The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-09-07
Minnesota State Platform
of the Peoples Party.

Third-We demand most emphatically
basis Of Is to l. and the restoration Of
the value OF labor and it's products to
the level they held previous to 1873. We
result Of q sigaatic conspiracy OF the
the value Of the dollar and put down
the whole World W ae ,nso an 6.nkrupteey; g eynxSS anSS
has inflicted incalculAble suffering and
even starvation upon the producers Of
and 0%I efs; ARE In
has in them. the poorer he is We can
not look to the DemoSratic party for re-
REP IT. the cdnsr.ss Rssf fa hss
Is bills for the repeal Of that act Of 1878
The eastern end OF the Democratic party
and cs csn tell Which VIII III b up
permost in the convention OF 1900. We
eannot hnn j. AFFORD to soutt!s 20 our own snip
tinued existence Of the Peoples Party is
today the first necessity Of a continued
SSivi!izstion. The whole destiny. Of man
abandon 1t for few petty. Offices
Sn'asn would b be s,,,,: Srh Crime against the
ts" sa %s have os es r. n0ssy sy
Republicans. individually; many Of them
are our best citizens and we earnestly
END and cordially invite them, in the name Of
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
and pllvatts kept at pa with Eold all
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 a
shameful attempt to plunder the people
and enrich the money-lenders.
Fifth-We demand with equal em-
the nations. Of Europe. shall own the
W be useess il the great cor
porations are allowed 20 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
liberation of Cuba. and demand that
bloody and brutal Spain be driven COM
pletely and forever from the American
continent We win stand by our soldiers
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 ,,ts to liberate Cubans.
seventh-We demand postal savings
banks banks 80 hsd viii he
ers, but will have safe repositories for
their surplus earnings.
Eighth-Whereas, The constitution OF
the state Of Minnesota provides that a
shai sa exsmpt from
Whereas. We are Of opinion that those
who live in the state and raise the
crops. or do the work in shop or mine.
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
property, used as homes. owned and oc-
cupied by citizens OF the state, from all
state taxation.
Ninth-We hold out the band Of greeting
South. who are like ourselves, waging
a terrible war for the life OF their party,
against ,s the ssErsssionS: M Of the fusionists
kind for a mess Of Official pottage.
In defense of these. principles we
pledge ourselves to make this fall the
most mos TREMENDOUS 40 SIC, campaign Ign. ever S seen in
pie and pass by the politicians. We win
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 ONCE
seeker IN our ranks, and with nothing
to start from. we rolled UP over LOO 600
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,
8. NJ FAIRCHILD,
A. s. STEVENS,
]. c. HANLY,
c. B. MABEN,
p. H. RAHILLY,
8. w. POWELL,
JOHN THEL4ANDER,
G. T. DUNN,
L. N. MOE.
(. p. FosTER;
H. A. SWAIN,
ERIC OLSON.
JNO. O'FALLON,
II. 3. FAY, Mr~Ds-.-v .
E. A. TWITCHELL,