Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-07-30
SENATOR CUTTERS sPEEch.
stirring Address Made at the Populiot
Convention In St. Louio.


chairman OF the Peoples party owen
ZION In st. Louis, spoke in part a. fol
lows.
conventions this year. Both have had their
say. made their promises, and put forward
tneir leaders. Another political party. young.
put Z growing giant OF strength ~(applause),
pie At this important and critical hour. We
are nerS because there IL need for u to b
mere. Ihe two parties that have already
sPoken have between them had charge Of
me machihery OF q great representative gov
Srnment. In which kind Of government there
ere the greatest possibilities for good and
.or evil, the kind OF government where the
be Affected to the greatest degree. Tns two
parties have between them had charge OF
your government for over twenty-five years,
ana during that time q great and prosperous
people. = people laborine to carry out the
Injunction to make two blades OF grass grow
where oie grew before. have performed their
Auty IN the eyes Of God and man, and have
MADE this country blossom like q rose, a. Tar
~ creating wealth was concerned: yet dug.
in4 this time OF unexampled creation OF
wealth, OF unexampled industry and econ.
0my on the part Of the people, these two
S3tion to the verge Of ruin.
Dld they know better or didn't they know
Detter1 Were they honestly mistaken, or did
they DO It ON purposef In either event their
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the party aud the necessity Of this organise.
ton 10 proven. Every candidate put before
the American people since the war by both Of
these parties has been = man whose nomina.
hearts Of the aggregate capital and combined
greed. The yhave selected the men who
nave stood IN touch with and been the allied
agents OF the elements Of powers that havo
ruptcy. and those powers which have de.
etroyed every republic In the past and will
aestr0y this one unless checked.
.h these two great parties. under false leader.
people the greatest Issue In American poll
tics. They have managed to array the great
masses OF the American voters with frensled
psisn. when the i,st issue ne was = sl . .hs "n.' put up pi Tor
the purpose Ut dividing the people. 1t made
dinerence which side won. the people
!ost. Wall street In the United States and
these things were going on the great Ameri-
can heart was wrapped In prejudice Of party.
II was not until they had awakened from
this condition and aroused themselves that
Then 1t was that the great middle classes
began to put their heads together for the
good, and when that mail cloud ap-
p psopis " up1 the the eou hS1l10n ne sas f assst. sp 81 t tSs
light Of this great doctrine spread through
sut the land. The minute that all bitterness
was laid aside, and the great heart Of the
American people 'i began .nAt to mo move for them.
selves. Then 1t was that the people Of tho
South and West, who had been trodden into
the dust and loaded with great burdens,
n ha ina. tneir interests were the :, same e
me people OF the North and East. That very
moment icy placed themselves uPon me
1 Thn0 pi1stpsm OF principles ounce IL
, ua0mas !enerson and Abraham Lincoln. IN
aEox we went aow 90 dsieat. put our pm
c.p,es rev ana nonrisned they could no5 y
sramp!ed down. Ihey were eternai: tney
We're rlsnt; ana from ma noor 70 luis tney
I've GontInued 10 gro" throughout enls
A few s1u weeks ago the great national Repub-
.san parry met ~ tnls cry: Inc pollIaclan.
wanteo 10 straodle tne ereat issue aSaln tnas
os.ose sne peopIe, Dut TUG xeop.s pnnrsssyy
!oglc OF events caused them to express then.
selves cieariy upon ene Question OF tne oayi
ano consequently they went aver oas ~
uuksaSs - tue Hreat money kinss OF W.
that the great national Democratic party met
IN GnlcaSo ana was forced lneIe 70 take :
Tor It could not eyade the issue
,onger; tne ae.e9ates were IElgntenea; snes
aouDt' 20 tnaI sney Ior.
many uec'oea 70 oellDeIateiy comm. pGssy
snu Slanu larceny ~ s.eallns 1ne ievgaS.
lsied{ to pi steal into s'% our party sH' IN la1 reminded
p tne oio 1eilow VINO nad ny biDle elOisn.
aae sala; Eaitn: ana ! nope y Will cure ths
o,sease. ny Iriends. ! nope y WIN cure sns
Fsr ss' stealth. & the thsy 'd d!2 not :, steal eaIs ali the the pat eSsI
form. ~ they mad been frightened . nttie
''orse ! tnlnk eney "ou'u.
The Peoples party came Into existence to
sity for it, and 1t IL going to stay here %
bong 40 there IL any necessity for 1t. ~
long A. the American people need an OF.
ganlzation that l. true and a that WIN
and give them the rights TO which they aro