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


the Sioux Falls Convention
The District convention of the Peoples
Party was held last night at Antitrust
| League Hall. j. Fl. Turner was elected
chairman, and James Gallaher secretary
j. II. Turner and J. T. Doyle were elected
| delegates to attend the National Conven-
tion at Sioux Fails. S. d. Js-s.es Gallahe.
and c. +. Sudworth were chosen alternates.
The following resolutions were adopted
! after enthusiastic speeches by Chairman
Turner and others:
Whereas We, the Populists of the District OF CO.
lumba, in convention assembled, do hereby re-
affirm our devotion to the great. progressive and
benehccnt principles OF the Peoples Party,
adopted by the national conventions at Omaha, in
ls9s, and at st. Louis, in 1896.
We welcome and congratulate the members CT
the American Antitrust League and those great
organizations OF the farmers and iaboTing men.
who, by the brave and ceaseless battle which
they, during the interims between campaigns.
nave Waged for Populist principles and against
the reasonable encroachments of the criminal
trusts, have kept alive the spirit OF liberty among
the masses Of the people.
We especially commend ''that resistance to
tyranny which Is obedience to Cod of which the
brave miners OF the Occur D. Aienes have given so
SHINING an example. And condemn in TIE
strongest terms that language can furnish, the
shameful and reasonable Of the standing army
by President Mckinley to destroy the Western
Federation of Miners and the Populist party in
the Occur DAlenes. in order to increase the
power and profits OF the Standard uil criminals.
In pursuit OF this object President Mckinley and
Governor Steunenberg have been levying
the people OF sovereign State in reasonable
violation of the United States Constitution.
These two officials have used the military
power TO deprive the citizens OF shcshane County,
Idaho, Of the dearest rights guaranteed by our
Constitution They have arrested hundred, OF in
nocent citizens without warrant; Kept them in
prison for months without charge, Indictment. or
trial; denied them the right to consult counsel or
meet their families; deprived them OF the right
Of habeas corpus. denied their dying reques, for
religious consolation and completely overthrown
civil government in county OF sovereign State
OF the Union in order to further fattea the purses
CT that most powerful and dangerous gang Of
criminals that ever cursed 4 nation. viz, the
Standard Oil Trust.
We hereby instruct our delegates 10 National
Convention to demand of the convention that
these unspsakable crimes against the people Of
Idaho be denounced in the strongest terms
We declare that the lad, money, and tralls-
Portation questions. which oversiiiow all others,
will never be settled till settled right
We especially urge the people to consider and
act upon the great Populist principle, that the
highways OF the nation should belong 10 the Pa
ton For it is a settled fact tlils the private
monopoly CT the public highways enc Of the
greatest instrumentaIties now used by the trusts
to bankrupt all Independent competitors and re-
duce the people 10 industrial and commercial
serfdom.
We urge that Popuiists should mere dctermiHe1-
!! tnAh ever stAilu hiih ior oui sredt f'ihciPit,
that the money OF the nation should issued
solely by the nation and should all ne of equal
frll legal tender. whether of paper, gold, sil-
yer, and of sufficient volume to erahe the people
to do bUsiness.on a cash basis.
And We declare that the equal right OF all men
to share of the earth for use, cannot be taken
away, without bringing upon tire people the en-
'lavement OF labor and the Destruction of liberty.
We denounce monopoly, militlTism, and In
1erIslism in all their forms forerunners OF
he destruction of free government. and We call
Ipon the people by their votes to tuFl from ..of
icial place and power every pubic servant WHO
ipholds or couHtenanCes thesr evils.
Resolved, That as m Important step in the di-
tction OF accomplishing III. az great and abso-
u;ely necessary reforms. We hereby instruct our
c:eest6S to the National Ccn!Jn'i1p - .ts- their
a.es. first. last, and all the time tor tha, peer
rss champion ''of equal rights i2r al and sPe,1h
r:Vilsges for nome" William Jennings Bryan.
L NtbIsska, for the nomination Tor President OF
he United States