The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-09-14

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md another, landed In the Demo
camp. Their recent alleged con-
lon was not as large in numbers as
was ours in June, 1897, when we took up
this work again, without any organiza-
ton, without any records, without any
funds and without any leaders. Thus
has this soon come to pass the predic-
tions we made at that time that the
Peoples party was being seduced from
the path of Populism to become a mere
adjunct and aid society to the Demo-
cratic party, and this year is to be the
turning point in the history of our par
ty. Fusion has been officially killed by
the Democratic party of Iowa at it's last
convention. When it was therein pro-
posed to refer the nomination of one
Office to the so-called Populists, that
motion was laid upon the table in a
Democratic convention by a vote of
about four to one. Judge Carr, of the
Democratic state central committee,
said that he was a Democrat through
and through, and as a Democrat he felt
that the party had no business to allow
any other organization to make it's
nominations. Charles A. Walsh, an
other prominent Democrat, and now
secretary of the Democratic national
committee, said: cit is time that we
stand alone. These people who vote
with us and who want to get places on
our ticket, had better come into our
party and be known by our name. am
opposed this year to concede anything
to the Populists, or any other organiza-
tion." Thus we find the Democratic
party, after having seduced the Popu-
lists virgin from the path Of rectitude,.
spurning her with contempt. Let us
take them at their word, and throw
aside sham Populism, recognizing that
there is no common ground of union be-
tween the Democratic and the Peoples
party. Let us throw aside all shallow
pretenses, and again unite in straight
work for the principles of Populism.
To all those who have differed with us
in the past and who are willing now to
return to their allegiance to the party,
We say we gladly bid you welcome, and
give you fraternal greeting, and ask
you with us to go forward in the old
lime enthusiasm and energy for the |
ipbuilding of the principles which are
only by the Peoples party. J
Mr.. Weeks said that the issues of the |
this year may be summed !
Up under two heads: First, trusts and |
nonopolies; second, Imperialism.
Under trusts. Mr.. Weeks takes up the
money question. He refers to the banks
md the gold f1nanciers as maintaining a
money trust. He defines the trust as
he limitation of output and the conse-
Iuent control of price. The banks have
n want the exclusive right to issue
money, which is a trust in itself While
he POpulists are for silver at 16 to /,
aid the speaker, it behooves Populists
o 60 to the bottom of the money ques-
ion. That is the limitation Of the
utput. Mr.Weeks said that the $6,OOO,-
10000 bank deposits of the nation are
ve-sixths fictitious, representing mere
Y credits; the same, he said, applies to
ank deposits in Iowa. The Populist
arty believes that the national bank
hould be abolished, the government
hould issue all the money, and govern
nent paper should be legal tender.
should not be permitted
0 control the supply of money. After
iscussing the proposition to turn
over to corporations, Mr..
Weeks says:
And, we not only find this state OF
fairs, but the platform of the state
of the Republican party Tor
mis- year demands that this country be
ut upon single gold standard, thus
epudiating the sacred pledge of this
ountry made under the credit strength
ming act that the debt of this country
hen existing shall be payable in coin,
I'd also repudiating the solemn declar-
1
lews resolution that all obligations of
ais country are payable in standard
lver dollars Of the then present stand
I'd weight and fineness. The Peoples
arty stands for the carrying out of the
'tter and the spirit of the contracts
lus declared to be payable in gold and
liver coin Of the United States, and
e therefore favor free and unlimited
,inage Of silver and gold at the ratio Of
to l, to the end that the solemn obli-
atoms Of this government may be
implied with, and it's credit upheld
yainst the anarchistic attempts of any
lrty to repudiate the contracts by pay
g the obligations in one metal only.
Mr.. Weeks said that the first trust
1own in history was that organized by
haraoh and Joseph to corner the
'eedst1ffs Of Egypt, the money, the