The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-01-27
Mr.. WAITE AND HIS FRIENDS
Issue an Address to the National
Peoples Party State Committee.
Think 1t Time to Call Halt-The Omaha Plat
form Good Thing to Stand By
Treachery Of Party officials.

I'VE make a few extracts from the
address OF the National Peoples Party OF
Colorado We want our readers to know
what is going on in the great silver state.
Ed. Representative.
The undersigned. chairman and secre-
tary OF the National Peoples party Of
Colorado, issue this address:
The campaign OF 1896 is over. The
Democratic national convention at Chi
cago made an advanced platform and
nominated for president William J.
Bryan-a man who fairly represented re-
form principles, but the Democratic
nominee Tor vice resident was not in
sympathy with Mr.. Bryan. Our national
convention at St. Louis recognized these
facts: it indorsed the nomination OF
Bryan but rejected that OF Sewall, and
nominated ior vice president Thomas t.
Watson, OF Georgia. The same patriot
ism that induced the St. Louis conven-
ton to rise above all partisan considera-
tons and indorse Bryan as representa-
tive OF reform principles. compelled them
to reject Sewall because he was the Anti
podes OF Bryan-a millionaire banker. a
railroad monopoist and Joe to organ
izcd labor. SeWall was undoubtedly nom
mated as a foil to Bryan. and as a bid Tor
the support OF Wall street; to prevent a
perfect union OF the South and West. as
d PROOF that the antl-mOnOpOly planks OF
the Chicago platform were inslncere and
that in the future. as IN the past. the
Democratic policy would be controlled
by the money power.
OMAHA PLATFORM - SILVER =
POPULIST SUCCESS PARTIAL.
The Omaha platform. declaring that
no government can be Tree or prosperous
which does not control its own financial
system. demanded the abolition of all
private and corporate banks OF issue. and
t! It all money CirculatOn-gOld. silver
and paper-should be issued by the gen
cral government only. and be a iul legal
tender for the payment OF all debts, pub
lie and private. and. therefore, the free
coinage oi silver is but one OF the finan-
cial reforms oi the Peoples party Our
political success has never been anything
but partial We have unjustly been held
responsible for the hard times which are
the inevitable result OF falling prices but
up to this date the Peoples party in no
instance has controlled the Legislature or
the Supreme Court OF any state, and no
Popuist legislation has been enacted. ex-
Ccpt such as its inherent justice de-
manded and compelled over hostile legis-
latures and courts. Ever since 1902. when
the Peoples party became a factor in ma
tional politics. and elected the governors
oi two states. upon anti-mOnOpOly prln-
ciples, the banking. railroad and other
corporations. without distinction OF poll
tics. united to destroy this new party as
=. dangerous to the money power. Leading
politicians OF the two old partles-nOta-
bly, Warner Stewart. Patterson. Stevens
ct al. and nearly all OF them corporation
MISUNDERSTANDING that the free coinage
Oi silver is all the reform necessary to re-
store prosperity to the people. plotted tC
reduce the Omaha demands to that single
issue. Continually protesting that the
controlling national question is silver-a
few of these conspiratOrs Joined the PeO-
pies party to betray it, but the most OF
them refused to ioin the only national
party which had ever declared for silver
because that party demanded other anti
monopoly reforms. thus showing thai
these false friends of silver held that is
Sue subordinate to the anti-monopoly
planks OF the Omaha platform. This at
tempt to defend monopoly and to divide
the ranks OF reform was inspired by Wal
street. and is essentially dishonest
DISHONESTY OF THE MONEY
POWER.
NO factor IN politics has been so I'm
scrupuous as the financial. The use O
money to accomplish its purposes ha:
ever been considered legitimate. The
government OF Great Britain-for over
century a money oligarchy-has habitual
1y and shamelessly resorted to bribery il
both its home and foreign policy In the
British foreign policy the record OF Eng
lands greatest prime minister. William
Pitt is stained with forgery and assassi
nation During the last half century tn,
money oligarchy OF Wall street has no
only had its paid lobbies in every Legis
lature and Congress-a majority OF tn,
United States senators being notorousl,
saaried as attorneys for corporations
but has placed its own selected and sub
sidized tools upon the judicial bench, na
tional and state, in the interest of cor
porations. to arrest the law and proven
justice
TREACHERY OF OUR NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION
It, is not singular that treachery foun'
its way into the organization of the Peo
pies party. The national committee wa
purposely made 50 numerous and un
wieldly that session OF its actual mem
bers has never been held between ma