The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-06
KANSAS.
Stat. Independent Convention.

Nearly all the alterIOOH was sPNN
listening to reports from different parts
OF the State concerning the condition ana
nrospects of the reform movement. Al
Ter the appointment of Committee on
platform the Convention adjourned till
S.ran o'clock. The candidates most talked /
of for Governor are NJ. c. Hudson, Will !
son shannon, Alfred Taylor, j. ID. Casey, |
and A. II. Boyd.
At the eveing session the following
principles were presented by the Com
mittee on Resolutions:
Resoic>d, That we, the delegates and
representatives of the people of Kansas,
are favorable to the organization of an
independent political party, laying aside
past differences Of opinion and earnestly
uniting in the common purpose of Sc
curing the needed reforms in the admin
iStration of public affairs, and cordially
unite in submitting these declarations:
lst. All political power Is inherent IN
the people; that no government Is worthy
ofpreservation or should be upheld, which
doesn't derive its power from the consent
of the governed. That by equal and
lust laws the rights of life, liberty and
pursuit of happiness, shall be sacred to all
men, without distinction of race or color,
or nativity, and that the maintenance OF
these principles is essential to
our Republican institutions, and to this
end the Federal Constitution, with all its
amendments the rights of States and tho
Union of States must be preserved.
2nd. The maintinance inviOate of the
rights of States, and especially Of the
right of each State to order and control
its own domestic institutions according to
lis own Judgment exclusively Is indiS-
pcnsablc to that balance of power on
which the perfection Of our political fab
ric depends.
Bird. The conduct of the present adj
miniStration in its bold defiance Of pub
lie sentiment and disregard of puOlic
good; in its prodigality and waste
tul extravaganza, and the innumerablc
frauds perpetrated under its authority;
in it, diSgracetul Partially for and re-
ward of unworthy favoritcs; in its reck-
less and unstable financial policy, and in
its incapacity to meet the questions OF the
day and provide for the general welfare,
stands without parallel in our National
history. and the highest consideration
of our duty requires the American
people in the exercise of their
inherent right and sovereignty to
correct the accumulatiOnS Of
evil and bring the government back to
It's ancient landmarks of patriotism and
economy.
4th. That the faith of the nation must
be retained inviolate; that the public
debt of whatever kind should be paid in
strict accordance with the law under
which it was contracted.
9TH. We demand the repeal of the
National banking law, and that the gov
ernment shall issue legal tender currency
direct from the Treasury, interchangeable
for government bonds, bearing the low
est possible rate of interest. and which
currency shall be receivable both for pub
lie and private dues.
9th We favor II repeal of the tariff on
lumber; and that the tariff on the necc>s-
ties of life be- abolished or reduced to the
lowest possible figure; that the act ofthc
legislature of Kansas in March, 1866,
bv which the five thousand acres
of land was dedicated forever 10 school
purpoScscs BY section Sd and article Sth of
our State constitution was divided among
and appropriated to four railroad corpo-
ratonS, is unconstitutional and void,
and this land still, III right and equity
belongs to the State school fund, and the
next legislature ought to pass IN act re-
pealing the act of March, 1866, and di-
recting the attorncy-g"ncral of the State
to commence suit in the proper courts to
cancel all patents and other conveyanccs
made of said land under the authority of
said act.
Sth. That We hereby extend our SYM
patty to the settlers on the Usage lands
and to homestead settlers whose titles
are contested by railroad companies, and
We hereby declare that the Reform party
of Kansas will use every honest effort
aud means to aid these people i'll their
struggle for their lands.
9th. That railroad corporations should
be- made subscrvicnt to the public good;
that while We shall always discountcnancc
any action calculated to retard the pro-
grcSs..o railroad enterprises or work. in
Justice to these invaluable auNillarie>
tot commerce and the civilization,
Vet We demand such constitutional lcgiS-
lation upon this subject, both State and
Federal, ~ will ctfcctuallv secure the in
duStrial and producing classes of the
country against all forms of corporate
monopoly and extortion.
10th. That we dcnOunCc the passage
of an act by the last Congress vcsting
certain powers in the courts of the Dis
trict of Columbia, rs an outrage tending
10 destroy the freedom of the press, the
liberty of citizens, and the sovereignty
of States, and We demand that our SEN
;tors and Representatives in Congress. at
The next session, vote for it, unconditional
r,peal.
18th. That in view of the widespread
corruption that has permcatcd Kansas in
every department Of itS government,
since its organization H. a State, We sup
port no man for office merely because he
j. the nominee of u party, but to obtain
our votes in every instance he must
possess the JcfcrSonian standard,
fitness, honesty, capacity and fidelity to
the constitution.
18th. That the frequent cases of mall
feaSauce in Office which have been devel-
oped within the last four years upon the
part of the State and county officers; the
losses sustained by the people through
the defalcation Of county trcaSurers I'M
peratively demand such legislation rs
will give the taxpayers credit for all
funds paid into the State and cOun-
" treasures and all interest accruing
thereon, and we denuuncc il rs All act
of criminal neglect, and the Legislature
having failed oprovide for speedy re-
moval of the defaulting Treasures from
office and their punishment That we
enter a protest against the Indian policy,
as it is now administered, >ubjecting as It
does our citizens to the butchcrv and
horrors of savage warfare.
l4th. That we are in taver of the elec-
ton Of the President, Vice President. and
United States Senators by direct vote
of the people.
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