The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-03
Too Many Organizations.

Too Many Organizations.
The universal unrest and discon
tent take form in all sorts of organ.
izations and secret societies and ef
forts to unite the people against the
money-power. This is natural and
yet it would be wiser if all these
movements could be welded into
one. A soldier is not formidable by
the number of swords or guns he
may carry, but by the efficiency with
which he uses a single weapon.
These reflections are caused by read
ing in the Auburn, Qndiana) Times
of new association, called "The
American Compact" with head.
quarters in that town. Its pream-
BILE is to the point:s
PREAMBLE.
When the citizens of a republic
find it impossible to secure desired
laws-because Of party prejudices
and corrupt practices of politicians,
and when they see the encroachment
Of foreign capital and the titles of
property being rapidly transferred to
other nations and when they observe
that the volume of legal tender mon
ey"is being contracted and destroyed,
and when they behold men buying
the offices that should be held at the
disposal of the people. and when
they see the concentration of wealth
building up vast monopolies and
hOrdes of multi-millionaires, then all
good citizens should unite in one
common compact for. the protection
of their rights and liberties. Be-
lieving this to be the present condi-
tiOn of affairs in the United States
of America and enlarged at the en-
crOachmentS and usurpations of vast
mOnopOlies, both domestic and for
eign, we unite ourselves in one sol
id compact for the purpose of self
protection and we pledge ourselves
upon our sacred honor to sustain the
following
DECLARATIONS OF PRINCIPLES.
1st.-To support and defend the
constitution of the United States
and the lives, liberties and happiness
of it's citizens.
2nd.-To oppose the concentration
of wealth into the hands of few
whereby an aristocracy and a plu-
tocracy is made possible by the null
tiplication of millionaireS and pau
perS.
3rd.-We believe that private
mOnopolis and trusts are menace
to the prosperity of the common.
wealth hence we favor laws that will
either regulate them for public good
or abolish them altogether. 8
4th. believing that the invest.
ment of foreign capital is Subversive
of free republic we oppose the
transfer of the title of American
property to the possession of citizens
of foreign nations.
5th.-We insist upon having an
ample volume, of full legal tender
taxable American money, sufficient
to transact the business of the coun.
try upon practically cash basis.
6th.-We demand that all money
shall be issued by the general gov.
ernment and every dollar ISSUED
shall be equal to every other dollar
whether it be gold, siver or paper
In other words, every dollar must be
full legal tender for all debts ano
dues public and private.
7th.-We demand a constitutional
amendment whereby Senators of the
United States shall be elected by the
direct vote of the people of the sew
eral states.
1t seem to be wiser to use the eX
listing peoples party and farmer.
alliance as mechanism, rather
than to scatter into dozen organ
iZatiOnS, however commendable ir
themselves. But whatever is done
should be done with an eye to unity
at the ballot box. /. D.