Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-05
victory Almost in Sight, Say the
Party Leaders.
BACK TO THOMAS JEFFERSON
Must the Country Turn, TO the Hon
est Money Talked About--A Bugle
Blast for 1894 and 1soo-Text OF
the Manifesto.

CHICAGO. Ills, Aug. 4.-The ex-
ecutive committees of the Populist party
tonight issued the following:
TO the people of the United states;
The friends Of more money and less
taxes. devoted to the silver dollar OF
the constitution. and our foreiathers;
the opponents OF contraction, gold
standard and bond monopoly, have Just
held great convention in Chicago. IL
ives composed of representative AMI pa
triOuc men from all parts and sections
OF the country. The overwhelming spirit
Of the convention Indicates the whole
nation Is alive TO the dangers which
threaten US. The convention not only re-
pudiated the idea Of gold standard.
but Of gold basis. and unanimously
committed itself to the principle that
we, as Populists, have long held and
cherished viz: That law alone makes
Il Oney, and that the stamp of the gov
eminent converts 20 cents worth Of stl.
yer into a dollar, equal to any gold
dollar, and they unanimously accept our
doctrine that the money of the country
should be adequate for the demands Of
business, and should expand with the
growth Of population and commerce,
Th. convention has been a great vic
tory for the principles embodied In the
Omaha platform. The representatives, of
the old parties present united with us to
uEAl loI Aut Ahuutg ol ALt ptpplt u
against the money of the bOndholders.
II Is the same old contest for the doe
trlnes Of Jefferson. Jackson. Stevens and
Lincoln and for our constitutional rights,
which have been assaulted by foreign
coalition. The convention manifested
the intense conviction that the bondhold-
Ing and banking conspiracy, which be
gan its work In 1873 in Il Republican
congress, will now be continued, II not
consummRted. in 1898 IN a Democratic
congress with equal pillage, rapacity and
peculatiOn.
1t is the mission Of Populists to resist
this foreign invasion, which through
corporate greed, assaults our national
liberties by usurping our lands. monopO-
LIKING our highways. by so doing taking
our wealth, debating our laws, and en-
shaving our people We believe the pres
ent effort to demonetize silver and issue
more bonds, thereby increasing the nt.i,re-
gate Of our billions Of debt. all of which
must then be paid In gold alone. burden
ing us and our pOsterity with gold CON
tracts, which we never made. is a crime
equal to that for which kings have been
dethrOned and tyrants beheaded, aud for
which we believe every officer engaged
therein should be impeachcd and punished
as provided by law.
II silver is stricken down it will tal,c
more merchandise from the business man.
more labor from the wage-earner. and
more wheat, corn and cotton from The
farmer than ever before. to purchase IN,
gold dollars OF the bankers. Therefore
these three classes should unite TO re.
sist the encrachmeuts of this un-Ameri-
can and destructive conspiracy.
The logic Of events forces an immedi.
ate solution of the money question. This
we recocnize without yielding any Of the
great principles In our platform which
must follow and be settled In rapid sue
cession, In order that our government
may be wrested from its enemies ana
prosperity restored to the people. we
do not consider the money question set.
tied until the authority 10 issue money
and control It's yOuine Is, In the words Of
jefferson, restored to the government
and people to whom 1t properly belongs
This struggle will obliterate old party
lines and tens of thousands of new con
rerts are coming to our ranks; they
should be welcomed and organized into
mighty campaign force for 1891 and
gion and all smaller organizations as
valuable aids In educating and organic.
ing our people. Stund by your cOlnrS
brethren; events are battling for US.
Every agony of an 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 of
ii. i. Tuubeneck. chairman; J. H. Tur-
ner Secretary: VI. T.. Rankin, treasurer;
Iglatias Donnelly Mimi: j. ii. Davis,
Texas; q. +. Washburn. Massachusetts:
Y. q. Strckler, Nebraska, G.. +. Gather,
Alabama.