The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-02

feels assured of victory, and it has deter
mined to press now and without abate-
ment the advantage which this apparent
ly lamentable condition which rises up
before it, In this most threatening crisis
that has menaced the country since the
Civil war, though simply citizen members
of the Peoples party, we venture to make
mOmentous suggestions to you, our Dreth-
ren. In doing this we have neither de-
sire nor thought to impair i'll the least
degree the efficiency of our noble organl-
Zation, charged as it is with the liberties
of present and future generations, and
whose integrity and growth Is essential to
the perpetuatiOn of our free INSTITUTIONS
Our constant aim will be to defend it from
! foes within and without. and to preserve
it as a power consecrated forever to the
defense of humanity's dearest rights upon
I the American continent.
"in view of the shameless submission
by the Republican convention TO the most
| extreme demands ever made on Amerl-
cans by the money power, every thought
and effort of American manhood should
| from this hour tend towards creating
and cementng a union between those who
would resist the conspiracy of wholesale
| robbery and grinding oppression. Meas
ures must be gained or defeated through
men. After all the chief problem i'll this
crisis is to find Il man upon whom patriots
can unite, whose life is witness that If
entrusted with authority over national
legislation and its enforcement he VIII
DEFY every allurement of wealth and every
menace of power standing untinchlngly
| by the cause of the people Ill the herce
struggle inseparably connected with the
enactment of our proposed hnanclal re-
forms.
I'VE see in the private and official life
| I a hplcOn
brightly, warning the people OIL the
threatening shores of disunion. lie mas
hut now publicly abandoned the Republi'
can party, with which he has been assocl
ated since its organization. :,
"When to his official record are unlteo
an unsullied private life, a character WITH
out a blot or stain, a grateful, generous
nature a patriotism that knows nel',el
state nor section, we feel that we are pu
performing a duty to our DeloVeu C0uii ,Dii
try in thus calling attention to Mr.. 1eii
er's merits and availability as a candi
date for president; as one upon whom al
Ponulists may consistently unite Whll'
they strenuously preserve and Strengthen
their own organization. Ihe Necessity
and wisdom of Il dispasslonate colsluera
tion of his claims upon the support o.
the American people have become tn'
more apparent since the patrlotic RepuDil
can leaders who abanuOneu lhcll I"lH
under his inspiration have announced mn
ns their nominee for president OF th'
United States
= III. T.. Taubencck. Illinois.
m. C. Rankin, Indiana.
81. II. Mcdowell, Tennessee.
"Thomas Fletcher, Arkansas.
: IN. r. Kaufman, Arkansas
.R. A. Sankey, Kansas.
"F. ID. Eager, Nebraska.
"A. l.. Maxwell, Illinois.
= IS. ]. Wright, Texas,
"Eugene Smith, Illinois.
calvin X. Reifsneider, Missouri
Wv. j. Flat, Tennessee
y. II. Davis, Texas.
"T. NJ. Patterson, Colorado.
"John p. Steele. Illinois.
Howard S. Taylor, Illinois.
u. w. Dollihon Arkansas.
y. A. Edgarton, Nebraska.
, "Charles Il. Palmer, Illinois.
-. ID. Hess. Illinois.
l George NJ. Jackson. Arkansas.
IS. p. V. Arnold, Illinois.
/ "W. ]. Quick, Missouri.
"Frank Il. Richey, Missouri.
I Horace G.. Clark, Colorado.