The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-09-20
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895
THE POPULIsT CONVENTION.

CViiSCuIiOu, ldSG OoOuAuesys oC eii'
court house. D. NJ. Brewer called th'
delegates to order at 11:15. b. c
Smith stepped up to the reporter!
table and paid one dollar for tht
GRAPHIC.
Nominations for temporary chair.
man were called for. The nominee.
were T. A. Harper and B. r. Mosher
Mr.. Hayes motion that the election
be by ballot was carried. The vote
resulted in the election of B. r. Mosh
er. who took the chair after making /
few remarks. II. B. Abbott and T.
A. Harper were nominated for secre
tary; Mr.. Abbott withdrew his name
and Mr.. Harper was elected. Motion
made by B. smith that the chair ap.
point a committee of three OH order OF
business, was carried. A motion was
made and carried that the chair ap-
point committees as follows: E OH Gre
dentials, 8 on permanent organization
and on resolutions. The commit
tees were appointed and the conven-
tion adjourned till 1:3O p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The chairman called the meeting to
order at p. m. w. w, Miller came
forward to the reporters table and
contributed one dollar to the GRAPH
&c. Reports of committees were read
and adopted. The report OH resolu-
tions was as follows:
We reaffirm the principles of the
Omaha platform.
We would call attention to the hon
orable and efficient manner in which
the various positions of trust have
been administered during the past
five years in Edwards county by the
public servants elected by the peoples
party.
We recognize that we are confront
ed by the same old struggle between
the arlstocracy on one side and the
democracy on the other; struggle
that has been going on for ages and
will continue so long as there is suf-
ficieut intelligence in the people to
protest against injustice; it is fight
between the millions and the million
aires; between humanity and organ
lied greed; between man and mon
ey, and we uhhesitatingly take the
side of man.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver as we'll as gold, at
the legal ratio of 16 to without ask
ing the permission of any other nation
on earth England included).
We denounce the republican party
as two-faced towards, tricksters and
decelvers in refusing to declare in
their public platform, in straight
forward manner the views of their
party upon the great issues that are
being forced before the people.
We are opposed to the national
banking system and favor the substi-
tuition of a full legal tender United
States currency, issued in sufficient
quantity to do the business of the
country on a cash basis.
We are opposed to that policy of
our government which has been in
creasing the price of money and re-
ducing the price of everything else
that is not controlled by trusts and
combinations.
We are opposed to the issuing of
interest bearing bonds and we de-
mand that all coin obligations be paid
in silver as we'll as gold.
We condemn the encroachment OF
the judiciary upon the legislative
and executive branches of our govern
ment. annulling the will of the people
at pleasure, and making this practi-
cally government by injunction, and
we condemn them for using the pow.
er against the majority of the people
established only 10y their own precept.
not warranted by law nor granted b,
the Constitution.
We join with many leading repuhli
cans in the declaration that the pres
ent state administration IS the mos
corrupt and shameful that ever dis
graced the state of kausaS 1t ha
lowered the assessed val'ia.iun c
railroad property thereby increasing
the taxes of the people. 1t ha
through the state commits -ioner, drlv
en- Kansas insurance companies from
onr state and recognized eastern com
panies. 1t has laOned to the banks G
Topeka 500. 900 of the States none
in direct violation of law, and it ha
squandered thousands of dollars III
der pretended Investigations fer til
, sole purpose of making places for I,
: publican spoilsmen-
We cordially invite the cooperate
lof all patriotic citizens in detern