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Barton County Democrat
Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas
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In St. Louis on Feb. 26, the National Executive Committee of the People's Party issued an address criticizing the two major parties' financial policies, reaffirming allegiance to the Omaha platform, advocating free silver coinage at 16:1 and government-issued money, denouncing peacetime bond issues as treason, and urging opposition to the Wilson bill for favoring monopolists over producers.
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The National Executive Committee of the People's Party Issue an Address.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 26.—The national executive committee of the people's party in convention here issued an address in which they arraign the two old parties for their financial policy; affirm their allegiance to the Omaha platform; are in favor of the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and the issuance of money by the government without the intervention of banks, and denounce the issue of bonds in time of peace as an act of treason. In the preamble to the resolutions they say the Wilson bill fails to provide sufficient revenue for the government; that it discriminates against the producers of raw materials and protects the monopolist, and the resolutions urge the populist senators and representatives in congress to vote against the passage of said bill.
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St. Louis
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Feb. 26.
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The national executive committee of the people's party in convention issued an address arraigning the two old parties for their financial policy; affirming allegiance to the Omaha platform; favoring free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 and government issuance of money without banks; denouncing peacetime bond issues as treason. The preamble criticizes the Wilson bill for insufficient revenue, discriminating against raw material producers, and protecting monopolists; resolutions urge populist members in Congress to vote against it.