People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-10-05
HEADQUARTERS Of the Peoples Party.
Topeka, KANs, Sept. u, 1899.

Topeka, KANs, Sept. II, 1899
To THE PEOPLES PARTY OF KANSAS:
As YOU are doubtless aware, trusts and
combinations of wealth have fourlshed
under the present national administration
as never before. Prosperity for them has
been a fact and not a theory; gigantic
monopolies have ridden rough shod over
smaller institutions in every state in the
union. Since January I, 1899, more
trusts have been formed, involving a
greater number of dollars, than were
formed prior to that in the history of the
nation Mckinley argued that it was
better to open the mills than the minis,
but he did neither as more mills have
been closed by these trust highwaymen,
who flourish as never before under his
administration, and the minis remain as
they were before, coming as few dollars
as the conditions will possibly allow.
Thousands of skilled workmen have
been thrown out of employment by these
unlawful combinations of wealth, known
as trusts. Fully 10000 travelling men
have been taken off the road, because
with all competition throttled, and with
the leading manufactures of the country
in trust, it is not necessary to solicit
people to buy, they are compelled to do
so. Prices have been forced up by these
combinations without any regard to sup
ply or demand, while the products of the
farm have remained practically the same
and in some instances even lower. More
strikes have occurred, involving great
err number of men; in the past year than
for any like period in the past, and from
a republican standpoint the men are al
ways wrong, the corporations always
right; the trusts believe the same.
A war Of determination is being waged
in the Philippines. These same people
against whom this war is being waged,
we've our allies and were furnished arms
and ammunition to assist us in the over
throw of Spanish rule in that land. The
Spanish war has been ended, the treaty
of peace between this country and Spain
has been signed many months ago. By
the constitution of the United States on
ly congress can declare war; congress has
declared no war against these people,
but from the fact that it is going on, we
Judge that Mark Hanna and Mckinley
have. 1t is an excuse for carrying out a
policy long cherished by the republican
party, that of increasing the army and
putting it upon war footing with debt
ridden countries of Europe. 1t is that
policy of Imperialism and military rule
which the trusts and money power Of
this country are so anxious to see inau-
gurated and to which the republican
party, by acts stronger than words, has
bent all its energies to please.
We have a republican state admins
tration in power; the most extravagant
the state has seen for many years. Com
pared with the Populist administration,
which it succeeded, it is failure in
every particular, and an abomination in
the sight of all fair minded voters. The
rankest and most insulting partisanship
p ever known has been INDUCED in: state
and educational institutions have been
practically wrecked by removal of COM
petent men, to make place for heelers
and servile voters of the trust brand. The
republican party puts the dollar before
the man. Our party since its first organ
ization stands for the man before the
dollar.
1t is to give the voters the details of
this administration of treasury wreckers,
both national and state, that we make