The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-07-06
Minnesota State Platform
of the Peoples Party.

the. demonstration Of silver, upon the
basis OF Is to l; and the restoration Of
the level they held previous to 1878 We
look upon the characterization as the
result OF a gigantic conspiracy Of the
the value Of the dollar and put down
the value Of the man. 1t is plunging
the whole world into bankruptcy: and
has inflicted incalculable suffering and
even starvation upon the producers Of
the country. Our cities are dwindlng In
size, AND the more real property man
has in mem, the poorer he is We can
not look to the Democratic party for re-
lief because in the past 20 years their
representatives ir congress have killed
Is 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 II the convention Of 1900. We
when, it is uncertain whether the other
vessel vessel Is friend l. or pirate Tne con.
civilization. The whole destiny of man
abandon it Tor a few petty offices
MHna nSmsn fsmly %a SFms savs azanzs sog9s hs
toward the Democrats or Free Silver
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
baoasa,, back currency, fully adequate to the
try. and we point to the fact that during
the civil war those greenbacks which
and private, kept at pa witt, gold all
through that great struggle. while those
that were not full legal tender fell far
below the price Of gold. We declare
hn hnn oYlr-
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 en-
phasis that the people. as in most of
rhr5ad an cations nd Of Egg9Re & ss M tss ae
reforms will be useless if the great cor
porations are allowed 20 decide without
our counsel or consent. how much Of
how much they will leave them. This
ts. In that respect. 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 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-
try shall be vastly increased, at the ex-
pense Of the business and industry Of
this country. We do not believe in en-
slaving Americans to liberate -Cubans.
seventh-We demand postal savings
banks banks so tad the eops wi" be no
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
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 50 amended as
to exempt reasonable amount OF real
property, used as homes, owned and oc-
cupied by citizens of the state from all
state taxation.
Ninth-We hold out the hand Of greeting
and love to the gallant Populists OF the
South, who are, like ourselves, waging
terrible war for the life Of their party.
against the aggressions Of the fusionists,
who would sell the birthright Of man
kind for mess Of official pottage.
In defense Of these, principles we
most tremendous campaign ever seen in
tIuS Stdlc we VIA ~ ll6AI " llc poO-
pie and pass by the politicians. We will
begin at the bottom and build up to the
top with clean material, and discard
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 1000, 600
votes In four months and captured 21
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
|' iGNATIUs DoNNELr.Y,
NJ. e. JOHNSON,
L. c. LONG,
w. E. CUMMINGS,
s. M. FAIRCHILD,
A. s. STEVENS,
]. c. HANLY,
c. B. MABEN,
P. H. RAHILLY,
s. W. POWELL,
JOHN THEI4ANDER,
G. T. DUNN,
L. N MOE,
L. D. FOSTER,
c. H. HOPKINS,
H. A. SWAIN,
ERIC OLSON.
JNO. OFALLON.
H. B. FAY, II. D.
E. A. TWITCHELL,