Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-11-19
FULL MEASURE.


Mrs. E. M. King, of Banana Fla,
sends an exchange the following ''Al-
lance woman's yard stick of thirty
six inches, good measure, sure not to be
adopted until the farmers have more
insight more self reliance, more deter
mination. and less party spirit; nor un-
til women have their fair share of
political powers"
Whereas the farmers are the hardest
workers in the Nation, the producers Of
the food, and of the raw material for
the clothing of the Nation; the largest
tax payers and numerically the strong
est body of voters in the Nation; they
demand and have right to demand the
following measures:
Passage of a bill embodying the
principles and intentions OF the Sub
Treasury bill
Q. Abolition of the 'spoils system"
8. Extension of civil-serviee reform.
4. Decrease or abolition of payment
to Legislators.
5. Gambling and drinking in any and
every house of legislation to be strictly
prohibited.
8. Tariff reform.
:. Protection for every industry or
none at all
g. No industry to be subsidized or
have "bounties' given it at the expense
Of the taxpayers
9. Equal taxation, whether direct or
indirect.
10. Equal suffrage without eistinc-
ton of sex.
II. An educational test foaa a..e voters.
IL. The Australian ballot system.
Is. A ''campaig- fund" to he made
illegal, each State to defray its own
election expenses.
IA All officials, including President
and Senators, to be elected directly by
the people.
ID Abolition of the National banking
system.
16. Prevention of arbitrary contrac-
ton or imitation of the circulating me-
dium.
II. State regulation of railway traffic.
16 Discrimination" in freight
charges and free passes to be dissl-
lowed.
19. Etfectual prevention of water
ing" OF stock by any public company
20. Efectual laws against trusts, COM
bines, monopolies (or under whatever
name conspiracy is formed to raise
artihcially the price of produce or COM
modities), to be passed and effectually
carried out
81 Lobbying to be made illegal
%. The caucus" to be abolished.
%. Strictinvestigation to all charges
OF bribery and corruption
"a. Severe punishment of all proved
cases of the same.
25. A like punishment for all willful.
malicious and unfounded accusations of
the same.
26. Equalization Of the marriage and
divorce laws in every State of the Union,
the said laws to be agreed upon by an
equal number OF men and women.
%. Severe penalties, strictly en-.
forced. against gambling houses and
houses of III fame
%. The punishment of the lash for all
procurers of women and children TO,
houses of i'll fame.
20 Tue abolition of local and expens.
i've boards
3d. Reform in the method of collect
ing local taxation.
81 NO land to be seized for uon-uav.
ment of taxes without due notice being
given to the defaulter, and in default OF
payment after due notice, onIy sufi.
cient property to be seized to cover the
tax.
80. Simpliflcation of all legal proceed.
ings, both as to cost and legal techni.
calities
5S. Due penalties for cattle and hoo
trespass. for any damage done to any
property not belonging to the owners OF
said cattle or hogs.
81 We demand that the peoula he
enabled to obtain a clear knowledge.
both of the receipts and expenditures
Of all branches of the county, State.
and National expenditure, so that thew
may be enabled to check fraud and gov.
ernmental extravaganza.
35. That the rules and formulas "a,
conducting the business of lesislat ton
be simplifed, so that ; plain man or
woman can understand them, and so
that they no longer continue To he =
mystery and stumbling block to Ali
except the so-called professional poli-
tician."
Sd Finally, we demand of evarv
member for whom we vote that he
pledge himself to be true and faithful
TO the Farmers Alliance, and that. be-
fore self and before party he viii love
ana serve Loyalty and truly the great