Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-09-12
STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Adopted at TOptets, Kans.. Aug. 81, 1884
RESOLUTIONS.

RESOLUTIONS.
RESOLVED FIRST - That the democracy of
Kansas. this day in state convention assembled
ut Topeka, do hereby subscribe to the time
honorcd prin ciples of the party az given us by
the national democratic convention which con-
vened ut Chicago on the sth day of July, 1884
We are proud Of that grand assenblage of
statesmen, who gave us as the choice Of the
democracy of tl1s sountry for president and
vice president Grover Cleveland OF New York
and Thomas A. Hendricks. of Indiana. and We
pledge them our hearty aud undivided support
in the coming election.
Second-The administration of George W
Glick as governor ~ this commonwealth, COM
ncnds itself to eve@y fair-minded citizen with
out respect To patty, because it has been wise,
pure, strong and convincing. The interests of
all our people have been attended to. One mil
lion, two hundred and fifty-nine thousand acres
of land have been reclaimed 10 the state, andis
now open for homestead settlement. Large
amounts of railroad lands which Eve hitherto
escaped county and state taxation have been
placed upon the tax rolls of the various coun-
tics. The rates of fare and freight have been
greatly reduced on all the lines of railroads i'm
our state. The cattle disease, which threaten
ened to paralize the livestock industry Of the
state was promptly checked and confidence re-
stored. The pardoning power has been span
ingly and wisely exercised, and only where the
sentence was unjust unusually severe or
where the trial WIS partial, unfair and not in
accord with tho spirit of constitution and
the recent decisions Of the supreme court
The stream of immigration which had been
turned from our borders during IA former adj
ininistrati0n has again been restored and go,
600 Inhabitants added to our population; and,
finally, the giving of majority and minority
representation on the boards of ali the public
institutions of the state, thereby lifting them
above party control and making them public
blessings to all our people
Third-That constitutional prohibition has
been fruitful of discori, perjury and discrimi-
nation; b:s not Iesscncd the evils of iutempcr-
ance, but rather destroyed the pure fresidc in
tuences which must ever be the loving power
to coutrul the Hppclitcs of the weak and way
ward: that it has never been indorsed or acqui-
cscd in 10y II majority of our people; that it is
an assault upon the personal liberty of the cit
hen; TINT il has destroyed AMI literally confis-
| Gated private property without compensation:
and that il is not in harmony with the spirit of
free people to dictate to the individual what he
shall eat, drink or wear or what religion, If any
he shall profess. In view of the foregoing, and
| for other reasons, we demand a rcsubmission of
\ the prOh5itory amen lmcnt and pledge our
selves to work increasingly for this object We
demand repeal of the present obnoxions and
II just law for the enforcement of prohibition
and in its stead well regulated license system
ngidly enforced, whereby the interests of true
! temperance may be promoted and the liberty
of tho citizen restored. And VIC reiterate the
views of your worthy candidate for president
\ in his letter of acceptance, that laws unneces
| sarily interfering with the habits ahd customs
| of amy of the people which are not offensive to
! the moral sentiments of the civilized world
and which are consistent with good citizenship
and the public welfare, are unwisc and vcxa
/ tious."
| Fourth-Wc congratulate the people of tho
state or the successful establishment Ivy law ot
II board OF railroad commissioners with staiu
I tory enactments for their guidance, tho ncces
/ sitv for which was clearly presented to the pee
| pie 10y George W. Click in his canvass for o.
crnor, and in his inaugural message to the leg
islatIire. As Il result, the railroad charges fol
transportation OF passengers and freight hay,
| been materially reduced in the past year. there
/ 10y saving TO the people of the state scvera
million Of dollars, and guaranteeing to the pro
dueer and the shipper unchanging tariffs 70
the transportation Of future products.
Where the railroads of the state have yieldc,
obedience to this law, and have modified thci
charges in harmony with it's provisions, 1t should
he accepted by the people us an act of goo,
faith ON theirpart, and entities them to just AN,
impartial treatment by our legislature Us indus
tries of incalcublc value to the state And W,
I "a
necessary to do exact justice between the rail
roads and the people.
Fifth-The good work of restoring the public
| lands the state for homestead settlement he con
tinued until the last acre is recovercd; aud tina
corporations and foreign powers be not permit
ted to acquire and fence in tracts Of land to tn.
injury of the settlers. sst.se
Sixth-Thst all public lands of the Unite,
| States wherever situated, should be opened :,
actual settlement, and we are therefore in fav
| or of opening up for occupancy by actual set
tiers, all such lands now comprised within tn,
boundaries of the Indian Territory. and we EN-
phatically denounce us unjust and outragcou
the arrest and removal of actual settlers from
such lands 10y United States troops. The con
tinuous refusal by the United States govern
mcnt to permit the question inrelation to it'll
!
~, to be decidedly the United Statos courts, 4
an outrage upon the rights of all citizens, an,
n cowarJlly evasion Of direct cs1f to- answer ,
question of vital importance to sucff csszcrs
Sevcnth-That the laboring classes requirv
the fostering care of our legislature. and tn,
| protecting hand of official power in their strug
gle for life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness" This we pledge to them now in the spiri
Of pure democracy, which has ever been tn
friend Of labor; and that we denounce and vii
oppose the importation of foreign pauper labo
under contract to compete with our citizens
and further, that we arc opposed to convict Ia
bor as being In opposition to the free labor o
! our country.
Eighth-That we respectfully invite the cC
operation OF all good citizens. without rcspec
to party, who ear sSre u hearty Endorsement Z
this our plat efSa of principles, touching tn
questions inToSed between the political partie
IN our state. p - ~ - =
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