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July 19, 1894
THE WEALTH MAKERS.
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A Twentieth Century Romanca
By EFITE . MJEKKTlif ATT.
Copyright. UM br American Pr Associa
tion. CHAPTER I.
It had been considered a fine house Id
1892 when it wai finished ready for oc
cupancy. It was bnilt of brownstone,
It waa large and commodious, it was
strictly modern, and it waa surrounded
by handsome grounds. It waa owned
by Harlow Wlnthrop, the wealthiest
man in the city. Winthrop waa a man
who always desired to be identified with
everything new, hoping that it might
prove to be the avenue down which his
name would travel to posterity. He waa
oot contented simply to be rich. He
had a fine wife and aa nice a family oi
children as man need wish for, and one
of the children, his firstborn, waa said
to be as much like hla father as a half
grown English pea la like the matured
specimen. This son was named Harold.
The family moved into the new house
on the third day of October, 1892, and
two weeks later a grand bonsewarming
waa given by their frienda and neigh
bors. It was at this bonsewarming that
Papa Wlnthrop decided to entertain his
guests by an exhibition of his knowledge
of hypnotism, which was at that time a
subject beginning to attract attention
among ordinary people.
Wlnthrop bad taken to it with the
f eagerness and enthusiasm which be bad
always shown for speculative topics
and for weeka bad been practicing on
every one whom he could coax, hire or
command to submit themselves to bis
powers. His son Harold was proved to
be the most satisfactory subject and
therefore afforded his father more pleas
ure than he had since bis birth, 28 years
before the new house was built. On the
vsning of the bonsewarming be came
forward obediently at the call of bis fa
ther and seated himself in an armchair
in full view of the assembled guests.
"Now," said Mr. Winthrop, who was
pleased beyond measure to have so large
an audience, "now I am going to put
Harold to sleep for a certain length of
time, at the expiration of which be will
awaken without assistance, but previous
to that time no one can aronse him."
Harold began to stare at the shining
stopper of a glass bottle placed between
himself and the light, while Mr. Win
throp pressed firmly on a certain spot on
the top of bis son's bead.
"How long shall be sleep?" aaked
Mr. Winthrop when Harold began to
appear drowsy.
"Until 11 o'clock," suggested the
mischievous son of the wealthiest fam
ily present
Harold stirred as if to protest, but
was too sleepy to speak.
"Yes, make it 11," echoed the moth
er of the mischievous son, not because
abe cared, but because she always made
It a point to insist on the gratification
of ber son's wishes so long as they did
not conflict with ber own. The son
knew that Letty Maya must return to
her home at half past 10, and that Har
old Winthrop expected to accompany
her. The recollection of that expecta
tion stirred Harold 'a drowsy brain and
prevented him from submitting to his
father's hypnotic power with bis usual
passivity. It is possible that that is the
reason why the exhibition did not ter
, minate according to expectation. There
' were many reasons given during the
years which followed, for at last Mr.
Winthrop bad succeeded in finding the
coveted fame. It was said in those days
and has been argued since that the oper
ator in hypnotism must have full confi
dence In his own power in order to be en
tirely successful, and the elder Winthrop
was certainly not lacking in that re
spect. He had put Harold to sleep too
many times to have any doubts as to bis
awakening at the appointed time. It
was afterward decided that in order to
have a successful exhibition it was also
necessary that the one who acted as the
subject to be operated upon should be
free from troubled thoughts when be sat
Harold remained mntUmlett,
down. Everyone said that such a con
clusion was proved by the result of Mr.
Wlnthrop' eiperltnont and gave so
many reasons why this should tie thus
that any one who dared acknowledge
not having thought of it lung before the
night of the hoiwowaruilng was looked
opoii as an Iguoratnu. The rich young
man was severely condemned tor hav
ing suggested the hour of It as that on
which ttteawakrulug wat to take place,
and there were uiauy wbo went so far
as to say that le h"pvd thereby to wiu
Letty Mays bluiwlf.
Harold ltjt well, and the gnwit
smunvd tliemu lift by try In In varUui
way to iron hiui, but all thir etfutts
werelnvatii, VxrUj Letty Mars, who
did not txHv ) fatly t, tut
thong tit he bad learned Ki o ntr i tit
fturt womVHully well, rrpt to hi
side wh tu ttiiluu t the gaeu
was drawn tu another (art f the Mont
aud wblrtd In hi ear that it wi
aely time fur Ur to go, Hruld did
Rot stir,
'Thl i BflitM nw, lUn.l t," she thn
whlapre4 petulantly. "I know you aie
felgatug Jut a wll at yea know it.
ill
If you do not arouse yourself this min
ute, I shall think it ia because you car
more for your father's folly than for my
wishes."
Harold remained motionless, and
Letty hurried into the dressing room,
found her wraps, and disappearing
through a side door went home unat
tended before any one could guess her
intention.
Before she went to sleep that sight
she wrote a curt note to Harold, releas
ing him from their engagement and in
forming him that a messenger would
take to him the next day all the books
and trinkets which be had given her.
But before the thinga were packed abe
learned that Harold bad not yet awak
ened, although be had slept for nearly
90 hours, and that the family physician
bad been called. The physician tried
various remedies, none of which proved
useful, said he could bare done more
bad be been called earlier, charged a
fee large enough to support bis entire
family for a month and went home feel
ing that no man could bave acted with
greater credit to himself or with greater
profit either, for that matter.
. Hours lengthened Into days, days be
came weeks and weeks months, yet
Harold Wlnthrop slept The elder Win
throp grew tbin and white with worry;
Mrs. Winthrop became silently accusing
and refused to kiss ber husband until
their aon ahould be himself again; the
younger members of the family lost the
joy of youth in the heavy cloud which
hung over the household ; the servants
would not pass at night the door of the
silent room where their young master
slept
Five years from the date of the house
warming Mr. Winthrop died, leavings
will so drawn that the bulk of bla for
tune should be held in trust for Harold,
the interest to be enjoyed by those who
bad the care of bim.
After the death of Mrs. Winthrop
Harold was given into the care of James,
the second son. Tbirty-flve years later
James died, and tbe fine old borne passed
Into tbe bands of Henry, who agreed to
care for bia Uncle Harold to tbe best of
bis ability.
Harold still slept. As be needed little
more care than tbe furniture in an un
used room, Henry felt that it was aa easy
a way of earning a livelihood as be
should te likely to find. He was forced
to own, however, after a few years' ex
perience that they were wiser wbo pre
ferred life away from tbe abadow cast
by an uncle wbo, although not dead,
might better bave been.
No servant who bad beard of tbe
"sleeper" usually spoken in a whisper
by that class could be induced to enter
the bouse, and they wbo bad not beard
of bim received information soon after
their arrival and left without tbe cus
tomary warning. Young ladies did not
care to give themselves to a young man
who, for all they knew to the contrary,
might auddenly fall into a aleep aucb as
bis uncle was enjoying, and Henry
might never bave married, bad he not
availed himself of the privileges of a
matrimonial bureau and done his court
ing by correspondence.
Henry died in tbe year 1972, Just 40
yeara after assuming the care of his
uncle, and bis eldest aon, James, under
took to fill bis place.
CHAPTER II.
Twenty years later, in October, 1992,
Harold Winthrop awoke, after a refresh
ing nap of just 100 years in length.
Mrs. James Winthrop bad gone into his
room that morning with a feather dust
er, with which she proposed to brash the
dust from bis face and bands. It was a
task which she attended to about once
in six weeks. She found Harold sitting
up in bed, trying to rub bis eyes open.
When she entered, bo stared at ber in
undisguised astonishment. So far as he
was aware, be was not accustomed to re
ceiving lady visitors in that way, espe
cially when tbey came unannounced.
Mrs. James let tbe feather duster fall to
tbe floor. She opened ber pretty mouth,
gave one shriek and staggered ont into
tbe hall. The servants who beard the
shriek sent at once for medical assist
ance with tbe beautiful presence of
mind which was characteristic of that
age. There were some among tbem who
bad never before heard a woman scream,
and who knew no more about a fainting
fit than Harold Winthrop knew about
tbe man in tbe moon.
James Winthrop, Jr., knew that there
mnet be some good cause for bis wife's
strange behavior and rushed up the
broad staircase. Ills wife still leaned
against tbe wall. He looked at ber in
quiringly, and she pointed to the room
where Harold bad slept, with a manner
that seemed to say lLtt poor James
was very much to blame about some
thing. Mr. James Winthrop stepped
into the room, took one look at his great
uncle and fell in a dead faint to tbe
floor.
"Toor fellow 1" exclaimed bis wife,
stooping over him. "I should bave
thought how delicate be is." The serv
ants ottered axolhtance, but the waved
them away, and tenderly lifting her lit
tle butiland into ber strong arms bore
bim to hla own room and laid bim upon
the m,
Harold bad sprung from hi bod when
be saw her lift her butbaud. He wa
not ud to siting a woman do a thing
llko that, and hi first t bought wa to
offr BMUtnc, but bit threadbare
nightgown foil away from bltu in
ihred, and be qnickly crept under the
ddlntt again.
Mr. Wlnthrrp rHnrned aa toon a br
husband gave tlgut of returning con-cluuMu-
and graciously inquired how
he might make hot If uf ul to lUrold,
"I should like my clulhr. it yu
please," be lilled. "I cannot went to
find tbent, I thought I left litem cm
that chair,"
"lVrh you dUV'saM Mr. Win
Ihrp, "but did ytm suppose Uwf could
tay tbr lomer?"
"IUfs I lici t art very litoV akl
ltaruld, who bad oftn made the tam.
ily and ervaut eitra work by so do
ing, lie thought the lady before bltu
waa the nw iiotim'keeper whom hi
another bad lalktxl of engaging aud
mentally styled her an unusually fin
specimen of womanhood.
'Have you slept so very later" re
peated Mrs. Winthrop. "Is it possible
that you do not know that you have
slept a hundred yeara?"
"A hundred years I On, land o
Goshen!" Harold laughed heartily,
then auddenly became serious, believing
that hia mother's new housekeeper was
crazy. "You poor thing!" he said.
"Dont mind my laughing. I always
did laugh easily. Won't you tell me
your name?"
"My name, sir, is Mrs. James Win
throp. I am the wife of your nephew's
son. I do not wonder at your surprise.
It must be strange to be auddenly con
fronted with those wbo were born and
bave grown up wbile you slept. We,
however, are no less surprised. We bad
grown to believe that yoo would never
awaken."
"Great thunder I" exclaimed Harold,
who was beginning to be out of patience.
"Bring my clothes, madam, or I'll
know tbe reason wbyt Do you suppose
I am going to lie btre all day listening
to your crazy talk?"
"I shall not compel you to listen to
me unless you like," replied Mrs. Win
throp calmly, "but I really do not see
but that you must lie here until a tailor
can take your measurements and make
you some clothes. You bave nothing to
pnt on which will hold together. Tbe
appearance of your nightgown should
be enough to convinoo you that I am
not telling you an untruth."
When Harold stopped to think of it,
be was obliged to, admit that it was
proof that be must bave slept longer
than he bad thought, or that be was
the, victim of a joke over which he bad
no control. He concluded to humor tbe
lady and see if be might not find a key
to the solution.
"Could you not," be aaid, "send out
and buy me a ready made suit?"
"It would be impossible to find any
thing large enough, " replied Mrs. Win
throp. "We bave no men so large as
you. Really you will bave to be pa
tient a little while. I have sent for a
tailor, who will be here very soon."
A little more conversation followed,
which tended to mystify Harold more
and more. Then Mrs. Winthrop left tbe
room, and soon afterward ber husband
appeared in the doorway. Harold rec
ognized bim at once as the man wbo bad
fainted. He was yet pale, but the ex
citement of beholding tbe man wbo bad
awakened after a nap of a hundred
years bad brought a faint color to bia
lips and a becoming brightness to his
eyes.
"He Is a dear little thing," thought
Harold, "but bow much more attract
ive be would be in skirts!"
The little man came slowly into the
room, looking aa if be were doubtful as
to the wisdom of such si procedure, and
Harold hoped that be might prove to be
more helpful than bis crazy wife baa
been.
"Good morning, sir," be said pleas
antly. "Can you tell me how long I
bave slept?"
"One hundred years today," was the
unexpected and highly exasperating re
ply. "Another lunatic!" groaned Harold.
"What can mother be thinking of?"
"How do you feel?" inquired tbe lit
tle man. "Are you stiff? Will yonr
joints work? My, but you bave slept I
Tbe scientifio world baa made you a
study for generations. "
"Much obliged, I'm sure," replied
Harold in default of a more brilliant
reply. It waa somewhat amusing to a
man wbo knew himself to be just 28
years of age to be told that he bad been
an object of curiosity for generations.
"What bas the scientific world
thought to do about you?" it suddenly
occurred to bim to inquire.
"They say this is man 'a century," re
plied the little fellow, "but I don't know
that I understand tbe meaning of that.
There are many men who are dissatis
fied with things in general, but I don't
know why tbey should be, I'm sure.
I'm comfortable enough, and I don't be
lieve a change would make things any
better."
This was all Greek to Harold, and
when he was in college he declined to
study Greek.
"I wonder if you are really a man?"
he asked. " You are pretty enough for a
doll."
"Do you think me pretty?" The lit
tle man blushed beautifully. "Wife
says I am," he added. "She is awfully
jealous, dou't you know. But you aro
a nan too. She doesn't like to bave
another woman look at me, but she
ought not to mind because a man thinks
me pretty, ought she?"
Harold was disgusted. He wanted to
take the little fellow between bis thumb
and finger and crush him, but restrained
himself with the thought that the uan
was a lunatic.
"You get my clothes," he said,
with gnat sternness. He hoped to
frighten hi guest into obedience, "Get
them this minute or I'll"
"But, tlr," fullered the little man,
"your clothes were moth eaten years
go," ,
"Oh, heaven! See here, you chatter,
ing monkey, if you don't do a I tell
you I'll druji you c:,t h window,"
Harold arose at if to esecute hi
threat, aud the little man fled, scream
ing, into the hall. Harold wrajped hit
Uttered Unldlug around bim aud ful
lowed, dutortuiued to Cud something to
wear. Ho wa just In time to tt Mrs,
Wlnthrop can-Ming br littlo husband
and to bear It. r ti lling Mm tu to I
afraid, fur tiuthlng should burl bltu a
long aa the lived tu j ruUtt hlw.
"U tack to your Mont," she said
ttorely win n the w lUrvld. It i -actly
what he would bave been hum I
aniioti la d under ordinary circum
stance., but now N Ml that be was in
a place where d.ir ta ir.uiira inunt
le eini)o)d. U wa convince! that
bit gnrinrtil bad Ukvit front bit
ewn room by tuw onwb Intention
were itwt of the triettdlHut, and be do
tvrmlwd to g i Wu UU and find
some UK'iuUri'l bl family, evru though
emuitt appear ia tatM nightgown
and bedding much tbe worse from wear.
Bo when Mrs. Winthrop ordered bim
back to hla room be simply told ber to
go to thunder, nor did he feel at all
ashamed for speaking so rudely to a
lady, as be would have done bad she
seemed to him less like a man and more
like a woman.
Mrs. Winthrop gently pushed ber
husband toward a door leading to an
other room.
"Go In there, dear," she said, "and
do not be afraid. I'll get him back to
bed In a moment"
"I don't want to strike a lady," Har
old remarked, with great earnestness,
"but if you touch me you'll be sorry."
Mrs. Wlnthrop showed no nervous-
" Will you walk back to your room,"
abe asked, "or most I carry yoo?"
Harold made no reply. He thought
It scarcely worth while. He started to
pass her that be might go down stairs,
when be suddenly felt ber arms around
his waist. He endeavored to free him
self, bot could not.
"If you don't release me, I'll knock
yon downl" be thundered. Tbe little
man screamed in terror and begged bis
The little man tortatned in terror.
wife to let bim go for help, but she com
manded bim to keep quiet Mrs. Win
throp was perfectly self possessed. Har
old felt that be was being lifted from
bis feet. He (ought desperately, but
wben one has alept for a hundred years
one's strength becomes exhausted. Har
old waa no match for the powerful wom
an, and almost before be knew It be
was held firmly on his bed by Mrs. Win
tfarop. wbo celled to ber husband to
bring fresh bedding to be tued In place
of that which be bad destroyed.
"Now, sir," she said wben Harold
no longer offered resistance, "I want to
have no more trouble with yon. Yon
have lain here a hundred years, and It
won't hurt yon to keep quiet a dsy or
two longer. You must stay until tbe
tailor comes to make your suit."
She turned to leave tbe room again,
and Harold called after ber to remain.
"Stopl" be Implored. "Where Is
my father?"
"No one knows, sir. He died about
five years after be bad put yon into that
hypnotic sleep, so I am told. He bad
expected to awaken you In a few boors,
and when be failed to do it his heart
broke. It is qnite a wonderful bistor
ical fact, sir. Should yon like to see a
school history?"
"No, I tbink not" replied Harold
faintly. A sudden remembrance bad
Illumined his mind. He recalled the
house warm ing and bis opposition to be
ing made to sleep past tbe hour when he
wished to walk home with Letty Mays.
He looked at his bands. Tbey bad been
brown from boating wben be went to
sleep. He bad spent many hours in try
ing to get them as deeply sunburned as
those of the leaders in the atbletio club
to which he belonged. Now tbey were
as white and soft as a baby's. He knew
that tbey could not bave been bleached
in one night. He looked around his
room. It bad been painfully new wben
be went to sleep; now much of the
woodwork was moth eaten. Instead of
a smell of varnish there was a smell of
decay. Tbe more he thought of it tbe
more convinced be became that the wo
man and ber husband had spoken the
truth, and that ho bad slept m any years.
He tried to realize bis position. It was
far from being desirable, as may be
imagined. None of hla near relatives
was living. There was not one soul
whom be knew to congratulate bim on
having awakened. He neither felt nor
looked a day older than when he bad
gone to sleep, and he told himself that
be could not hope to die for many years.
Yet life looked to him to be hardly
worth living. He bad alwaya dreaded
change. He disliked making new ac
quaintances, but now he faced the neces
sity of becoming acquainted with per
sons of whom he bad never so much a
beard and of trying to accustom himself
to a world 123 years older than that
Into which he bad been born.
His reverie wat disturbed by the en
trance of tbe tailor, wbo waa no larger
than the man who bad fainted.
"Truly," said the tailor, surveying
Harold with aMoiilnhmcnt "truly there
were giants lu those days! Were there
many men aa large at you?"
"I wat not considered very large,"
replied Harold. "My father wat tatler
and heavier." It wat bard for Harold
to dm the pant tenite, but be now thought
It to tie a ueceMity, aud be did not be
U7? I (Ixbting the inevitable,
"My, my," .'"ed the tailor,
"bow very large you a ret 1 !; tn
obltgd to get tny own living ever since
my wire dud. I wa a tailut Ufure the
DartM ui and bave Un a Ullr ever
Since her diath, but I nevrr before totk
nteaaurcuiaint Ilk tbtm, I'm not turo,
ttr, that i can (lud a )lc of i lvto large
i -viw'h for a whute suit."
"Then timk it of five r U plwwi,"
replied Hatut llinpaUintly, "I'rlnrf in
any thing that will la-l my bakedui-,
I ant tired of lying In r,"
"1 should tbhk you uld K"
piled the tailor f liuly.
"Can you ti ll tu anything ahont a
Ir I of the name of Letty May?"
Uv l 1 a the tllir waa at out ta Ivave,
"l.iU Myl" ft;!! the Uthr.
"I ttevr r tieatd the name. It it out In
the fcUMtooh, y, It It lv! hh
j wat the .tl to whtii you were be
trothed. She wss a rattle brained"
"Look outl" thundered Harold, rais
ing himself in bed. He looked fierce
enough to frighten a man of bia own
size, and tbe tailor rushed from tbe
room, hla face white with fear.
Mrs. Winthrop came in at that mo
ment to bring a history for Harold, and
for fully two minutes they looked at
each other without flinching.
"Yon are veryatrong for a man,"
said she at last.
"Yon are as strong as a man," re
plied Harold.
"Strong as a man!" airs, wintnrop
smiled contemptuously. " We will not
pursue that subject," she said. I sim
ply want to say that unless you show
yourself a little more trsctable I shall
be obliged to bave you examinea lor in
sanity."
With that remark she left tbe room,
and Harold spent the time in which his
suit waa being made In reading of the
vents of his day as recorded in the his
tory and in alternately laughing and
wearing at tbe untruthfulness of the
nicturos Presented. He finished tbe
book, convinced that ha bad really slept
hundred years.
(To b continued, )
The Ooolt hotel is headquarters of
W. H. Dech, Division Commander of
tbe Ancient Order of Loyal Americans
Room 5. W. U. Dbch,
OCR NATIONAL PL&TF01M&
The reeple's Party Platform Adopted
at Omaha July 4, 1003.
Assembled upon the 110th anniversary
of the Declaration of IadeDeadeaoa. the
People's party of America, la their first
national convention, invoking upon
their action the blessings of Almighty
God, puts forth in the nam and oa be
half of the people of this country thai
following preamble and declaration o
principles:
PREAMBLES.
The conditions whloh surround as;
best Justify our co-operation. We meet
la the midst of a nation breught to tha
vrga of moral, political and material:
rnin. Corruption dominates the ballot
box, the legislatures, the congress, and,
touohes even the ermine of the seaok.
The people arc demoralized) most tf
the states have bean compelled to iso
late the voters at the polling places to
pre veatuniversal intimidation or bri
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sidized or muasled, public opinion
dlenoed; business prostrated; our homes
covered with mortsrafH; labor impover-
libed and the land ooacentratlng la Ike
hands of capitalists. Tbe urban wont
men are denied tke right of organlsa
tlon for self protection; imported pan
periled labor beats down their wages, )
blreliasr standing army, unreoogniaea
br our laws. Is established to shoot
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generating Into European conditions.
The fruits of tho toil of millions aro
boldly stolen to build up ooloasal for
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of these, latum, despite tho reyubllo
and oadaager liberty. From the same
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ws breed the two groat olasset tramps
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to create money 1 appropriated to on
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payable la legal tender ourrenoy, has
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Sliver, whloh has been accepted as
oein ainoe the dawn of history baa been
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power of gold by decreasing the value
of all forms of property as well as hu
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Is purposely abridged to fatten usurers,
bankrupt enterprise and enslave indus
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of the world. If not met and over
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civilisation or the establishment of aa
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We bave witnessed for more, than
quarter of a century tke struggles
of the two great political parties
(or power and plunder, while griev
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upon a suffering people. We charge
that the ooatroUlng Influenoes domtnat
lag both these parties have permitted
the ealaUug drt&dful conditions te de
velop, without terloui effort to prevent
or reitrela thra. Neither lo they now
promise us any substantial reform.
They have agreed together to Ignore,
la the eemtag campaign, every issue
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outcries of a plundered people with tke
uproar of thtm battle over the tariff,
so that oapitalUts, eorporatloaa, aatleo
al banks, rtsgs, trusts, watered stock,
the lesBOsetliatloa of stlvsr aad the
epprestleat of the uturtn may all be
.i twt at. Tkev oroiMMe to saerlloe
1 ?? bones, llvts and children on tbe
e)u et manmoai to Uj tie uW
tuds la order te teeure oorrupUoa fuuJt
from tke mUlieaatree,
Ammbitd ' aaaUertary el the
blrlWay of the aatloa sad filled with
U spirit ef toe great gatrUQl
wktok etUblUhed ovir tadpeadnc,
we seek to restore tbe goveraneat o!
the republlo to the bands a "the plain
people," with whom It orlgtatted.
) We urt our aurpuMt to be Utatlcal
IUk tbe purposes ( tke national tea
UUUiai "To a re perteet
uatoa, ettaklUa JuiUoe, latare 4ovtt
tie treequUlty, provide ter the eammoa
oafeeee, proteose the gtaerti welfare,
and ttjute the lWni of liberty to
ourselves and our utrUy,
We declare that tbk SOtoUie Ota only
endure as a free government wkSo built
upon the love of too wnou fV tor
sank other and for the nation! tint It
cannot be pinned together by bayonets;
.a m t A ft A.
that the olvu war m over ana met
everv nasalon and resentment wtJck
grew out el It moot lie wititlt, and
that wo must no la foot so we are in
same, tke united aroOerhoed of free
en.
Out country finds Itself confronted ty
conditions for which there to no prece
dent la tho history of the world; out
annual agricultural produotioms amount
to billions of dollars In value, whloh
must wlthla a few weeks or months bo
exchanged for billions of dollars of com
modities consumed la their production;
the existing ourrenoy supply is wholly
lnndeaoato to make this exchange; the
results are falling prices, tho formation
of combines tad rings aad tke im
poverishment of tke producing class.
Wo pledge ourselves that, if given
power, wo will labor to oorrcot tacts
evils by wise aad reasonable logbv
atlon ia accordance with tke terms
of our platform. Wo believe that
tho powers of government-la other
words, of tho people-should be
expanded (as ia the esse of the gsjotol
servloe) as rapidly and as far as tho
good sense of an Intelligent people aad
tho teachings of experience shall justify,
to tho end that oppression, Injus
tice and poverty shall eventually
cease In tho land. 4
While our sympathies as a party oi
reform aro naturally upon tho side of
every proposition which will tend to
make met Intelligent, virtuous and
temperate, wo nevertheless regard
these questlcmsJmportant as thoy aro,
as secondary to tho great issues aow
pressing for solution, and upon whlok
not only our individual prosperity, but
the very existence of free Institution
depend; and we ask all men to first
help us to determine whether wo aro to
have a republic to administer, before
wo differ as to tho conditions npon
wbichltlstobeadmlnlstersd. Bsllsv
ing that tho forces of reform this day
organised will never cease to mora
forward until every wrong Is remedied,
and equal rights and equal privileges
securely established for all men aad
women of tho country, therefore;
WE JtSCLAM
rst That tho union of tho labor
forces of the United Itatos, this day
oonsummatod, shall be permanent tad
perpetual. Mty its sptritentor into all
hearts for tho salvation of the republic
and tho uplifting of mankind.
Second Wealth belongs to him who
creates It, and every dollar taken from
Industry without an equivalent Is rob
bery. "If any will not work, aelthor
hall ho sat." Tho Interests of rural
and civic labor are tho tame) their ene
mies identical.
Third-Wo believe that the time has
corns whon tno railroad corporations
will either own tho people or tho people
must own tho railroads, and should tho
government enter upon tho work of
owning and managing any or all rail
roads, wo should favor aa amendment
lo the constitution by whloh all pertoaa
engaged la tho government servloe
shall bo placed under a civil servloe
regulation of tho most rigid character;
so as to prevent tho increase of tho
power of the national administration by
tho use of suoh additional government
employees.
PLATFORM.
Wo demand a national ourrenoy, safe,
sound and flexible, issued by the gene
ral government only, a full legal tender
for all debts, publlo and private,
and that without the use ol
banking corporations; that a just equit
able and efflolent means of distribution
direct to the people, at a tax not to ex
coed two per cent per annum, to bo
provided, as set forth in the tubtreasury
plan oi tho Farmers' Alliaaoe, or some
better system; also by payments in die
charge of its obligations for pnbllo Im
provements. We demand tho free and unlimited
coinage of silver aad gold at the present
legal ratio of 10 to 1.
We demand that the amount of olrou
hkllng medium be speedily increased to
not less than ISO per oaplta.
Wo demand a graduated income tax.
We believe that the moneys of the
country should be kept as much as poo
slble la the hands of the people, aad
hence wo demand that all state ant
national revenues shall be limited to
tke necessary eipeaseeof tho govern
meat, economically aad honestly ad
ministered.
We demand that postal savings baakl
be eetaUUhtd by tbe government tot
tbe safe deposit of the earnings of thl
people, aad to facilitate exchange.
Transportation being means of ex
change aad a publlo neoMty, U gov
ernmeat should Own aad operate the
railroad la tke Interest of the people.
Tho toltgrtpa aad telephone, Una
tbe pottofilce system being a aoootalty
for traatmltloa of aeet, should bo
owned aad operated by the govemmeal
in tbe tatereat of tbe psofM.
Tb land, lacludtog all the afatfti
NMurves i4 wealth, 1 the heritage ct
all tbe people, aad tbould ant be aoa
iwllwdlor tpetivtittive purpose, 04
alUa ownership ef load should bo FT
hiblttd. All latdt aewetld by ftV
rcaut tuJ iU;:r prporaU jo la oaoem
of their actual seeds aaj all leads ae
owned by aiWoA, thou! 4 be reelsi-cri
ty tbe overawes! aad held far
aHWosl,