The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-09-13
STAYS PLATFORM oF TAX PEOPLES


n, To We t,rno-lrce the Democratic party (
for repeating uuconditOnall. The only la~ /
o. our statute books authorizing the CtnnaEe ]
of SILVER. - c h<.lieVe the restoration ot sit 4
yer TO it, proIs-r pl4c. money metal ~lIa 4
not UnIg UyA-A up oar HOs bile mtn.>. trnu 4
10 create pros f~rity sAere depression and /
financial ram. HEe kuEu sFSvfres. &EuiS i
about. Uut All also increase VHr trace Is III I
Mexico south American kepaoIlCS, china, /
and other UouEirle>- ElE4llS - IA&IiS a4salI- .
taye~ tAaI we 10 Dol uoa enjoy II Z lie /
nUuaoe both the Republican and Drluu@fa-
lac administrations IUr refusing 10 use SILVER /
dolIaTs Is @e-4 IL gold du4iAFS ~ the N4uidA
ton vi The National oOlleatiols. AND the Fr-
deInp tIuu OF tie green backs aua SILVER ceEJl-
ncates v hen the dl>lEctlou 70 DO - rested I
III The administration.
J. The Abortion Of national banAsr ana
the substitution OF ieSa. tender lfcI>-ty
uOIes 10 supplement the G>e VI god and 81
yer money. issued IL slIaCie-t volume T. DO
the business OF tine CU-.n.ry Oh = cash -
tenn regulating tie amount neeNe,i Oh a per
capita basis a. the business interests VI the
country expand, and that All money Issued
by the government shall De legal tender Ia
payment Ui al debts. both puULlc ana PR
vale.
!. We deuounce both the Republican and
Democratic partIe, Tor contracting Tie cur
reucy OF The country while population anu
business increases, ana also Tor The further
crime OF issuing interest bearing bonds ia
q
the people anu Il constant dram upon every
productive Industry 10 pay the interest
thereon. We favor The issuing vi more
money 10 give i new impetus 10 every non
est Industry, instead Oi issuing Interest. bear
ing bonds, which Tot only makes money
sCaTcer, stagnates trade ami paralyZes every
industrial enterprise, but which also length
the greedy nngerS OF the heartIes- shy
locks So that they can rei' Ia into the pockets
OF the next generauOH and rot them oI then
wealth as soUl as EARNED. We utnOUuce Il
| policy which fosters no industry 80 much IL
| IL does that OF the mortgage ana sheriff.
| ,. We denOunce the Mckinney tdrIn uIll
| ana the pending Democratic thrIn bllI as
unjust 10 the consumers OF the country ami
| leading To the formation OF trusts combines
anu mOnOpOies which have oppressed the
| people ana especially do We denounce the
| unnecessary and burieuSome increase III the
| tax Oh sugar aud other necessarles OF lite,
| SO largely used by the poorer portion OF our
| people, While the taxes have Deen lowered
| on some oI the IuXurles OF the rich, which
| should bear the heaviest burden. heespeC-
| Tally denOunce the pending tariff bill tis ii
| cowardly makeshl1J tor tariff reform. 1t
| lot only substitutes Democratic protection
| for Republican protection on certain manu
| taCtured ARTICLES but also strives To dlSCrlml-
| nate against the producers OF wealth by nut
| ting the raw materials which Their labor pro
duCeS upon the free list while IL forces them
manufactured article The revenue of the
| government can and should be raised with
out such unjust ana Increased dlscrimna-
ton.
u. We favor graduated tax Oh incomes
that Will tax all Incomes, private or cOrpor-
ate, OF 81, UUU one per cent, and on all larger
incomes u propOrtlonate increase SO that the
wealthy will bear their share of the expenses
OF the government III proportion 10 their
ability TO pay. 1t such a law was in force,
| 1.4riH lf..I h.ala
| ticlent revenue would be raised from that
source TO enable us to reduce the burdens on
those III moderate circumstances, aloW So
heavily taxed, at least onehalf.
I. We favor the enactment of such laws
| by Congress as shall efteCtuaily prevent the
dealing IN futures OF all agricultural and
mechanical productions. We do not believe
that the bill now pending before Congress- is
sufficient to remedy the evil.
5. That when the State and National plat
form come i'll conflict, our Representatives
in Congress shall be bound by the State
platform.
8. That We are unalterably opposed to the
pc rml> CuOlS emigration of foreigners into
this country, and favor stringent National
legislation to sCrutinize, reguls lie and con.
troll the same, SO to exclude from oui
shores the VICIOUS, corrupt and degraded
class OF emigrantS.
10. We are in favor of electing United
States Senators by d direct vote OF Tie
people.
IL. We deplOre the existence of cOndl
tons which I'LL a land OF ''Oyer-productIon
with enforced ldeneSS restitution. and law
. leSSneSS. These are the legitimate fruits OF
Republican and Democratic maladmImIstIa
, tlOnr betrayal OF popular confidence, anC
perverslOn OF the peoples government t.
the use and advantage Of destructive
money trust and TO other monopolies
We sympathize with the oppressed
everywhere; but we are opposed Il
all IawlesS combinations of men Whetne
representing capital or labor. We beliey,
IN peace and strict obedience to law W,
are opposed to strikes as tending TO infrac
l tons OF the law as wrong in principle ant
5 condemn them as We do the unlawful ant
unprecedented combinations of Capita
against which they contend. We urge upon
labor the wise use of the ballot as the onl,
peaceable solution of the grave condition.
that contronts our social progress, condition
which cannot be converted into social peac,
except on the basis OF social righteousness.
II. For Thirty years riotous living, de
5 bauchery and shameless disregard for til,
rights OF the people has been the rule rattle
than the exception at Washington. Th
present administration, the present Senate
and Congress, seem to be composed largel,
of men who are OutStripping their predeces
sors. Some of them are old-timers and thei
new associates have caught the infection
: Inc money power whlSkey, sugar, ant
= other monopOhes are represented III the Cab
! met and in both Houses of Congress. A
present we have a government of, for an,
by trusts and monOpolieS. In striking con
trast TO the above We point with pride to til,
clean records made by our little band O
Peoples party Senators and congressman
Always at the post of duty, never arrestet
0 to make quorum, unselfish fearless, incor
= ruptlble, like true SpartanS they have stOo
by their pledges TO man. With this recor,
In our favor We assert that honesty III poi
q itics is not an iridescent dream" and can in
S ylte ali who earnestly desire good govern
e ment to leave their monopoly ridden partie
and help to fill our National Legisiatiy
y halls with honest statesmen.
13. We favor the running of the publ
[ schools OF our State at least four months il
r each year as required by our Constitution
for both races, i'll order that the blessings o
education may be extended to all the peopl
:, | OF our State alike.
IA. We condemn the Democratic admin
q istratiOn of North Carolina for its failure +
, | execute the antitrust laws now on our stat
: | ute books also for the failure to prosetut
> the officers of broken banks through who's
!, criminal careessness and dishonesty, larg
2 amounts OF both public and private fund
Y have been lost and our citizens. widows an
: | orphans have been made TO suffer
'. 10. We favor the establishment of
l State institution for the reformation O
U young criminals.
S 10. We condemn the last General Assem-
t bly, of the State for its lavish and rockies
4 waste of the peoples money, and for it
- failure to collect the back taxes due and col
lectable from certain railroad corporation
: in the State, and for I'M Just discriminatin
q against other corporations.
II. We condemn the election method
y resorted to in certain counties and precinct
of other counties in the election of ls92 con
cocted and executed by The Democratic ma
o chine of the State, by which thousands o
!. citizens who had voted for years under tn
= frage, by which ballots of the Peoples party
/, after being delivered to p.u holders to b
s properly deposited were destroyed in ..bul
pens and other dark hole voting place,
and ballots for the Democratic party wer
!, substituted; by which false returns wer
d made; by which county canvassing boards
:, with autocratic power, threw out man
townships which gave majorities for tn