 The conditions which surround us best justify our co-operation: we meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballotbox, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine...  The Tribune Almanac and Political Register - Page 48edited by - 1894Full view - About this book
 | H.W. Brands - History - 2002 - 383 pages
...Weaver won the nomination, yet Donnelly guided the drafting of the platform. "We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin," the preamble intoned. "Corruption dominates the ballot-box, the Legislatures, the Congress, and touches... | |
 | Kenneth C. Davis - History - 2009 - 717 pages
...graduated income tax. Their platform was an eloquent indictment of the times: "We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political,...the ermine of the bench. The people are demoralized. . . . The newspapers are largely subsidized or muzzled, public opinion silenced. . . . The fruits of... | |
 | Philip Weeks - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 300 pages
...known as the Populist party. In their first platform, the Populists asserted: "We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box. . . . The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes... | |
 | William Loren Katz, Laurie R. Lehman - History - 2003 - 308 pages
...farmers united in a People's or Populist Party that proclaimed democracy in peril: We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench. The people are... | |
 | Gordon Moris Bakken, Brenda Farrington - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 422 pages
...isolated farm family. Populism developed because farmers and laborers believed they were in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. Essentially, the Populist movement revolved around social constructs arising from the growth and expansion... | |
 | Ignatius Donnelly - Fiction - 2003 - 340 pages
...him (see Ridge, Ignatius Donnelly, 242-43). 9. A representative extract runs: "[W]e meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political, and material ruin. . . . The urban workmen are denied the right to organize for self-protection, imported pauperized labor... | |
 | Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove - History - 2011 - 667 pages
...(July4, 1892)7 The conditions which surround us best justify our cooperation: we meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political,...most of the States have been compelled to isolate the voters at the polling places to prevent universal intimidation or bribery. The newspapers are largely... | |
 | William Sloane Coffin - Church and social problems - 2004 - 114 pages
...over one hundred years ago, on July 2, 1892. The Populists declared they were meeting "in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political...Congress, and touches even the ermine of the bench. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few. . . . From... | |
 | Sally Mahe, Kathy Covert - Political Science - 2004 - 228 pages
...ACTIVIST NOVEMBER 17 conditions which surround us best justify our cooperation: we meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin. Corruption dominates the ballot box, the legislatures, the Congress, and even touches the ermine of the bench. . . . THE POPULIST... | |
 | Mark Wahlgren Summers - History - 2004 - 372 pages
...in Omaha in 1892, the Populist Party reckoned the price of poli tics-as-usual. "We meet in the midst of a nation brought to the verge of moral, political and material ruin," its platform began. "Corruption dominates the ballot-box. the Legislatures. the Congress, and touches... | |
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