Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-09-12
r~rapSSTIAL ELECTORS.
FuR STATK SENNroE,
JAMES r. uHITSI-AW.
STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
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EflNuil 1iiNS.
rgsoLvEl. First That the dcnNrrAcy 20
Kansas, this lay in state convention mssrfplly~l
U Tuprtp. ~ hrrrby sulisvrii- To- thc nmc-
hOn0rtvl lrinctplrs Of the purity ~ EiNcu ~ Ivy
the nnthpnnl drmscritiC convention whith cun-
vt.Ils,tl 81 Chicago ga the Sth tny of Jaiy, lsl
We arr proud 81 thaf Rryn'l a--cml'arc uf
.sRtc-mcn, WIZ wsV- IA 81 the chuice "a the
democracy Of Tits c,antry fur president AMI
Vice president GrgNrr Cleveland Uf New York
aud Thomas A. IIcmirick~ of Indiana, aust we
pledge thou our hearty aud undivided support
Nv the coming tfyrtion.
Sscond-Thc administration OI GCurgr W
Click ne noN crnur 81 this commonwealth. Cuiu-
incnd~ Hsclt to cvcry fsirminded citizcn with
uut respect ca party, bccau-c " has been wise.
pure, -trunE airl c't,vinctnH Ihr iutcrrt- 0t
lion, two hundred and nfty~ninc thousand nCrrs
uf hand have been reclaimed ~ thu stntc anil ~
now open for homestead settlement. Large
amounts 1T rnilrmi lnnd- which hive hitherto
escaped county AMI state taxation have bceu
placed upon the tax rOll- Of the various COuu-
tics. Tue ritrs Of fare and frriTht have been
greatly reduced ON all the lines uf railroads In
our state. The t1tttlO disease, which threaten
cnod o. paritliEc the livestock industry of the
state was promptly checked and coniitioncc ~
stored. The puriuuinH power has b,san spar
inHy and wisely exercised, and Oniy where tho
sentence WIS unjust or unusually severe or
where the trial was partial, unfair and no. In
nrcuri with the spirn 90 our constitution and
the recent declsdtns ~ the supreme court
The stream nf immigration which hal been
turned from our hOrdC's during n former al
~
eOtnhnbi'1nts added 10 our populntion and,
may. the giving 81 majority and minority
presentation on the boards Of oil the public
instltutiOus VI the state, thereby lifting thcm
above party control anil making them public
blessings to all our people.
Thiri-That constitutional prohibition has
lccn fruitful OF discorl, perjury and di-crimi-
nation: h. sn not lcascncd the evils OF intCmpcr-
Rncc hut rather destroyed the pure nrcsidc iIl-
nuencca which must ever lie the loving power
"a contIOl the appctitcr of the weak nnd way
ward: that Il has never bccn Endorsed or ncqui-
cscd In by n majority of our people; that Il y
an assault upOn the personal liberty Of the cit
tKen; that u has destroyed AMI literally cOnts-
Gated private property without compensation;
and that u Il not u, harmony with the spirit OF
FRYE people To- dictate TO the individual what ha
shall eat, drink or wear, or what religion, " any
he shall prOfcss. In view ~ the foregoing. and
for othor reasons, wc demand n re-ubInission oi
tho prohibttory amendment, and pledge our
solves tn work INCREASINGLY for this object. We
demand repeal ~ the present obnoxious and
unjust law for the enforcement 81 prohibition
aud IN its stead n well regulated license system
rigidly onforced, whereby the interests 90 true
of the citizen rUrtored. And We rciterate ths
views % your worthy candidate for president
in hia letter 81 acccptanoe, THAT laws unnccc-
anrily interfering with tho HABITS ahd custom,
~ any 90 tho people which are not offensive I,
tny mCgal sentiments ~ the civiliLod world
add whtcn aro consistent WITH rOoi citizenship
and the public welfare, arc unviee and voxa
Fuurth-wc congratulate tho people OF tn,
state on the s,lcccs-ful establishment by law NJ
~ htard ~ rnilrond commissioners with statu
tory cnactmcuts for their guidance, the noces
pitv for which was clearly presented to the POO
pls by George W Click In his canvass for gov
crnor, AMI In hts inaugural norsaRo 10 the leg
i-ature. IA result. tho railroad charges fOi
transportation ~ paaacnRcrs and freight have
becn materially rcdncod IN tho past year. ther'
million Of dollars, and guaranteeing tn the pr,p
Queer and tho shipper unchapging tariffs fol
the transportation of fnture prOluUts.
n Iafas hag
ohs.iienco TO thie Law, and have modified thci
charucsin harmony with ttn provisions. u shoul,
faith on theirpart and entities them To a 81 an,
impartial trcatmout BY our legislature ~ indus
tries uf incalcuhlc valuc 10 the state. Aud VI
demand such additional legislation AZ may b
ncccssary 90 do exact Justice botwecn the rail
rOnfls aud the people.
Fifth-Tho good work OF restoring the publ
lands the state for homestead settlement be con
tinuci until tho last acrc u recovered: aud tina
corporations and forcign poworslc not permit
te,i 10 acquire anil fence intracts VI land 10 th'
kixth-That ali pubic lands OF the Unite,
statcs wherever situated. should b. opened :,
actual settlement, and We are therefore I'm fav
ticra. m such lands now cOmpriscd within IN
boundaries 81 the Indian Territory, and we en-
the arrcet and removal OF actual sottcrs frou
such lands BY United states troops. The Gnu
nnuous rcfusal ~ tho United state govers
n lands located IN the sOcnilcd Indian Terrific
W. o. be dccidcdby the United states courts.
an outrage upon the rights Of all citizens, an
acownrfly evasion o. adircct call 20 answer
question 81 vital importance 90 such citifcng.
asvunth-Thnt tho lahoring olneeca rcquir
the fualerinH care u our legislature. and %
protpgting hand 81 ofnstnl power Ia their etruc
rlo Tor ''lifr. liberty and the pursuit. % happ
nfss. To-. Ne plcdec 90 them nov IN the spiri
frionS - lalrori AMI that We dcuounCo AMI vi
oppo-c the importation 20 forVian Iusuper lnls,
upder cuntrnrf tn CoInpotr with our ClflEtua
ansi further. that We arr oppsecd D. convict II
Dor aa beinH In opposition 90 tho FREE labor a
cur Cuuntry.
Eirhtb-fhat We respectfully invite the G,
qpcrntion ~ all Huod clti1rna. without rc~psr
Y party, who can rive hearty Endorsement 4
Ale our plat orm 81 principles, touching %
incur state.