Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-02-23
THE popuL1sr DOCUMENT.

last 25 years has been by adroit and
steady processes These would hav.
been impossible if it had not had it,
agents and confederates holding po
sitions of public trust in the legisla
ture, executive and judicial branches
ficiaries nor the tools of this conspir.
acy have any particular politics. In
name the last administration was
Democratic. The present administra.
tion is called Republican but it has
ingloriously practiced and defended
the perfdious policies of it's predeces-
sor.
AT length the selfish and brutal in
terests behind this conspiracy deem
themselves strong enough to dispense
with the caution and dup1icity hither-
to necessary to their success. The ad-
ministration boldly avows its endorse
ment of their scheme against the lib
erty and prosperity of the people.
Within a few weeks it has formulated
purpose of which is, in the words of
the secret Ary of the treasury:
''To commit the country more thor
oughly to the gold standard"
In the pursuit of this purpose of
committing the country more thor
oughly to the gold standard, the plan
of this administration as of the last
is to retire the greenbacks and other
non-Interest bearing paper money of
the government, to issue interest
bearing gold bonds and to increase
the powers, privileges and profits of
national banks. This achievement
would turn over the duty of supplying
the peoples money, the very life blood
of business to a selfish, heart1ess and
irresponsible foreign gold syndicate,
and its American agents and allies.
The divine right of kings is to be
succeeded by the divine right of mil
lionaires, who propose to run every
thing, not only the instruments of
commerce and our industrial system
but also, as far as possible the pen of
the editor and the voice if not the
intellect of the university professor.
In every campaign the gold syndi-
cate and all the allied trusts and mo-
nopolies combine. They select the
conventions they desire to control,
they elect the candidates that they
have selected. OF course they control
them after they are elected. There
fore, those who are not their agents
and who would not submit to their
tyrannous spoi1ation should stren-
uously oppose the allied combination
of gold and monopoly.
The only hope of the enemy is to di-
vide us. Therefore let us be more
united and harmonious than ever, and
further, let us organize without delay
vigorous campaign in every state
and congressional district, county and
precinct.
There are but two sides to this
mighty and portentious conflict. Ali
of those of whatever party who favor
the conspiracy of gold and monopoly,
who favor individual slavery, wide
spread poverty, and national destruc-
ton should be on one side and all of
those of whatever party who oppose
this deadly design, who love truth and
right, who love their country, who
love their homes and firesides and who
believe in the sacred principles de-
c1ared by Jefferson and re-asserted by
Jackson and Lincoln should be on the
the other side. On this side we solidly
stand. Then let us, maintaining at
all times, party integrity, involve the
harmonious cooperation of all seeking
the same ends. The ominious dangers
| threatening the institutions of the
republic make this their duty. The
line of the battle is clearly drawn.
We can not avoid the conflict if we
would, therefore let us appeal to all
citizens and to all organizations and
parties that oppose this conspiracy
that oppose a government of the
trusts, of the trusts and for the trusts,
that oppose and will not submit to the
despotism of sordid wealth-to come
to the rescue. Patriotism and man.
hood are not dead. A large part of
the American people realize the
wrongs and comprehend the dangers,
and are ready and anxious to fight
this system to the end. The spirit of
70 is abroad in the land and the
friends of all liberty everywhere are
awaiting a patriotic call to fight a
common battle az ainst a common foe.
Let this be done and we can crush
every traitor, as did the men of the
American revolutions; let this be done
and we shall drive every tory to igno-
minious defeat. Let this be done and
we shall re-establish what is almos,
-overthrown: A government of the peo-
pie, by the people and for the people.
| (Signed) MARION BUTLER,
And Is Senators and Representatives
of the Populist Party.
SILVER REPUBLICANS.
The paper of the silver Republican.
is as follows:
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