Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-08-30

mend and endorse those OF our pubic
servants who 50 earnestly labored Tor
the accomplishment of this object,
whilst those who were opposed to This.
and thus proved recreant to the trust
imposed III them by the people, are
hereby disapprOved of and condemned.
The constantly increasing value of
the gold d0liar-which was caused by
the. characterization OF silver-and the
consequent depression of farm prod
uGts To one-third, of their actual value,
should be a matter of grave concern to
every good citizen OF the republic.
Agriculture is the chief source of all
wealth. When it is discouraged, and
fails, all other pursuits must in the
very nature of things become unpE0fit-
able. We believe that il the standard
of value. as it existed prior to 1873,
were restored, uneXampled prosperity
would take the place of depression and
gloom, and success crown the efforts of
all producers. Therefore We demand
the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of Is to /.
We demand the repeal of the
National Banking act, and that all
monies shall be issued by the govern
ment direct to the people.
We are opposed to- the issue of bonds
by the nation. state or county.
One of the greatest burdens of the
farmers of Kansas is excessive railroad
freights. One fourth of the entire crop
OF Kansas is required TO pay the trans
portation to the Missouri river. We
demand that freight rates on cereals OF
all kinds be reduced one-third, and that
all other classes of freight should also
be equitably reduced, and We condemn
the last legislature for its mastery in-
activity on this important question.
81 We are in fave OF, and demand the
resubmissiOn Of the prohibitOry amend
ment to the people.
We are unalterably opposed to
woman suffrage.
The constitution of the United States
guarantees the right to every citizen of
the republic to worship God according
to the dictates of his own conscience.
We therefore condemn as un-American
any organization that is pledged to de-
prive any citizen of the right to vote or
| hold Office on account of his religious
belief or nationality.
The true test by which
a candidate for any office should
be judged is, first, honesty and integ-
rity; second, ability to discharge in a
business-like manner the duties of the
Office to which he aspires. We pledge
ourselves that we will not knowingly
support any man for any public posi-
tion who does not possess these quail
fcatiOns.
The action of Our Democratic con-
gressmen in passing the tariff bill, thus
placing 1O6 different articles of COM
mon consumption on the free list,
among which are lumber and wool, and
also reducing the tariff on manufac-
tured articles from 20 to 80 per cent. is
| hereby approved. We also heartily ap-
prove the action of congress in adding
the income tax feature to the bill.
This is step in the right direction
and places a share of the burden of
taxation where it properly belongs, on
the very rich and heretofore favored
classes of this country.
TO the foregoing principles we pledge
our efforts, and we ask the co-Opera-
tion of all fair minded and patriotic
voters of Barton county in the ap-
preaching campaign.
After some remarks made on them
by Mr.. Roetzel, they were unanimously
adopted and committee discharged.
The selection OF a new central COM