Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-07-07
PEOPLES PARTY.
COMMITTEE MEETING TO SEND
DELEGATES TO THE ST.
LOUIS CONVENTION.
En%unciation Of Party Principles Which
Are Heartily and Unanimously
Endorsed by the Members
of the COMMITTEES.

The Central Committee of the Peo-
ple's Party of Audrain county held a
meeting in Mexico on July 4th and
elected T. j. Irving, r. T. Steele and
R. H. Cauthorn delegates to attend
the State Convention, which ia to
meet at st. Louis on the 7th inst. Also
decided to hold a convention in Mex
leo on September 18th for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for Repre-
sentative. The following resolutions
were adopted:
We, the representatives of the Peo-
ple's Party of Audrain county, assem-
bled at Mexico this July 4th, 1898,
would reiterate our adherence to the
principles of the party and our full
determination to remain true to the
same.
The Peoples party was organized to
carry out great principles, the adopt
ion of which is absolutely necessary
to secure the prosperity and happiness
of the mass of the people, and without
which the religion of the Gospel is an
utter impossibility.
Its mission is to secure the adoption
of these principles and not to secure
Office for small politicians. Therefore,
we are opposed to fusion with any
other party and we look upon any
offer to share the offices with US as an
insult. We are after principles and
not. offices. If any other party hon
estly advocates the same essential
measures and principles that we do,
we have no excuse for existing as a
separate party; let us disband and
join that party. If, however, we hold
to great and essential principles not
held by other parties, but in reality
antagonized by the controlling influ-
ences in them, then let us fight out
the battle for right and humanity on
our own lines if it takes q century.
We are opposed to the single gold
standard, because it is the standard OF
robbery. 1t demands payment of the
thousands of millions of public and
private debts in money of twice the
value promised by the contract. Any
dollar that needs redeeming is a bad
dollar.
Every advocate of the present unjust,
wicked and dishonest standard Is
either himself a robber for his OWL
benefit or else an interested apologisi
of robbers or else the dupe of robbers
1t is utterly impossible for any one
with sufficient intelligence to under
stand its terrible and wicked conse.
quence to advocate the present system
and be honest. ALI honest advocates
are simply the dupes ofknaves.
An all wise Father created man witt
a stomach and made food, clothing anG
shelter necessary to his existence, but
gave him the earth from which te
procure them; therefore, the law
| should be so framed as to encourage
| the holding of lands for homes by the
people and to discourage holding i
for speculation.
We strongly object to n%on-residen'
foreign ownership, as giving to foreign
capital the power to charge American
| citizens for using their own country
which in time of war they are called
| on to defend. Use and occupation
should be required to complete title.
We demand the abolition of bank
| of issue and the public ownership O
natural monopolies and a radica
change of the principles on which cor
porations are created on lines CORES
ponding to the changed relations o
industrial powers produced by the
immense development Of labor saw
ing machinery because by combina'
ton. These institutions have acquires
the power to tax the people at viii
and without scruple, fraudently
extract untold millions from the peo
pie with which to counterfeit election
and corrupt every department of gov
eminent, municipal, state and national
and have become more oppressive II
industry than absolute monarchy.
We believe in free public education
as the only means of preserving on
Republican institutions, but ar
opposed to any system of endowment
which uses the taxes paid by the PEG
pie to make any public institution
whether the State University or tn
State Penitentiary, independent of tn
will of the people.
Agreat State should literally supper
it's University, bat the increase of tn
requirements for entrance to the pro
f~essional courses practically shuts on
all country boys who cannot affor'
four years in some city or privat
school; therefore, at least one fire.
public school between the commol
school and the University should b
established in each county before on
public educational system is made an
more top-heavy.