The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-08-16
STATE PLATFORM OF TaE PEOPLES
PARTY

TOXINS ASEF+4 81 Ltftz4-
= It.e Tree and unlimited coinage o. DOM
silver sfi.s eot4 a. tlge Tune huBOr-I ratio ul
Toto !. y = saeuoIH,e tiiv Democratic parry
laT -tI~aLarE un,ouIg.fcuslIy The only Ia"
GA og.I statute books AuALcr2-lu. the oolasSe
gt SILVER. Nr yv.4g.y tie restuEAJlul o! -.
sy- 30 ~ - 20 p.4-c . money metal @4t+
o. - yu ., pE--a -p OFF bow F4.e mi.t=, ieI9a
~ ,r,-4sv -ss- jac-.Fg sIr-r depression and
lu-.44..-. g4-., .kv kE.m siVli-es. gFoi%
.-..t. t-t El-I a--u increase our trade AlAA
ArA-,J. SUat- American EcpaoAcs, tuna
a.4L u-LtG yOL4tg.eS, giving u ILan. @d'AA-
Iss . lI.at AZ ID not uUw enjoy We &c
uJIIIvc both the Republican aLd priLuNT-4-
L., administrations Eur refusing 70 use si4Nr.
siy-l.sIs Ne.I - ru.d dollars II IL" 4-44taa
Ton IL the National Obligations, and tHe re-
Iu4A- rt-uA " the -reeHuaChs ana SILVER ccEtl-
Llglt. u he'll the discretion 10 10 - rested
ttA tuv administration,
s.. lie abolition VI national banks, and
the substitution OF legal leIGeT treasury
nules 10 supplement tut use o. GOO and all-
NrI money, Is>lIt,! IH sIItIl cent Volume u 40
Tine business o. the CuuAJIy on CASH :!
tenn regulating the amount needed Oh i'eF
capita oasis a. the business interests Of the
country expand, ana mat All money Issued
uy liz ;rruIucI4t shall be legal tender IN
IaAEulell ut Al. debts, both luuLlC and prl-
yate.
a. We demouuce both the Republican and
Democratic parties Tor contracting the cur
Icuuy Of the country while population anu
business increases, ana also Tor the further
CRIME pl ISSUING interest bearing bOuus IA
uluts TT peace, 10 1T perpetual dctt utOn
jAr l-vIl, ami = constant dram upon every
productive industry to pay The interest
IArr-ou. We favor The ls-Glug 81 more
money 10 give a new impetus 10 every non
s>t IAlu-tIy instead Ot ISSUING interest bear
.ug bonds, winch not Oniy makes money
-.arucr. -ta1nafv> trade au# para. l'- every
4u4ustTIal enterprise, UI.t 81 inch also length
els the greedy lau-ers OF tuc Heart.eo> Say
lolk, 50 thal thry can reach INTO the pockets
Ul the neat generation ami rob them ul iiIcII
wealth soon IL earned. Ne dcnoum,e Il
ruacy winch fosters no industry uIucn IL
II doc that Ol Iue mortGa-ee AMI >hcrln.
=. We utnUl.Nve the Mckinney taTH bill
ami the pending democratic JlrIu DlIl as
VII usL 10 The CONSUMERS OF the country. and
leading 10 The formation OF trusts, combines
ana nIOnOpOIeS winch have oppressed the
people, ana especially DO We dcnUunCe the
unnecessary ana burdensOme increase III the
tax OH sugar and other n"CeSSarIeS Of HE,
50 largely used by the poorer portion OF our
people, While the taxes have Ueen lowered
ON sOIle OF ti!e IuXurIes OF the rich, Which
should bear the heaviest burden. v Z espcC-
laIIy denOunCe the pending tsTIn blIl Us 4
| COWardIy makeshl1t Tor tariff reform. Ii
! not only substitutes Democratic protection
| Tor RcpuD.ICdn protection Oh certain manu-
| laCIured aIucles but also strives TO discrIni-
| nate against the producers OF wealth by put
| ting the raw materials which their labor pro
! duCeS upon the Tree list while 1t lorces them
/ and every citizen 10 pay high tax On The
! manufactured article. The revenue OF the
/ gONcrnluent can and should be raised with.
out such unjust ana Increased dISCrimina
! ton.
.. We favor IA graduated tax on incomes
! that VIII tax All incomes, private or cOrpur.
ale OF $500 one per cent, ana on ali larger
! incomes PrOPOrlIOnatc increase 50 that The
| wealthy viii bear their share OF the EXPENSES
! ri the government III proportion 10 theiI
/ ability 10 pay. ii such Il law was IN force
! ANA properly executed, We believe that sui.
| hclcnt reyeLue would be raised from thai
| source To enable us TO reduce the burdens Oh
| those III moderate circumstances, now Sc
| heavily taxed, at least one hall.
| !. We 1avOr the enactment of such laws
! by Congress as shall ettectualIy prevent the
! dealing III futures OF all agricultural anC
! mechanical productions. We DO not believe
That the bin now pending before Congress- i.
! sufficient TO remeuY the evil.
5. That when the State and National plat
| form come III conflict, our Representative
III Congress shall be bound by the State
| platform.
8. That we are unalterably opposed to the
| pe-ml>CUOuS emigration OF furelgI.elS into
! th-s country, and favor stringent National
! legislation 10 scrutinize, regulate ana con
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| shores the VICIOUS, corrupt and degraded
| class OF elnigrantS.
| 10. We are III favor of electing United
States Senators by ii direct vote OF The
! people.
II. We deplore the existence of condl
| tons which iii a land vi over production
| WITH enforced luieneSS, restitution, and law
! IeoSAeSS. These are the legitimate fruits OF
| republican and Democratic maladmImiStra
ton, betrayal OF popular confidence, anc
| pcrFerSlOn Ot the peoples government tC
| The use and advantage of destructive
money trust and to other monopoIies
! We sympathize with the oppressed
| every where; but are opposed t
all IaWIess ordinations of men, whether
! representing capital or labor. We believe
| III peace and strict obedience to law. We
are opposed to strikes as tending TO infrac
| tons OF the law DIS wrong in principle anC
| condemn them as we do the unlawful anC
| unprosecuted combinations of capita
| 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 condition.
! which cannot be converted into social peace
! except on the basis Of social righteousness.
| j.. For Thirty years riOtOuS living de
| hauchery and shameless disregard for the
! rights OF TIE people has been the rule rather
! than the exception at Washington. The
| present administration, the present Senate
and Congress, seem to be composed largely
vi men who are Outstripplng their predeces
| sOrS. Some OF them are Old-timers and theil
new associates have caught the infection
| The money power, whiskey, sugar, ano
! other mOnOpOheS are represented III the Cab
| met and III both Houses Of Congress- Al
| present we have a government OF, for anC
| by trusts and mOnOpOlIeS. In striking con.
traSt to the above We point with pride TO the
| clean records made by our little band OF
| BRODe : Senators and t'nnpraSS,na,,
Always at the post OF duty, never arrested
| TO make quorum, unseltsh, fearless, inCor
| ruplble, Ike true SpartanS they have stood
| by their pledges to a man. With this RECORD
III our taVor we assert that honesty in pol
| tics IS not an iridescent dream and can III
VIte all who earnestly desire good govern
ment to leave their monopoly -rIdden palties
and help us to fill our National Legislative
halls with honest statesmen.
| IL. We favor the running of the publi,
schools OF our State at least four months in
each year as required by our Constitution
| Tor both races, III order that the blessings al
edutatiph may be extended to all the people
of our State alike
| II. We condemn the Democratic admin.
IStratlCn OF North Carolina for its failure tC
| execute the antitrust laws now on our stat
| ute books, also for the failure to prosecute
| the officers of broken banks through whose
| criminal careessness and dishonesty, large
amounts OF both public and private funds
have been lost and our citizens, widows anu
! orphans have been made to suffer.
ID. We favor the establishment of a
| State institution for the reformation OF
| young criminals.
10. We condemn the last General Assem-
bly, of the State for its lavish and reckless
waste OF the peoples money, and for it,
| failure to collect the back taxes due and col
lectable from certain railroad corporations
III the State, and for unjust discriminating
against other corporations.
II. We condemn the election methods
| reSorted to III certain counties and precinct,
of other counties in the election of 1892, con.
| cocted and executed by the Democratic ma.
| chine OF the State, by which thousands of