The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-29
Minnesota State Platform
of the Peoples Party.

Third-We demand most emphatically
the. the reorganization of silver, upon the
the value of labor and it's products to
the level they held previous to 1873 We
look upon the decentralization as the
result result, of Of ou gigantic h conspiracy of the
the value Of the dollar and put down
the value Of the man. 1t is plunging
has inflicted incalculable suffering and
even starvation upon the producers Of
the country. Our cities are dwindliny in
size, and the more real property a man
has in them, the poorer he is We can
not look to the Democratic party for re-
lief because in the past 20 years their
IS bills for the repeal of that act Of 1873
The eastern end Of the Democratic party
is for gold; the western end for silver
and no man can tell which will be up
permost in the convention of 1900. We
cannot afford to scuttle our own snip
when it Is uncertain whether the other
vessel is friend or pirate. The CON
today the first necessity Of a continued
civilization. The whole destiny of man
hna is wrapped }sr up fam IN its fate TO
% Saman family. %e SF"s have ssa"S no hostits fts
toward the Democrats or Free Silver
Republicans. individually; many of them
are our best citizens, and we earnestly
and cordially invite them, in the name Of
God and the suffering world, to come in
kind.
Fourth-We demand an issue Of green
back currency, fully adequate to the
necessities Of the business of our coun-
the civil war those greenbacks which
were legal tender for all debts, public
and private, kept at pa- with gold all
fhs9ug that great f sgagg while
below the price Of gold. We declare
that the greenbacks are the best cur
rency this country has ever had. and We
declare that the attempt to retire or
destroy them. and fill their places with
bank notes, bearing double interest, is n
shameful attempt to plunder the people
and enrich the money-lenders.
Fifth-We demand with equal en-
phasis that the people, as in most of
the nations Of Europe. shall own the
railroad and telegraph lines. All other
poratiOns are allowed 20 decide, without
our counsel or consent how much of
the peoples earnings they will take and
how much they will leave them. This
than that Of Russia or Timbuctoo We
demand that all public utilities shall be-
long to the public.
sixth-We approve of the war for the
liberation of Cuba, and demand that
bloody and brutal Spain be driven COM
pletely and forever from the American
continent. We will stand by our soldiers
and sailors to the last gasp; but we are
not willing that, under cover of their
banners the bonded debt of this coun-
try shall be vastly increased, at the ex-
penSe of the business and industry of
this country. We do not believe in en-
shaving Americans to liberate Cubans
Seventh-We demand postal savings
banks banks SO that that the people will l,, be no
ers. but will have safe repositories for
their surplus earnings.
Eighth-Whereas, The constitution OF
the state of Minnesota provides that
reasonable amount Of personal property
shall be exempt from taxation; and.
Whereas, We are Of opinion that those
who live in the state and raise the
crops, or do the work in shop or mine
and will do their part; therefore,
Resolved. That we ask that the consti-
tuition Of the state be so amended as
to exempt a reasonable amount Of real
property, used as homes owned and oc-
cupied by citizens Of the state from all
state taxation.
Ninth-We hold out the hand Of greeting
and love to the gallant Populists Of the
South, who are, like ourselves, waging
a terrible war for the life of their party.
against the aggressions Of the fusionists
kind for mess Of official pottage.
In defense Of these principles we
pledge ourselves to make this fall the
most tremendous campaign ever seen in
this state We will go right to the peo-
pie and pass by the politicians We will
begin at the bottom and build up to the
top with clean material, and discard
from the structure every rotten frag-
ment, and make this indeed the Peoples
Party, for the protection and glory Of
the American people. Instead Of nasty
little tricks and combines. we shall do as
we did in 1892, when, without an office
seeker in our ranks. and with nothing
to start from we rolled up over 100000
votes in four months and captured q
electoral votes. In the next two years
we had nearly doubled that vote. and
were advancing. by prodlgious leaps. to
certain triumph, when the dreadful
blight of accursed fusion fell upon us.
But we refuse to get into the grave
where the greenback party lies. fused to
death by traitors.
IGNATIUS DONNELLY,
NJ. E. JOHNSON,
l.. G. LONG,
w. E. CUMMINGS,
s. NJ. FAIRCHILD,
A. S. STEVENS.
j. c. HANLY,
G. B. MABEN,
p. H. RAHILLY,
s. w. POWELL,
JOHN THELANDER.
G. T. DUNN,
L. N. MOE,
L. d. FOSTER.
c. H. HOPKINS,
H. A. SWAIN,
ERIC OLSON,
JNO. OFALLON.
H. B. FAY, NJ. d.
E. A. TWITCHELL,