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ASSOCIATED DAILY PRESS BOHEMEB
The evidence of an Infernally mean
attempt of the old partlei and the link
ed monopoly forcej to injure tie Pom
list party since election, U coming in
from all quarters. The Associated Dally
Press of iLe country is doing the dovil
lsb work. The scheme is to kill us, bb
tbey killed silver, to greatly, injure m
at least, bv spreading a lack of confi
dence, by suppressing the truth regard
ing our tit aad outrageously lying
about it, by reporting that our loaders
bad decided to dUband the party and
editorially announcing that wo were in
articulo mo'tlt. Obituary editorial
notices in great numbers have without
charge been printed, and the opportu
nity was improved to impress upon the
public useful opinions regarding third
parties, and the Populist party in par
ticular. We received a letter from B. 0.
Flowcr.edltor of The Arena, under date
of Nov. 20, in which he said:
"I have cot yet seen the Ian number
Of THE ALMANCK-lNDEl'ENDENT, al
though I am very anxious to, as we can
not gat any true aceountof the election
here in the east. The order was given
by one of our leading Boston journals,
when they reported the return la
Massachusetts t" give the Republican,
Democratic and Prohibition parties,
but not to mention he People's party."
... The New Nation also says in its last
tone: . . ..;
"America has had, this autumn, a
comp eta object lesson, on the methods
of partisan journalism. The election
on'the 7th resu'ted in handsome gains
for the People's party nearly every
where the party had a ticket In the
field. Now let us tane the New Eng
land papers, both Republican and Dem
ocratic. We have In the New Nation
office an flection blauk, sent out by the
W( st rn Union Telegraph company to
its agent; also a circular direct rg
agents to fill out ''only", the blanks
given with election returns and for
ward tb em to Bofton. This blank is
usually arranged for the New England
Associated Pressatsoclat'on. Although
the People's party candidates were on
t e official ballot, and there was wide
curioiti.y to know rhe exact extent of
th new party strength, our readers
will beprbaps more Indignant than sur
p 1 to learn that, while the blatk oon
la'.o. d spaces for tne gubernatorial vote
fer ;r-,',hali?. Koell and IU'k. th"
name of George II. Cary, Populist caudi
date, did not appear. Having piaotieally
slut out ttie : populist returns here in
Massachusetts, the P.oton papeirs pro
ceed t ' w rk the public for suckers
pardon s ang and wrl'e. editrla'sphll-
osophl.lng upon the dl appearance of
the ne pary. Whut Is true of Missacbi
setts is practically true of the west-rn
states. The hgnlar iUpatehe d
not give tne i'opul'xt vote, at d eons
qtiently tbe inferrnc is dMwn by the
old party paper that lhin wa no vt
to speak of. Thus tha I Won Herald,
which Is a paver thai blow hi ml
blows fold with a nerve that would
make an an exeut'tnr pal with envy,
1 trial th s week an fdl orlai on "Ttm
VpulUt I Velvet," whlehsknuld go Into
the Kfit jcloM'dla of Mtsl'iforwaMoa,
This office has received many letter
anxiously akln for the vote of th
party Id other state. We could not vt
it becauea th H'publleaa and lVwo
eratle news monopoly wr rprtaiiig h.
w hile clru!ai lag evervwber fa' sta'e
teats regarding th arty.
At thta law day fnua the bi
at o r c Riuatt4 mm g a'oer taal the
Mrpln'a IVpu hit ot laer-ael frtim
12 2:: tat ytar te 71 tt thla year, la
ia i e iipuut Riadrt pertala ga a
f t et pent. The par'y aia) a gala
ia OM.t tf a tit itt H.r Tt a gJa
wabi'ttta M a"i SH,wr ei in
Mti'hoeii, ) Kestttcay lhlVpu
lute ! f teal galas la vtary ioaatr
" la taila-kli-t ta tho aeld, la
Clotd( th t 1UU arrl4 SO
C'MJi s ut uf &.V hefra
eaifMfTtHttrf W vuttatU. U tnr
ttsn aav ir, Aa4 ta Kaasaa the
ay it t ly ia rotiatlva here f twtoa
With tit lVtttrW M l,litl,a4 a
4 where avrly as4 tmperfacl
w aattaiiue left tie people tg auraot.
A B5AEE OF THE EBEMT
A few men in the People's pariy are
advocating the o-Jicy of sl-eMng our
whole grand platform of principles and
the party with it, and the organization
of a new party whose sole platform
would be the sliver dollar, the restora
tion of silver to its former free coiaage
privilege. We say a few men. Inloolt
log over our Populist exchanges we
have found, so far, only two, the Rocky
Mountain News and the Nebraska Lead
er, whose editors grasp at the prop
osition. The News naturally favors the
scheme. It has not been converte! to
the great saving doctrines of the Popu
list faith. Dorbans. It had no other
r
place to go and came to us because we
alone were fighting the gold bug. The
News has made a gallant fight wi h us
against the two ol' gold-worshiping
parties, but if silver restored is i
Menaces, for all social ills, or for the
gigan'ic usury evil, we shall have to say
to it that ueury filled the world with
poverty and slayeiy dowa to the time
when silver was demonetized. We also
had panics and recurring periods of
business deDrestslon when silver ba1
with gold free accefs to the min's
The News and new party advocates
do not think it necessary to resist the
robbery and oppression of tbe railroads
and their everywhere controlling hand
in politics; and they either do not know
that tbera is a land question, or they
would sllent'y favor land speculation
while over half of the people are home
less, and millions penned like swine In
the city slums, miserably dependent
and demoralized, are being used by the
rich to make a farce of popular elec
tions, and are breeding desperate anar
chists who may any time blow up tbe
whole unendurable social fabric.
All tbe public, newspaper talk about
the formation of a new silver prty to
displace tbe Populist party was started
by what purported to be the words of
Senator Peffcr, obtained by an Asso
ciated Press reporter in an interview on
the 17th inst. We do not believe, com-
ng by the channel it does and from the
man It claims to, that the report is cor
rect. Mr. Burrows In his paper has u
'standing notice to tbe public, which
says truly: , , ! !
What are known as the Associated
Presidlspatches are entirely unreliable,
The Associated Prees Is a close corpora
tion and a monopoly, and is controlled
by the money power. Facts are sup-
p retted unci laise statements st-nt out to
suit tbe supposed interests of the moony
power.'
The Associated Press monopoly Is th
pen band and sword band of all the
monopolies. It is the mightiest power
to overcome in the path of uoliticnl pro
gre, because it holds tbe key to the
situation, the key of knowledge. Sus
tained as a news monopoly by the hlgb
rates of the tel' graph monopoly, i has
established in power a Republican and
Democratic dally press monopoly. And
all those and the other i e'flshly related
monopolies fear nothing except the ris
ing up of a party of the people to out
law and overtkrow the whole plunder-
ng monopoly gang. The old monopoly
supported parties were mightily fright
ened by tbe million votes cast fer Wea
ver and Field 'ast fall. And they have
fought the party of the common people
before and since with ridicule, with
sophistry, with facts and news repres-
aIam wt I V ntsffiil m lofciriMiaanf a t I ah
DllSU TV 1 V LA Kl VlUl Uii01VMVODUinillUU
with the whole force of their modern
machinery for multiplying lies, preju
dice and false impressions. Again and
again they havo reported our party
duad, but it has kept up its fight for
liberty and in spite of the daily prets
has spread its doctrines and organlza
tion. So now they have thought to
get away with us by reporting that 4 the
leaders of the party" are going to dis
band us in the Interest of the silver
dollnr.
This is the report recently sent out
Washington, Nov. 17 Is the Popu
list to continue In the political held?
his is one of tbe questions which are
now agitating ct r,iu political circles
at tbe capital and the question is lased
upon rumors that tbe leaders of the
pany a?e contemplating a olmniro or or.
eaaUiitlon because of some tiisagr-e
tuents ainoug tnem, but especially fur
too iurpeof permitting the advocate
of frto coinage of sllvtr, who have
never embraeod the Topuilst doo'rlnes
as to the government owm rHhlo of rail
roadi), the land loan policy and th Uu
IngtifuHir luoi y to att.ch thorn
selves to ino now oranuutu n. ii prt
or m-ii a move ment nun ivacbcu ber
freni Kana. an t it U s ated, ra ng
eitur slgaltu-ant fucis, that W r
WrlgStrolrw of IVpwka, who was In
eirumeatal la ea llog tho eeofreco In
when the t'oou.Ut party was call
sj lu being, has taken th IuIjUUv
n tlie inof m ot fr Uv rooiMau iatioii
if tt twrtv upon dtft teal Hues
namrivtlor etal!va no- n tv an
tsMN UUI l"re repetrler le-J ey for In
feruau n as tei the e rt w!Ut' etf t!u
re v rt and itnhi!itatim;ly siaie-d tha'
l. itiut' r fl tnw pro, tffel enango w?
ll fnuniK il,
The worels ef Stntnr Pvffe'l' repewt
rd are not In full aord with, ue aot
f .1 y supprl the iViio Attcsi'td
lrvas tluinti rumors What he did
say ass prvbably faibled.
VHoar tha other "Uah rs ot the
parly" who, without oeaiultleg the
lbk aad 0!. "ar roatfinplatlsg a
change of orgaliatloa" W.
Wrlgb'mtra ol Topwsa.aa c.T.ecr tf the
d fuael C I, A. Is tha oaly e far
aa kaewa. Ae4 he aa mt bee heard
of ! the party lf eiatUrabla prrtetd
He mar have, had seunethlitg to u lth
aviae small share la, the t rgsalatU ul
the Pueple'l Mrty ot Kaiwes lo tear
afi but is not tie kadef I he re Ueday,
aor aaonetl Its la.lr. Audit he
is the one who ba "takeu the loltia
tlve" to dUbund nd reorganize he can
not even make a beginning in h s on
staU). Tbe Advocate of Toueka Kan us
the "official stato paper"' of tha Popu
lists and one of the very strong, in W-U;cf:
uaily able, dnlluen'.iMl papers of tbe
national Populist party makes no ac
count of Wrightmire, and it has some
thing to say about "That New Party
with the Single 1-sue " Our readers
will bo greatly interested in what the
Advocate says, reprinted bdow: .
We do cot believe that the senator i
c rrectly reported in that interview but
If he Is be will Dud tbat tne ranic and
file of the People' party wid not follow
bis learershiD in that dire c'lon. ,
While the demand for fr-e coinage of
silver is one of the planks of the Omaha
plnform it is one of the least import-ai-c
am -ng them all. It Las come to
tbe front recently by force of clrcuni
stances and hus sfforded an excellent
eppoftuoity for a general discussion of
t'.e whole subject of American finance;
but It can nevt r ba permitted to sid.
ir.ck the more important questions ex
pressed and implied in tbe new dec
lara-Jon of independence adopted at
Omaha on July 4, 1892.
There may bo men io the People's
party who would favir the backward
s. p which tno single issue party would
propose to take, but tney are lew in
numler 'where the principles of te
Omaha platform have been studied and
their import comprehended; and we
warn any leader of the People's party
now that bis leadership will be without
following among those who bve wad
tbe party what it Is, if he shall permit
himself to be led into the snare. Frew
colnagu of sllvr if a comp iled and
other things left as they are would do
the poop e no good. It 1 ouiy in con
junction wl ,h other measures that It
wou'dutT rd relief if we should secure
e free coinage of sUter alone by draw.
ing to the support ol tbat measuro all
who f iv r it, and yet oopose the oth r
mevures which are of so much more
mi or wn e, we sb aid still have in con
trol of the trovernmeut, men who were
ooixwei to every other principle of ou"
demands. The men who now corner
gold, would, under tbelr administration
also corn' r silver, and the only differ
ence in the conditions then and now
would b i that the gamblers would then
have two meta's to spoculat in w lie re
now they hive but one. Their opera
tions would bo a little more compl'cated
perhaps, but n"no th" lets suecesbful or
profliablo. If R publicans and Demo
crats who are dissatisfied with the ac
tion of their representatives in con
gress upon the silver question de-sire to
cut loese from tbolr lor er moorings
and launch a new party r-aeed upon a
single ides, let them do so. Such ac
tion will hurt the otner parties more
thim ours; and if tbey onco separate
themselves from their old politi al asso
ciations and oegiu to study economic
question with an lndepei.dont spirit, it
is siie to predict wnero tney win even
tually land. We have no use for such
a pirty and shall decline to go with it.
WHAT WE SHOULD ENJOY PIG TOE
ING.
D.ics any one believe we enjoy so-
called "calamity howling," talking about
injustice and oppression and want and
suffering?
Well, we don't in the least. There is
soldier's satisfaction lu striking a
strong blow for freedom and for right.
But our hearts grow sick over : the
knowledge of human selfishness and
wretchedness, and needless temptations
and anxieties. We have set our face
'as a flint" agalnsl, ttio rich and strong
who oppress the weak, and we there'
foro expect to draw forth and have
heapei against us and our cause the
weapons of evil, all possible mierepie-
sontation and malicious contumely.
We don't much mind being lied about
It h the suffering we cannot reach atd
put an end to which troubles us.
If the paioful realities of life were not
a'l abuut us, wo should dismiss i ll
thoughts of suffering and lack and lots,
We wish from the bottom of our hettru
tnat ou this Thanksgiving day ever
family of willing workers had turkey
with stuffing, and chicken pie and pie k
k, and mince and pumpkin pie, and
apples and nuts for dinner; ana a cosy
home to oat it in; ard that the children
in each home were round-cheeked and
rosy and Innocently happy; and that
there were pictures C3 the walls, and
books on the shelves, and new fars
and magazines oa th s tabh e; and that
thero were abundant bidding and waim
clothes In the cloet; aud wood in tUo
woodsheds, and CJul in the bin ; aud
that ho bead of each housettold were le
gally secure lu hit O kIIvuu light to
work, and in the poises ion of the full
e rod -tot of his labor.so tht he ne d hsve
uo anxtvty.
And who should have wealth to en
joy aud oeurity from waat it not the;
rtorkcrr
THE
IQUiL
RiGim
The National CJrvrig at Its national
Mt-t'UUit iett week at 8y reel- New
YrV ado(tod lav following redutien;
lU-MUtd That the Nation d (Srattge
la la Uvi'i vt urmuUut to nuia ttu
setae prllli gee at thu ttailvt b-a aa
ranWd to men
I UK K artery (Nt. ) collet mill ht
lw!a t atlrvly shut dowa Uut three
months and the pr pfUUf has juet aa
touatvd that there will bo an work f r
the huJ before January aad s 'e'b!j
cot thnn, I herw are several hetdrd
hat Us a, thou t ni.wor, without Crt4it,
aad aithout werk, ard a eil bla.
winter wptt then, sast the Mladea
Cottrtdf,
Thk Ceatial lbur t'aloa vt Nw
Viik al.hes to rut llsary Uergt h?
Mayor ot that city ta im, aad te act'
Uliag the matter, I
THE RiILE0AD3 AND THE FEOFLE
Mr. Justica Hrerer of tbe United
States supreme eeurt is a great deal
more anxious to protect the railroads
from the greed of the p -opla, than he is
to shield the people from tbe avarice of
the railroads. In hi speech before the
New York State Bir Association at
Albany last January he said:
'There are today 111 000,000,000 In
vet-d iu rallroat property, whose own
r-rs in tbis country number less than
two million pear sons. Yes, a good many
less EDiTOtt. 1 Can it be that whetber
.that immense sum shall earn a dollar or
i bring the slihd recompense to those
who have invested perhaps their all In
thai business, and are thus aiding in the
development of the country, depends
: who y upon the whim and grcdof thai
great majority of sixty million0 of peo
pie w no do not own a dollari It may
be said that that majority will not be so
rooiisb, sei nsn aod cruel us to strip tba
pMpoity of its earning capacity I tay
t hat so long as const! tu' ioi.al guuraaf e
lift. o. i American soil their Ou'treosee
ana Duiwurks sgalnst wrong, and so
lo"g us the American judiciary breathes
me i fee air ol courage, It cannot."
These are tho words of a man who
with his associate jus Ic'S has been lift
ed above law, whom the law and the
people cannot reach. They are answer
able only to their individual conscienc
es, and naturally bare tbe accommo
dating morals of the political leadrs
who appoint and confirm them. Be
sides, since the Granger case were de
cided in favor of the people in 1876 tbe
rail roar's h ive put forth all the politi
cal power to elevate judges, as well as
l-gUlators,congressmen and presidents,
to serve them. And they have suc
ceeded in greatly altering the coipora-
tion complexion of the U. S supreme
court, and ha?e got well In hard the
supreme cour.'s of many of the states.
Every intelligent citizen knows, and
Justice Brewer knows, that not less
than six thousand million dollars ($6 -
000,000,000) of the railroad property ht
is announcing he and bis associates will
defend, ii no in vestment, Is simply water,
which monopoly powt-r is forcing the
people to pay dividends on and give
yaluo to. Ia other words, it is an enor
mous robbery of the people, which
Judge Brewer sanctions and defends.
We do not believe in robbery of any
class. We do not believe it is possible
for any legislative body todisoover just
how much exiortion the railroads are
practicing, and not having such know
ledge they cannot do more than rough
ly guess at what is just. We therefore
thiok it necessary for the government
to exercise tbe right of eminent domain
and buy the railroads for what they are
worth, and conduct them at cost for a'l
the people. We are not obliged to
havo our railroads run by usury draw
ing dollars, by the sort of dollars which
are incorrectly said toearn(?)dividends.
Government furnished drllars will go
jut a far in enabliBg labor to develop
the resources of the country, and tbey
permit all the wealth so made to re
main in the hands of tho producers
But tbe railroads now have three U.
S supreme court judges tbey can count
on, Brswer, Field and Brown, and
Ilornolower is their favored appointed
candidate. Every dollar's worth of
enslaving power they possess they will
tight to hold, and their political and
legal intrench men ts are of the strongest
possible sort. Conjointly with the
money power, or rather as apart of the
money power, they control both old
party machines; and their power in tbe
courts will soon be all controlling. Can
we afford to drop this question from ou
platform to please narrowly seldsh one
Idea silver men?
WOODMAN, SPAEE THAT TREE
There are Ideas an 1 ideas, some com
prehensive, Pome narrow; some 'hat cin
stand alone, others that cannot. Great
ideas an like a great tree, the support
ing trunk runs up and sends its own
life into beautiful, fruitful branohes
Such a tree-like idea cannot be separa
td, cannot b cut away to one sma
branch and live.
Let us consider briefly what thero its
trunk and branches of the lVopk
party Idea are. The roots are tho com
m m raeral beliefs. We know that
"Kl'kt Is rid lit, sinew Qod In tlnel,
A u.i riKhi Uiod.ty must win."
The trunk of our tr30 Is the !ngl
expression of jastlco, "H'talth btlutigs ta
kimtrhicnata it,'' And this trunk. tLU
oliminur ba-o, U Divinely b.:llt and
pttterned,--"In tho sweat of thy faen
shait thou eat broad If any man will
uot weik niltimr b l he eat."
Tho prliulp'U brauchoeot thU law of
life, 4,lhe tree f life," we elec!r to b-
land, tnoavy an 1 ti uonp- rUMon trtaol.
and all at lab r ceat; that Is, tha too
id.ty ii a n euttroyed. our
aMiooal platform, wh'oH rontatus the :
ale ul satis.
Over bttl if ih Hplo ed lalt ctiumrj
aad trie Hiinugo Is tUUUy la
cring-are now feae'd iay froiu th-
att4 and must pay re" w ' ao'dvre.
"thtlf ft. Irs and a'gn forever," fi? a
p'aeM t-i live. Tfiey tiaa f.A live tad
Pu4ailji they ear uot ro'aia ih
wtanu ihy cattle. The ethh-e- a
ejcrie'tnj, peeny-;Md4'!ng rvuldfalu
front a.i maty &. I In volume eA
u, a vt nil wtifker. all retiwere f
iMrk vv pnila.is, whthr owairi'
lead r met, eoftl'IbeW l It. Tb lt
iutttU thre'ere k llvlag, vtt4
t retain 4 )a;to a ftialaimtal io
t,o, a qi sllua ol lire and UNrrty Ut
hl prtalvkUg mUllona.
IU KtoMi m tw oaptUl Ul torn earl
te a attaint aeeHt wltk th great
majority of the people, and tbewe who
must borrow ef print?-p"rih-s to bu
the mans to live, are forced to pay
ba'k more than they borrow. 'Tne
rich ruleth over tbe poor, and the bor
rower Is servant unto the lender." It
matters not what the form of g"Vt rn
ment is, librrty is impossible to Ung as
mmtff must b borrotrd of prim U individ
ual or corporations. , The real money
question (s ihe perfonal q'estion how
to equltaVy get money, not wbat it
shad b - vi da of. It is the q ie-sion oi
obtalni'i; money to set oneself at work
and. to live with, while at wcrb. with
out having ui pay back more than one
borrows. It is of i-o consequence in ex
change what the money is made of so
long as it I hgal t,n'lrr but it is a vtrj
greai matter if we must pay back more
dollars than we borrow. The farmers
of Nebraska are raising SO and 40 cent
irAaf.aad'with It buying and loing just
about ten million dollars each ytarto keep
up tqe drum of interest on their farm
mortgage indebtedness alone. Reckon
ing all the pub'io and private debts of
the American people at $30 000,000,000,
which is not an overestimate, and the
average rate of interestatsix percent ,
the producers are suffering a loss of
eigntetn hundred million dollars a year (an
actragnofSjOfrom each family of fire
persons) tribute to the money pouter. Near
ly all of this vast los could be saved to
ita producers by the new monetary sys
tem of legal tender currency just equal
to the money needs, a currency which
saouid be lseued and loaned by, aud
deposited with the government, through
pobtal savings banks.
The railroads are now the great high
ways of commerce aad under private
ownership and control have power to
rob every producer and consumer in the
nation; and so rapidiy are they doing it
and buying up the mines and other re
sources, and obtaining control of the
courts as well as legislatures, that
national ownership is absolutely neces
sary to save t the people their property
and take them from the well-nigh all
powerful clutches of the transportation
monopolists.
re. .ii .. ttt , i . .. ' .
vuuoiuur uuvy. vvhq tne land DO
longer monopolized tho railroads and
present money power could absorb all
our surplus, gradually buy up the land,
ana mane serf of us all. With th
money monopoly broken by a govern
ment-ioaned currency, but with land
and transportation monopolies remain
lng, the landlords and railroal kings
could tax us icito complete industrial
slavery. A monopoly of anything or
any service which is a universal or well
n'gh universal necessity, has power to
absorb all property and liberty. There
fore we. may not safely cut away eithe
of the three grea'-. division?, the land
money or transportation branches, into
which our moral and political ideas un
fold. How much more unwise would it
be to cut away th railroad branch, the
land branch, and all tho real life of the
money branch, retailing only the
morally lifeless and economically out
grown gold aud 6ilycr twigs! The com
mon people can have no rest or refresh
ment under them, no protection, no
boe of justice. Read the historic
record of gold and silver money, its
usury t-xactions.and the accompanying,
ever present poverty of the common
people. No; silver can never tave us.
BOOKS EE0EI7ED TOE REVIEW.
The following books have been re
ceived and will bo reviewed in future
issues of this paper:
Ftoin the Arena Publishing Company,
Boston, Mass.
Civilization's Inferno. By B. O.
Flower, pp. 232, $100.
Born in the Whirlwind. By Rev.
William Adams, D. D. pp. 334. $1 25.
Psychics: Facts and Theories.
By Iidv. Minot J. Savage, pp. 153.
H.00.
Christ thk Orator. By Ilev. T.
Alexander Hyde. pp. 212. $1.25.
The Ikrepkkssiblb Conflict Be
tween Two-Would Theohiks. 15y
Rot. Minot J. Savase. pp.193. 11.00.
Where thu Tides Melt. By
ayson Berry, pp.302. $1.25.
A Weudinu Tangle.
Cuwptn.ll Sarhawk. pp
StViC THE UkI'UBLIC.
.VlcCi uekau, A. M. pp. 2'
By Frances
311. $1.
By W
. 10c.
D
Ai;e We A Prohperoi's Peoi'le?
By Jl O, Flower, pp. U, 10o.
f 'roiH Uiirptr and Srothtrs, A'ttr Yort.
1 iik to.tsT oi Uohemia. By W. D
UoweiU. pp. 3U l..i0.
Ah We (Jo, Uy Charts Dudley War-
r. pp. Ist. e,w.
Kvenimu I'tifc.Hij By W D. IIoed:.
torn fkumui Y. CrviMUsf C Xt 1W.
IlU Nr.W Htl'KMl-n.ts, ty Hv.
(i.eirge D 11 froo, IK D, pp l,tl
P ' ' m
The Populist pArty u,ut f'rj fi,
raid aud run dowa U.Ut t.d prtl ,
he auso the Iralh I all i its lator, at,u
rv4Kwaad jtia to. upprt It. Thtaigit
aatlobaily a Nttoorpy rty aow It eea
U'u all ggraalv ti.tcl lda. ail
reigrialvtoroe. dj-tu ud ate tfl
u ut saary tWmaudi if UWriy, 14 itij
ami foa:iKto m.ohm; ei,4 whea lu
pi .il;tHseaJle auit ao untiiUkl
b an 14 -1 .dual, fee t'aaitoi en-ape f el-
lajfibat he Is uude r it.eJ oUUitllua
.iplrl It.
11 " 1 1 11 in in
Wlaatdott oaitiiu!ll ai.h the
liver duilar,
AM A POfULKT-
Firs, because thw psity platform de
clares that "Wealth belongs to him wbo
creates It," and recognizes the Divine
law, "If any man will not work, aei
thor shall he eat." This is the law of
simple just ce; and all laws that conflict,
with it, and all social building not based
on it, must give way.
Second, becouse Populism teaches
tbtt the intere jts of the producers la
ci'y and country are identical, and that
rtiy chou'd unite ai brothers to defend
themselves, and 6ave to industry Its
entire product
Third because the party is wisa
enough to see that monopolies are sub
versive of liberty, all liberty, in that
tbey enable one cla.cs to dictate terms
and prices to another clas?, and so
obtain means of them to continually
buy up more and more of the land and.
natural resources, on the God-giveo
right to and possession of which Indi
vidual liberty depend. And because,
seeing that transportation is a means of
exchange and a public necessity, and
that the railroads have grown 10 be a
gigantic national weal th-and-re sources
absorbing monopoly, the party declarea
we must own the railroads to avoid be
ing owned by them. .' . i
Fourth, because the party declares for
a national currency, safe sound a A
flexible, issued by the general govern
ment only, a full legal tender for al
debti, public and private, a just, equit
able and efficient means of distribution
direct to the people at such a tax as
will just cover the cost of investigating
and preserving seeuri tics furnished; and
because it further declarea for postal
savings banks for deposit and exchange,
which, with government loans, would
effectually and forever do away with the
bhylock occupation, and save to the
producers the everywhere-branching,
Mississippi-like drainage of usury.
Fifth, because it demands that the
telegraph and telephone monopolies,
being a necessity for the transmissioa
of news, like the post office system
should be owned and operated by the
government. Tho Importance of the
telegraph monopoly few reallzs. It la
the monopoly that makes possible the
Associated Press manopoly, which In
turn holds the whole dally journalistic
tield In the hands of the Republican and
Democratic dally press, a fact, news and
opinion-making monopoly whose busi
ness Interests and continued gains de
pcad on suppressing most of the truth
against monopolies, holding the people
In ignorance of facts, and filling tbem
with ptrtisan prejudices and false, con
flicting ideas regarding the'ir common
intf rests The People's party must be
destroyed by the Associated Daily Press,
they see, or it will destroy their power,
wnh that pf all other monopolies.
Sixth, bectuse It declares that the
land, including all the national resour
ces, is the heritage of all the people,
and should not be monopolizsd for
speculative purposes. And because.
while declaring this inalieaable right
and necessary basis of individual free
dom, It recognizes that there are labor
equities In present lajd titles which
mu9t be regarded; and consequently It
proposes no forfeitures of title except
such as have been fraudulently obtain
ed; but it takes Us stand against the ex
tension of slavery by land monopoly,
and by taxine the land soeculators.
would put a stop to Its gains.
Now is there anything wild or vision
ary or impractical in this platform of
the Populists, that, understood, can
repel any honest man?
Not a single solitary demand, or
idea. No honest intelligent citizen can
lielp joining us in our opposition to the
great monopolies and trusts. And we
propose no methods of dealing with
them which are not in su:cessful opera
tion in other lands. In Earope, Aus
tralia, New Zealan i and other countries
most of the railroads and telegraphs are
owned and operated bv tho eovern-
ments in the interests of tho people.
And In Austria a government postal
savings bank system has boeu working
well for several ers. We hou!d only
Improve on it by adding the loan future.
and subtracting the 2.65 percent. Inter
est feature. If the tax payers of each
county were by law mido liable to the
government for any inadiquay of se
curity furnished as tho bitsU of money
:ouus among them, they would elect
only tbe most reputable men to take
charge of the county baiin; business,
and they would take of them heavy
bemded sconrlty bosldfs.
The dogs do ihflr howliig over what
hits ttioiti Vard, and thn Is why therj
U such an outcry against our tie mon
etary system, which will prov da an
auunnatlcHlly regulate d volume of cur
resooy adjuste It the iK-oide'e n-e de, a
uurrency whose dollar tl.ietunte
!n vein, sod whl.'h. bicau of ,ov.,ra
uo n t loam at oewt, oau awerUt lent for
inwet. It Is a mofirtary system which
e!Jt14 not bsi affected by outsido fJnaa-
flat disturbances, and which within
would make panics and rrourrloa;
periods t f busluce daprlej itnpti.
M, II would set all at work aad suture
lrpt.il opportunities. It te th(V
prnlva sytUm of Sitaacy. simple,
evl thraud, ifvct, "T Wtrl4 dmt
. Aad the iVpullet part? l
anvU tt-lsp:t of th 4eteriula4
-ipjn elihn of a'l Ihe mtM oivdy fori a,
'" ii.iiL. iiPi iNiiiaj
Heat t'Aai'Eic edU rf the
Utld City (Nb) J'nss, a-j.; TM,
gaerttLt will aever ll long enough
U e. aonhcr arty a,h' e r the pe4
r WHY I