Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-08-15
The Resolutions.


in delegate convention assembled, de-
clares:
LIST. Its unfailing allegiance to thu:
principles of government laid down by
the immortal jefferson, and lllustrs. ted
by the noble jackson, and its belief that
only when these principles are taken as
| a guide will the affairs of government be
safely administered
end. We favor the free and unlimited
coinage of silver as being measure of
the highest Importance to tine people of
the west, whose interests have been TOO
long ignored in the halls of congress.
Bird. The democratic party in nation
and state always occupies the high
ground that nothing but the supreme
emergencies of war can justify deprivlng
the people of their inalienable rights,
among which are life, liberty, and the
pursuit of of happiness; and that the at
tempts at the forcible prohibition of the
liquor traffic are contrary to the genius
and history of this great republic, bring
ing in their train host of evils. AS
members of the democratic party, which
believes in preserving in the highest de-
gree the liberties of tie people, which
believes that America is the land where
the oppressed Of other nations should
find greater degree of freedom than
where kings and princes rule, and, as
citizens OF this great state. which has
suffered much from the rash and foolish
experiment of prohibition, we earnestl y
call upon all those whose views upon this
question are in line with ours to join with
US in an honest and manly effort to bring
again before the people for their intelli
gent action, the prohibition amendment,
feeling confident that the result will be
the abandonment of policy which has
brought disaster to the commonwealth,
and the Inauguration of a sensible sys
TEN of regulation of the liquor traffic,
and pledge our representative to the
state legislature to work to that end.
4th. We favor the adoption of the
ballot reform known as the Australian |
system, by the next legislature of Kansas |
and pledge our nominee for representa-
tive to work for its adoption should he
be chosen at the polls next November.
9Th. We are in favor of reducing tax
alton. national, state and municipal.
9th. We are in favor of system of
irrigation for our western prairies which
will develop the lands tor our farmers in
the west, and are in favor of a liberal
appropriation by congress for that pur-
pose, and of legislation by congress reg
ulating the division of the waters Of rlv
ers which flow through two or more
states equitably between the various
states interested.
RELOLvED, That this convention fav-
ors the reduction of the rate on tax sale
certificates to 10 per cent per annum,
and also favors the passage of law Civ
ing to heads of families actually resid-
ing upon mortgage lands, stay of exc
cution of eighteen months after foreclO-
sure.
We favor liberal policy toward the
union veterans, whose valor won the
greatest prize ever set befor brave SOL
diery.
RESOLVED, That our nominee for the
legislature stands pledged to work earn
ostly and faithfully, early and late. for
the promotion of the interests of the
people of Ford county. and particularly
for the Soldiers Home and Forestry Sta
ton. He is instructed to use every eff
fort, leaving no proper means untried, to
secure liberal appropriations for the i'm
prOvement and maintenance of the Sol
diers' Home, to the end that it shall
speedily become one of the most impor
tant homes of the United States, where
hundreds of disabled veterans may have
peace and comfort and the companion
ship of their families.
JOHN W HUGHLETT,
JOHN w. MADIGAN, Com.
W. F. Petition,