The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-06-22
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CARL L.. STEWART LUMBER CO..
1888 First Street North, Mnn
Minnesota State Platform
of Mid-R0ad POpulistS.

A.. InIu-We demand most emphattcally
the reorganization of silver upon the
OASIS or 10 to l. and the restoration Of
the value of labor and it's products to
the level they held previous to 1873. We
look upon the characterization as the
result of a gigantic conspiracy of the
money-lenders of the world. to put up
ne value Of the dollar and put down
the whole world into bankruptcy; and
has inflicted ncalculAble suffering and
even starvation upon the producers Of
the country. Our cities are dWindling in
size, and the more real property 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
representatives ir congress have killed
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, 1t is uncertain whether the other
tinued existence of the Peoples Party is
today the first necessity Of a continued
civil CIVILIZATION The whole destiny. of man
abandon it for few petty offices
human family. We have no hostility
toward the Democrats Free Silver
Republicans, individually; many of them
are our best citizens. and we earnestly
and cordially invite them, in the name Of
COD and the suffering world. to come in
and help us right the wrongs of man.
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
through that great struggle. while those
that were not full legal tender fell far
below below the price Of gold. We declare
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 a
shameful attempt to plunder the people
and enrich the money-lenderS.
Fifth-We demand with equal en-
the nations Of Europe shall own the
railroad and telegraph lines. All other
reforms will be useless if the great cor
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 the public utilities shall be-
long to the public.
Sixth-We approve of the war for the
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
banners, the bonded debt Of this coun-
try shall be vastly increased, at the ex-
pense pens of the blsiE ~ and industry of
Shaving Americans to libarate Cubans.
Seventh-We demanl postal savings
banks, so that the 7pie will be no
longer swindled by financial adventur-
ers. but will have safe repositories for
their surplus earnings.
Eighth-Whereas, The constitution of
the state nf Minnesota nrpyiIpc that q
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 who are ready to defend the COM
monwealth with their lives, have done
and will do their part; therefore,
Resolved, That we ask that the consti-
tuition Of the state be so amended as
to exempt a rea sonabe 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, wagng
q terrible war for the life of their party,
against the aggressions of the fusonists,
who would sell the brthright of man
kind for mess of official pottase.
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 1000, 900
votes in four months and captured q
electoral votes. In the next two years
we had nearly doubled that vote, and
were advancing. by prodigious 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 f. JOHNSON,
l.. c. LONG,
w. f. CUMMINGS,
S. NJ. FAIRCHILD
A. S. STEVENS,
j. c. HANLY,
c. b. MABEN,
p. H. RAHILLY
i. A. TWITCHEI.L,
S. w. POWELL,
JOHN THEIANDER,
G. r. DUNN,
L. N. MOE.
l.. d. FOSTER
c. II. HOPKINS,
H. A. SWAIN,
ERIC OLSON,
JNO OFALLON,
H. B. FAY, NJ. u.