The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-04
POpULIST ADDRESS.
The Peoples Party Conference
Promulgates It's Views.
THE MONEY QUESTION PARAMOUNT.
The Invasion of states by Federal Troops
Observation-Disclosures Further Bond
Issues-The Railroad Pooling
Bill Denounced.

ST. Louis. Dec. 3l.-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 to the people as follows:
The national committee OF the people party
send greeting to its constituency throughout
the United States. The rapid increase of our
vote in every part of the union. and the start
! ling events of the past two years, wildly
| 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
culating medium is now practically con-
ceded by all parties and by the government
/ The gold power and banking interests are in
| sisting through the president and his secretary
that the enlarged issue Of our money supply
shall be given exclusively into the hands of the
banks; that silver shall be excluded, all treas
ury notes retired, and that gold alone shall be
a legal tender. thus making the monetary qucs-
tion an issue which must be met at 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
are at this time, through recreant ad-
ministration and a trucuient congress, at
tempting to clOthe the railroad corpora
tions. by means OF pooling bill. with
power to further and more Systematically rob,
Cypress and plumber the people: and having
already denied the people access to the allver
mines of the country as an independent source
of money supply, are now in the interest OF
banking oligarchy, endeavoring TO deprive
them of the right to have their government. in
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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 il existed prior to ls73-at
the ratio of l6 to without regard to the ac-
tiOn of any other nation, and that 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 as 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 BIZ the constitu-
ton Ito provide for the calling forth of the
suppress instructions, to repel invaSlonS.
does not warrant the government in making
use of standing army in aiding monOpOlies 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 to uphold privileged monopolies in the
oppression Of the poor.
We ask the people to forget ali past political
difficulties and unite with us in the common
purpose to rescue the government from the
control of monopoliStS and concentrated wealth.
to limit their powers Of perpetuation by cur
failing their privileges and to secure the rights
of free speech. free press and trial by jury
all rules. regulations and judicial dicta in dero-
cation of either OF which are arbitrary. uncon-
stitutional and not to be tolerated by a 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
ing resolution:
In view of the fact that the state Of Alabama
and other southern states are without q repub-
lican form of government because Of t1e rule
of political oligarchy. which is perpetuatei
by monstrous frauds at tine ballot box. the in
perative necessity Of free ballot and honest
count is a constitutional right. and we demand
that it be given. and move that the chairman Of
the national executive committee appoint a
committee of three to submit evidence to the
press of the country and to congress to sub
stantiate this alarming and revolutionary con-
dition that they may be awakened to the
threatenings OF peril caused by this existing
autocratic anarchy in the south
The following were appointed as such
committee: j. c. Manning of Ala balna,
chairman; Henry ID. Lloyd, of Illinois.
and Lee Crandall, of Alabama.