The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1895-07-10

The initiative and referendum amend
ment was put through and then the
resolutions were adopted as follows:
Preamble-The Omaha platform is a
broad protest against the monopoies and
their evils, which have sprung up and
been iostered under the rule Of the Demo
cratic and Republican parties. They have
deserted thu principles Of Jefferson and
Lincoln. The Peoples party stands for
the principles of industrial progress and
human liberty. None of their betrayels
of trust las resulted in so mnch disaster
to every branch OF our varied industries
and in as mnch wrong and misery to our
people as their deliberate and persistent
legislation on the financial question.
There is right and wrong principle
under this great questionable two prin-
ciples are as different as light and dark
ness. On one side OF this question TO day
the Democratic and Republican parties
stand together, side by side, backed by
the Rothschilds, the bankers, the con-
tractionists and the gold trust; on the
other side stands the Peoples party, sim
gle-handed, but backed by every patriot
who has realized the real danger that
confronts US, and that this is the para
mount issue upon the correct solution Of
which depends, not only all other indus
trial reforms, but the civilization and
Christianity of great nation.
We fully realize that not all the social,
political and industrial ills that affect the
people can be cured by proper fnan-
cial system, but the magnitude OF the
contest on this issue, is so portentious
and the enemy is so firmly entrenched
behind the legislative, judicial and exec
utive departments of our government
that we invite the assistance OF all those
who favor "more money and less mis-
cry" whether they fully agree with us
on other issues or not
Platform -Finance-Land and Legis-
lative-Therefore, we the Peoples party
OF the State of Kentucky, in convention
assembled, though We believe and reaf-
firm the Omaha platform, ask for the
suffrage and cooperation of every voter
in the State and welcome to our ranks
all who believe with us in the following
demands:
First-We are unalterably opposed to
increasing our already great burden OF
national debt by the unnecessary issue
of interestbearing bonds in times OF
peace, and we deplore and condemn the
recent action of the Democratic Admin
istration at Washington, not only selling
oar national credit at price below its
market valas, but especially for surrsa
dering to the Rothschilds and other
bankers our financial independence for
six months by secret contract, the in
fanny OF which is without parallel in our
history.
Second-In order TO secure and main
tain a safe, sound and flexible currency,
We demand that the national banking
system and all banks OF issue be abolish
ed, and in addition to the free and un.
limited coinage of silver and gold at the
present legal ratio Of 10 10 /. that the
national Government proceed to issue
national Treasury notes, all Of which
shall be full legal I nder for all debts,
both public and private, and in quantity
sufficient TO restore the gentle range OF
prices and prosperity that existed before
the decentralization Of silver in 1878, and
TO increase In quantity year after year
with the increase in population and bus
mess so as to maintain equity between
debtor and creditor 10 facilitate the de-
yelopment OF our great national re-
sources,