Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-10-10
STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Adopted At rOpEoha, Ksn,.. Aug. 81, 1854
RESOLuIIONs.

RESOLUTIONS.
REEoLvED, First Tint tho domocrac,, ~
hnnrar, TINS day IN state convention assembled
NJ lopotH, do hcruhy subscribe to tho time
hunurCd principles 81 tho party ~ given va nv
The NATIONAL dUInscratic convention which con-
v Nm ~ ChcaSo on the SIN LAY of July, 1884.
statesmen, who gave W. ~ the choice uf the
democracy 81 this country for president and
H We, Prvsldcn. Grover Cleveland OF New York
AMI Thomas a. Hendricks, Of Indiana and we
plCdEe them our hearty aud undivided support
Ia the coming election.
second-rhe administration OF George w
CLICK "a governor 81 this commonwealth com
mcnds iteClf To- every fair-mindcd Citizsn with
out respect to party, bccausc II has been wise
purc, strung and convincing The interests of
All our people have boon attended to. Ono mil
ion,two hundred and htty-uinc thousand as,r,.s
81 land have BEEN reclaimed 20 the state. aud Is
now open Tor homestead settlement Large,
amounts Of railroad lands which have hithorto
cscapcd county and etnto taxation have bccn
placed upon tho tax rolls ~ the various colIr,-
greatly rcducod on oil the lines 81 railroads Am
our state. The cattle disease, which thrratcr-
cncd 20 paralfEe the livestock industry Of the
state was promptly checked and confidence re-
stored. the perdoning power has been spar
ingly ana wisely exercised. and only wherp tho
where the trial was par,a sssss .s.d ma ~ ~
g.. ' -s.- - -r.-Is % Ulr constitution and
The stream OF immigration witch Ma hl,r
turned rum our borders during a former a.
n,lnlstratiou has aguin been restored and 2-O,
HnailY ~ ,1a.. saaed to our population; aud
ni,aly, tnc giving OF majority and minorit,
representation ON the boards Of ali the publi,
t ,st,su,lons OF the state, thereby ftlng thom
bIo..,n%s t3 s s n,,p and making them publ,
IhirdLIhet constitutional prohibition ma,
os,,l lrua,iulet dl-cur perjury and dscrfmi
nseluns nssnot reasoned the evils Of intetnDer
ancc, but rather destroyed the pure frcsild A.,
nuences which must cvor bo the loving novvs,
W S1nt TO-, NC sppeiitcs OF tho weak and way
oecd IN ~ majority ~ our people; that * 4.
an assault upon the personal liberty OF inc cis.
cs,ad mi, as,., ms dc-troysd and literally cous
ana mat " u not I'm harmony with the -pirtt ~ (
Isey peop,o 20 dictate to the Individual what no
no shall profess In view OF the forcvni, 80 ~;
Tor other REASONS, vi demand n subTnIsslc,, -
.. III psvniotory amendment, and ple,iro our.
soNes 70 work unocasinxiy for this object We
demand repeal Of the present Obnoxio,,. ~, 4
unjust law Tor tho enforcement Of prohIl,i,,,,s
ana ~ ts toad well rCEilated license system
temperance may be promoted and the iih.,r,S,
ot the citizcn restored. And we reiforsfe ~
NV M =. You worthy candidate Tor president
esrily lntcrtoring with the hnbIts abd c,iason,s
ot any ot the pcoplc which IRIS not offensivc a.
tne moral scntlments of tho civilized world
and which arc Consiutf nj with g,.,J -O,ll,
, ana IN. pubic welfare, arr unwlsc ana voSa.
FOurth-wo congratulate Tho 49,
Sato on the succcssful establishnicnt bv Ia,,ef
board OF railroad commissioner ,si,s ~. ., w
torl enac!lncns fur their guidance, the nScos-
1tFtTWhiCh was Clearly presented h the mo-
pls By George W Click In his canvas Tor -,
crnor, and Ia his inaugural mcsaa0c ~ the ics,.
STATURE. As a RESULT, the railroad charges FOR
boon materially resiuccd In the past wear thar.
ny saving 20 the people Of the state several
nlllon OF dollars, aud guaranteeing 10 the prr-
The trssapos r W n,ncnanEinE tariffs for
where the railroads OF the state have vtel,,c.t
oecdlcnco 20 this law, AID have mOdlicd their
shHtkesl IN harmony with ita provisional AZ sho,iId
o. scceptcd by the people ~ am al of s,,so.i
iuth on their part, and entities them To- Iust ara
,,napartial trSatment BY our Legislature a. indus
demand such additional Legislation aa NAV ~
NECESSARY to do exact Justice between the rsIl-
fifth-Thc good work OF restoring no ouh,,o
lands the state for hOmoctead sCttcurnt ~ con
unued until the last acre Il recovered: and thar
corporations and forcign pOsycrs be mo- pcrmit-
ted o. acquire and fcuce m tracts OF land ~ ehc
injury " tho settlers
slSih.That AZ public land. o. the United
state! WncroNcr situated, should b. Opened ~
ectual settlomert. and We arr thsrcforo On NV
orot opesng upI0r occupancy by actual sct-
usrs, gu such lands now eomrrieed within the
boundaries % tho Indian Tcrfflns.y and Ne en-
phatically dcnounco ns unjust aud outrageous
the arrest and removal Of actual sotflcr1 froIn
tinuous refusal BY the United States govern
mont to permit tho question In relation 10 titlc
10 lands located IN the so-caiied Iudian Territn-
ana outrage upon the riRhts of all citizens, and
a.cownrily evasion OF direCt call TO answer n
question 81 vital importance TO such citizens
Seycnth-That tho laborinR classes rcqniro
thc fostering Caro OF our Legislature. and ths,
protccting hand ~ olilCial power ia their sfrlT-
Hlc Tor ',lfc, liberty and the pursuit OF happi-
ncee, This we plcdKc 20 them now IN the spirit
81 pure democracy, which has ever bcon tho
tricnd ~ labor; and thar VIC dcnounco and will
oppose the importation Of foreign pauper labor
undcr coufrnct % compete with our citizens:
end further. that We nrO opposed to convict Ia
Dor AZ being IN opposition 10 tho free labor OF
our country.
ElRhth-1hat We respectfully Invite the CO
operation 81 all rood citizens. without respect
~ party. Who eau give hearty Endorsement to
thie our p,ntform OF principles. touching the
ricston involved be tween the political parties