Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1891 — THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. [ARTICLE]

THE PEOPLE'S PARTY.

■a _ Address to the Country from the executive Committee. Mr. Robert Schnelling has presented the Associated Press a copy of the printed address by the national executive committeo of the People’s party to Iho citizens of the United States. It. occupies four closelyprinted small octavo pages. It sets-out with a general statement of grievances, which occupies about one-fourth of the document. In this statement are such pjirases as the following: “The declaration of independence from the arrogance of British politicians must be supplemented by a declaration of Independence from the frightful power of concentrated wealth. * * * We consider violence in settling disputes as unworthy of a civilized nation, and for this reason we have organized a party of the people to overthrow the tyrants who have robbed and are continuing to rob us of that to which they have no moral right.” The document goes on with a specification of evils in the matter of laud, labor and money, and, in conclusion, suggests tho remedy. The concluding paragraph appeals in the name of liberty for which the fathers of the Republic pledged their lives for the aid of every honest man in this struggle by joining the party of the people.