The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-14

politicians, we have cast aside all prece-
dents and go directly to the people. We
will end the tricks of the office-seekers by
putting our national ticket in the field at
once, and commencing anew the campaign
of educati ton which gave us, in the first two
years of our existence nearly two million
votes.
We believe the soul is bigger than the
pocketbook. We address ourselves to the
reason of men and their love Of country
We have nothing but kind words for DEM
ocrats and Republicans individually. We
beg them to join our ranks and help
fight the battles Of mankind. For those
who, eager for immediate results, have in
nocently left us and merged with the enemy
and help on our decentralization, extend
the open arms Of invitation and reconcilia-
ton We ask them, for the sake Of the
great truths which fired their hearts In
1892, to be with us in 1898 and forever after.
If the birth of our party was demanded by
events six years ago, circumstances clamor
in laundering tones for it's continuance to-
day. The whole experiment of self-govern-
,nent is at stake. We about to add to
our population as many millions of aliens
and strange people as our whole voting
force amounts to, and can say how
soon these will be dragged to the ballot
box by the money power, to bury our lib
critics in universal ruin.
BY all the dreadful past of the world by
the memory of all the millions who ended
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graves, by the teachings and sacrifices Of
the martyred Christ, by the sufferings of
the great revolution which made us a ma
ton, by all the hopes of humanity all over
this round globe, we implore our fellow citi-
Zens to unite with in grand effort
to build up a reform party that will liberate
mankind.
Our hearts go out to the wretched and
oppressed of the whole world and if placed
in power in this country we shall try to
SO act as to help all mankind
AS fundamental step to the preservation
of endangered liberties. We demand that
the reign of corruption shall cease in
legislative halls by the establishment of
direct legislation. We must shorten the
plough-handles of government, by bringing
the legislator closer to his principals-so
| close that lobbyist can intrude between
them. Through the initiative and referen-
| dunn all moral and political questions can
| be submitted to fair and impartial vote
| of the people, and if adopted by majority
| of the voters become the law of the land.
| While demand that if either gold
| silver is to be used as money both shall be
used we insist that the best currency this
country ever possessed the full legal
| tender greenback Of the civil And
look forward with hope to the day when
| gold shall be relegated to the diseased
| teeth of the people and the human family
| possess, free of tribute to bankers, a gov
| ernmental full legal tender measure of val
| ues, made of paper, that will expand side
| by side with the growth of wealth and pop
| ulation. Then, and only then, will the peo-
pie realize the full benefits of civilization
| and the world be made garden of delights
for mankind
| We call attention to the public school
system and the postal service, as exempli-
| fication of benefcent state socialism.
! which our people would only reliquish with
| their lives. And we demand that the carry
| ing of messages written with pen and ink
| be ampiiied to embrace messages written
| by electricity; and that The train of cars
| which carries our letters be owned by the
! government to carry those who wrote the
| letters.
| No other reforms will avail much if cor
| porations permitted to say how much
they shall take from the producers and how
| much they will leave them This is taxation
| without representation in its worst form.
| 1t is the disgrace of public that for
| eign deSpOtiSms have defended the right or
the people, in these particulars. while cor
| ruption has made self-government helpless
| failure in this land
Believing that republic cannot be main
| tanned among a population Of tenants we
! favor such revision of the laws and such
! readjustment of taxation as shall exempt
| from taxation all homeste ads to an amount
| not exceeding $1,000 in value, and $500 of
| personal property to each head of a faml-
| ly. To compensate for this reduction Of
| taxation we favor income, inheritance
| and other like taxes.
We are opposed to individuals or corpora
4 tons fastening themselves, like vampires
! on the people, and sucking their substance.
| and we demand that whatever can be done
| by the government for the enrichment OF
| the many shall not be turned over to in
! dividuals for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the few.
| Hence, we insist that banks have no more
right to create money than they would
| have to organize our armies pass our
| laws.
We reafIlrm the fundamental principles of
the Omaha platform, and declare 1t TO be
| the immutable creed of our party coeval
with it in birth and filed with the spirit
! which launched it it's grand career 1t
must not be whitfield away or traded off for
| offices. The man who proposes to do this
is an enemy of mankind; he would sell the
| kingdom of heaven for a mess Of pottage.
We believe in the collective ownership OF
those means of production and distribution
which the people may elect, such as rail-
| ways telegraphs, telephones, coal mines,
| etc.
with malice toward none with charity
to all; with devotion to the right as God
gives us to see the right, we commit oar
cause to the hearts and conscierces of the
American people
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