Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-08
Mr.. MEIcHEN'S KEY NO <.


Mr. I /, M Il Il Z: KEYNOT E.
The Peoples Party Candidate for Gov.
.* srnor issues IN Address 70 the !.
e. Electors Of the State. r..
Plain Reasons why the Citizen. 81
ainnesots Should Support the =. .
-. ~ ~. Peoples Cause. - i,
TO THE ELECTORS OF MINNESOTA
Having been made the standard
bearer of the peoples party in the CUB.
ernatorial campaign of 1902, it is
proper for me to acquaint you with
the reasons therefor. More than any
other political organization the PEG.
pies party represents your sovereign
rights. It opposes the granting Of
special privileges to any class or cor.
poration whereby your rights may be
jeopardized. Upon it's strong decla-
rations against private ownership oil
any public utility, I firmly stand. In
It's last national convention the PEG.
pies party unanimously adopted the
following:
''Trusts. the overshadowing evil Of
the age, are the result and. culmina:
ton of the private ownership and con.
troll of the three great instruments Of
commerce. transportation and
the means for the Transmission of in.
hich instruments of com.
MERGE are public functions and which
our forefathers declared. in the consti
tuition should be controlled by the peo'
pie through their congress for the
public welfare. The one remedy for
the trusts is that the ownership and
control be assumed and exercised by
the people,"
The republican party with the aid
of the Grover Cleveland wing of the
democratic party has created the trust
evil, has unlawfully and wantonly
transferred to private and corporate
UnlawfuIly Created.
ownership and control public fran
chises and functions that belong tc
the people, whose sovereignty there is
no power can ALLEVIATE. The state Of
Minnesota has no power to give to a
corporation public franchise as q
private benefit. All such gifts are re-
claimab,e by the people. No other
party can be relied upon to enforce
this unquestionable right. At nc
period in the history of the republic
have the rights of the people been ir
such great danger The congress is
In the control of the classes having.
as they see it, no interest in common
with the masses. The finances of the
nation are in the hands of the money
trust. in violation of the constitution
By controlling the money circulation
it can control labor and wages anc
the price of the products of tie farm
can force by increasing the money
supply, a spasm of prosperity, such
as we now witness, to be followed a
their will by financial crash tina
| will greatly distress the farmer ane
the merchant, aud destroy those who
are heavily in debt. So firmly ha'
this "money trust" become entrenchet
in the various branches of govern
ment, that it deies the authority of tn
public, as do all other trusts and com
mercial combines.
Two Flag. Of Distress.
Within a few days gamblers OF
Wall street, who for the sake of re
spectability call themselves bankers
raised a flag of distress, and Secre
tary Shaw. of the United States Treas
ury, goes at once to New York to re
ceive their orders. They tell him the,
propose to release the reserve, som
thirty or forty million dollars in cash
heretofore required to be held agains
government deposits. He promptl
grants them power to do this, an
prosperity" is saved for few day
longer. The peoples flag of distres
is also up. Thousands Of miners an
their families are at the point of starv
alton, the whole business of the coun
try is about to stop for want of on
of natures products, coal, millions Q
tons of which have been placed in tn
earth for the use of man. The hea
of the nation had been appealed to
but the peoples flag of distress wa
not needed in Washington, until it be
came political necessity that it shout
be.
The constitution is in the way, whe
the people want relief. There is n
constitutional amendment needed t
enable the national treasury to com
to the relief of Wall Street gamblers
Is business to suspend, or the peop]
to perish for want of coal, until th
constitution can be amended? Th
peoples party answers, mo-" It o.
fers the only remedy for this and kir
dred evils; it proposes to exercise til
sovereign power of the people, an
enforce public ownership of the coz
, fields, and all public utilities. Thi
is the only final solution of the que.
tion. The operators may, per fore
of public opinion, and at the sugges
II ton of some politicians, give til
slaves who dig the coal few cent
more per day, and thus patch up til
case and quiet the public for the tim'
but this, if done, will not end til
trouble. The people must operate>tt
coal mines, and should be in posse,