People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1895 — POPULIST WISDOM. [ARTICLE]

POPULIST WISDOM.

AU the People's Interests Centered in the Omaha I’latforin. If the People’s party should allow itself, to be diverted from the principles which gave it birth by the free coinage of silver issue, it would as certainly go to ruin, as that disorder and chaos follow upon utter confusion of thought and purpose. If tin* People's party is wise it will conccntint« its energy and enthusiasm upon an unequivocal anti-monopoly platform. The condition of public, mind will maßc it necessary to declare for free silver, but nothing more as a specific measure is necessary. The proposition of .Judge Welsh which we submitted last week,' that the nation, state or municipality; granting charters to monopolies should have the right under law to retake the

franchise for the people, would be popular. and in ac'cot dance With t he geniusof the parly. This, would be enough,: It is none too much. Upon such a. platform the People's party holdc its forces admirably. Should it to the syreu voice of the silver jiien jts. identity as a political organization would vanish. The anti-monopoly declaration, made fundamental, 1 warrant the same fight against inondp- 7 ' oly as heretofore conducted under lb# leadership ofjhe People's.!paJ’tyu.* It: would be even better. for iUwonhf gJwt full and jierfect liberty tn Ats »<Jhcr-: ents to attack any monopoly pi’jajl.nuG; nopolies. It. would comp^e ( tion of the Prohibition party the growl,h in numbers of lye Sodaiist/ ic Labor party. Such* M r^ffttin. planform would attract ’tii^ ! rdfo’rhreisrMir the old political parties; w «h«1 x - t; h ! ojfftf ! keep a clear cyt iftentlly- 1 ifie organization. No greater pfflWever'cdff-' fronted a political organ iZAt ioirtlhaJi now confronts th* People’s j panty. f |£

needs now more than ever firip leHjt--, f era In all portlops tipipn. Should t his' , ittteffipt party succeed the, uppn 'lDe’ rliffl. plate will be turned haick a*‘deca^t!'or more. We hav® l&okeHyWth 5 sitsrilihon upon this sllVcr isstie rt*om’the ftegin?' nlng. It is tnhdetqttSte tt-theTdtmatron of a poHtical/t>Artjf. ’The te«*etrt-X tempt to ToTBi a .party >fUHcdrutterly. * The processes.rjof. propagandist!) iwetJeL then resorted , we Uh ink- this latter wiy ; bq the salvation of, Ihp re-. ; | form inoverpept..~ The have run ijs.four's®J\efqre, the ija.tionai. convenlibns' wj)! be hefd. It will,' to itspYopet place be-’ fore This one'tking is Vertain, Hiatt the stive!*'issue bodes 111 to both. 4he-People's'Tartjc and J tW’ Demarracyo No' gi eaiti >' evrtrts pregnant wUhh-goodi to hiUHJHiity.-: can.»>elnHter about a njere me^sure 4 / ShoiNd. either .tpja. partiga be pble t® ; <^iry ; . n 4 ttjis issue. W-V yppn’grtnclpfeg in twg retTs tlft Wreckage df a ronnAjijpnr? wotn'd’ strie^The 6Fitioe! ' We the ofHlbA* reformers Xvlth tfMfc i < <^n^ftty i bf > fiw-i »jheir-sfolleweis.. Great eAewts aae niar ,f - A Jil;* )t)iq