Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-02-02
Endorse the Popuiist Platform.

ENDORSE the Popultst Platform.
At mass meeting Of the citizens OF Clear
water precint. the following preamble and res.
olutions were unanimously adopted, on Janu-
airy Is, A, D. 1894:
WHEREAS. a national currency, safe, sound
and he xible. Issued by the general government
only. foil legal tender for ali debts public
and private: aud that without the use OF bank-
ing corporations, issued directly to the people,
the free and unlimited coinage OF sil.er and
gold at the present legal ratio of is to l, with
| an additional issue Of paper currency BY the
general government as speedily as possible.
Cold. silver and paper currency to reach an
amount OF not less than $50 per capita circula
| ton. Aud
SECOND. Transportation and communication
| being means OF exchange. and public necessi
| ties, the government should own and operate
the railroads and teegraphs In the interest OF
| all the people. And
THIRD, The land including all the material
| resources OF wealth. is the heritage of the peo-
ple, and should not be monopolized for specu:
| lative purposes. and alien ownership of land
| should be forever prohibited. Lands now held
| by railroads and other corporations in excess
OF their actual needs and all lands now owned
aliens should be reclaimed by the govern
ment for actual settlers only.
WHEREAS; The foregoing being the fonnda
ton principles OF the Peoples Party platform
(Which is to-day the only reform party of the
Nation) represents nothing which an honest,
thinking, upright citizen could fail to end orse,
as against the whitening blight and the AFRO
giant greed of an ever increasing money power
which is enthroned behind the Republican and
Democratic parties alike, and which dominates
each one at will regardless Of party name.
| WHEREAS. BY the passage.of the "Sherman
| Repeal BIZ In extraordinary session OF Con
| gress. the Republican and Democratic parties
Joined hands and :emoved the last vesiige of
silver legislation. thereby stopping the issu-
ance of silver certificates and coinage, which
means continued enhancement of gold. with
a corresponding depression in all the natural
products of labor. And in order to increase
the suiTerings Of this people, also the people to
come come 1t is now proposed BY the administra
| 70 the extent of two hundred millions which
| II consummated, together with similar legisla-
tion. will inevitably reduce this once free peo-
pie to the plane of serfdom. Then will come
the downfall of our great and glorious repub-
| lie. And
WHEREAS, The 53rd Congress has commenc.
ments. federal election bils,th hosting then
the hauling down of the Y. s. flag at Hawai-
| which are divergences from the real issue. and
are calculated only to deceive. as well to keep
| up and intensity partisanship among the PEG.
pie, while the leaders OF both the dominant old
parties, after getting the machine fairly under
the fur fly Therefore be it
RESOLVED That the citizens of Clearwater
precinct In mass meeting assembled. do en-
dorse the Peoples Party platform, which is
wise. patriotic and just to all. and to-day repre-
scnts the only reform movement through
which suffering people can hope to break
| asunder the shackles OF the money power, and
dethrone the Black Friday Kings OF Lombard
street London, and Wall street, N. Y. Further
party Affiliations and enlist all our best endeav-
ors to get all conservative men in our county
and state to consider awhile "whither are we
drifting" then to join us in warfare for the
common good by commencing this day upon
campaign upon the monetary system (which
II righted and which every man is better &C.
| quainted with than any other national cues
tom, to overthrow national banks. restore sill
yer to Its rightful place as designated by the
constitution OF our Nation: and the issuance
by the general government OF paper money in
addition to our metallic money, of volume sui.
hcient to transact the business of our country
Ana we fully believe that he money question
when so settled will in a great measure settle
to some extent the land and TRANSPORTATION
problems. Further
krsoLvED, That we denounce the present ad-
minstration for boldly violating the Geary
Chimes law. the purchase of silver under the
sherman law, aud the issuance OF nationa
bank notes to the par value Of bonds deposited
by them without the authority of Congress
And now. to cap the climax the bold demon,
OF pihtocracy propose to issue without the con
sent OF Congress, two hundred millions of dol
lars new bonds, all payable in gold And thi
too In times OF peace to which we earnestl,
lay in our protest. and condemn being vi
cious, unjust, unpatriotic and fiendish.
RESOLVED. That although our members O
Congress have stood on the side of the peopl,
III the late contest against the poor mans mon
ey-slver, for which our thanks are due Ye
this Is only part of the reform which we ask
therefore we invite them to enlist under on
banner IN TOTO. And II they will not. 1t shall
henceforth. He who is not for us MUST b.
against us.
RESOLVED, That we denouncs to the last al
attempts at fusion with either of the old politi
cal parties; also the system of knitting vel
known to politicians, and all manner of pOlti
cal schemes which have tendencies to diver
the attention from the real issue-money. Nc
only do we denonce the foregoing but we de
mand that every Populist nominee hencefortl
shall keep in the middle of the road and fgh
to Il finish.
RESOLVED, That the holding of a kind O
wake In scramble for the appointment to
vacant office, lately vacated throogh the deaf
oil the incumbent. and that too before the las
spark OF life has fed as is practiced the coun
Try over and which has lately been witnesse,
IN TINS county we look upon as retrogressiol
OF American manhood. and a practice whic
should be discountenanced
RESOLVED, That ChenOweth, ]. T. Silver
wood, Jas a. Goodwin and Geo. w. Parker b
appointed as committee from this precinct
for the purpose of having the foregoing pream
, Die ana resolutions printed In II county news
paper, looking to the organization OF a perma
nent county central committee. and co opsrs
ton with them
! RESOLVED, That in our best judgment and.bs
lief the time has come for every citizen of Ids
no county to give the present financial aud DC
litical disturbances his immediate attention
rtous precincts of Idaho county meet at thei
usual places of voting February TO- 1894, an
adopt such resolutions as in their judgmeu
1 VIII tend to be most etfectual in promoting
speedy reform in every department of on
, National, state and local affairs. And tina
such resolutions be accompanied by delegs
ton TO meet in committee of the whole at tn
court house at Mt. Idaho at 10o'clock A. NJ, Fet
ruary -, 1884, and that each precinct be ent
tied to one delegate for each fifteen votes q
fraction thereof as cast at the last general elet
ton.
JAMES GOODWIN.
= HARDEN CHENowETH cou,r,,.,.
J. L. StLvEKwooD. o''nt'ee'
GEO. W. Parker.