Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-09-13
rty OF Kansas, in convention assembled


Flrst-our continued opposition TO all
paternallsm In government state and Ma
tional. rs tending to q Capitalization incon
slstrnt with the principles OF personal and
political freedom which wero tho aim oil
our fathers and the hope OF their postorlty.
|. eecond-Wo depiore the tendency mani.
tested by the preacher politician who poses
rs tho learor OF the Republican party In this
State toward eccleclastlc lsm In tho manage
ment OF public affairs. which would make
religious belief the test OF eligibility for po-
lliical pr-ferment and declare our unaltor'
able opposition thereto.
Thlrd-We declare that creature OF Repub-
llcan necessity, the Federal Elections bill,
known as the forco law, to be Legitimate
offspring OF the party which filchod Pres.
ldent. an whose leaders are willing to sac.
rlflcc for place and power the liberties OF
their fellow citizens.
Fourth-wc favor n tar.n law based upon
public necessities and not upon the greed
and demand OF capital.
Fifth-We favor the free coinage OF silver.
slxth-We favor such change In our fiscal
laws us will leave the control OF the circu'
lating medium OF the country wholly In the
hands OF the Government
| Seventh-We favor liberal and Just PEN
sion laws as rlghtful recognition OF great
debt due by the country TO all deserving
Union soldiers.
Eghth-Thc Democracy Is party Of wage
| earners and producers, and we but speak
| for ourselves when we express our sympathy
for labor In It's struggles with the lnsatiate
money power, whether In tho factory or on
the farm.
Ninth-We are opposed to all sumptunry
legislation and demand the earliest result
mission OF the so.called Psohlbitory amend.
ment to vote Of the electors and an imme.
date repeal OF the laws passed In the inter
est OF prohibition which confer dangerous
powers upon the courts and substantially
deprive the citizens of trial by jury and To-
cal self government, and We declare un.
quvocally for high license and local optic
Tenth-We arraign the Republican mem.
bers of the present National House OF Rep.
resentatives from Kansas for their unani'
nous vote for the Mckinley bill which, as
Hon. James Gillespie Blaine sad would not
provide market for q single bushel Of Kan
sHs wheat or Il single barrel OF Kansas pork.
We condemn this vote rs being In the In
terest OF the man ufacturers OF the East and
against the farmers and working men Of
Kansas.
Eleventh-As the Republicans OF this State
In their late convention made John james
ingalls, IN issue in this campaign. We IRE
compelled to ask the people Of Kansas to re-
pudlatea man who. in a widely circulated
interview, denounced reform In politics as
an "lrldescent dream" declared that "the
decalogue has no place in politics." and cx-
pressed the belief that the use of money In
campaigns and the employment OF hired
Hessians were justihable.
Twelfth-we believe that prohibition has
brought upon the people Of this State meal.
culnb.e evils and has tended to produce, as
Its legitimate results, perjury anu bribery; |
has corrupted the very foundations Of just
Ice by system of hired SIP es and informers
and made at times our courts a disgrace In
the administration OF public justice.
Thirteenth-We declare emphatically In
favor OF high license and local option, and
recommend a law providing that for each
license issued for the sale of liquor $500
shall be paid to the county treasurer for the
purpose OF making and improving county
Dads, and that the city municipalities shall
In addition fix such sums rs the mayor and
council may determine.
Fourteenth-We are emphatlcally In favor
of the exercise by. the Legislature Of It's I'M
doubted powers to regulate the operations
of railroads In this State, to the end that
passenger and freight rates shall DO equal.
reasonable and fair There Is no legal right |
in railroads to charge a small shipper
higher rate than large one, nor Is II Just
for common carriers TO charge higher sum
for the transportation OF agricultural prod
ucts than of any merchandise.
Flfteenth-We favor q liberal appropria-
ton by Congress for the purpose Of thor
oughly testing the practicability OF irriga.
ton in the western portion Of this State,
and also In favor of q liberal appropriation
by Congress for q deep water harbor on the
Gulf OF Mexico and 1t Is the Judgment OF
this convention that the railroads OF the
state should be required to pay taxes upon
ia full amount of their CanltaL
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The following State Central Commit
tee was appointed, there being three
by judicial districts:
First. -; Second, Il. b. Morris Atchl-
,on: Third, jake Arnold, Shawnee; Fourth,
Thomas j. Highly. Anderson; Fifth O. II.
Clinsty, Coffee; Sixth. j. l. Leonard, Craw.
ord; Seventh, -; Eighth. b l. 6trother,
Dickinson; Ninth, .. s. Coffin, Reno Tenth,
John NJ Pettijohn, johnson; Eleventh. f. w.
'app. Ch 'rokee; Twelfth. II. L. PETER. Cloud;
Ed NJ. Hewens. Chnutauqua;
George A Collette. Ellsworth;
Fifteenth. D. A. Freeman, Mitchell;
Sixteenth, W A. Carver, Pawnee;
seventeenth, George b. Steer, Norton;
: ghteenth, r. d. Smith sedgwick; Nine.
eenth, Luke HornlnR, Sumner; Twentieth,
Frank Lacede, Rice; Twenty first, l. w.
libby, Marshall; Twenty second, -;
twenty. third s s. Reynolds, Cove; Twen-
y-fourth, George I. Perry. Harper; Twenty.
18th, j. G. Johnson. Marion; Twenty sixth,
I. n. Horton, Butler; Twenty seventh,
Joseph Dillon, Kearny; Twenty.elghth,
v. A. Eaton, Klngman; Twenty ninth, John
}. Prenti.s, WyIndotte; Thirtieth, Charles
!. Hitler, Saline; Thlrty.drs T. G. Cham
''rs, Comanche; Thirty second. Lambert
v. Willstedt, Seward; Thlrty-thIrd, G. w.
lyle, Rush; Thirty fourth, james w. Fike,
thomas; Thirty fifth, L Pauley, Wabaunseo.