Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-07-11
POPULIST STATE PLATFORM.

We, the representatives of the peoples party
of Kansas, i'm convention assembled, do here
by rcaiIirm our allegiance to the principles
cnunciatcd in the Omaha platform and point
TO the record of our Representatives in con-
Prcss as an evidence of their loyalty in that
platform. 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 sympathics 20 out to the unemployed,
homeless and landcss people of the country
who have been brought 10 their present con-
dition in great measure through the vicious
un-Amcrican financial policy of this govern
ment; and we hold sacred the declaration of
indepon ience that all men are created equal,
they are endowed by their Creator with GER
tain inalcnablc rights, that among these are
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
We most heartily commend our present state
officers for their wise and economic admins
tration Of state affairs, that has saved to the
tax payers thousands of dollars, and the popu-
listic Legislators for their efforts 70 enact into
law every demand Of tue state platform
adopted at Wichita in 1892
We demand the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of rs To- /, and dcnounce any party that
is so completely under the control of the gold
bugs that II dare not take IA stand for the
people on this all important question, which
means 30 much to the wagc-Caners and pro-
duccrs Of our country.
The comptrollcr's report for 1898 shows that
during the year l5S national banks suspended.
leaving financial ruin I'm their wake; we again
reterate our condemnation OF this. the So
called best banking system the world has ever
known, and demand I'm its 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 intcrest-bearing bonds, and de-
mand instead the issue of fun legal tender
treasury notes and the payment of the same,
together with silver money, to meet the needs
OF the government
We condemn the unwisc 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
with all toiers in their efforts to improve their
condition, and demand such legislation as will
remove some of the burdens of toll by short
ening the hours OF labor without lessening
their daily wage.
We demand national and state boards OF
arbitration to settle and adjust differences be-
aNtth AhN thplO9 CTS anu ClLIlOg ttbs anu We
further demand that where the property OF Il
corporation has been placed in the hands OF
n receiver, tho wages Of the employees shall be
a FIRST lien on its earnings and effects; and we
denOunce the appointment of officials or par.
ties Interested us receivers of any corporation.
We demand service pension graduated so
the man who carried the musket shall be emit,
tied to the same consideration rs the man who
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 dues,
which this government owes him for defend
sng with his life our country and fing.
We favor state irrigation department 10
investigate methods and water supplies and
encourage more extended irrigation.
We demand freight rate law based on the
line o. 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 d law the plank of the republican
platform adopted at their state con IGNITION 10
1S3! which we adopt and make part of this
demand, towit: I'VE insist that the great
transportation companies which derive their
corporate existence from Kansas laws, ano
and commerce, owe TO the people of Kansas
far, equitable ana honest treatment in the
matter of freight rates, and VIC are opposed TO
the inequitabe 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 aud to the injury of the people of
Kansas, and we demand of the ne xt Legislature
the utmost diligence il cnacting appropriate
legislation providing therefor TO the end that
agricultural, mercantile and other interests of
Kansas shall be placed on n footing of eqality,
so far rs freight rates are concerned. with the
like interests in adjoining states"
Believing all power is vested in the people
and that all laws of vital importance should be
inflated and approved or disapproved by them
Therefore we indorse the inativc and referen-
DUN system.
Whereas, The Peoples party came into OK.
lstence and won it's glorious victories on the
Fundamental principles of equal rights to al
and special privileges to none; therefore, be il
Resolved, That We favor the pending con
stitutiOnal amendment.