The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-07-20
Minnesota State Platform
of the Peoples Party.

the. remonetization Of silver, upon the
basis Of 16 to l; and the restoration Of
look. upon the Decentralization as the
nesu Of sgantS 1So conspiracy Of the
the value OF the dollar and put down
the value of the man. 1t is plung1ng
the whole world into bankruptcy; and
hHsr has inflicted incalcuabls 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-
nef because in the past 20 years their
representatives ir congress have killed
Il bills for the repeal Of that act of 1873
Is for gold; the western end for silver;
and no man can tell which will be up
permost IN the convention of 1900. We
when 1t is uncertain whether the other
tinusd sxstenee e Of the @ Feopes Pa Psrty S9h IS
civilization. The whole destiny Of mar
%o31d S6and0n ni it for oa,r1s few petty offlees
Hna Suma family %e SFmS Save aEa"ss no hostitS ths
toward the Democrats or Free sii1er silverr
Republicans. individually; many of them
are our best citisens. 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
necessiti les Of The business Of our couna s
try. and we point to the fact that during
the civil war those greenbacks which
and prSae fga eRdeF Ret M for al & aPs xoS 9O M
through that great struggle, while those
that were not full legal tender fell far
below tSst tth the price Of gold We declare
rency this country has ever had, and we
declare that the attempt to retire or
destroy them, and All 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-
phasis that the people. as In most Of
TsH natons ms Of shall own the
reforms will be useless if the great cor
porations are allowed TO decide, without
our counsel or consent. how much Of
how much they will leave them. This
Is, in that respect. a government worse
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
pense Of the business and industry Of
this country. We do not believe in en-
Shaving Americans to liberate Cubans.
seyenth-We demand postal savings
onaer hs the eaps will be no
ers, but will have safe repositories for
their surplus earnings.
Eighth-Whereas, The constitution Of
the state Of Minnesota provides that a
sha Ss o S6
Whereas, We are Of opinion that those
who live in the state and raise the
or do the work in shop or mine
monweaIth @ afS with Seir ves have dome
and will do their part; therefore,
Resolved. That we ask that the consti-
tuition Of the state be 80 amended as
property Do used as homes oWned and rec CO.
cupied by citizens Of the state from oil
state taxation.
Nnth-We hold out the hand Of greeting
a1 and love to the gallant Populists Of the
a terrible war for the life Of their party
against the aggressions Of the fuslonists.
wh9 would sell the sIrtthright Of man
In defense OF these principles we
pledge ourselves to make this fall the
most tremendous campaign ever seen in
tnl6 STATE. we Will go rlSht 10 the p0O-
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 1922, when. without an Office
seeker In our ranks, and with nothing
to start from, we rolled up over 100000
electoral votes. In the next two years
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,
8. NJ. FAIRCHILD,
A. 8. STEVENS,
J. c. HANLY,
G. z. MABEN,
p. H. RAHILLY,
8. w. POWELL,
JOHN THELANDER,
G. T. DUNN,
L. n MOE,
L. D. FOSTER,
G. H. HOPKINS,
H. A. SWAIN,
ERIC OLSON.
JNO. O'FALLON,
H. B. FAY, NJ. D.
E. A. TWITCHELL.