People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-06-25

silver. whirh has been nrcr ped ~ coin
eve. since the dawn Of h,s.OiS mas b-en de-
monetlzed 10 add 10 liS p1rgha>lng powerOf
gold, ny decieis!ns Inn vaiue -, AL forms OF
property n we'll ~ humal labor. and the
supply OF currency " purp laely 1ridced u
iattt usurers, bankrupt enterprise and enN
Save Industry. A vast conspiracy against
mankind has been organized on two con-
tlnents and Il Is rapidly taking possession OF
The world, III not met and overthrow at
once IL fFboGes terrible social commissions,
the destruction OF civilization or the esta5-
lishment OF an absolute despotism. We have
Witnessed for more than aquarter OF a CEN
tury the struggles OF the two great political
parties for power and plumber, while
grleyous wrongs have been inflicted upJn
the suffering people. We charge that the
controlling Influences dominating both OF
these parties have permitted the existing
dreadful conditions TO CeyeloD without
serious effort 10 prevent or Restrain them.
Neither do Trey now promise us any sub
stantiol reform. They Lave agreed together
TO ignore, In the coming campaign, every
Issue but one. They propose TO drown the
outcries Of a plundered people with the up
roar OF sham battle over the tariff, so that
capitalists, corporations, national banks,
trusts, watered stock, the characterization Of
SILVER, and the expressions OF the usurers
may all be lost sight Of. They propose 10
sacrifice our homes, lives and children on the
altar OF mammon; TO destroy the multitude
In order TO secure corruption funds for the
milliQnsires. Assembled on the anniversary
Of the birthday OF the nation and filed with
the spirit OF the grand general chief who es-
taDIshed our Independence, we seek 10 re-
store the government Of the Republic 10 the
hands OF the plsin people" with whose class
Il originated. We assert our purposes to be
Identical with the purposes " the national
constitution; to form more perfect union
ana establish justice insure domestic tran.
guilty, provide for the common defense.
promote the general Welfare, and secure the
blessings OF liberty for ourselves and our
pOsterity.
We declare that this Republic can only en-
dure as free government while built lpon
the love OF the whole people for each other
aud for he nation; that IL cannot be pinned
together by bayonets; that the Civil war Is
over ana that every passion aud resentment
which grew out OF II must die with IL. and
that We must be 10 fact, as We are in name,
one united brotherhood. Our country ind-
Itself confronted by conditions for which
there 10 no precedent In the history OF the
world. Our annual agricultural productions
amount 70 billions Of dolla IS In value which
must In few weeks or months be exchanged
for billions OF dollars OF commodities con-
sumed In their production; the existing cur
l. SHSy "efPAg {" Ah0hO4uhbE uluhe
this exchange. The results are falling
prices, the formation Of combines and rings
the impoverishment OF the producing class
We pledge ourselves that ifgven power We
will labor TO orrect these evils by wise and
reasonable legislation In accordance with
the terms OF our platform.
We believe that the powers OF government
in other words, OF the peOple-should be
expanded las In the case OF the postal SER
vice. ~ rapidly and as far as the good sense
OF an Intelligent people and the teachings OF
experience shall justify, TO the end that OPP
preston, injustice and poverty shall eventu-
ally cease In the land.
While our sympathies as party OF reform
are naturally upon the side OF every propo-
Iiti0n which viii tend 10 make men intelli-
gent, virtuous and temperate We neverthe-
less regard these questions-importsnt as
they areas secondary 70 the great issues
now pressing for solution, and upon which
not only our individual prosperity, but the
very existence Of free institutions depend.
and we ask all men TO first he US TO de- err
mine whether we are 10 have a Republic 70
administer. before We differ as to the con-
ditions upon which II Is 10 be administered,
believing that the forces OF reform this day
organized will never cease 10 move forward
until every wrong ls righted and equal rights
and equal privileges established for all the
men and women OF this country; we declare
therefore,