The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-05
A TENNKSsEE PROTEST.
Denounces the Democratic Party.

TENNKSSEE PROTEST.
Denounces the Democratic Party.
Editor Representative:
After more than 20 years helping to
form, found, and engraft into the laws,
the principles the people party represent
/ ind myself unable to secure the means
to attend its convention, and am COM
pclled to view-with dismay-that "Our
labor has been unnecessary" that the
Democrats will do all we require, and
better than we can ourselves" They
said the same thing four years ago, and
we let them do it; and they did, and the
Republicans helped them; and they sue
ceeded Of course, and we ought to be sat
isfled. Why not? Two great parties
should surely be grateful. The Repub-
licans are going to give us protection,
banks, high taxes, and honest money
gold-lots OF it, and prosperity; and If
elected will execute so much of the Dem
ocratic platform as is applicable and, as
will make everything binding. The
Democrats propose giving US free silver,
and for all our supposed reformatory de-
mands, and comprehensive measures
they propose 1--WE endorse the large end
OF their divided party. and take sides in
their family quarrel and thereby secure
all our demands-and consequently hap
piness.
They denounce their president for vio-
lating the law under the Chinese exclu-
sion act They denounce him for violat-
ing the law requiring the purchase of sill
yer bullion each month for June, July,
August. 1893. They denounce him for
selling bonds without authority of law
and in time Of peace. They denounce
him for paying non-redeemable currency
and silver certificates in gold, and bor-
rowing the wherewith to do 1t; then re-
issuing the same. They denounce him
for selling $62.000,000 of bonds at per
cent for 80 years for SIC, 000. 900 less than
they could have been sold II proper law
had been provided for their issuance.
They denounce him for selling 800 ,0O0,-
600 OF bonds per cent at 80 years equal
to $150, 900, 900 interest, beside the prin-
ciple, then to be paid, sold at private
sale, for about $15,000,0 900 less than the
market price at the time. They denounce
him for selling another 500 200, 900 OF
bonds without law, and taking less bid
for portion than a solvent offer had in
hand.
They denounce him with overriding
the states and civil law by the military.
They denounce him for corrupting
(themselves) the law making department,
perverting the laws, and despoiling the
people of one half their silver money, en-
abling the locking up of the remainder,
resulting in the spoilation and confisca-
ton Of all other kinds of property. They
denounce his appointees-the supreme
court, for violation of law in running the
country by injunction. They also de-
nounce his Apprenticeship supreme
court-for deciding against the country,
against its just and proper revenues.
against its tradition, its history, against
the acts Of congress, against the courts
own rulings, against the decision of the
member himself-who changed his mind,
thereby the majority Of the court, thus
changing the laws of all congresses, all
senates, all presidents; all decisions and
the constitution itself; releasing hun
dred million dollars Of taxation in the
hands of those alone who should pay, and
imposing bonded obligations Of $262, 000,-
coo, and more, together with the interest
Of 1898, 900, 900 to accrue thereon till paid,
upon those who should not pay. Then to
stick their tongues into their swollen or
shrunken jaws as appears and demand
of them what are you going to do about
it," Indeed-you Democrats! Why did
you not fight out this family quarrel in
your own houses instead Of abandoning
congress to the Republicans--to enable
the confirmation of these spoliations and
now turn to the Peoples party to become
your allies in this family fight, as con-
test and battle precedent, to the Peoples
party demands for reformation? We
/ - III ~
Aaron's bunco steerers Of Wall Street,
run the golden calf over the whole Chi
cago Democratic outfit? We think So.
you havn't got 1t, and can't get it. De-
mand the government issue all the cur
rency-that 1t be redeemed in COIN
haven't got the coin, can't get it, (not five
cents on the dollar required), what were
the delegations Of Bland and Boies and
Altgeld and Tillman and Of the entire
South, and Of Bryan himself thinking
about? These were grand men on dress
parade weren't they? but not worth q
d-n for active service in the committee
on platform. They are like the two great
Republican magnates, Mckinley and Fos-
ter;-with all the power In the govern
ment and blank paper to write upon, they
can't write platform that can live up to
or draft law under which they can live
without bursting. The Democratic plat
form imposes the impossible. It cannot
be executed, cannot be endorsed by the
Peoples party. 1t should be abandoned
and destroyed. If perchance foreign mat
ter be injected into the body of the Peo-
pies party for such purpose the goods
will not be delivered.
Great success to you. Yours truly.
J:W.s JAMES.
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