The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-10-24

A"dress to the Voters of Renvill,
County.

County.
To the Editor:
Inc county campaign committee have
opened headquarters at Bird Island. with
"A. r. Borchert, secretary
Each township committee has been and
Is hereby authorized to appoint active
workers in their town, to assist in the
work of organization. Speakers and liter
Azure may be had by making application
at headquarters.
1T must be remembered that in the great
ieiorih work we need the cooperation of
all loyal members of our organization and
OF every person who believes that "Se,f
P Ie Is the first law of nature"
IL we are to successfully combat the or
sanlzed forces of greed and corruntion
backed as 1T is by the money power we
100 must organize and be alert and ready
10 meet the foes of humanity and the So
c1al world. We must met them at every
turn and corner.
No man who has ever felt the wither-
ing hand of poverty can afford to stand
1dly by while corporate MONOPOLY soulless
heartless, grasping, stalks our fair land
reaching out with determined effort to
gain absolute possession of our homes
and every productive industry within our
border. Capitalization of wealth is de-
SuuctlVe TO the people who toll daily for
their bread yea, for their very existence
Our coal combine, our elevator combine
our manufacturing combine, the oil trust
our national bankers combine, the lum-
bermans organization, all of which are
formidably entrenched behind the wall of
centralized wealth, are fast destroying the
dignity of labor and impoverishing the
people. While the beneficiaries revel in
luxury and plenty. Ease, comfort and
riches are theirs while the toiling mil
lions on the outside, having neither time
nor the necessary means for study how to
eXtricate themselves from their deplorable
condition so to the polls and vote to per-
pctuate this unequal condition of affairs
The Republican and Democratic parties
have engaged in sham battle over the
tarln and while the people have been busy
fighting this tariff battle, the combines,
trusts, Wall street and England's bond
holders have plundered the people. Even
the soldier who fought for the preserva-
ton of the union was ignored and prefer
ence given the bOndhOlder, the soldier be-
ing paid in deprecated currency while the
bondholder and is paid in gold
The Republican party is responsible for
the creation of this huge octopus that
has our land in it's clutches until less than
$1,000 citizens actually own over half the
wealth of the land
What will become of our $1,000 900 of
people if such a condition continues?
The Democratic party has preached free
dom of trade, reduction of taxation, the
abolition of trusts and combines, tariff
for revenue only, etc, but their action in
the present congress conclusively prove
that the same influence dominates both
old parties and their leaders are in league
with our oppressors. There is but one
refuge for the people; they must organize
against these twins. The people stand
between the devil and the deep sea.
The Peoples party-the spirit of 1776-are
bidding you come. There you will find
he Americans. lovers home
country the poor, the oppressed, the labor
er; inscribed upon its banner you will
find Equal Justice to all, Special Prvi-
leges to None We depend upon educa-
ton and manhood for existence.
Read read, read. learn the truth. We in
vite you all to join us in this fraternal I'M
dertaking. Peoples party county cam
paign committee,
A. T. BORCHER, Secretary.
T. F. MILLER, Chairman.