People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1895 — People's Party Platform. [ARTICLE]

People's Party Platform.

FOI'N'DAT'.OX PRINCIPLES. I'ritsr. —Ph i'th'.'union <>'tin* i’.mi: fo> ■ ft! - Unit uStab- this <.ay .mated shall In- •./■•.".laner.t !>'.-i pe’tci. atit its enier into all ii-ir«-» for • i ■ sail al o.n 7; K-nu Mic u.nl fl- ‘ »:,>•:f' of manlx ’. 4 • • , Woaiih ■'••! ,n js r wiiocre-;i:e-7 .lt d ' ci.Lr. I;:;..,; industry votL :.i’‘i.n <• t c-. ah i:t rnbb':' it’any v :U u-iCiei sirul liei-a Ihein m~t ...o i.- :a t i ural i.. Lora: the same: tit ■■!■ inten - . i i Hi'teal. i’ -i .15 v, .■ i -.i.-vt h:.t ihe t or.':.is conie vii nib' ratbo-d <•■>. r" : ■> ■>"' “ ■ -ith"i' on' p . ~.r tli - ;,,.s • .z :. if,.- ... ..... - -mill. li.. o ei-iiia a i-ni-l | u . •' K o’ r. v u : i iii:» u j any oral i-- v. si. dL .a .or si. a'a.vml- ~ ... r. ;|, 'istifo i|,a i>> V.113-U all p«-.-o. Ih m ri. . . ■■.! : ■ ■ r.s-. as i..||>ic- • . . ,•of >b :■ rofla ■'. ifionn! ao.' ii ii , :k; um- d - .ell 5...1.:amal “ »\ Cl Illi; ir. Vli j ' V “ FINAN. E. i'n- T NV- 'b iu.tr . it 'i.ii;■ iii.il currency. - . i .'Hi .’ . ■ - i.‘ • by thr zeuvr- .. i »* - 1H- ‘•!• • • -’l' • *• 4 * I • > iI >■ . I .’ r t<>! • debts pt: .»< in I ~>•>■.iw Mid !•: «’ with•I!iii• ik • < J’ : i : b. ■. »r:i t h.u-N. t dht. . ouil I’.o- :»,1 i < mi.’it . ii; ;UI- ’•!’ • nuion .. .reel to tiie , ■ ,'c . a t::' ia.l !• . \.'e< d 2 e.'lll. p'> a.ila..:. io ■"' |;levid'<l i - set : -rtl. n I'll .sir nsi,iy pln.i of the 1 .trm- . is' Al.i.uir- ot :•• ' r systi-’;r. ais.» by ■ aymen is hi i.’-.'h:' r; I tin . biiga' ..is for .i.iolii' tmpr.. : 'i. deii.an:' i'- ' ■■ s| .-oina.e of silver at t h pr- . i<l i. -al r; 11 .ofltto I. We demand ihattl ■a- ; ml pf'-ir. ul-i-jng m-diun.be sp 'diiy iiii-.'i'ii-.-u to not less i ion ’.V; p< r.i'apita. We dem:.nd a it:aduatv-I inc.nse lax. Wj-!>('lii\ 'that th - money of tin- count, y should i>e k"pi. a- : ii: I; « issildo ;r. tLt hands of til - P 'opk'. ami lienee .vc d -iminii I hat all si an a.id na’ioua! revenues »lm 11 Im limited to -Ii 1. • e,oyy i xp"ii.< s r.f th< eovernmeat, ee »n-iintrai;y a;jd honestly administered. We demand that postal savings bank bt es'ublish d by 1.l - gov. I 111.." lit I.H lhe s;,-, ■ ie|>osjt of th" an rn in its of people aiHlit facilitate exchange. TKANSP.iRTAI K'N. SI'COXT' -Tran.sj. 'l'ti'l ion 1.-'-nx :. a. ear- <• o-iiange and a p ltd ■ n ■■■essity. th- -rnvrr-’-ni‘-it should own in’., up.-rate the railroadin iho in'i-i' s’-f th ■ m , i’he teleirraoli ar. r It ■ pli»l". ilk" tin po-toitice system I -ii. g a :.-"'"it'y fortl.e II »n.mission ut ne •- s. ■<■■■.: 1.l l?e a.i ano onerated l-y th •(. n'er.i uetit . : he intvrc.i of tltc-'p -o-ile. " . , LANDS

T'htkb The land, iitcl'.t.lini; aV! the natural stmrc.'s <»f wealth, t- the heritage of tliejiecp ■ . :■ ■..! mo-il l n il 0- mon ipoli/e i forspe. - i:l uiv pupos-s. and alien ownership of i lan 1 should be ’ prnhildt "4. AU lands now imi.i by-raiim-id: a-i.l o'iter <• >: |) n ations in | ex • '-s"j’ tin a ■ ii' a ■ i ■ ai I a'l lan d. i now owned ay niiens s'r"i’ I he reclaitued by ilit- gon ri ni 'i'l a i I !■ i : tor actual settler, only.' i 1 SEPPLEYENTAKY I:I’SOLCTIONH. Wheseac OthOr ipie-i ions liaxe lieen pnG sented for onr considerat ’- n. ve hereby submit th following ii-a a,, a part of the plat-I form of the I’cwpl. 's i’at . .a’ as resolutions i expressive of the conven ion. Kr.<oi.V£r». That we u nd a fret ballot' and a faircount In all i'ns and pledge ourselves to secure ii i.- I'very legal voter without federal interveetio'.i ‘ihrough the adoption by the Stati'. ■ / th ■ unperverted | Australiari or .secret .• 1 ■ ,-ysti in. Kesoi.ved. Tliai the i.w. :i ;■■ derived fr.-iiii a era Imited income tax • - i > lid be applied to th • reduction of the b i; l -i: of t'ixatiom lio.i levied upon I h - dotn-.'s industries of till.- ’ country. K6.sOt.VMi. That, ’.ve ..ph ■ .;■■ our support to fair an I liia-i :,1 pension <oc.'. i nion soldiers a nd sailors. Kesolvk"'. That wo ■ o-td•tniti the faJJae.i of protecting American la'bor uiider t lie pres ent system, v. nicii op our |,orl. to tin paup-T an'i I'rliumal cm- ,'s of t h - 'world-and ciowds out o>" : m rnors; and tve <le-iioum-e tin* pc.'- " ' i .Teci ivela ws agaans; i conrract lab >.' :■• i <1 u-iiid the further.res', rie lion of u-i <‘v •. i a 'lie ini' ii .i it 1011. Ki'siu.viai. Tliii.l i irdially sympathize will rue ei.'oris of 0.-g'iiizet v..,rkmeti to sliir-i nt h' Lui's oi 1: bor .mJ d. maud a ri rid enforce!.i mt of th ■ oxi lin ; eight hour la"H z »' rum ■‘ ...irk ami ask • that a pen alt v e'.aus ■ Im aid al to th: si. id la w. liESOi.vni, That w:- regard ihe maintenance of a larg • s am.l'-i't army of mercenaries, known as in i'lnkerti ii i tstem. asa menae-; to our liberties, and we demand its abolition and we con.'emu ill" recent invasion of the Territory of Wyoming by the hired assassins of plutocracy, assisted by federal ofiimrs. Resolved Hint we commend to the thoughtful consideration of the p topic and the reform press th.' legislative system known as the initiative and referendum. Resoi.i k:>. Tha.l we favor a Constitutional provision limitingh" oillce of President and Vice President to one term and providing for the election of smiators of the United states by'it direct, vote of rhe people. Res'ii'ved. That we oppose any subsidj- or nationalaid to any private corporation for any puroose.

The Chicago Times (weekly) and the People's Pilot for $1.50. Wherever fusion has been practiced .the cause of reform has suffered. nwruwewc—nil «■ n —Of—— The boom of populist principles is upon us and “barrels" with “blocks of five can’t stop it. To day a man can say he is a populist and his republican or democratic neighbor has not even a smile of ridicule. Fusion may bring victory for candidates but it is just as certain to defeat the-populist principles and retard the growth of reform ideas. Why should the government loan money to national banks at 'one per cent and at the same time pay them from four to six per cent on the security? Senator J. Donald Cameron, of Punnsylvania. in a letter advocating the free coinage of silver, charges that its demonetization was effected through a conspiracy wit|i English bankers and that the republican party, at the Ji.e?atiou, of the national banks of iliis country, was a party to Pm .-onsj i .ww This A pretty good republican authority aiui sofljclhing vt a bm.tb ' ; • mot. | ’ li* VI •

Tom Watson’s paper and the Pilot, both one year, for $1.50. South Dakota needs “redeeming" and next year the populists will do it. —Norton’s Sentinel. 'Die People’s Pilot and Vincent’s Searchlight both one year for £1.50, regular rates £2. OU. In some places in Colorado the Republicans translated populist documents into German, called them "republican," and distributed them during the campaign. - Norton’s Sentinel. When men like John Cleveland and Grover Sherman go out riding together to have a coqfer en<-e on the money question, yon may bet your bottom dollar there is n ischief brewing.—Norton’s Sentinel. A level-headed populist in the United States treasury would, in le.-s than two years, pay of! the entire bonded debt, decrease taxation to one-fourth its present burden, start the wheels of commerce. create work for idle labor and restore good times.—Norton's Sentinel. • NMMMWnMaaaaMMniMBVMHMaBB Mrs. Emory’s "Seven Finaui;',i Conspiracies" should be read by every person in the United States. It gives a history )f the legislation that hdis built the money power of America. Sent post paid to any- address for 10 cents or three copies for 25'cents. Address this effice. One of the peculiar features of the monetary reform movement is the frenzy with which some would be plutocrats view a probable change favoring the issue of money 7 direct to producers. The worst specimens of this silly class are men who 'have not "promises to pay’’ sufficient to 'wad a shotgun.

Had the greenbacks never been bought up with. interest bearing bonds and burned to give the national banker a.chanoe to issue' his notes, the. United States would have saved enough by this time to have built morerailroads than are now on thiscontinent, and been absolutely free of any national debt.

'Canadian paper dollars are worth their face value in the United States, less a small discount. at any bank. And for this reason, .they are legal tender for anything a Canadian has lo sell. For the same reason our dollar, silver or paper is worth its face value at a Canadian bank. It has value only be cause it is legal tender here.

When honest democrats who believe in the principles of the populist party burn their politi cal bridges behind them and join the reform movement they will be surprised to see how readily their republican neighbors come forward in the same way. It is no longer a disputed proposition that both the old parties are corrupt past the possibility of reformation.

You 50-cent wood sawyer, who prates* so much about that “Yurrup" dollar, listen. When you get ready to cross the big pond to buy your English styles, you will take your bag of 47 cent silver dollars to the bank, (any bank in America.) and buy their face value, that is their stamped value, of English exchange. Won't you? And won't you swap your English draft for Bank’ of England notes when you get there? Then what are you howling about an honest dollar for? Could you buy a bigger English or French or German draft if your silver dollars were twice as big? Can't you buy as much foreign exchange or foreign money with a paper dollar as with a silver one or a gold one? Then are you nett either a fool or a knave to talk about dishonest dollars, when every kind of an American dollar practically passes in “Yurrup."