The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-05

CHICAGO, August 4.-The executive
committee of the POpulist party who
have been in session hero since tho ad.
joarnment Of the silver convention to-
night issued the following address:
TO tho People Ofhc UREted States.
The friends OF more money and less
taxes, devoted to the silver dollar Of the
constitution and OF our foreiathers, the
opponents of contraction, gold standard
and bond monopoly, have Just held
their great convention hero In Chicago,
1t was composed OF representative and
patriotic men from all parties, and
from all sections OF the country.
The oyerwhelmiu G spirit of this con-
vention indicates that the whole nation
is alive to the dangers which threaten
us. That convention not only re-,
pudiated tho idea Of a gold standard
and gold basis, but unanimously y COM
mitted itself to the principle that we,
as Populists, have long held aud cher.
ished, viz;
That law alone makes money and
that the stamp Of the government con-
verts sixty cents worth Of silver into q
dollar equal to any gold dollar, aud
they, unanimously accepted one doc
trino-that the money OF the country
should be adequate for the demands OF
business and should expand with the
growth OF population and commerce.
Populists, this convention has been o
great victory for the principles en-
bodied in the Omaha platform, Tho
representatives Of tho old parties who
were present, united with US to fight
Tor money OF tho people Us against the
money OF the bondholders.
1t is tho same old contest for the doc
trines OF Jefferson, Jackson, Thad.
Stevens and Lincoln, and for our con.
stitutional rights which have been as
sailed by a foreign coalition. Tho con.
vention manifested an intense convic.
tion that tho bondholding and banking
conspiracy which began its awful work
in 1878 in o Republican Congress will
now be continued, II not consummated
in 1903, in a Democratic Congress with
equal rapaclty, pillage and peculation.
1t is the mission OF the Popu.
lists to resist this foreign in
.vasion which, through corporate
greed, assaults our national liberties
by usurping our lands, nonopolizing
our highways, absorbing our wealth,
debating our laws and enslaving our
people. We believe that the present
effort 10 demonetizo silver and issue
more bonds, thereby increasing the ag-
gregate OF our billions Of debt, all Of
which must then be paid in gold alone,
burdening US and our posterlty with
gold contracts which we never made,
Is crime equal to that for which
kings have been dethroned and tyrants
headed, and for which we believe
every officer engaged therein should be
impoached and punished as provided
by law.
If silver is stricken down it will take
more merchandise from the business
man, more labor from the wage Garner
and more wheat, corn aud cotton from
the farmerth ever before to purchase
the gold dollars OF the bankers. There
fore these three classes should unite to
resist the onCroachments OF this un-
American aud destructive conspiracy.
The logic of events forces tho imme.
diate solution OF tho money question.
This we recognize without yielding
any OF tho great principles in our plat
form, which must follow and be settled
in rapid succession, in order that our
government may be wrested from Its
enemies and prosperity restored TO the
people.
We do not consider the money ques.
tion as settled until tho authority to
issue money and control Its volume are,
in the words OF Jefferson, resolved to
tho governmentand the people to whom
they properly belong.
This struggle will obliterate old party
lines. Tena OF thousands OF now con-
vorts arc coming to our ranks; they
should be welcomed and organized into
q mighty campaign force for 1894 aud
1895.
We commend tho industrial legion
and all similar organizations oa valuable
aids in educating and organizing our
people. Stand by your colors, brethren
events aro battling for us; "the stars in
their course nrO fighting in behalf Of
siseraj" every agony Of the afflicted
people is the argument for our plat.
form; every day confirms our predic-
tions. There Is no safety for tho people
OF tho United States except in the
triumph Of our principles, aud tho VIC
tory is not far oil.
[slgned1 II. 4. TAuDENEcK, Chairm'n.
j. II. TURNER, Secretary.
NJ. g. RADGiSa, Treasurer.
IGNATius DoNNELLY, MINI.
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