The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-07
ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION
WHARTON BARKER NOTIFIES THE
PEOPLES PARTY COMMITTEE.
DEFINES HIS ATTITUDE ON PRES
ENT LEADING QUESTIONS.

DEFINES HIS ATTITUDE ON PRES
ENT LEADING QUESTIONS.
PHILADELPHIA, June Wharton
Barker. candidate Of the Peoples party
for president, has written the following
letter Of acceptance:
Messrs. M. w. Howard, ]. M. Mallett
and w. 8. Morgan, Members Committee
of Notification Gentlemen: As it is my
duty. so It is my pleasure to accept the
nomination rendered me by the Peoples
party national convention, and in so do
Ing assure you. gentlemen, that, stand
ing upon the platform adopted at Gin
cinnati, my unceasing effort will be so to
comport myself during this campaign,
and 80 act II elected president, that
may not be judged unworthy of the trust
imposed in me. And. as is meet. make
this an occasion to declare my beliefs,
my aims. my purposes. without reserva-
ton and with such explicitness as I
may. proclaim this declaration of
Populist faith. which Is my faith:
That our democracy may be demo-
cracy in fact as we'll az in name we hold
that tho principles OF direct legislation.
the initiative and referendum, must be
extended in our system OF government
and in party management, to the end
that the people shall be able to govern
themselves. veto the acts Of their repre-
sentattves who may prove unfaithful to
their trust, become their own legislators
II their representatives refuse to obey
their commands. carry out their will.
TWO GREAT QUESTIONS.
So do we proclaim that there are two
great domestic questions Of infinite con-
Germ to the material interests and moral
welfare OF our people that press for solu-
tion. U the money question, and (2)
the railroad question, which involves
the trust question. And these questions
we would solve by the issue of paper
money by the government, irredeemable
in coin. and by. the naturalization of the
railroads. While we believe in the free
coinage OF silver along with gold az q
temporary measure, holding that dol
lar based on the two metals is more like
ly to be stable than dollar based on
one, it must be remembered that tho
Populist does not want gold dollar. nor
q silver dollar, but paper dollar that
will be an honest dollar, something that
gold and silver dollars, the volume of
which cannot be regulated at will by the
government, and in response TO ,ne ue-
mands OF trade, cannot be: and he does
not want the railroads to continue to be
operated by corporations as preferential
carriers. but by the government as COM
mon carriers.
The Peoples party stands for paper
money. for currency the volume and
hence the value of which can be ahso-
lutely regulated by the government. a
currency that may be issued directly to
the people in payment for public works.
that may be redeemed and retired out
OF the revenues of such public works.
and reissued for the creation of new
works OF earning power, a continual
cycle being thus kept up and the nation
growing ever rich in public works while
the country would be supplied with the
best Of currencies
SO do we declare that where trusts and |
monopolies are not the artificial creation
OF transportation and other discrimina-
tions. and that can, therefore. be de-
stroyed by the removal of such discrimf-
nations, but are the growth Of natural
conditions, are and must continue to be |
monopolies because Of the very nature Of |
their being, that the nation. the state.
the municipality must be the monopolist
IN order that the people may be protected
In their rights. Where monopoly can
not be destroyed. or where. being Of ma
tural growth. it is not to the interest of
the people to destroy 1t, the government
must be the monopolist. Private mo-
nopoly must be bane, government
monopolization Of natural monopolies
must be blessing.
OTHER ISSUES.
The function Of the courts ia to inter.
pret laws. not to make laws. vet wa
nave seen them enforcing self-made
laws, seen judges sit as prosecuting NJ.
torneys, Judge and jury. all in one. Their
junction is judicial. not executive. much
less legislative. The lesson Of their
usurpation. Of their encroachment on the
rights of the people, is that in order to
conserve our liberties we must discon-
tinue the system of life-tenure Of office.
either elective or appointive. in our
Judiciary. and make our judges elective
and their tenure Of Office so short that
they may be held to accountability by
the people.