People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-01-03

address b. the It. Louis Conference.-The

Address b. the It. louis Conference.-The
Pa, ,unt Quessioa at Issue.
ST. Louis, Jan. 1.-The conference
of the national committee Of the pco-
pies party with the leaiing mem ers
of tae rank and file SATURDAY resulted
in an address to the people as follows:
The national committee Of the Deople's party
send greeting to its constituency throughout
the United States. Therapii increase of our
vote in every part Of the union, and the start
ling events OF the past two years, wildly
justify both the ex. stence 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 volum3 Of cir
culating medium is now practically con-
ceded b. 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, an that gold alone shall be
o legal tender, thus making the monetary Ques-
ton 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 ma le 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 a recreaut sd-
ministration, and truculent congress, at
tempting to clothe the railroad corpora
tons, by means Of a pooling bill, with
power to further and more Systematically rob.
Cypress and plumber 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
banking oligarchy, endeavoring 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 it existed prior to lS73-at
the ratio of ii to WITHOUT regard to the ac-
ton 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 intere bearing bonds.
We denounce the pooling bill as move
f,rr- n-1a ~, IL,
tation and demand that instead congress pro-
coed to bring the railroads under government
ownership.
The power given by congress by the constitu-
tion ito provide for the calling forth Of the
militia to execute the laws of the union, to
suppress Instructions, to repel invasions,"
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 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 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 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 repub-
lican form Of government because Of the rule
of political oligarchy, which is perpetuated
by monstrous frauds at the ballot box, the i'm
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 Alabama,
chairman; Henry D. Lloyd, of Illinois,
and Lee Crandall, of Alabama.