The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-07-13
Minnesota State Platform
of the Peoples Party.

Third-We demand most emphatically
the Representation Of silver, upon the
the value Of labor and It's products to
the. level they held previous to 1878 We
look upon the demonstration as the
money lenders Of the wcrfd, to put up
the value Of the man. It is piunsing
has need 0fa and AND
even starvation upon the producers Of
the country Our cities are dwindlins in
in ana 5ne ne or1 real man
not look to the Democratic party for re-
lief because in the past 20 years their
representatives ir congress have killed
10 bills for the repeal of that act Of 1873.
The eastern end of the Democratic party
Is for gold: the western end for silver,
and no man ,oan tell which will be up
permost in the convention Of 1900 We
cannot afford to scuttle our own snip
when It is uncertain whether the other
vessel is a friend or a pirate, The CON
today the first necessity Of continued
civilization. The whole destiny of man
sna bsnaon s # pSr up fdn IN its n.x fate ro TO
human family We have no hostility
toward the Democrats or Free Silver
are our best citizens, and we earnestly
and cordially invite them, in the name Of
Goq and the suffering world, to come In
and. help US right the wrongs Of man.
kind.
Fourth-We demand an issue Of green
back currency, fully adequate to the
necessities Of the business of our coun-
Try. and and, we point to the fact that during
were legal tender for all debts. public
and private, kept at pa~ with gold all
through that great struggle, while those
below the price of gold. We declare
that the gresnbacks are the best cur
Ieney this country has ever had. and We
destroy them, and iii tkeir = places @ with
bank notes. bearing double interest. Is a
shameful attempt to plunder the people
and enrich the mOney-lenders.
nbsa,I ths de- gsmand aaop with equal en- ~
the nations of Europe shall own the
railroad and telegraph lines. All other
reforms na,1n VIII be useless If the great cor
our counsel or consent. how much of
the peoples earnings they will take and
how much they will leave them. This
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
bloody and brutal Spain be driven COM
pletely and forever from the American
continent We will stand by our soldiers
dllO SdllOTS 10 Tic ldSt gasp, Uul we dT0
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-
Shaving Americans to ]iberate Cubans.
Seventh-We demand postal sayings
hs fne bV vi" se no
ers, but will have safe repositories for
their surplus earnings.
Observation-Disclosures Tho copafitutiop of
the state OF Minnesota provides that
reasonable amount of personal property
shall be exempt from taxation: and,
Whereas. We are of opinion that those
and who are ready to defend the com,
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
to exempt reasonable amount Of real
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
a terrible war for the life Of their party,
against the aggressions Of the fusionists.
who, would sell the birthrisht Of man
kind for mess OF official pottage.
In defense Of these principles we
pledge ourselves to make this fall the
most tremendous campaign ever seen In
this state. we Will go right to the peo-
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 1892 when. without an Office
to start from we rolled up over 100000
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,
M. E. JOHNSON,
". r. cUMM1NGs,
s. NJ FAIRCHILD,
A. s. STEVENS,
]. c. HANLY,
c. B. MABEN,
P. H. RAHILLY,
8. W; PoWFLLI. R71NI I'm.
G. T. DUNN,
L. N. MOE,
L. d. FOSTER,
c. H. HOPKINS,
II. A. SWAIN,
ERIC OLSON,
JNO. O'FALLON,
H. b. FAY, N. D.
E. A. TWITCHEIL.