The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1894-07-19
PEOPLES PARTY STATE PLATFORM

PEOPLES Party STATE PLATFORM.
Many and grave are the questions
which the people of this STATE are called
upon ia consider the friends of equal
suffrage demand the enfranchisemeni
| Of woman; the .niquilies 9th bonding
and tl~uary SYSTEM demand Il remedy;
| The burdens Of Unnecessary and excess
sive taxation must be removed; the
miners a.i0 other Glasses oi labor suitably
and CONSIDERABLY protected.
We recognize as sacred the right of
the people secured 10y the constitution,
10 keep and bear arms and are opposed
10 the maintaining of militia organiZa
tons by Individuals or corporations at
ANY time; and by the state in time OF
peace.
| A liberal homestead exemption must
| De secured and excessive official salaries
reduced
| Believing that these and other kindred
reforms can only be ultimately secured
| OK direct reference to the people,
| The forms of he ''initiative and referen-
dam" W. ask all sincere friends of
humanity to unite with Us in securing
the reforms TO which we hereby pledge
ourselves and such others as are neces
Sary for the foundation of lasting liberty
We rea'Iirn our attachment to the
| Omaha platform.
| 2 We demand the restO. alton to the
people of these United States of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
radio OF l6 to l without the consent of any
other nation on earth.
3 We demand that all text books used
III our public schools snail be printed and
furnished to each and every pupil at the
expense OF The state.
| 4 We demand the exemption Of home
,ieads while occupied by the owners or
their families as such from forced sales,
on execution or otherwise to the value OF
tlsee thousand dollars, and a like exemp
don of pei sonal property instead Of
specific exemption from forced sales.
We recommend that the legisla
trre provide for the election, by a direct
vooe OF ne people, of competent grain in
,pectors and weighers, mine inspectors,
log scalerG and inspectors of food pro-
ducts and all other state officers not pro-
hibited by the constitution.
| We demand that all companies and
corporations shall pay their employees
weekly in cash.
We demand that all notes and mort
Lagos co responding with the same and
all other noteg aud bonds shall be taxable
and to simplify and make effective this
D, opposed law, we demand that every note,
mortgage o. bond shall bear the assessors
stamp, and unless so stamped one-half of
the value of the same shall be forfeited to
the school fund of The state when judg-
inent is rendered for its collection.
s We demand the privilege of paying
taxes quarterly, with the option ofpaying
the amount not due at the end of any
Quatier.
We demand that all warrants issued
upon any fund of the county, school dis
trict, or municipality, shall be made re-
ceivable at par in liquidation of taxes
against the respective or particular funds,
and to facilitate the convenience and
effectiveness of this measure, we demand
that all such warrants shall be non-interest
bearing aud shall be issued in denomi-
nations under the proper II gulations and
restrictions, corresponding with our cur
ency.
10 We demand the reduction of salaries
OF all public officers, com nensurate with
tue duties performed.
ii We denounce as the acme ofinjustice
.he infamous law that permits high sal
aried officials to draw their salaries in cash
while the underpaid day aborers are paid
in deprecated scrip.
IL We demand a township organization
with full power to levy and collect taxes.
IL We demand a law absolutely pro-
hibiting deficiency judgment in case of
foreclosure of mortgages on real property
and that the law limiting to one year the
redemption of realty sold under fore
closure he amended to e4 lend the time to
i've years.
IA We pledge oar Legislators 20 pass a
law p ,ohioiting The sale of school lands
ant; instead provide for leasing said lands
10 actual occupants, the revenues SO
derived to form a pei petual fund.
Is We demand a graduated annual tax
OIL all lands owned ny any individual or
corporation above the assessed valuation
of ten Thousand doll ars, exclusive OF i'm
provements, the rate continually increas-
ing Oil such additional valuation until
land monopoly in the city, town and
county shall be destroyed.
Is We pledge ourselves 10 the enforce
ment OF these and other much needed re-
forms by the enactment of all necessary
laws, and we further pledge ourselves
that we will submit to the people consti-
tutioual anne ailments, to be voted upon so
as to validate and give force 10 these
demands.
THOS. ]. MILLER,
Chairman OF Convention.
c. e. RUsK, Secretary.