People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-03-12
Troup County.

at meetiag of the Peoples Party
Executive Committee of Troup county
held in Lagrange on the End day of
March, 1897, the following resolutions
were adopted:
Resolved LIST, That 1t is the sense of
this meeting that the continued exis-
tence of the Peoples Party is an i'm
perative necessity not only for the at
tainment of the demands which we
regard as of vital Importance to the
best interests of the country, but, for
the preservation of the liberties of the
people, as all reforms in the past have
not been achieved by old organizations,
but new ones, as is instanced in the
establishment of the christian religion,
the reformation under Luther, the or
ganization of the Methodist church by
Wesley and the Abolition Party by
Blrney. the old organizations in each
and every instance bitterly opposed the
reforms and prosecuted the reformers
with hated as relentless as death, the |
new organization acting as restraint
on the old just as the various branches
of the christian church act as stimu
liant and checks upon each other
Resolved 3D. That as both the old
parties have failed to give the financial
relief demanded by the people and
promised by both we regard the PEG
Pile Party the only agency by which
hn no cd Sof 1. 1l.4 i
we firmly pledge ourselves to renewed
effort in support of our party and prin-
ciples.
Resolved Sd, While we regard the
free coinage of silver an act of simple |
justice to the debtor class, it can not
give the financial relief necessary to
the restoration of prosperity to the
country, as the minis can only coin |
about fifty-two millions per annum
when worked to their utmost capacity, |
which amount will only give. about |
eighty cents per capita increase in Cir
culation per annum, an amour not
sufficient to meet the demands of our
increase in population and if it could
give the needed relief the Democrats in |
the Alabama and Georgia legislature 8 |
voted almost unanimously against bills |
f0rbidding the enforcement of gold
contracts thereby proving that their
cry for free silver was nothing more
than campaign slogan.
Resolved 4th, That we are more than
ever convinced that the only efficient
plan for the peoples relief is the issu
ance and distri button of money direct
lY from the Treasury to the people |
without the intervention of banks. a
full legal tender for all debts public
and private to the amount of fifty dol
lars per capita
Resolved 5th, That we view with
alarm the call of our war secretary Mr..
Lamont for more troops and additional
appropriations for military purposes
in time of profound peace while the
trend of public opinion seems to be
eliminating on the idea of settling all
national disputes by arbitration and
we can only regard these calls for more
military appropriations as prepara-
tions to overawe the people into sub
mission to the exactions of corporate
wealth.
Resolved 6, That we request of our
representative in Congress, Mr.. Adam
son, to use his best efforts to secure an
appropriation to each Congressional
district in the cotton belt, equal to the
appropriation made by the last Con-
gress to pay for clerk for each Con-
gresham, said appropriation to be
used in the employment of suitable
man to visit each gin in each of the
counties and obtain the exact amount
of cotton ginned at each gin up to the
gath day of December each year, and
that a similar appropriation be made to
each congressional district in the wheat
growing belt and the agent so en-
ployed to be paid as other Federal en-
ployees for similar services, viz. three
dollars per day.
Resolved 18th, That we are unaltera-
bly, opposed to fusion with any body for
any purpose, under any circumstances.
That we are in the middle of the road
to stay.
Resolved Sth, That these resolutions
be forwarded to the Peoples Party
Paper for publication.
j. II. TRAYLOR, Cham.
j. j. TALLEY, Sec.