Alliance Standard. (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 10, 1894 Page: 1 of 5
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OFFICIAL ORGAN FOR CASS^COfk XY~XFO FOR
FIRST SENATORIAL. DISTRICT.
VOL. VI. MO. 28 LINDEN Tlj^-VS riJKSJ )AY, JUL\
People'* Parly Platform.
•.government In proper on-operstloa with
| Nicaragua ami C.wU Rica.
| 11. We declare that the doctrine of a
Ail«|itnl at Omaha. Nebraska, July 4lh |ar|(| for revet ue is wmug in principle
**92- ami we sp.cialiy o-mdeniu the policy of
FINANCE. free raw material while manufactured
We demand a national currency, goods arc pro* acted,
safe sound and flexible, issued by the |j{. All lands heretofore granted to
general government only, a full legal individuals or corporations In which
tender for all debt*, public and l,r^* {the grantees have not complied with
ale, and that without the use of ban- the conditions of the grant should bo
king . or,nirHiions. a ju t, equitable furfr|ted to Uw *ute for homestead
and eilicrient means of distribution di- ;
reel to the people, at a tax not to ex- *>U,0P<>^S’ lf . . # , #L
ceed 2 per cent per annum, to be U No alien ownershlpof land shouTO
provided as set forth in the sub-treas- I
nry plan of the Farmers Alliance, or a 1
better system, also by payments in j
discharge of its obligations fot public |
improvement.
We demand free and unlimited I
u
to,
1804
Thr Scuff r ill Religion i,,winds and create n debt of $4,-
Tbe most dangerous enemy to soci- ; 000,000 dollars, and take iu and
ety lo-dsy is if* man who sneers at destroy that much currency.
religion. ~»t i«fc.t that he proselytes Would auy sane man for a mo-
- » - ^ • • ' « i *
nate ita course, just so long will it It
a party of business mistakes, tins
vial mishaps and political miifo;
tunes. , '
the faithful, hut because his influence „'eIlt t|lin*k t|mt t|,e •people’s rep- j Whi,e lhal vo*° in lUu, Ho,*e
be allowed in Texas.
14 Corporations shall not bo allowed
to own more land tlinu they actually
use In the prosecution of their busi-
ness.
15. We favor ati effective system of
public vchools for six months in the
year for all children detween the nge of
6 and 18 years and that each race shall
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m
0%'
coinage of silver aud gold at ibe pres-
ent legal ratio of 16 to 1.
We demand that the amount of
circulating medium be speedily in-j have Ik own trustees and control its
creased to not less than 850 per capt- - own gclniola.
’'*• I 18. We demand theadoption of a uni-
We demand a graduated income of textbook. for the public
(IX f
We believe that the money of the HcUooU U> * fun,UI'e,‘ b>’ U,° “u,to at
country should be kept as much ns Cl’st'
possible iu the hands of the people, "ru demand an amendment to our
and hence we demand all slate and stale constitution authoring the loan of
national revenue shall he limited to our public sctnxd funds, not otherwise
the necessary expenses of the xovern- Invested, upon lauds of the people of
mem economically administered. j this state with proper llmlnt.'tions up-
We demand that postal savings <>n the quantity of land mid the amount
honks lie established hv the govern- of money.
rent for the safe deposit of the earn- j 18. We demand relorm in the pun-
lugs of the people, and to facilitate ishment of convicts; that convict labor
exchange. j may he taken out of competition witli
TRANSPORTATION. , citiz.-n labor; that convicts be given m-
Trausporlation being a means of telleetual and moral Instructions aud
exchange and a public necessity, the that the earnings of the convict above
government should own and operate the expenses of keeping shall goto Ids
the railroads in '.lie interest of the peo- family .
id*', ■ | 10. We demand a free vote nod an
Ihe lelegiaidi aud ten'phone, like , honest conn',
tlo* pnsU.rtirc syeliou, beii if a neceesi- j 2 1, \V.-demand ail eflh-ient Mali Iiw
<1 b-r tilt- 11an-mission of oe-'s slimild tliat will pntmt|th»nrtis.iu, meouu da,
'’l'1,‘ »"'* fnlior an I m ituria4 ill in,
of Ihe peo- o, .... ........ I tut all rnunty of-
, —woers,receive fixed sal irlea, not to ex-
> -\r , |fd par i i.iimii net ami lhal all
. MS --A -stt-w-V-‘rrftn 'Tile 'Tj.-inTat
•illiU'e bf f nil.
"• monop^t o > Wa d -or m l ''ia estalillshnient
pose-, an*! of a -lata hir -ail of lab >r,
sitounl lie oW,:-Idvor t 11 creation of a state
la felt among lb >*e who have not the rC9entative8 woul(1 Pver aut||or.
power to reason against insidious ene- . . • . ., .
. i T ■ . . ue such u crime in this country.
mies. “A* the twig is bent the tree . J
i, inclined,” ai I the sneertr,- doubts j lf cougroaa had permitted a ,ms-
ihrown broadca-t which glide harm- tueece or plague to have landed
lessly from tl>« iibield of Intelligence i «!' these shores, the wrong would
penetrate the It •£ protected ami more not ltuve been less atrocious than
impressionable uhida of youth, it ts | this robbery of the musses and
because of tliki fact that his efforts stubbing of the industries of the
assume suffidei t iro|K»rtance to dial - COuntV''
lenge attention The youths of the |
community are .the wards of those i
i who have sllaiAd maturity, anil
same obligation! which compels a man
to protect a helpless infant threatened !
The secretary would have con
'the ti,lU0d th“ calamitoU8P°Iic>’ and | tm'axic^ro uow R? The most
retired greenbacks, had it not
been for a complaint that
came
l»t VfH’.t atlil tij.fni! t*.|
' »•> *mt* m ill llit* iir. M*
0
by the approad of a reptile, rehuires
la.
M <* jft i»j 1.* tiil.i »
<»!)&«( f« » t-|**
tllu I. ntt lift -1*1 Ji of
I" hibiu-i. j b iwr I of arhltraliuti t • ml) Kt all dill' r-
tli |nu I now In Id b\ railroad* and cnee* between cnip iratiinis mid
oil,,-i ooi-poradon-. in i ,ir- -s of llieir 1 pluyus.
lie*mi in > (le, i.ml ail land now owned ; 24. We demand that <• eiiinluloneri ’
by alii to. should In* reclaimed by the ,, mrt drill not In- nlbiwed 11 mmtnict u
government, and In hi for actual
tiers only.
sei-
People’s Party Platform.
Adopted at Hit* Stair Con-
ventional Warn June 211
1. We hereby indorse i lie principles
enunciated in the People’s party plat-
firm adopted at Omaha July 4, 1892.
2. W ■ declare the People’s party to he
/ an anti-iii'Minpoly party and reiterate
our opoidtimi to monopolization of na-
tural rosinirees and public utilization
by Individuals or corporations tor spec-
ulative purposes.
3. We declare the monopolies of land,
money and trasportatiou to he the fruit-
ful sourcer of civil and industrial ine-
quality and wrong, the parent of mon-
opolies, frmn wliioli all lo-ser monopo-
lies, spring, and to the end that these
monopolies and their baneful conse-
quences, may bv removed we advocate
as appropriate measures of relief.
4. The oholition of all private hanks
of issue of every character, whether
state or national.
5. The construction, ownership and
operation of railroads by the govern-
. ment to the extent necessary to con-
trol anil regulute railroads.
6. The governmental ownership and
operation of all telephone and telegraph
* lines.
7. The free and unlimited coinage of
gold and silver upon the ratio-of 16
to 1.
,8. The issuance by the governtfienVof
full legal tender paper money upon
somesystem or plan which, while se-
curing all flexinility, shall so regulate
the value of i urrency as to fiftlit it V>
the aetual needs of business.
9* We denounce eirttfhatfiuully the
issue of gold bonds in times of peace to
meet current expense!) -bl the govern-
ment.
10. We favor the buiidriig of the Ni-
caragua caiuk! tinder proper treaty; pro-
Sitjed 11 IS Wrtft- s4i»*l, --nerated by uflr
debt against a county for more than
$51100 unless the same In- ordered by a
majority vote of the county.
25. Wo demand the free and unlim-
ited coinage of gold and silver at the
ratio of 18 to 1 aud tlmt they he made a
legal tender for all debts.
28. We demand a sufficiency of good
money to supply the wants of trade,
and believe that $50 per capita is re-
quired.
27. We demand suoli amendment of
tlie vagrant laws as will prevent the
prosecutions as criminals of industrious
laboring men while In a conditioh ofen-
forsed Idleness.
28. While believing government
ownership offers the only complete and
satisfactory solution of the railroad
question, we nevertheless favor the
continuance of the commission, but de-
mand that the commissioners shall be
elected by the people and that the law
shall he administered in a-spirit of fair-
ness to all parties.
29. We demand that the 'State pro-
▼idoauffloient accomodation for all Its
insane without discrinination in color,
30. We fovor propotional representa-
tion.
31. We declare the People's party to
be in favor of local self-government
and the enjoyment by the iddiVklual of
Ida natural rights to 'the greatest ex-
tent compatible with good society.
32. Wpfavor such amendment to
our constitution and tax laws as will
secure the assessment of lands and im-
provements seperately.
33. We ftivor a modification of the
laws of limitation as to real estate, to
the end that titles to lands may be
quieted.
34. We demand the enactment of a
law declaring eight hour to lie a legal
day’s work, accept in domestic and ag-
ricultural affairs.
a protest againft the approach of a
scoffer. The |n>»n wlib sneers at
Christianity uj-6ay reveals thereby
the corruption own character.
Hut it is our ditty to repel his attacks
just as if he wefe a more worthy an-
tagonist.
James.Russell Lowell, sotbe years
ago, in an after 'tinner speech in Lon-
don, referring < J aaneerer at religion,
said:
VVlion the microscopic search of
scepticism winch has hunted the
heavens and sounded the seas to dis-
prove the existence of a creator, diaa
turned its attention to human society,
and found a plm on this planet where
a man can livSj in dt'eeucv, comfori
and security, ssi’iw.rting and cduca-
ting his children nspotled and Unpol-
luted : a place v hire. age is rev'red,
infancy respect' d, womanhood honor-
er^tsod hitman li
\* sceptic*
wn tniVt wpri,
tint gospel ot Ij'i rial lias not gone and
and laid the foutnla-
deceiiey security pos-
up from thepeople. Well, Burely
represeuatives on last Thursday
I not he tinal, it is sofficienily decisive,
to pul the south on notice that the
money power north and, east is ail-
powerful and all.ccnlroliiug, aud that
our so callyd' democratic friends in
that part of the country are not much
concerned about oUr present embar-
rassed condition..
M Iicii a political party refused to
stand on the platform on which it
went into power, how can the people
Im-
portant question now hefore the p-o-
; pie is: What should he done with lh>
. it. Womanhood honor-
a complant should have come
up! The people should have
gone to Washington en mass
aud driven these robbers from
the legislative halls.
These acts-were passed at the
suggestion of Secretary McCul-
loch, 'who was at the time a Lou-
don Hanker. Only think of the
,president appointing an English
-banker secretary of the United
fctates treasury! Don’t thatreal-
dy make every American asham-
ed of himself and his country?
Under laws asked for by this
English banker 81,300,0000 of
currency was called in by bonds,
making a debt to that amount
and the currency destroyed. Isn’t
that uu outrage suHic-iont to
,raiso the ire of any true Amer-
.x ...-----------. ...
Thtrs never, wa.3 a .grftver
crime committed—actual, down-
right robbery it proved to he on
In in* in order mr Hie i the people. Call in the curron-
to move blither and ] ,.y nud replace it with debt!
Was congress composed of luna-
tics, or English tories? Was
there no man in congress to
raise the alarm and chase theso
robbers from the land? It ap-
peared that no such a man occu-
pied a seat in either branch of
congress. I*it not a wondor
that there was tint an uprising of
the - people then and, there.
That debt is not liquidated yet.
The people have been paying it
over and over ever since 186(5,
and still it is not paid. On top
of this villainy Grover and John
Sherman are atteinptingto main-
tain a senseless gold reserve by
selling more bonds and making
more debt. Isn’t it about time
to be getting ready to go on the
war path?—Mercury.
‘‘political liars” in the dcinocraii
party'.’.
W. A. IIerr
K6V.
Hogg on a Visit to
Tammany.
SuDecribe for the;
frgr- ja/rvd.a\<l
Only 'iSl.OOa year!
SyStt$t!y. in Advance.*^
elm red i ha way
tiun, and made
Mbit-, it will the
vkept'eal literali: ,
w tililult: tln-ir vji-ws. But m long us '
llit-m: verv men lare dependent upon
l lie religion they discard for every
privilege they enjoy, they ir.av a» well
liestilale a little longer before they
seek to rob the Christian of his hope,
and humanity of ita faith in the Sav-
iour, who alone has given men that
hope of life elornal which makes life
tolerable and tociety possible, and
robs death of its terrors and the grave
of its gloom.
The spirit of Christianity abides in
the world and is more and more a
controlling power in humnn society.
It has been proved by the experiences
of the past that this spirit, will not he
fettered -with dead forms or incarcer
ated in creeds. It asserts itself in
seeking to do good to ail men, and in
even strengthening ihe bonds of a
commod brotheihood. -In all her re
jected forms and dogmas the church
has only cast off frmn time to time
the empty husk whiclt the spirit of
^Cbistianity'has outgrown, the old bot-
ties which were burst by the new wine.
lCis observed as the result, that in
each succeeding geneAlion Christian
teachers are less disposed to stand
strictly within denominational bounda-
ries, and more disposed to clasp hands
as brethren. Thip is the outffprd evi-
dence of an impijoved- and enlarged
manhood under tnc guidance of the
Christ spirit.—Kansas City Times.
How Could
While thepeople were asleep in
1865 congress passed an act au-
thorizing the contraction of the
currtmey. In 1866 it went into
effect. Prior to that dale the
senate, under a.law of 1865, had
reduced tho circulation $10,000,-
000. The act oi 1866 gave the
Hon. W A- Hull* of Hacon,
Talk** Plain English.
From Macon Telegraph.
Alien wily politicians build plat-
forms to climb into office on, they
should be made to stand on them, or
be run ont of the party. The people
will not be made fools at always.
They are already tired of so much
democratic duplicity and doable deal-
ing, and many ot them are ripe for
rebellion.
The vote which was cast ift Wash-
ington on Tharsday on the repeal of
the 10 per ceut tax law, places the
democratic party of the south in a
friendless—if dot in a hopeless—con-
dition.
The party baa bat little to expect
from the north, abd less to fight for
at home. It has become sr party of
disaster aqd disappointment, and jupt
so long as little men are pushed to the
front, and trading politicians ,are ah
'It will be remembered that
several prominent members
of Tammany, including Chief
broker, and Gov. Hogg a visit
during the winter and were roy-
ally entertaned by the governor!
At a time it was hinted that tt
democratic national slate was be-
‘ing fixed up, and that Gov. Hogg
figured as one of tho names on
that slate. ,
That report will be revived by
the presents of Gov. Hogg to the
Eifst, the chief point, of courso,
being New York City, where a
.
less rnko place. This visit of tlu*
governor of Texas to Tammany
forebodes no good.
In addition to figuring on po-
litical matters for 1895, Gov.
Hogg is doubtless called into
council by the Wall street mon-
ey power to consider the condi-
tion politics in Texas. The pop-
ulists are getting too numerous
in Texas for the gold bugs of
Wall street, and they will ar-
range to send into Texas a big
lot of boodle to defeat them.
Gov. Hogg is thought to bo the
best person to handle this boodle,
and hence he is called into'
consultation. Tammany never
moves save by boodle. By
means of money and the most
outrageous corruption, tho Tnm-
nrtiny influence predominates iu
New York City. Gov. Hogg is
expected to introduce Tammany
methods in Texas. Tho people
should meet this monster at the
threshold and kill it too dead to'
sme!*!.—Mercury. *Vt
Boom for Populism,
The American Railway Union
to Government Ownership.
Chicago, June 21.—The People's
parly and its principles were in.l.,*--e.|
by the American Railway Union c,,u-
vetition today and by aft enormous ri-
sing vote the delegates pledged them-
selves and th'eir constituents cl anp-
port the People's party In it-* platform-
and its candidates.
This acliSn was taken after a sieving
speech by President ‘Debs, mid a set
(if risohitiohs was si bmc adopted
with great enthusiasm.
The delegsluc-«1»0 d’e* Ured them,
sSi'. ca uplift' >& ;h L * of r.f ibt
, sn'crr.ia'iit ;'.Sf«**tJ l|. of the raff,.
secretary the tmthofity to, sell | lowed to tifcttUjts policy jlnd '^5. —v^oprif l-'towru’i*1-.
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Erwin, J. W. Alliance Standard. (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 10, 1894, newspaper, July 10, 1894; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth523115/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.