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The First Gun Winasee and the People’s Party Principles
Excerpt from Hon. Frank Burkitt’s 1896 Hardy Arkansas speech arguing against monopolies and for public ownership of transportation. He links Jefferson Jackson and Lincoln to populist reform, critiques banks and currency control, cites land tenure and wage issues, and defends transportation as public highways under government direction.
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