Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-26
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH, 1895.
OUR PLATFORM.

The leaders of the Peoples
Party Of North Dakota met last
Wednesday at Fargo and pre-
pared for the coming campaign.
The one plank silverites were
largely in the majority. A plat
form broad enough for free sill
verites to stand on will no doubt
be adopted in the coming con.
ventions.
This is the proper thing to do.
There is no doubt that the Peo-
pies Party in Minnesota will do
the same thing. From inter-
views with anum Der Of prominent
populists in the state, we believe
we are safe in saying that our
platform for this state will EN-
phasize and virtually contine it.
self to the money question. The
transportation plank will probab-
ly be re-affirmed but it will not be
an issue in the campaign.
= The simple fact is, that the
money question is the only real
test issue before the people of
this country at this time. Move
ments of reform coming from
the masses always start at sew
eral different points at first, and
assumes various shapes and col
ors. While all reformers aim at
the same object-the betterment
of conditions for human happi-
ness, they disagree at this
stage as to ways and means. But
as time passes ON the atmosphere
of public sentiment clarifies and
and the road towards progress,
on which all reformers must ira
vel, is beginning to be clearly
seen. Now, for the first time in
the history of the movement is
united action possible. If there
is an obstacle in the road that re-
quires the united action of all re-
formers to remove, then all true
reformers must unite shoulder to
shoulder to remove it.
Now apply this simply philos-
: ephy to- present conditions. All
: thinking men of all political par
ties admitthat our money system
is wrong and must be correct be-
fore this nation can do business
again. One class of our citizens
want the gold standard, and pri-
vate banking houses to issue our
currency. Another class, wants
the bimetalic STANDARDIZED
coinage of gold and silver at a
certain ratio-and the govern
ment only to issue our circulat-
ing currency.
These two ideas, monetary poll
cies, are directly at issue with
one another, and wholly incomp-
atible with one another.
We cannot have mixture of the
two at the same time; we must
have one or the other. --..
It is on this issue that the COM
ing campaign must be fought,
and will be fought.
The Peoples party stands as
the organized exponent of the
bi-metalic standard and govern
ment issue Of paper money.
Hence we hold that the party
must for the coming campaign,
hoist the battle flag of the money
issue at the head of it's column;
and leave other issues SO to speak
in the rear for the time being.
The prohibitionist, the single
taxer, the low tariff man, and the
high tariff man, woman sutfragist
and all other" isms Z that believein
our money plank, must hold their
particular issue in allegiance for
the time being, also, and join with
us the money issue alone. u.
"a this way, and this way only
can united action be possible,
and success attained.
z We are confd emit that the Peo=
Pies party Of Minneso at least
will adopt plat form Of one
main plank some thing ike this:
& demand the free coinage
of gold and .silve at the ratio Of
e once, and without I'll g.
gard Is % what other nations