The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-02
INSTRUCTED FOR BRYAN.
District POpuIists Elect Delegates to
the Sioux Falls Convention.

District PopuIists Elect Delegates to
the Sioux Falls Convention.
The District convention OF the People,
Party was held last night at Antitrust
League Hall. J. H. Turner was elected
chairman, and James Gallaher secretary
j. II. Turner and J. T. Doyle we're elected
delegates to attend the National COnven-
tion at Sioux Falls. 5. d. James GalIaher
and c. F. SudwOrth were chosen alternates.
| The following resolutions were adopted
! after enthusiastic speeches BY Chairman
/ Turner and others;
I Whereas We, the Populsts Of the District Of Co
I lunbil, in convention assembled. DO hereby
affirm our devotion TO the great. progressive. and
/ benehccnt principles Of the reopf Party.
adopted by the national conventions at omaha. in
ISIS, and at st. Louis in 1896.
We welcome and congratulate the members q
the American Antitrust League and those great
organizations Of the farmers and laboging men.
who, by the brave and ceaseless battle which
they during the interims between campaigns.
have Waged for Popuiist principles and against
the reasonable Entertainments Of the criminal
trusts have kept alive the spirit Of liberty among
the masses Of the people.
We especially commend s'that resistance TO
tyranny which Is obedience to Cod Of which the
brave miners OF the Occur DAlencs have given 80
shining an example. And we condemn, in The
strongest terms that language can furnish, the
shameful and treasonsble Of the standing army
by President Mckinley to destroy the Wtstcrn
Federation Of Miners and the Populist party in
the Occur DAlenes, in order to increase the
power and profits Of the Standard oil criminals.
In pursuit Of this object President Mckinley and
Governor Steunenberg have been levying war On
the people Of sovereign state in treas0nabie
violation Of the United States Constitutisn.
These two oricials have used the military
power to deprive the citizens Of Slieshane County.
Idaho, Of the dearest rights guardntcri by our
Constitution. They have arrested hundreds OF in
nocent citizens without warrant sept Them IN
prison for months without charge. Indictment. CT
trial; denied them the right TO consult counsel OF
meet their families; deprived them Of the right
of habcas corpus. denied their dying reques. for
religious consolation, and completely overthrow
civil government in county OF a sovei eign State
OF the Union in order 10 further fatr-l the purses
OF that most powerful and dan2sfurs gang %
criminals that ever cursed q nation, viz, tn.
Standard OIL Trust
We hereby instruct our delegates % National
Convention to demand u the convention that
these unspeakable crimes against The people q
Idaho be denounced in the strongest terms.
We declare that the lIad. money. and tulns-
po-tstion questions, which 0gsfsiliow all Others.
will never be settled till settled right
We especially urge the people o consider and
act upon the great Popuiist priac.pe, that the
highways Of the nation should belong 70 the
tion. For it Is a settled fact ti1s the private
monopoly q the public highways y enc of the
greatest instrmeutailtifs now used by The trusts
TO bankrupt all independent competitors and re-
duce the people TO industrial and commercial
scrfdom.
" @ urge thdt FOpu4lsts should more d1tcrnlncl-
ly than ever stand firm for our great principle,
that the money Of the nation should Uc issued
solely by the nation and should all he Of equal
fGli legal tender, whether Of pIpr, gold. or oil
yer, and Of sufficient volume TO rnLhie Inc people
to do business.on a cash basis
And we declare that the equal night Of all men
to a share Of the earth for use. cannot be taken
away. without bringing upon the people the en-
slavemeut Of labor and the dcsifIrtun Of liberty.
We denounce monopoly miIitlIism. and in
rer@lism in all their forms sire f3rerunaers Of
the destruction Of free gOveTnm M. and we call
upon the people by their votss to hurl from of
fetal place and power every pupii" servant wLO
IphOlds or COuUtendutes thes. evils
Received. That important step in the d.
-trtion OF accomplishing th=s greet and abso-
u;ely necessary rsf0r1s we Lcrriv instruct our
iceest ls to the National CGuytni31 q .as. their
-1.es first last and al thc time tor th1t peer
ess champion "0f equal rights Tor an and s7ci1d
.r.vilegeS for none William iCnnin-s Bryan.
II Nthraska. for the nomination for President Of
ae United States.