Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-12

pies of the third or populists' party dis
/ cussed. The meeting was held under the
| auspices of the single tax men and was
| called to order promptly at o'clock by Mr..
| f. NJ Burchard who made brief address
| touching upon the tariff and money ques-
| tons, and denouncing the bad state of af-
/ fairs. which, he claimed, existed under the
/ present government. He was followed by
/ Mr.. n. A. Dunning. chairman of the state
central committee of this state, who spoke
| in the same strain. saying that Maryland
| needed a third party and that IS per cent of
| the farm houses of the state were under
mortgage and that 81 per cent of the agri-
cultural portions. If put up at auction free
of debt. would not bring as much as they
would when the Declaration of Indepen-
dence was signed He also spoke OF what
the third party had achieved and said that
IL believed in Equal rights to all. special
/ privileges to none"
| About $50 Mr.. j. H. Ralston entered the
! hall with Senator Allen of Nebraska and,
/ after making q short address, introduced
the latter as one of the foremost men in the
I populst movement.
Senator Aliens Address.
Senator Allen was greeted with a burst
of applause, and spoke in a clear and dis
tinct voice, occupying over an hour. He
opened his speech by saying that he had
never been in Maryland until last winter
and never came to Washington until elected
Senator. In Nebraska most people were in
dependent. and that he felt more at home
I'm speaking to them. That people in this
part OF the country seemed indifferent to
the great questions. There were two po-
litical parties in this country and the third
party was growing. The republican party
believed in protective tariff and the demo-
cratic party, more nearly true believed in
a reduction of the tariff. The prosperity Of
the nation was not the success or defeat of
the tariff, it was the money question.
The Money Question.
He dwelt some time upon the money ques-
ton. and stated that the country was bet
ter off at the close of the war when 1t had
only IS. oOO. 900 people than it was at present
with 70,00O,O 900. He spoke of the intrinsic
value of money and said that money was
simply a medium of exchange. He alluded
to the Sherman act and said that papers
were crying against 1t and wanted 1t re-
pealed. but that $40, 0O0, 900 had recently come
to New York and still the Sherman act
was in existence. He claimed that II he
purchased farm for 1900. paid 81 900 down
and borrowed 5000. and after working 1t
for years were to go to a banker and state
that il was worth 5000 and give him a
mortgage on il for 81 900 for five years bear
ing interest. and after three years the mon
ey value was cut down by the legislature
the banker would say when he went back to
him that the real estate value had gone
down and he wanted his 81 900 and would
sell his farm to get the money. and that he
would be turned out with his wife and
children beneath the stars and the banker
would get the benefit Of his money and his
hard labor.
No question of parity could be establish
ed People seemed afraid of fiat money,
but he wanted to see a dollar issued and
stamped by the government OF the United
States that was not a fiat dollar. There
never was time since 1873 when they had
free and unlimited coinage of silver in this
country. The peoples party wanted 1t.
People need not be afraid Of fat money, It
was not an elephant and would not hurt
them.
He believed in a government that main
tanned equality before the law and said
that the railroads and other means OF trans
portal ton should be owned by the govern
ment. Coal could be purchased in the mines
In this part Of the country for sl.75 per ton,
but II sold for s1025 per ton in Nebras ska.
The miners who dug 1t out of the mines
were not benefited by the difference in the
price. but It must be the railroad companies
which reaped the benefit He was not an
enemy to the railroads. but he did not want
them to rob the people of their just belong
ings when $4,000 worth of stock was put in
a mile and then run UP to 100000 making
the people pay for 81, 900 worth OF watered
stock. Every government in the world ex-
railroads He asked what corn sold for
here by the bushel, and, on being told 80
cents. replied that 1t could be purchased in
Nebraska for 20 cents.
a Change Needed.
Mr. wissman. prominent single-tax
man, asked him If they did not burn corn
| for fuel in his country, and was told yes.
and that they would keep on burning 1t
until the price of coal came down. The
time was not far distant he said. when the
populists would be counted by the million.
There were 100000 Of women and chill
dren who suffered from the want Of food
every day in this land of plenty. A change
was needed. Young men would vote the
democratic or republican ticket some
times simply because their fathers were Of
that faith. The speaker went on to say
| that he had been a republican and would
| get mad when anything was said against
/ his party, but when that party represented
| the wrong ideas he deserted 1t. and meant
| to stay out Of 1t forever. He now belonged
| to a party which believed in benefiting the
masses of the people
| He closed his speech by telling the popu-
| lists to adopt the platform adopted at
Omaha year ago: He again alluded TO
| tribute on what he had TO eat sleep I'M
der or wear. denounced Carnegie by saying
that he made his money In this country
| and spent IL IN Scotland among the lords
| and ladies, for Americans were not good
enough for him. He said that the people
elected Benjamin Harrison in 1888 Presi-
dent and Grover Cleveland In 1892. but that
James 3. Weaver was an ADLER man than
either Of them. The speaker was listened
TO with close attention and at the close
was given a vote Of thanks by the meet
| Ing.
! The Single Takers Fight.
Mr.. n. A. Dunning. chairman Of the
state central committee, stated to The
| Star reporter last evening that law had
passed the legislature in 1880 requiring two
hundred signers in a county before pub
| lie ballot of a new party could be placed
| in the county and that the law was Ie
vised in 1892 SO to make IL obliga tory in
| Baltimore city for a man to go to the city
| hall between the hours Of 10 am. and 2
| pm. and state under oath that they de-
| sired such a candidate and would vote for
| him, and TO also answer any questions
| that the clerks or other employees Of the
| Office might see fit to ask him. To go on
| the public ballot in Baltimore required