People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-11-05

must sustain them and spread their cir

must sustain them and spread their Cir
eulation everywhere.
We are engaged IN the most desper-
ate battle ever waged in the world. 1t
is the conflict of The few armed with
gigantic powers against the many. 1t
signifies the exploitation of labor by
the idle rich, so that those ''who toll
not, neither do they spin," shall rob
industry of it's reward and leave those
who produce all wealth without homes,
clothes or food. The eight million far
mers who have just persisted of starva-
ton in HindOstan are not the victims
of drouth alone, but of cruel misgovern-
ment also by their English masters,
who so impoverished them that they
had no resources to fall back upon
when d failure of crops occurred. In
their miseries we read our own dangert
In their present we see our future,
unless we possess more than Hindoo
capacity to defend ourselves against
the despoilers of the world.
We ask all who are in deadly earnest
in seeking reform to uniteo with us.
For the mere pullers of wires and seek
ers of office we have no place or pa
tience. When humanity is sinking into
the abyss it is of no moment whether
the duty on calico is half penny more
or less,
When we are utterly opposed to flu
sion, and know that it has brought
dissension in our ranks, wearecognize
the fact that many who favored it did
so in the sincere belief that it was best
for the country and for the party, but
while holding these views, we declare
that no convention. caucus or commit
tee of our party, shall ever again bind
us to any fusion agreement with either
the Democratic or Republican party.
We call the attention of the Ameri-
can people to the fact that the national
banks under Repu blican administra-
ton are now fast putting into circula-
ton vast quantity of national bank
notes, taken out on the 1862, 900, 900 of
Cleveland bonds, which, though adding
to the burden of debt and reaching en-
culation by high interest, furnishes az
increased supply of money and better
pricing opportunity GA the American
markets. If prosperity. even Temporal
ry, comes to our people, it will be by
this increased money supply-not by
the Dlngley tariff or any other tar
measure, as will probably soon be
claimed by the Republican politicians
We believe that no reliance can be
placed in the promises of those who
control and manipulate the policy and
action of the two old parties. They
have broken every pledge and violated
every trust reposed in them by a con.
hding constituency. With the anti
election promises in favor of free silver
still ringing in the peoples ears, the
Democratic Legislatures of five States
defeated bills to prohibit the making
of gold contracts,
With the suffering and dissatisfied
rank and file of those parties. we are
in hearty sympathy and will gladly
welcome them into the Peoples party.
We reatirm the principles enunci-
ated in the platforms of our party in
the full belief that when enacted into
law they win produce universal pros
perity.
We reaflirm the previous declarations
of our party ia favor of the initiative
and referen am and recommend thatthe
Peoples pai adopt this System in all
party procee dinga, believing that the
direct control of legiAlation by the PEG.
pie themselves Is the only remedy for
corruption in party management aa
well as ia the law-making power, by
wealth, now 30 universal In
this countrf. We look upon this as
the most important question now be-
fore the Am rican people, since 1t in-
wolves the continuance OF free tnatitua
tions.