The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-31
POPULIsT DECLARATIONS.
Address 80 she rubns Issued by the St


Address to the Public Issued by the Sc.
Louis Conference.
ST. LOUIS, no, Dec 31--The ma
tional committee of the Populist
party has issued the following adj
dress to the public, adopted by the
national conferences OF Popuiist lead
ers:
The national committee of the PeO-
pies party sends greetings to its con-
stituency throughout the United
States The rapid increase Of our
vote ia every part Of the union and
the startling events Of the past two
years wildly justihes both the ex-
istence Of and necessity for the PeO-
pies party. The contention Of the
party that one Of the great needs Of
this country has been and is an en-
1arged volume of circulating medium
j. now practically conceded by an
parties and by the government The
gold power and banking interests are
insisting through the president and
his secretary that the large issue Of
our currency shall be given ex-
clusively into the hands OF the banks.
that silver shall be excluded, all
treasury notes retired and that sold
alone shall be a legal tender. tNus
making the monetary question an Il
sue which must be met at once
hNlLnin the present year DC cor ora
tions, grown arrogant because of the
vast possessions of wealth and the
exercise of unconstitutional powe rs,
have made war upon the people nd
induced the federal courts to exer-
else ia their interests unusual and
arbitrary powers, induced the INVASION
OF the states by federal troops with
out the request of either of the exec
utlves Of said states or the legisla-
lures thereof, and are at this time,
through recent administration and
a truculent congress, attempting to
clothe the railroad corporations, by
means of pooling bill, with power
to further and more systema tically
rob the public and plumber the people;
and having already deprived the peO-
pie of access to the silver mines of
the country as an independent source
of money supply, are now in the in
terest OF q banking Oligarcy, endeav-
Oring to deprive them of the right to
have their government, in the exer-
else of its constitutional power, to
issue the money Of the nation and
control its volume In the opinion of
your committee these events are
startling. subversive of the liberties
of the citizen and destructive Of busi-
ness and social security
Adhering to the Omaha platform in
all its integrity. your committee in
sists upon the restora ton of the coin
age OF gold and silver as it existed
prior to 1s73-at the ratio of 16 to Il
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 issue, the same to be
full legal tender. We also declare
our implacable hostility to the further
issue Of interest bearing bonds We
denOunce the pooling bill as a move
toward completing the monopoly Of
transportation and demand that in
stead congress proceed to bring the
railways under government owner
ship
We ask the people to forget their
past q ferences and unite with as IN
the common purpose to rescue the
government from the control of mo-
nopOlies and concentrated wealth, to
limit the power perpetuation by cur
failing their privileges, ara to secure
the rights of free speech. a tree press
and trial BY jurv-all rules and regu-
latiOns and judicial dicta H. derOga-
ton of either OF which are arbitrary,
unconstitutional Rnd not 20 be tOIer-
ated by a free people
We recommend the immediate or
ganization of an educational cam
paign nv the national, state AID lO-
cal committees.