The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-08-10
Minnesota State Platform
of the Peoples Party.

Third-We demand most emphatically
the demonstration of silver, upon the
basis Of 1e to l, and tho restoration Of
the the nxs value OF labor @ and its prod1cts to
look, upon the demonetization as the
result Of a gigantic conspiracy Of. the
money,lenders Of the. world. to put up
Of tas the qHnr @an It nnd is put pu1snR a9HR
the whole world into bankruptcy; and
has INFLICTED incalculable suffering and
the country. Our cities, are dwindlins 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-
representatives ir congress have killed
Is bills Tor the repeal Of that act Of 1873
The eastern end Of the Democratic party
and no man can tell which will be up
permost In the convention of 1900 We
cannot afford to souttle our own snip
tinued existence Of the Peoples Party is
today the first necessity Of continued
KIND Is Wrapped np in asitn it's fate q. To
abandon it for a few petty offices
would be a crime against the
to%ara tsY se Ms have Ss e P9 xsy
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
and help us right the wrongs OF man
kind.
Fourth-We demand an issue Of green
back currency, fully. adequate to the
try. and we point to the fact that during
the civil war those greenbacks which
were legal tender for all debts. public
sSTdIp%b fnd p5bvaS5s fSs kept at Pc: with kod al
that were not full legal tender fell far
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
shameful attempt to plunder the people
ana enrich the money-lenders
Fifth-we demand with equal en-
the nations Of Europe, shall own the
railroad and telegraph lines Ali other
porations are allowed 10 decide, without
our counsel or consent. how much Of
the peoples earnings, they will take and
than that Of Russia or Timbuctoo. We
demand that ali public utilities shall be-
long to the public.
,,sa.tt;oH sixthmwe appreSye Of the war for the
bloody end brutal Spain be driven com
pletely and forever from the American
continent We will stand by our soldiers
not willing that, under cover of their
banners, the bonded debt Of this coun-
try shall be vastly increased. at the ex-
this country We do not believe in en-
shaving Americans to liberate Cubans.
seventh-We demand postal savings
longer swlndled BY financial adyentur-
ers, but will have safe repositories for
their surplus earnings.
Eighth--Whereas The constitution of
the state Of Minnesota provides that a
reasonable amount Of personal property
shall be exempt from taxation; and.
Whereas, We are Of opinion that those
P'; and who no are ar @ ieady ' to defend Sp 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 reasonable amount OF real
property, used as homes. owned and oc::
cup1ed by citizens of the state, from oil
state taxation.
Ninth-We hold out the hand Of greeting
and love to the gallant Populists OF the
South i,,, who are. IKE ,3v ourselves, wagng
who would sell the blrthright Of man
kind for a mess OF official pottage.
In defense of these principles we
pledge ourselves to make this fan 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 LOCO 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. e. JOHNSON,
L. c. LONG,
w. E. CUMMINGS
s. NJ. FAIRCHILD,
A. S. STEVENS,
J. G. HANLY,
c. 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. O'FALLON,
H. B. FAY, NJ. D.
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