The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-11
AN APPEAL To POPULISTS.
WASnBURN OF THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE ISSUES 1T.
says They Cannot in Honor Lay
Down Their Arms Until
Victory is Won.

BOSTON, Jan. 10.-George F. Wash
tdonal Executive Committee and Chair
man of the Western Headquarters dur
ing the latte campaign, has issued the
Following appeal to the PopuliStS of
the United States:
An Appeal to the Populists Of the
United States: We are to be congrat-
Malbed upon the growth of our party
and THE fact that in the recent cleo
ton nearly half of the voters of the
Union Endorsed much of our platform.
Our party alone has a voting force
larger than that which elected Lincoln,
and an able effective reform press of
nearly 1000 papers. We hold the bal
ance of power in the United States
Senate and have four times as many
congressman as before.
We united with the silver forces in
the recent carnpaign-not because we
believe free coinage of silver is tn So
luton Of the financial problem, but be-
cause it would better existing condi-
tions; would meet with the least re-
Sistance and become the entering
wedge for our main issue, viz: Full
legal tender paper money; issued and
regulated by the Government alone
Having proved our loyalty at the polls
we are free ito act separately on adj
Vanced lines and to emphasize the real
issues our party was born to advocate.
We cannot in honor lay down our arms
end cease our activity until the war for
which we enlisted has ended in vic
tory for our cause.
The Democratic party proposes to
continue the silver fight. Two parties
cannot exist on the same issue. The
greater absorbs the smaller There
fore, if we remain mere camp followers
of another party, disntegration will
result. Our party success alone forced
the Democrats to adopt the Chicago
platform and nominate a Popocrat for
President. Converts made by party
regularity cannot be trusted with the
reforms of the future
We are not Democrats and cannot be
classed as such. We simply united for
a single campaign The Democracy
is but the rear guard of our own We
do not stand for redemption money, but
for a scientific dollar kept invariable
by proper regulation of the money vol
ume.
The millions Of converts to silver dur
Ing the recent campaign must advance.
They Will not remain where they are.
We must educate them up to the main
issue and the time to do it is now, not
just before Presidential election. We
must also hold the Democratic party to
dts present position or compel lit to
advance
President Cleveland supplies US with
the fresh incentive for renewed effort in
his demand for the retirement of the
gneenbacks and the issue and control
of paper money Except coin certifi-
cateS) by tine banks. Senator Quay
says this should be made an issue by
the Republicans and advocates the sub
stftution of United States notes, pay
able in gold, for the greenbacRS.
Here we have a living issue with both
wings of THE gold forces, which brings
our main question to the front: Shall
the paper money of the country be is
sued and regulated by the people or by
the banks? This will precipitate a hot
debate in Congress that will focus pub
lie attention upon the relative merits of
scientific and redemption money, which
will become the absorbing question of
the day, just as the silver movement
followed the silver debate year ago,
and will afford our sentinels in Con-
gress an opportunity TO measure the
true attitude of the silver, Democratic
and Republican leaders upon an issue
vital to our party and the welfare of
the country and determine to what ex-
tent our recent allies can be depended
upon
The proposed retirement of the green
backs and the discussion of the Pacific
railroad question will bring before Con-
greSS the two strongest measures of
our platform; and whatever issues the
other parties may adopt, the logic of
events Will so force upon both Con-
gress and the people the consideration
of these measures as to overshadoW
all others and win to our ranks thou
sands of voters from both the Repub-
lican and Democratic PARTIES.
Let us act with patriotism, courage
and sagacity. Let us lose no time If
any lack incentive it viii be found in
the intense suffering everywhere and in
the increasing arrogance, lawlessness
and heartlessness of the trusts and
monopolies. Against their power we
put principles; against their money we
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