The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-04-17

t1On it formerly occupied and to adopt
such measures as would check the ar
rogance and oppression of our great
corporations. In view of the legisla-
tion adopted by the two old parties
during the last few years, it is quite
evident that they never intended to
comply with their promises and it is
further quite certain that they never
will. Since they see that they cannot
so successfully as heretofore fool the
PEOPLE with a sham battle over the
tariff, they have, as have Just stated,
begun to talk international confer
eDce, and even some of the Plutecratr
ic papers have begun to pretend to
advocate the reconciliation Of silver
by our government. If the Demo
cratic party intended to do anything
for silver it would have done it in the
last two years, in view of the fact
tina: that party during the past few
years, had an overwhelming majority
in the lower house of Congress. 1t is
needless to say that they never in
tended to do anything for silver and
that all Of their promises were simply
made to lull the people into security
so as to again receive their suffrage.
Upon the least reflection. it will also
be seen that the Republican party
which demonetiZed silver through
stealth and fraud, whose executive in
1873 vetoed that measure and whose
representatives aided in the complete
overthrow of silver in the uncondi-
tional repeal of the Sherman law, will
never restore silver to it's proper posi-
tion as ultimate money of our govern
ment, and that the promises of these
leaders So to do, are made to deceive
1n ION
may again obtain control of the ma
tional government. AS it became
necessary to create a new party to
overthrow the institution of slavery,
SO in our present terrible extremity,
it has become absolutely necessary for
a new political party to be created
and placed in power by the people to
restore the country to justice and
to prosperity. For this purpose the
Peoples party was formed, and that
by most patriotic element of the ma
tiOn. The reconciliation of silver,
legislative control of the corporations
of the country and the protection and
elevation of the laboring classes are
fundame ntal articles of the creed of
that party. Those who have sought
to build it up and increase it's
strength have received unstinted
abuse from the tools of monopoly,
who have characterized them as COM
munists, repudiators, anarchists and
fanatics, and have procured their
henchmen, the leaders Of the old par
ties, as also the metropolitan journals
of the country. to thus characterize
them. This violent abuse has checked
somewhat the progress of this great
patriotic organization. nevertheless
ir>1AC 1oip Il
cepted by the reading and intelligent
classes and to these classes alone can
we successfully appeal. Those posses
sing education and powers of discrim.
| inatiOn are becoming convinced that
unless a radical change is soon effect
ed our republic must die. The same
elements are at work in this govern
ment which overthrow the Roman re-
| public and which have wrecked other
| free governme in the mast. Pluto
cracy is the unrelenting foe of human
| liberty. 1t spreads it's miasma over
| free institutions which causes them
to wither, even as all life perishes in
the pathway of the deadly Sirocco. The
grand political movement possesses
many of the aracteristics of the Re
publican party of 1861. Its leaders
and advocates are aggressive and
have no fear of cooperating with the
minority. They are in this movement
for the principle and not for self; they
are willing to labor and to wait
They fully comprehend the vast in
terests which are involved in the is
sue and will in the future, as in the
past, labor unselfishly for the success:
of such principles as will, at least in 6
measure, arouse patriotism and restore
to the people their rights under oul
incompatible constitution.