The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-08-30
>TATE Ti-ATEoRa OF THE PEoPIE's
EAkIN

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Oh y.4g statute books IS informing Vie coinage
.! .er. He o1.-e.s Tie se-tarAt.Jl "! ,l-
ser - IFS Fryp--F place - q money -.s-H3 slH
8yi yuay uF-rs 20 oar NOS l4ls WlA'z>r t---.
Ia crate pros eeE5ts aE-re asprgS59l ana
lE-4l..-4- E4-H, 4Ac E~iu slr,Ct-r~. EfuIs
aJuEt. ust - slI also increase uGr Trade HIJA
MrAEsv. >y.Il American Efp4hlics. china
a4u other gy4Htf4e~. giving a. inAhy a4Ea
tARe, That 49, 30 not uuA enjoy " e ..t-
ao4Hye UugA The Republican, and i'rmC-EA-
las administration, Tor refusing ~ L-e ~4.NvT
dollars - ~v-- a. -vad dollars Ia tac A44.aa
ton " Tie National obligations. an4 tAy TX
1e4lPy.uu u t4e sreenuacAs ana SILVER cert
-catr- when tie discretion 70 30 - Te>teI
altL the administration.
s. The abolition O.! national banks. anG
Tie substitution Of -e-44 tender aslry
AOJes. 10 Supplement- the use Oi sula AID s4i
yer money. I-,t4ed lu 4.Ig.rHt volume 40 uO
lie business ~ The country on cash ~
tenn regulating The amount ucclct Oil = lvI
capita basis A. the business Interests UI the
country expand, and tAaJ ali money ISSUED
Iy Tie 20, eminent sud4. he ,e-u tender IA
Payment q. al debts both I'4u-l and PR
vale.
T. Ne deuounce boJh tile Republican ana
Democratic ItTJ.r, Tor contracting the cur
lency OI the country while population ANA
busiutss Increases, ana also tuT the further
crime ui - IIuE Understanding bonds Ia
times ol peace, 10 be a perpetual dcrt upon
Jnc lreUp.r ami a constant dram upon every
productive industry 10 pay the interest
thereon. Ne favor The ls~UlH-. 81 IIUr.
money jD give - new impetus 10 every AUn-
81 industry instead ui issuing interest ue.,I-
!ug bonds, " inch not only makes money
career. st1gHdJe> trade anu puTalyL-, even
Industrial enterprise. but which also length
81, Tie ,rerGy -I-rsa Ol the aya..t-- say
lD,h> 50 THAT tnry can reach into the I4ugheis
,b4 Az
wealth a. soon is earned We deuouuce i
policy which fosters no industry 50 much rs
II does that OF the mUrtgIgee and sheriff.
.. We denOuuce the Mckinney tariff bill
ANA the pending Democratic tariff bIlI Is
unjust 10 the consumer, OF the country, ami
ieduIng to the formation OF trusts, combines
ana monopolIes which have oppressed the
people, ana especially 10 We denounCe the
unnecessary and DurdcnsOme increase Al tie
tax on sugar and other ueCessarIes of HE.
50 largely used by the poorer portion OF our
people, while the taxes have Dceu lowered
on some OF the luNurIca OF the rich, winch
should bear the heaviest burden. " ce> pee
rally deuOunce the pending tariff bill Is Il
CUWaTdIy makeShltt for tariff reform. 1t
nOL only substitutes Democratic protection
for Republican protection on certain manu-
IaCturcd articles. but also strives to dIsCrmI-
nate against tie producers OF wealth by put
tIng the raw materials which their labor pro-
uuCeS upon the Tree list while 1t forces them
and every citizen 10 pay 4 high tax Oh the
manufactured article. The revenue of the
government can and should be raised with
out such unjust and Increased dlScrimIna-
ton.
=. We favor graduated tax on incomes
that viii tax All Incomes, private or cOrpor-
ate, OF $1,000 one per cent, and on all larger
incomes prOpOrtlOnaLe increase 50 that the
wealthy Will bear their share OF The expenses
Ol the government III proportion 10 their
ability 10 pay. Ii such law was in force
ana properly executed, we believe that sui
source 10 enable Us To reduce the burdens on
those i'll moderate circumstances, now so
heavily taxed at least Onehaif.
I. We favor the enactment of such laws
by Congress as shall ei1ectually prevent the
dealing III futures of all agricultural and
mechanical productions. We do not believe
that the bill now pending before Congress- is
sufficient To remedy the evil.
.. That when the State and National plat
form come in conflict, our Representatives
IN Congress shall be bound 10y the State
platform.
8. That We are unalterably opposed to the
pc fmISCuOuS emigration OF foreigners into
THIS country, and favor stringent National
legislation TO scrutlnlZe, requisite and con
troll the same, 50 as TO exclude from our
shores the vicious, corrupt and degraded
class OF emlgrantS.
~. w I GiiS III IdNOi VI tlcttlIlS I Illcu
States Senators by a direct vote of The
people.
IL. We deplore the existence of cOndl-
tons which til d land OF over Production
with enforced ldleness, restitution, and law
lessness. These are the legitimate fruits Of
Republican and Democratic maladminIstra-
ton, betrayal OF popular confidence, and
perVelSlOn OF the peoples government to
the use ana advantage Of a destructive
money trust and to other monopo,ies.
We Sympathlze with the Oppfessed
everywhere; but we are opposed to
all Iawless combinations of men whether
representing capital or labor. We believe
IN peace and strict obedience to law. We
are opposed to strikes as tending to infrac-
tlons Of the law as wrong in principle. and
condemn them as we do the unlawful and
unprecedented combinations of capital
against which they contend. We urge upon
labor the wise use OF the ballot as the only
peaceable solution of the grave conditions
that contronts our social progress, conditions
Which cannot be converted into social peace
except on the basis of social righteousness
II. For thirty years riotous living, de-
bauchery and shameless disregard for the
! rights OF the people has been the rule rather
| than the exception at Washington. The
! present administration, the present Senate
and Congress, seem to be composed largely
OF men who are outstripping their predeces-
|
new associates have caught the Infection
! Inc money power, wniskey, sugar, and
| other mOnOpOleS are represented in the Cab
| met and in both Houses of Congress At
present we have a government Of for and
! by trusts and monOpOIleS. In striking cOn-
| traSt TO the above We point with pride to the
! clean records made by oar little band OF
Peoples party. Senators and Congressman
Always at the post of duty, never arrested
to make quorum, unSeltiSh, fearless incOr
rupubie, like true Spartans they have stood
by Their pledges to a man. With this RECORD
IN our tavor we assert that honesty i'll pol
ltlCS IS not an irideSCent dream" and can in
vite ali who earnestly desire good govern
ment to leave their monopoly ridden parties
| and help us TO fill our National Legislatiy
halls with honest statesmen.
Is. We favor the running of the public
schools OF our State at least four months II
each year as required by our Constitution
for both races in order that the blessings Of
education may be extended to all the peopl,
of our State alike.
IA. We condemn the Democratic admin
iStratiOn of North Carolina for its failure Il
execute the antitrust laws now on orr stat
ute books, also Tor the failure to prOSecut,
the officers of broken banks through who's,
criminal carelessness and dishonesty, larg,
amounts OF both public and private funG
have been lost and our citizens, widows ant
orphans have been made to suffer.
10. We favor the establishment of
State Institution for the reformation o
young criminals.
Ii. We condemn the last General Assem-
bly, Of the State for its lavish and rockies
waste OF the peoples money and for it
failure TO collect the back taxes due and col
lectabie from certain railroad corporation
III the State, and for unjust Discrimination,
against other corporations
II. We condemn the election method
resorted to in certain counties and precinct
. of other counties III the election of 1892, con
chine of the State, by which thousands q
citizens who had voted for years under tn
same registration were deprived of their suf
frage, by which ballots of the People party
| after being delivered 10 Il IL hnldnrS l. i