sight-say All
Silver Men Belong to Their Party.
nCHIcAGO, August 4.-The Executive
Committee of the Populist party, VINO
have been IN session here since the az
iournment OF the silver conventions To-
night Issued the following address:
TO he People Of the United States
The friends Of more money and less
taxes, devoted to the silver dollar OF the
constitution and OF our iorefathers, the
opponents Of contraction, gold stanGalu !
and bond monopoly. have just held tneI.
great convention here 10 Chicago.
was composed of representative anu
patriotic men from all parties, ana
from all sections OF the country
The overwhelming spirit OF this con-
ventlOn indicates that the whole natlon
is alive to the dangers which threaten
Us. That convention nOt only repual-
ated the idea OF a gold standard aoo d
gold basis, but unanimously CON mlIteu
itself to the principle that We, as Popu-
lists, have long held and cherished VIZ
The law alone makes money, ana that
the stamp Of the government converts
sixty cents worth Of silver into doiiar
equal to any gold dollar, and they unan-
imously accept one doctrine-that the
money OF the country should be adequate
for the demands OF business, and shoulu
expand with the growth Of population
and commerce.
Populists, this convention has been a
great victory for the principles en-
bodied in the Omaha platform. The
representatives OF the old parties VINO
we're present united with US for the
money Of the people, as against the
money of the bondholders.
Itfsthe same old contest for the doc
trines OF jefferson, Jackson, Thad Stew
ems and Lincoln, and for our constitu-
tional rights, which have been assalleu
by foreign coalition. The convention
manifested an intense conviction that
the bondholding and banking con-
spiracy which began It's awful
work in 1873 in Republican
Congress will now be continued,
N not consummated in 1898, in a
Democratic Congress with equal rapac-
ity, pillage and peculation. 1t is the
mission OF the POpulists to resist this
foreign invasion which through corpo-
rate greed assaults our national lioer-
ties by usurping our lands, monopoliz-
ing our highways absorbing oar wealth,
debating our laws and enslaving our
people.
We believe that the present effort to
demonetize silver and issue more bonds,
thereby increasing the aggregate OF our
billions Of debt, all Of which must then
be paid in gold alone, burdening us and
our property with gold contracts which
we never made, is crime equal to that
for which kings have been dethroned
and tyrants beheaded, and for which we
believe every officer engaged therein
should be impeached and punished as
provided by law.
If silver is stricken down, 1t will take
more merchandise from the business
man, more labor from the wage Garner
and more wheat, corn and cotton from
the farmer than ever before TO purchase
the gold dollars Of the bankers. There
fore these three classes should unite to
resist the encroachments Of this I'm.
American and destructive conspiracy.
The logic Of events forces the imme-
date solution Of the money question.
This we recognize without yielding any
of the great principles In our platform,
which must follow and be settled In
rapid succession, In order that our gov
eminent may be wrested from its enc
mics and prosperity restored TO the
people.
We do not consider the money ques-
ton as settled until the authority to is
sue money and control its volumes are,
In the words Of Jefferson, restored to
the government and the people, to
whom they properly belong.
This struggle will obllterate old party
lines. Tens of thousands of new con-
verts are coming to our ranks; they
should be welcomed and organized into
a mighty campaign force for 1894 and
1896.
We commend the Industrial Legion
and all similar organizations as yalua-
bic aids In educating and organ
izlng our people. Stand by
your colors, brethren; events are
battling for US; 1.-THE stars in their
course are fighting in behalf Of Sisera;"
every agony Of the afflicted people is an
argument for our platform; every day
confirms our predictions. There is no
safety for the people OF the United
States except in the triumph OF our
principles, and victory is not far off.
[Signedl II. E. TAUBENECK,
Chairman.
J. II. TURNER, Sec'y.
M. G.. RABKING, Treas.
IGNATIUs DoNNELLY, MINI.
J. II. DAVIS, Texas.
GEO. +. WAsHBURN, Mass.
Y. 0. STRICKIER, Neb.
Gro. T. GATHER. Alabama.