People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-03-21
DECLARE THE MONEY ISSUE
Populist Leaders Issue an Appeal and
Pick Up the Gauntlet.

fopullst Leaders Issue an Appeal and
Pick Up the Gauntlet.
The Populist members of the senate
and house have issued the following
address to the members of the Peo-
pies party:
"As early as 1866 a conspiracy
was entered into between the gold
gamblers Of Europe and America to
accomplish the following purposes:
ITO fasten upon the people of the
United States the burdens of perpetual
debt; to destroy the geenbacks which
had brought us safely through the per-
lis of war; to strike down silver as a
money metal; to deny to the people the
use OF federal paper and silver, the
two independent sources of money
supply guaranteed by the constitution;
to fasten upon the country the single
gold standard of Great Britain, and
TO delegate to thousands Of banking
corporations, organized for private
gain, the sovereign control for all
time over the issue and volume Of all
supplemental paper currency. Thus
they doubled the demands for gold,
forced upon the country an appreciat-
ing gold standard, entailing an indefi-
mite period Of falling prices3 robbed
enterprise of its just profits, con-
demned labor to idleness, and confis-
Gated the property of debtors.
For nearly thirty years these con-
spiracies have kept the people quar-
reling over less important matters,
while they have pursued with unre-
lenting zeal their one central purpose
At the present moment every device
OF treachery, every resource Of state
craft, and every artifice known to the
secret cabals of the international gold
ring are being made use of to deal a
death blow to the prosperity of the
country and the financial and CONNER
cial independence of this country
They seek to accomplish their fell pur-
pose before the blow can be averted
through the ballot. Their plans have
been long matured and their line of &C
ton is fully chosen. They address
themselves to the one subject-the
money question-in all its breadth
and magnitude. This brings the people
face to face with a perilous issue,
which calls for immediate and united
action on the part of the people.
Every behest of patriotism requires
that we shall at once meet the issue
and accept the challenge so defantly
offered.
TO falter now is to invite disastrous
failure. We earnestly urge the Pop
ulists throughout the country to con-
centrate their entire force and energy
upon the tremendous contest presented
and thus meet the enemy upon his
chosen line Of battle. Invite the aid
and cooperation of all persons who
favor the immediate free coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to l; the issue
OF all paper money by the general gov
eminent without the Intervention Of
banks of issue, and who are opposed
to the issue Of interest bearing gov
eminent bonds in time of peace. In a
word, to extend the hand of fellowship
to all who agree with you upon the
money question, which is certainly the
mightiest and most fundamental con-
troversy evolved during the present
century"
The above is signed by LATE Pence, O..
M. KEN, 7. ]. Hudson, William Baker,
w. A. McKeighan, William V. Allen,
John Davis, w. A. Harris, Jerry
Simpson, John C. Bell, James H. Kyle,
h. E. Boon, H. E. Taubeneck, ]. H.
Turner and ]. B. Weaver.