Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-09-19
SrATE DEMocRAr1c PLArToRH.
Adopted a, TOptsia, Kans.. Aug. Il. 1884
REsOLUIIuNs.

RESOLUTIONS.
REHoLvED, First That tho democracy 90
ktn~tA, this day IN STATE convention H-s"mbh-i
AZ Topeka, DE- heruby subscribe 20 thc time
hOnOrcd prinCiplcs OF thu party ~ given w by
the national dcnscratlc convention whlsh coT-
We are cp,,J ~ ,Ssf SranJ ss,.ni,,, ,.V ~
statesmen, who gave ~ ~ the choice 81 the
democracy OF this country fTr president and
vico president grovcr Cleveland 80 New York
and Thomas A. Hendricks. Of Indiana. and we
plT,lEo them our hearty aud undivided support
IN the coming election.
Ss-coud-Ths administration of George W
Click a. governor 81 THU commonwealth, com
insnds itself to every fHir-mindri citlxen with
out r,~poct % party. bcCsuso u has bscn wise,
al our pguple have been attended to. One mil
lion. twO hundred and nfty-nlnc thousand ncrcs
81 land have h-rn rtclRimcd To- tho stats', and T.
now oI.n Tor holn., ,. .s,,l.1,.nt: hnrE,
escaped cuunty ami str,fc taxatkn have bcen
placed upon the ulN rulls 20 tho various cuun-
u"-. The rates % farc and fright have teun
greatly rrdu,'ci ga al the lines uf niilrOais in
our state. Tho cnttis dis,uss,, which threaten
ru'd to paralikr the livestock industry of tho
state VIZ. promptly checked and confiduncu rc-
etor,si The ptrduning power hH- b.sn spar
ingly and wisriy excr,ii-'-i. siId only ~hor, tho
eUntcncc WIS unjust OF unusually severn or
Wiz inc tr,sl was partial Unfair and not in
the recent dcriaons IL the supreme court
Tho stream ~ Immigration which hal l-.en
turncd irln our horders during FORMER at
90 inhalitants added Ia our population; and.
nnally. tho living uf majority aud minority
= pr,'-cntntion ON tn hoarJis " ALI the public
ln-tltuiions - me .tate, thereby liftinN them
sbove party contri and making them pubic
blessings 90 all cur people.
Third-That .cenititutional prohibition has
nation; hssnot irsssnssi tbo evils ~ intemper.
nncc, hat rather destroyed tho purv frrri,is, In
nnsnc.s Which ,n mus, ever be tho loving Pcwrv
ward; that u has never been indoraed OF acuuf
e@cd In BY majority ~ our people; that u Il
rem thst ,hs. ,.,,.., ~ IN sns az
csted private propcrty without comturnsation:
and that u u not IN harmony With the spirit " Z
shall eat, drink or wear. or what rrlIwion, q any
ho shall profess. In view 10 tho foregoing, and
Tor other rrnson-. uedemand n rrsubtniesion ri
s .,v ps, =, ,n ssndmsn, and peas. onr
demand a REPEAL ~ the present obnoxious and
unlu-t Law Tor tho enforcement 80 prohibition
TiNidly cuforC'd, whereby the Interests OF triis
temperance may IT, promoted AMI the liberty
~ the citizen reSt0red. And We rctternte thu
views ~ yuur worthy candidate for president
IN his lettUr 81 ncceptance, "thnt laws unneco-
enrtly Interfering with tho hnlsits ahd custom,
~ any ~ the people which nru not offensive "a
aud which ARE consistent with wpe-i citircn-hlI
tiOuu. B."
Fourth we cungrutulatr tho pcoplr ~ tho
hmrd Of railroad commissioners with rtntu
tory cnactnonts fer their Euldanc,', the nst,'--
pns ~ t%I , S1Sn VA , fgrS pTSScn,I to ,ns py
erIor, and IN hi inaugural message to the sw-
trlaturc. A. result, tho rnilroad charxoe for
transportation of psr-cng,rs and freight have
ncen matcrialy r,yiuccd IN the part year. thors-
~ saving 70 tho pcople 81 the state several
million Of dollars. and glarnnto,'ing 30 tho pro
S sss and me ospP.r nnchansins tariffs for
Where the railroads of thu stats have yielded
obedience TO this Law. and have mpiincd their
SnnrEes IN harmony with ~ provl-ions, Il should
iaith on thsir part. add entities them In list and
Impartial treatmcnt By our legislature AZ indus
snma1a s,,ce "',,,,l...i 70 tns state. And We
noceaaary % do exact Justice bctwcon the rail-
roads aad the people.
fifth-The Tslod work " restoring tho pubic
lands the state for homestca'i acttlcm-nt 6c ooI-
unted until the lat ACRE u rpcOvere,l. aud that
corporations aud fUrciEn powers b. nut perInit-
!cd % aolulrc aud foncc In tracts of land to the
SiSth-That ali public lands Of the United
htAtee wherever Situated. should b. opened a.
~ ,.s sssenen., and We are THEREFOR. In fav-
Tiers, All such lands now cOInprlsssd within ths,
boundaries of the Indian rerriiory. and We Gun
Phatlcally denounco ~ unjust and Outra,rcosls
the arr,sst and REMOVAL 81 actual s,.ttI,.r- from
snoh lands ~ Cnitcd states Troops. The cum
unuons refusal BY the United etater govern
ment to permit the Qu.-rtion in rclafion to title
% lanla ocatrd In the ao-callcd Indian Terrific
~, On h. decids-iby the Unitci states courts 4
an on,rnE- nPon the rights OF all citizens, and
QUESTION OF vital Importance 70 such cltlxcue
hsNruth-fhnt tue lnborinH olansos reuulro
mo tuetortnR cnre 20 oar hgislntura. and tn,
proteting hansl of official poygpr IN their strIir-
Hle Toe "nfO, liberty and tho pursuit. OF haprl-
uc~e. Thie Ne plsige g. hem nov IN the spirit
~ pure democracy, which has ever b.-rn the
utcna Of labor; and thar We d,-noun,t nnd viii
Op puse tho importation of rorSign Tsups.r lalrT
uIslrr cIntraci to compete with our s.itsrns:
and further. that Ne arr oppo~,sd 10 rDnvis,t H..
No ~ brlnR Ia opposition To the free labor OF
esT country.
fiEhth--fhat We respectfully invite tho Co
OPERATION of all good cltizcns, without r,.sp..cs
g. party, Who can give = hearty Endorsement To-
this our platform 90 principles, touching the
QUESTION inyosNed b. tween tho political parties
la cur state.