Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-15
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- That It Is matter Of public not9Eissg
and common observation-the facts being
eeptions the managers Of the various railroad
systems. many Of them grown enormously
wealthy through opportunities and practices
well understood. regarding only their indtvid-
ual interests, and that OF the plutocracy, to
which they personally belong. ignoring the in
terest OF shareholders, employees. and the peo-
pie, have united to exert all the power OF their
several corporations, created by public au-
thority for the accommodation OF the pub1io
business. to coerce the electors In their ser
vice to support the candidate of the combined
domestic mouOpo1fes and OF the International
gold trust, by systematic misrepresentation
and seduetions on the one hand and intimida-
lions on the other, so that at this hour many
thousands of the most intelligent citizens Of
this republic, peculiarly and specially Inter
ested In the restoration of popular rule, are pue
20 the desperate choice between surrendering
their SURFACES TO the control of others, assert
Ing industrial mastery in politics or losing
their jobs and the daily bread Of their families.
THAT they in concert and in execution OF q
colossal plan OF operation in support OF the
single gold standard and monopolistic COM
binatton, have entered upon a sy stem of arbt-
trary, Illegal and shamefuIIy unjust discrim-
nation in the rates of ranSportation against
three great national political parties. granting
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their opponents. one rate to the opulent at
PENDANTS upon the gold standard indianapolis
convention. and another to the delegates and
visitors to the great popular gathering here as
sembled- One rate to Canton, where unwilling
men are shipped in train loads and another and
almost prohibitory, rate to other gatherings in
the interest of the Chicago platform and its
candidates, thus ruling at least one-half OF the
people OF the United States of their own high
ways unless they choose to travel on grossly
unjust and unequal terms. We ask the Amer
lean people to record their judgment upon
these monstrouS corporate aggressions at the
approaching national election, and meanwhile
We call upon the proper authorities of the fed
eral government and of the state governments
to note these notorious. undenied and criminal
abuses of public grants in order that the laws
which guarantee equal rights upon the public
highways shall be decently enforced and the
Individual offenders prosecuted and adequately
punished
II That we ratify the nomination of William
Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewan for presi-
dent and ce-president OF the United States
as ideal nominees, and we pledge them the
united and earnest support Of the clubs repre-
sented in this convention. AS American citi-
zens, rising above all partisan considerations,
and looking only to the gravity of the
crisis now upon as a people, involving
as We believe, the financial liberties of
the sons of tsGse who scaled the
slopes OF Bunker Hill. and camped with WASH
ing at haiIey fOrge, anu whose sacred duIy IL
is to transmit to our children and to the world
the liberties bought by the blood OF our IA
theirs, we send greeting to our brethren in the
nation, and ask them to join us in pledging the
enforcement of the new Declaration of indie
pendence now being tested in the arena OF
American judgment. and to sound with US the
final charge upon the foes Of humanity massed
against in this contest
lSignedl
G. S. COLLINS, Arkansas, Chairman.
W. L. LOCKWOOD, Pennsylvania
J. NJ. BOONE, Mississippi
F. B. FULLER, Illinois.
R. s REAvES, Oklahoma.
T. ii. WILTHAsHYM. Kentucky.
T. J. PRATHER, Kansas
JAMES L. NORRIS District of Columbia.
FRANK r. TROUT, Arizona
The night session was devoted to listening t.
a speech by William J. Bryan, candidate fog
president, and others.