Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-03
P'O|PULIS7 ADDRESS.
The Peoples Party Conference
Promulgates Its Views.
TIE MONEY QUESTION PARAMOUNT.
The Invasion Of States by Federal Troops
Dsnounced-Agalnst Further Bond
IssueS-The Railroad Pooling
Bill Denounced.

ST. Louis, Dec. 31.-The conference
Of the national committee Of the peo.
pies party with the leading members
Of the rank and file Saturday resulted
in an address 10 the people a. follows:
The national committee Of the peoples party
send greeting to Its constituency throughout
the United States. The rapid increase Of Our
yote In every part Of the union, and the start
ling events Of the past two years, vividy
justify both the existence Of and necessity for
the peoples party. The contention OF the
party that one OF the great needs Of this coun-
try has been and Is an enlarged volume Of cir
eulating medium Is now practically con-
cedod BY oil parties and by the govern nent
The gold power and banking interests are In
sisting through the president and his secretary
that the enlarged issue Of our money supply
ahall be given exclusively into the hands Of the
banks that silver shall be excluded all treas
legal tender, thus making the monetary Ques-
tiOn an Issue which must be met ut once
Within the present year the corporations,
grown arrogant because OF the vast possessions
Of wealth. and the exercise Of unconstitutional
powers, have made war upon the people and in-
duced the federal courts to exercise In their
interest unusual and arbitrary powers, induced
the Invasion Of the states BY federal troops
without the requests Of either the executives
Of said states or the legislatures thereof, and
sre At this time, through recreant ad-
minlstrAtion, and trucuent congress, at-
tempting 10 clothe the railroad corpora
tions, BY means Of pooling bill, with
power To further and more systematically rob,
oppress and plunder the people, and having
already denied the people access to the silver
mines Of the country as an Independent source
Of money supply, are now, in the interest Of q
banking ollgarchy, endeavorng to deprive
them Of the right to have their government. In
the exercise Of its constitutional power, 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 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 1t existed prior 10 ls73-at
the ratio Of 10 10 l--without regard to the ac-
tion Of any other nation, and tnat all paper
money shall be issued by the general govern
ment without the Intervention OF banks Of is
sue, 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 US move
toward completing the monopoly Of transpor-
tation and demand that instead congress pro-
coed TO bring the railroads under government
ownership.
The power given by congress by the constltu-
tion "to provide for the calling forth Of the
militi' 10 execute jha laws Of the unon to
suppress insurrecti0ns, TO repel ia ,aSions,"
does not warrant the government in making
use Of . standing army in aiding monopoles in
the oppression Of the public and their en-
ployes When freemen unsheath the sword it
should be TO strike for liberty not for despot-
ism nor 70 Uphold privileged monopolles in the
oppression OF the poor
We ask the people TO forget all past political
difficulties and unite with US in the common
purpose to rescue tho government from the
control OF n0nOpolists and concentrated wealth,
10 limit their powers Of perpetuation by cur
failing their privileges and TO secure the rights
Of free speech q free press and trial by jury
nil rules regulations and judicial dicta in dero-
cation OF either Of which are arbitrary uncon-
stitutional and not to be tolerated by free
people
We recommend the immediate organization
OF an educational campaign by the national,
state and local committees
In addition to this address the ma
tional committee adopted the follow
inp resolution:
In view OF the fact that the state of Alabama
and other southern states arc without repub-
lican form OF government because Of tierule
Of a political oligarchl, which Is perpetualei
by m0nstrous frauds ot the ballot box, the in
perativc necessity Of q free blllot and honest
count Is constitutional right md we demand
that II bo given and move that the chairman Of
the national executive committee appoint a
committee Of three TO submit evidence 10 the
press Of the country and 10 congress TO sub
stantate this alarming and revolutionary con-
dltion that they may be awakened to the
threatenings of peril causel b. this existing
Rutocratic anarchy in the south
The following were appointed as such
committees }. c. MANNING, of Alabama,
chairman; Henry D. Lloyd, Of Illinois,
and Lee Crandall, of Alabama.