San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-27
LYMAN TRUMBULL DRAFTS A DEC
LARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
HE WOULD HAVE THE PEOPLES
PARTY ONLY A PARTY OF THE
PE0PLE-ALL OF THE
PEOPLE.
HIS Views on Military Employment
in the States, the Rights of the
States, the Control If the
Masses and the Limitation
of Individual Wealth.

CHICAGO, Ills, Dec. 27.-In the
opinion of the chiefs OF the Peoples
party Of Chicago, Judge Lyman
Trumbull has given to his country
men a paper that will have as much
to do with perpetuaring his name
as will the historic 18th amend
ment to the federal constitution
which he drafted more than a
quarter Of century ago. 1t is
declaration Of principles for the
guidance OF the Peoples party Of
the United States, and consists Of
series of resolutions which are the
best made as the basis of the work
of the National Peoples Party con-
ference, which will convene at st.
Louis tomorrow morning.
The paper as it will 60 before the
st. Louis convention is as follows:
l. Resolved, That human broth
erhood and equality Of rights are
cardinal principles of true Democ-
racy.
2. Resolved, That forgetting all
past differences, we unite in the
common purpose to rescue the
government from the control Of
monopolists and concentrated
wealth; TO limit their powers OF
perpetuation by curtailing their
privileges and to secure the rights
of free speech, free press, free
labor and tJial by jury. All rules,
regulations and judiciul dictations
in derogation Of either OF which
are arbitrary and unconstitutional
and not to be tolerated by free
people.
3. We endorse the resolution
adopted by the National Republic
can convention OF 1860, which was
incorporated by President Lincoln
in his inaugural address as follows.
"That the maintenance, involved
in the rights OF the states and es.
peclally of the rights OF each state
| to order and control its own domes-
tic institutions, according to its
own judgment exclusively, Is es-
sential to that balance Of power on
which the perfection and endur-
ance Of our political fabric depends,
and we denounce the lawless inva-
sion OF armed force on the soil Of
any state or territory, no matter
under what pretext, as among the
gravest of crimes"
4. Resolved, That the power Civ
en- Congress by the constitution to
provide for calling forth the mill.
tia TO execute the laws I: the Un-
ion to suppress Instructions, 10
repel invasions, does not warrant
the governor in maintaining a
standing army to aid monopoly in
the repression OF their employees.
When free men unsheathed the
sword it should be for liberty, not
for despotism or to uphold privil-
eyed monopolies in the oppression
Of the poor.
5. Resolved, That to check the
rapid absorption Of the wealth Of
the country and its perpeUuation
in a few hands we demand the en-
actment Of laws limiting the
amount Of property to be acquired
by device or inheritance.
6. Resolved, that we denounce
the issuance OF interest bearing
bonds by the government in times
OF peace to be paid for in
part, at least, bygold drawn
from the treasury, which results
in the government paying inter-
est on it's own money.
z. Resolved, that we demand
that Congress perform it's constitu-
tional duty to coin money, reg
ulate the value thereof and OF
foreign coin by the enactment Of
laws for the free coinage Of silver
with that Of gold at the ratio OF
16 to |.
s. Resolved, that monopolies
affecting the public interest should
be owned and operated by the
government in the interest OF the
people; all EN- ployes Of the same
TO be governed by civil service
rules and no one to be employed
or displaced on account OF politics.
9. Resolved, that we inscribe on
our banners, "Downswith Monopo-
lies and millionaire control. Up
with the rights OF man and the
masses" and under this banner
we march to the polls and to vic
tory.
DaroHa ~ unnor IF Purua