The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-30
EETING THE MONEY ISSUE.
Legislation in the interests of
the People
is DEEMED MOST NECESSARY.
The Pooling Bill Denounced and a
Plea for Government Control
of Railroads Made.

the Peoples party with the leading MEM
bers of the rank and file came to a fruition
tonight when that committee submitted to
the conference, as the result of the discus
sions of the conference, an address to the
party and to the people. Its presentation
was met by the gathering with shout
that rang through the hall, and the In
dUrsement of the conference was given
with vigorous viva vOce vote.
The address is as follows:
1.-THE national committee of the Peoples
party send greeting 10 its constituency
throughout the United States.
The rapid increase of our vote in every
part of the Union, and the startling events
OF the past two years. wildly justify both
the existence of and necessity for the
Peoples party. The contention of the
party that one OF the great needs of this
country has been and is an enlarged vol
ume of circulating medium. is now prac-
tically conceded by all parties and by the
Government. The gold power and bank
ing interests are insisting, through the
President and his Secretary, that the en-
larged issue of our money supply shall be
given exclusively into the hands of the
banks; that silver shall be excluded. all
treasury notes retired, and that gold alone
shall be legal tender, thus making the
monetary question an issue which must be
met at once.
within the past year the corporations,
grown arrogant because of the vast pos
sessions of wealth aud the exercise of un-
constitutional powers. have made war
upon the people and induced the Federal
n in oir int
and arbitrary powers; induced the inva-
sion of the States by Federal troops with
out the requests of either the executives of
such States OR Legislatures thereof, and
are at this time. through a recreant ad-
ministration and a truculent Congress,
attempting TO clothe railroad corporations,
by means of a pooling bill, with power to
further and more Systematically rob and
plumber the people, and having already
deprived the people of access to the silver
mines of the country as an independent
source of money supply. are now. in the
Interest of banking oligarchy. endeavor-
Ing 10 deprive them of the right to have
their Government, in the exercise of its
constitutional power, issue the money of
the nation and control its volume.
In the opinion of your committee these
events are startling. subversive to the lib
critics of the citizen and destructive of
business and social security; and adhering
to the Omaha platform in all its Integrity,
your committee insists upon the restora-
ton of the coinage of gold aud silver as it
existed prior to 1S73-at the ratio Of 16 to
without regard to the action of any
other nation, and that all paper money
shall be issued by the general Government
without the intervention of banks of is
sue. the same to be full legal tender.
I'VE also declare our implacable hostil-
ity 10 the further issuance of interest-bear-
ing bonds.
I'VE deuounce the pooling bill as move
toward completing the monopoly of trans
portation and demand that Instead Con-
gress proceed to bring the railroads under
Government ownership.
"The power given Congress by the con-
stitution. TO provide for the calling forth
OF the militia TO execute the laws Of the
Union. to suppress Instructions, to repel
invasions,' does not warrant the Govern
ment In making use of a standing army In
aiding monopolies in the oppression of the
public and their employees. When free
men unsheath the sword it should be 10
strike for liberty, not for despotism nor to
uphold privileged monopolies in the op-
preston of the poor. We ask the people
to forget all past political differences and
unite with US in the purpose TO rescue the
Government from the control Of monopo-
lists and concentrated wealth; to limit the
powers Of perpetuation by curtailing their
privileges and to secure the rights of free
speech. free press and trial by jury-all
rules, regulations and judicial dicta 10
derogation of either of which are arbi-
trary. unconstitutional and not to be toll
Grated by a free people.
I'VE recommend the immediate organ
ization of an educational campaign by the
national, State and local committees"
In addition to this address the national
committee adopted the following address !:
In view of the fact that the State OF
Alabama and other Southern States are
without republican form Of government,
because of the rule of a political oil
garchy. which is perpetuated by mon strous
frauds at the ballo-box. the imperative
necessity of free ballot and an honest
count is constitutional right and we
demand that it be given, and move that
the chairman Of the national executive
committee appoint committee of three to
submit evidence to the press of the coun-
try and to Congress TO suDstanSiate this
alarming and revolutionary condition, that
they may be awakened to the threatenings
OF peril caused by the existing autocralic
anarchy in the South"
The following were appointed: j. c..
Manning, Alabama. chairman; Henry d.
Lloyd. Illinois; Lee Crandal. Alabama.
This mornings session of the Populist
conference opened with no regular business
at hand. pending the reports of commit
tees.
BY unanimous consent the temporary
officers were continued as permanent, and
q committee of five TO prepare plan for
methodcal campaign education. with Il.
M. Byron of Iowa as chairman. was ap-
pointed.
Considerable time was occupied In re-
marks upon various subjects, including
the recent election in Alabama, educa-
tional campaigns. etc.
The committee on educational campaign
reported in favor of the club, or the
'yceum system, as auxiliary to the regular
campaign work. but under direction of
separate national committee, the system to
be similar to that of the older party clubs