Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1892 — WEAVER AND FIELD. [ARTICLE]

WEAVER AND FIELD.

ACCEPT the nomination of THE PEOPLE’S PARTY. They Xiiue an Address to the People Declaring that They Stand Squarely Upon the Platform Adopted at the Omaha Convention. The Address in Full. General Weaver and General Field, the People’s party candidates for President and Vice President, have Issued the following address: To the People of the united States: Having been nominated respectively for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States by the National Convention of 1 the People's party, which assembled at Omaha ; j u ) y 4 iß<j2 we take this method of formally notifying the public of our acceptance of the nomination and of our appreciation of the honor conferred upon us by the action of the o< We e arc°lieftrttly in aocord with the platform of principles adopted by that convention, and if elected, will endeavor to faithfully carry out the demands In letter and spirit. We have been requested by the National Committee to visit the various States of the Union so far as it shall be within our power, and to address the people upon the political situation and the issues presented in the platform. We are now in the discharge of that duty having already, one or both of us, visited fifteen States in the Northwest and South, and If health and strength are spared we intend to oonthmc the work until the campaign is closed. We have been received with marked cordiality. The enthusiasm everywhere is wlthont parallel! and extends to every part of tne Union we have vislted. By contact with the people we have beooxne acquainted with their wants and sufferI lngg, ana have been brought faoe to face with the manifold perils which so seriously threaten i our civilization and the overthrow of popular government. We wish to express our judgment freely and without reserve in order that we may stand acquitted before our fellow-men and our own conscience touching the whole matter. Substance of the People Devoured. The people are in poverty. Their substance Is being devoured by heartless monopolists, trusts, pools and money sharks. Labor Is largely unemployed, and where work is obtainable the wages paid arc for the most part unremuneratlve, and the products of labor not paying the costs of production. This is a matter of serious concern to the whole people. The leaders of the heretofore dominant parties are everywhere controlled by the great monopoly and money centers, and manifest utter disregard for the wants and wishes of the people. The parties are hostile camps aiTunged on sectional lines and the present bitterness and cruelties of the past; every four ' years discussing the Issues of the late war I which should long since have been allowed to Sass from the political discussions of the day. otwlthstandlne the bitterness existing be--1 twesa the old parties they vie with eabh otnff ■ in theft Bnl;ser.’i?nce Jo capitalistic and corporate greed. . axe '"Capable of dealing sincerely with tne vast problem evolved by tne growth of the last quarter of a century. Upon the genem. economic questions of tne ago thfey Sre djActTcally in harmony, differing Just «ptf§rTto enable them to carry on a sman'BEuie, while the work of robbery and Spoliation proceeds unabated. IP the IheafHlme, the farmers and. planters, North and South, and the wage- . earners everywhere are proscribed, maltreated, brought Into competition With convict labor, and in many Inßtaaoesehot down by hired mercenaries acting under orders of arrogant corporations, which have nublushingly usurped the functions of Government and presumed to act in its Stead. These corporations dominate the dally press and control the lines of dally communication with the people. A still greater peril—we hold that tne rights of a free ballot and a fair count are rights preservative of all rights, and upon their Inviolability rests the perpetuity of free Institutions and representative government. We are pained to discover in the public mind of the Southern States through which we have passed a widespread loss of confidence on the part of the people in the integrity of the Judges of elections in receiving the ballots of the people and coasting them for the candidates or their choloe. We think that this evil must be corrected by the Intelligence and integrity of the people of the country; otherwise scenes of vlolenoe, and perhaps bloodshed, may follow these efforts of parties In charge of the ballot boxes to defraud the will of the voter. They will lead to a serious collision, and that quickly.

Their Party’s Growth 1* the South. After consultation with the people we believe It to be true beyond reasonable question that the majority of white voters are with the People’s party in every Southern State thus far visited, and oar Information leads ns to believe that the B&me thing is true In the other States also. The white people are leaving the old parties and oastlng their lot with ns, and our numbers are constantly increasing. We are Informed by a large number of Intelligent and reputable people that In the recent State election In Alabama Capt. Kolb was chosen Governor by over 40,000 majority, and yet his opponent was counted In by a majority of 10,000. County tiokets throughout the State were counted out and others counted In. By the same unblushing methods we are Informed that in the State election, which occurred In Arkansas Sept. B, at least 50,000 of the disqualified voters of the State Were deprived of the right of suffrage, that the retains were Inaccurate, that at this election the People's party, the number {Killing a large vote, wns denied representation In the appointment of judgei ah! OAmmTc.sToiicrq,. by whom the election wr.s to be cofiaodtJ J. in cousGjTence Of m£t bSds the wlll,O f the-legally authorized voters of J the State has been defeated. The only thing that our friends in that State It ye to guide them Is in the few counties where they ire to force an honest connt. In every one of these eonnties our vote ran fully np to expectations. ' In Washington, Independence, White, Clark, Nevada, Crawford, Sebastian, Scott, populous white eonnties, the People’s party hold an immense vote, their ticket leading the Republican largely and was about equal with the Democratic We believe that a fair connt wonld have shown similar conditions throughout the State. The frauds and Irregularities in the State referred to, though local', are yet matters worthy of the serious consideration of the people of the whole United States. The ,d«Slorable condition of affairs cannot be remeled from without. The solution must cOme from the people within these States supported by a healthy public seqtlment everywhere, and we believe It to be the duty of all people without regard to seotion to stand by these noble people of the South who have risen up to demand good government and honest elections. After an experiment or ifiafly years it is apparent that neither the Republican party nor the Democratic party can or will accomplish tho much-desired end—to wit, the restoration of the ballot to a fair and hnnest basis In the States of the Union. The People’s party alone oan Beoure the desired end. If the people of the whole country who desire honest elections and the repeal of class laws will rally to the support of this great Industrial movement and place the party in power under whose banner the whole people of the Sonth are now marshaling themselves, this vexed question will be settled forever. It is certain that the peOSle of the South will not join the ranks of the .epnblican party. It is equally certain that the Republicans will not unite with the Democratic party. What the People's Platform Offers.

The People's party affords the only solntion of these Important matters. All who desire the revival of business, all who wish for the return of prosperity to our country, all who desire to relieve the depressed industries and wage-workers of our common oountry, all who desire an adequate Increase of onr currency and the free coinage of sliver, all who desire the abolition of banks of issue and the constitutional control of the great instruments of commerce by the Government of the United States, all who desire that the laws of taxation shall be equitably adjusted to the property of theconntry, all who desire that the public domain shall be sacredly held in trust for the people, all who desire that the highways between the States shall be rendered subservient to the popular good, and, finally, aU who desire the restoration of fraternity among the people and the obliteration of sectional animosities should at ouee regard it as their conscientious duty to align themselves under the banner of this great industrial and fraternal movement. It seems to us to be quite Impossible that the liberal and Jnstloe-lovlng people of this country shbuld longer east tneli ballots for the corporations and moneychangers. It would seem impossible that they shomd refuse to make common cause with the fair-minded majority of the people of the South, who have risen up to demand justice and good government in their respective States. And It further seems quite impossible that the producers and laboring people of the United States shall deliberately go to the polls in November and cast their votes In harmony with the corporations and money power who have systematically and cruelly robbed them for so many years, or vote in harmony with their despoilers who made war against even their right to organize for the protection ol themselves and families. With the aggressions of capital on the one hand and the overthrow by fraud of free elections on the other, how la It possible for our civilization to last? Tlfc new party has Its face turned to the glorious future, Its sublime mission to usher in an era of fraternity and justice among men. In the presence of such an opportunity to emancipate our country from misrule of every kind, let-party lines be forgotten, and let the generous name of a common patriotism nerve every heart and move every soul. Jakes B. Weaves. James G. Field.

The late Mr. Bostwick of New j York was worth nearly $40,000,000, j but the sight of his bam in flames gave him such a shock that he fell dead. The coroner said “heart dis-'j ease," but there seems to have been 1 a peculiarly intimate connection be* ‘ tween the heart and the pocket*