The herald., 1894-05-24
coinage Of gold and silver at ratio of

l6 to 1.
Tenth-A graduated annual tax on
all lands owned by any individual or
corporation above the assessed valuation
of SIC, 900, exclusive of Improvements,
the rate continually increasing on such
additional valuation until land monopo-
" in city, town and country shall be
destroyed.
Eleventh-A graduated income tax on
all incomes in excess OF $4,000 per an
mum, the rate to continually increase as
the aggregate OF such income increases.
Twelfth-0pposition to the further is-
suance of national, state or municipal
bonds for any purpose whatever.
Thirteenth-The employment OF un-
employed by the public authorities.
AS our government should derive its
Just powers from the consent of the gov.
erned, as set forth in the Declaration OF
Independence, and since this principle
is ignored where onehalf of the governed
are disfrsnchised, therefore, we declare
that suffrage should be equal and with
out distinction of sex-based upon an
educational qualification.
Inasmuch as the contraction OF money
in circulation has reduced the price of
all products about one-half, making it
difficult to pay debts and taxes, while at
the same time salaries have been main
tanned, and even increased in some in
stances, we hereby demand that our
legislature reduce the salaries Of all
state and county officers rs per cent.
We favor legislation which will pre-
vent unjust and unnecessary expense in
the distribution of estates in courts OF
probate.
Since the hardships and necessities
that beset the taxpayers demand more
than empty promises from the very men
who have falsely professed adherence to
the reforms demanded by the people,
therefore, should our representatives be
able to control the action OF the coming
session of the legislature. we pledge
reduction in state appropriations and
expenditures of at least % per cent be-
low the expense of this state govern
ment for the fiscal year ending July l.
1892, which amounted to 1897 ,306,
whereby, upon the basis OF the assess
ment for said year, such reduction will
save to the taxpayers of this state annu-
ally nearly 100000.
The fee system and the plan OF pay
ing gross sum to certain officers has
been subjected to such abuse and has
entailed so great burden on the tax
payers that we favor a return to the
payment of regular salary to all county
and township officers.
We recommend that the state leRisla-
ture provide for graduated inherit
Rnce tax upon amounts over SIC, 000-the
income to be devoted to the support of
free kindergartens and the public
schools.
Our American non-sectarian public
school system constitutes an absolutely
essential portion of the guarantee of our
constitutional liberties, and we condemn
all hostility to that system and declare
our unalterable purpose to maintain
the system in the control of it's known
friends, and to oppose any measure
which would weaken or impair the
same.
No flag or emblem of any nature
should be permitted to float over any
public structure in the United States,
except the ensign of our Countrywide
stars and stripes.
We oppose the Olney bill, or any ex-
tention OF the time for the payments of
the debts of the Pacific railroads to the
government, and demand that the pay
ment or collections of such debrs be en-
forced at maturity, and that when such
railroads become the property of the
government, the same be operated by
the government in the interest of the
people, and if upon foreclosure there be
a deficiency, that the same be enforced
against the persons or estates OF persons
who were stockholders when the debt
was created, as provided by the laws OF
California.
AS intelligence and full information
are essential to correct Judgment by the
citizen in the discharge of his duties to
the state, and as it lie a civic crime for
the government to permit a monopoly
in the transmission of news by which it
ia possible for a corrupt, subsidized or
partisan Associated Press to suppress or
distort facts and to prevent full and free
Interchange of information, we there
fore pledge our nominees for members of
congress and for senator to make the
telegraph and telephone part of the
postal service of the country.
We favor the retention Of arid lands
in the hands of the general government,
and the construction by the government
OF proper eyets N OF irrigation for said
lands.
We favor the exclusive government
ownership, construction and manage.
ment of the Nicaragua canal, and it's
operation for the benefit of the people.
We favor the prohibition of all Chi
nese and Japanese immigration, and
such restriction of all osherimmigra-
ton as shall effectually protect Ameri.
can labor and institutions.
Having declared for the initiative and
referendum and for equal suffrage, we
express our belief that the measure OF
relief which may be obtsinable upon
the subject OF the liquor traffic shall be
determined by direct Legislation.
The Peoples party of California, to
secure to the people permanent control
OF the party organization, unaffected by
the interests of those in public service,
does hereby, in convention assem- bled at
Sacramento on this 23d day of May,
1894, establish this ordinance as a fun
damental law Of party organization, viz.
No person holding any office or posi-
tion of profit, trust or emolument under
the federal, state or municipal govern
ment. including senators, congressman
and members of the Legislature, state
and local, shall be eligible to SIT or vote
in any convention of this party and
copy of this ordinance shall be annexed
to every cali for any future convention
of the party.
We are opposed to fusion with any
other party.
The report Of the committee was
adopted without dissenting vote.
MRS. ALEX CHIPS IN.
Mrs. Alex of Los Angeles said that
there was one thing she had watched