Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-09
accepted and the resolutions adopted:
RESOLUTIONS.

ocratic State Platform, and pledge and
renew our fidelity and allegiance to the
time honored principles of the party of
jefferson, Jackson, and Cleveland, and
believe that this is and ought to remain
a government of the people, by the peo-
pie, and for the people. We are, there
fore, unalterably opposed to ANY and
ALL legislation which tends to centraliz-
alton in the government of the Nation
or State.
I've are in favor of a revision of
the tariff in the interests of the farmers
and laborers of the country; and favor,
as we always have done, reduction of
the duties upon the necessaries of life
and higher duties upon luxuries, thus
compelling capital to bear its just pro-
portion of the burdens of taxation. In
other words, we are in favor of tariff
which does not discriminate in favor of
the rich and against the poor, and which
will produce sufficient amount of rev.
enue to defray the expenses of the gov
ernment economically administered; a
tariff law based upon public necessity,
and not upon the greed and demands Of
monopolists and capital. We denounce
the Mckinley bill as being in favor of
the east and against the interests of the
west, and having tendency to make
the rich richer and the poor poorer.
We refer the honest voters of the coun-
try to the utterances of James G.. Blaine
on this bill, where he says that "There
is not single line in this bill which will
open market for single bushel of
American wheat or single barrel of
American pork.
3.-We are in favor of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, and we point
with pride to the action of the democrat
ic members of congress on this great
question.
I've demand the abolition of the
National Banking system, and we be.
lieve that the money of the people should
be issued by the Government. and in
sufficient volume to transact the busi.
ness of the country.
s.-We are emphatically in favor Of
the exercise by the legislature of this
state, of its undoubted power to regu-
late Railroad Rates within the borders
of the state, and in order that the just
demands of the farmers for lower rates
be needed, we favor the election of a
Board of Railroad Commissioners by a
direct vote of the people.
Owe believe that the present law
relating to tax sales, and which legalizes
"a per cent. rate of interest, is an out
rage, and we demand its immediate re-
peal, substituting therefor the legal rate
of 10 per cent.
I'VE demand the passage Of usury
laws which will prevent usury.
S.-We favor liberal and equitable
redemption laws.
Owe favor the loaning of the state
school fund, amounting to about six
millions of dollars, to the people of this
state on approved real estate security,
at the rate of per cent. per annum,
instead of investing the same in bonds.
1o.-The democratic party being q
party of wage earners and producers,
we but speak for ourselves when we ex
press our sympathy for labor in it:
struggles against the insatiate money
power, whether in the factory or on the
farm.
live are opposed to all sumptu
ary legislation, and demand the earlies
resubmission of the so-called Prohibit
ory amendment to vote of the elector!
and an immediate repeal of the law:
passed in the interests of Prohibition
which confer dangerous powers upol
the courts and substantially deprive thu
citizens of trial by jury, and local sci
government; and we declare unequivo
cally for high license and local option
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upon the people of this state incalcula
bic evils, and has tended to produce, a
its legitimate results, perjury and brib
cry; has corrupted the very foundation
| of justice by a system of hired spies AM
informers, and made at times our court
a disgrace in the administration of pub
lie justice.
To this declaration of principles W
pledge ourselves, and we invite th
hearty cooperation of the voters of thi
/ county. irrespective of party, to help u
in our battle for Justice and Right.
j WILL E. STOKE,
ei L. X. BENEFIEL,
Il Committee c. F. DIFFENBAcHEE
j c. Q. BULLOCK,
A. S. HoUcK.
Il The conference committee then II
ported that the like committee of til
republican resubmission conventio
: asked that that convention b
2 entitled IN namo three candidate