Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-20

CHI Vi puDllC lDSITuCGlOu, IL. y. GalnoS
of saline; congressman-at-lar w. A.
Harris of Leavenworth.
Governor Lewelling was placed in
nomination by &. l.. McKesson OF Elk
county, which was followed by repeat
ed outbursts Of cheers and applause;
old men with silver locks waving about
their heads, threw their hats to the
ceiling, manifesting their admiration
of the friend of the masses. After the
uproar had partially subsidized the gov
ernor made brief speech that was
we'll received. Only one ballot was
ia ken for the nomination of Messrs
Furbeck and Amis, and was afterward
made unanimous. The remaining can.
didateS were nominated in quick sue
cession amid expressions, OF approba-
ton. PrivateSecretaryC Close placedCon-
gresham Harris in nomination in q
ringing speech, to which q second
quickly responded and the nomination
made.
The platform is a thing of which ev-
Va , SANO POpdAlOO LCOlO COPCOldlly pIOuUs
The following is copy and is a COM
mendation of justice and purity in
| itself.
We, the representatives of the peoples party
Of Kansas. in convention assembled, do here
| by rcaffirm our allegiance to the principles
enunciated in the Omaha platform and point
to the record of our representatives in con-
gress as an evidence of their loyalty in that
| pl atform. We meet this time under conditions
which see every prophecy then made fulfilled
and every indictment which was made therein
| against republicans and democratic parties
proven.
Our sympathies go out to the unemployed,
homeless and landless people of the country
who have been brought to their present con-
| ditiOp in great measure through the vicious
un-American financial policy of this govern
| ment; and we hold sacred the declaration of
| independence that all men are created equal
! they are endowed by their Creator with GER
tain inalenable rights, that among these are
| life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
| We MOST heartily commend our present state
| officers for their wise and e0OnOmiD admins.
| tration of state affairs, that has saved to the
tax payers thousands Of dollars, and the popu-
stic Legislators for their efforts to enact into
law every demand OF the state platform
adopted at Wichita fri 1892
We demand the free coinage of silver at the
| ratio of Is to l. and denOunce any party that
| is so completely under the control of the gold
! bugs that it dare not take stand for the
people on this all important question. which
means so much to the wage-earners and pro-
ducers of orr country.
The cOmptrOller's report for 1888 shows that
during the year 1873 national banks suspended,
leaving financial ruin In their wake; we again
| reterate our condemnation of this. the So
called best banking system the world has ever
known, and demand In it's stead banks of de-
post under the control of the depositors and
the deposits guaranteed by this government.
That we are unalterably opposed to issues of
government Understanding bonds, and de-
mGnd instead the issue of full legal tender
treasury notes apd the payment of the same.
together with silver money, TO meet tue needs
OF the government.
We condemn the unwis0 and cruel policy of
all the government parties in this nation whose
legislation has favored capital and oppressed
labor, and we hereby declare our sympathy
Sith all toilers in their efforts to improve their
condition, ani demand such legislation as will
remove some of the burdens o. toll by ehort-
ening the hours OF labor without lessepIng
their daily wage
We demand national and state boards of
arbitration to settle and adjust differences be-
tween the employers and employees; and we
further demand that where the property of a
corporation has been placed in the hands of
II receives, tho wages of the employees shall be
first lien on its earnings and effects and we
denounce the appointment of officials or par
ties interested as receivers of any corporation.
We demand service pension graduated 80
the man who carried the musket shall be enti-
tied to the same consideration as the man who
wore the epauette, and said to be so framed
that it will place forever beyond the power of
any Official who is nnfriendly toward the I'm
Ion soldiers and sailors to change, suspend. or
in any way deprive the soldier of his just dyes,
which this government owes him for defend
ing with his life our country and nag.
We favor state irrigation department to
investigate methods and water supplies and
encourage more extended irrigation.
We denaEl freight rate law based on the
line of the maximum freight rate bill passed
by the senate and afterwards defeated by the
republican house, and quote in proof of the
need of such law the plank OF the republican
| platform adopted at their state con IGNITION in
1872. WHICH We adopt and make part of this
demand. towit; I'VE iAsist that the great
transportation companies watch derive their
corporate existence from Kansas laws, AMI
! their financial existence from Kansas trade
ana commerce, owe to the people of Kansas
| far, equitable aid honest treatment in the
| matter of freight rates, and we are opposed to
the inequitable and oppressive discrimination
In the adjustment of such rates by said COM
panies whereby the merchants, shippers and
consumers of other states are enriched at the
expense and to the injury of the people OF
Kansas, and we demand of the ne xt legislature
the utmost diligence in enacting appropriate
legislation providing therefor to the end that
agricultural, mercantile and other interests of
Kansas shall be placed on footing OF eqaiity,
so far as freight rates are concerned. with the
like interests in adjoining states"
Believing all power is vested in the people
and that all lays 81 vital Importance should be
MATED and approved or aisappraYed By them.
Therefore we indorse :iha iniatiyo and referen-
dun system.
The minority report on the equal
suffrage amendment was adopted by
the convention and Is as follows:
Whereas, The Peoples party came into ex-
istence and won its glorious victories on the