The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-08-09
A POPULIsT VICTORY,

After the close of the silver conven-
ton, the national committee of the
Peoples party held session at which
the following address was adopted to
be issued to the people, and espe-
cially to the Populists of the United
States:
To the People of the United States:
The friends Of more money and less taxes,
devoted to the silver dollar of the constitu-
tion and of our forefathers, the opponents
of contraction, gold standard and bond
monopoly, have just held their great con-
vention here in Chicago. It was composed
of representative and patriotic men from all
parties and from all sections Of our country.
The overwhelming spirit of this conven-
ton indicates that the whole nation is alive
TO the dangers which threaten US. The CON-
vention not only repudiated the idea Of
gold standard and gold basis, but unsni-
mously committed itself to the principle
that we, as Populists, have long held and
cherished, viz: That law alone makes money,
and that the stamp of the government con-
verts 60 cents worth Of silver into dollar
equal to any gold dollar. And they unani-
mously accepted one dootrine-thst the
money Of the country should be adequate
for the demands of business, and should ex-
pand with the growth of population and
commerce.
Populists, this convention has been great
victory for the principles embodied in the
Omaha platform. The representatives Of
the old parties who were present united with
us to fight for the money of the people, as
against the money of the bOndholders.
It is the same old contest for the doctrines
of Jefferson, Jackson, Thad Stevens and
Lincoln, and for our constitutional rights,
which have been sssailed by foreign ooali-
tion.
The convention manifested an intense
conviction that the bondhOlding and bank
ing conspiracy which began this awful work
in 1873, in republican congress, will now
be continued, if not consummsted, in 1893,
in democratic congress with equal rapa-
city, pillsge and peculation. It is the mis-
sion of the Popullsts to resist this foreign
invasion, which through corporate greed
assaults our national liberties by usurping
our lands, monopolizing our highways, alb
sorbing our wealth, debating our laws and
enslsving our people.
We believe that the present effort to de-
monetize silver and issue more bonds
thereby increasing the aggregate OF oul
billions Of debt, all Of which must then bt
paid in gold alone, burdening US and oul
posterity with gold contracts which We
never made, is crime equal to that fol
which kings have been dethroned and ty
rants be headed, ,sndfor which we believetht
officer engaged therein should be impeachet
and punished as provided by law.
II silver is stricken down it will take more
merchandise from the business man, more
labor from the wsge-esrner, and mor'
wheat, corn and cotton from the farme
than ever before to purchase the gold dol
lars of the bankers. Therefore these three
Glasses should unite to resist the encrosoh
ments Of this un-Ameriosn and destruotiv,
conspiracy.
The logic of events forces the immediate
solution Of the money question. This vi
recognize without yielding any of the grea
principles in our platform, which must fol
low and be settled in rapid succession il
order that our government may be Wreste'
from its enemies and prosperity restored &
the people.
\ We do not consider the money question