The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1895-01-04

the exercise of its constitutional
power, issue the money of the na-
ton and control its volume. In
the opinion of your committee,
these events are startling, subver
sive of the liberties of the citizen
and destructive of business and
social security; and adhering to the
Omaha platform in all its integrity,
your committee insists upon the
restoration of the coinage of gold
and silver as it existed prior to
1S73-at the ratio of 16 to with
out regard to the action of any
other nation, and that all paper
money shall be issued by the gen
eral government without the in
tervention of banks Of issue, the
same to be a full legal tender.
We also declare our implacable
hostility to the issue of further in
terest-bearing bonds. We de-
nounce the pooling bill as a move
toward completing the monopoly
of transportation, and demand
that, instead, congress proceed to
bring the railroads under govern
ment ownership.
The power given congress by
the constitution to ''provide for
the calling forth of the militia to
execute the laws of the Union, to
suppress Instruction, to repel in
vasion," does not warrant the gov
eminent in making use of a stand
ing army in aiding mOnOpolies in
the oppression of the public and
their employees. When free men
unsheath the sword it should be to
strike for liberty, not for despot-
ism, nor to uphold privileged mo-
nopolies in the oppression of the
lpoor.
| We ask the people to forget all
past political differences and unite
with us in the common purpose to
rescue the government from the
control of monopolists and concen-
trated wealth, to limit the powers
of perpetuation by curtailing their
privileges and to secure the rights
of free speech, a free press, and
trial by jury-all rules, regulations
and judicial dlcta in derogation Of
either of which are arbitrary, un-
constitutional and not to be toler,
ated by free people.
We recommend the immediate
organization of an educational cam
paign by the national, state and
local committees.
In addition to this address the
national committee adopted tn,
following resolution:
In view of the fact that the state
of Alabama aid other southern
states are without a Republican
form of government, because o
} the rule of a political Oligarchy
, which is perpetuated by mOnstroul
: frauds at the ballot box, the i'm
: perative necessity of a free ballO
and an honest one is a cOnstitu
tional right, and We demand tina
{ it be given, and move that thu
chairman of the national executive
committee appoint committee o
r three to submit evidence to tn,
, press of the country and to con
gress to substantiate this alarm
ing and revolutionary condition
that they may be awakened to tn
threatenings Of peril, caused b.
this existing autocratic anarchy il
the south.
The following were appointed
j. q. Manning, Alabama, chair
| man; Henry ID. Lloyd, Illinois
I Lee Crandall, Alabama.
y The above was adopted unani
e mously by the conference much +
the disappointment of the two oil
: parties, both of which had hope
. to see a split at this meeting.-[Ed.
|, If a farmer wants $1,000 b
gives 1000 bushels of wheat, 20
900 pounds of cotton or a mort