People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-09-15
Peoples Party the Only Hope.

One OF the most influential OF the
recent converts to the Peoples party
is t. NJ. Patterson, editor aud pro-
priet0r of the Rocky Mountain Ne,cS.
He has been life long Democrat and
his paper has been a power for the
party. But after considering the po-
litical questions Of the day in all
their bearings, he has decided that
he can no longer remain with Demo
Gratis who are blindly rushing to
ruin, neither can he enter the Repub-
lican ranks, which are even farther
along the road. In consequence, he
turned to the Peoples party as the
only one to which patriot, interest
ed In the welfare of his country can
belong. In three column editorial
to his paper, he gives his reasons for
the change. The Peoples party is
the only one which has in it any de-
sire to reform the political abuses
now prevalent; it is the only party
which stands for the interests of the
great mass of the people instead OF a
few men with pulls" it is the only
party which favors bimetallism.
Mr.. Patterson closes his letter as
follows: For whose success should
Colorado Democrats and Republicans
pray and work? Certainly for that Of
the Peoples party, both in Virginia
and Kansas. The success of either
Of the Others would prove a calamity
So it must be in the other states
Wherever the Peoples party standard
is raised, there the interests and
sympathies of the mining state;
must be with the Peoples party-un'
less we are Indifferent to the welfare
Of our homes and would join the gold
vandals in their destruction.
Then how can we most effectively
help the Peoples party and thereby
help the silver cause? Is it by organ
izing a new party that antagOnize:
it, and that from its nature must b(
local? Or is it by joining it and giving
to it, both at home and abroad, al
the material and moral support o.
which we are capable?
The Peoples party has pushed thu
cause of free bimetallic coinage Il
the front of all other iSSueS-it is tht
only party in the land that favors it
Is it not probable that it would il
the next national convention declare
in favor of a satisfactory tariff
for postal savings banks, for a gradu
ated income tax, for government own
ership of telegraphs, for more rigiC
governmental control of railroads
for the issuance of all money by The
government, to consist Of god, silvel
and paper, up to $50 per capita, anC
for the free and unlimited coinage o.
gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to Il
Reviewing the retrOgressiOn of tht
Democratic party from the free bi
metallic coinage and knowing thai
unless fear of the Peoples party shal
restrain it in southern and western
states it will march bodily into anC
remain permanently in the goldbug
camp, | cannot continue to appear Il
be even nOminally a Democrat
Where shall | go? | cannot become
a Republican, for that party is fal
more strongly and irreyocably pledged
to gold mOnometalism than is tht
Democratic party. A new party that
will be free from the charge of sec
tiOnalism and that will not be regard
ed as organized to foster particular
interest is impossible in time to be o.
use in the struggle in the midst o.
which we now are. Therefore must
join and work with the Peoples par
ty. To this feel myself logically
and morally driven, and / will moi
resist the powers that move me.
/ know that to join the People!
party is not fashionable. That party
is comprised Of what Lincoln termed
1.-THE common people" But free bi
metallic coinage is the cause of tht
common people, and il it is gained II
will be through their efforts and devo
tion."