People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-03

| heuemdnu Tree ana unlimited coinage OF
silver and gold at the present legal ratio
of IS tol,
We demand that the amount of circulating
met dunn be speedily increased to not less than
$50 per capita.
We demand graduated income tax.
We believe that the money of the country
should be kept as much as possible in the
hands of the people, snd hence we demand
that all state and national revenues shall be
limited to the necessary expenses of the gov
eminent economically and honestly admin
istered.
We demand that postal savings banks be
established by the government for the safe
deposit Of the earnings of the people and to
facilitate exchange.
TRANSPORTATION.
Second. Transportation being means of
exchange and public nece, sity, the govern
ment should own and operate the railroads in
the interest of the people.
The telegraph and telephone, like the post
office system, being a necessity for the trans
mission of news, should be owned by the gov
ment in the interest of the people.
LAND.
The land, including all the natural sources
of wealth, is the heritage Of the people, and
should not be mOnOpOlized for speculative
purposes. and alien ownership should be pro-
hibited. And land now held by railroads and
other corporations in excess of their actual
needs, and all lands now owned by aliens,
should be reclaimed by the government and
held for actual settlers only.
COUNTY PLATFORM.
We, the Populist party of Sumner county
in convention assembled, again meet under
circumstances which are absolute proof that
the enunciatiOns set forth by the Populist
party are true and the remedies offered will.
if enacted by law, give the people relief.
Believing that the people are the government.
and the aim and object of government is to
protect its citizens and better their condition.
also believing that the masses OF the people
know what they need and want ilnd still have
a right to make known their wants, and de-
mand the same by resolution in county and
state convention.
Believing that the financial question is the
bone of contention, and its settlement will be
the veal or Woe Of our American people
therefore be it
Resolved, That every dollar issued by our
government either gold, silver or paper
should be equal in the payment of debts. by
being made legal tender for all debts, pub
lie or private. That all paper currency
should be issued by the government without
profit to individuals or corporations.
We again demand that silver be reinstated
and be allowed the privilege of the mint free
at ratio established by law-16 to1-without
the permission or consent Of any other ma
ton on earth.
We hereby denounoe the Republican legis-
lators Of the past three sessions and hold
them responsible for the defeat of the max
imum freight rate bill and other measures of
relief from railroad extOrtion and discrimina
ton practiced in this state.
We condemn the extravagant methods of
the Republican administration Of the affairs
OF Sumner county and point the taxpayers TO |
the fact that the annual expenditures
Tor all general purposes, other than
bridge building, have been increased from a
total average of $4,000 unt er partial Pom
ulist administration to total of $4,000 for
the year 1894.
we condemn the practice OF rewarding DO. |
litical manipulators with public patronage,
as has been done in the case Of the county |
printing and other jobs in this county.
We demand that the nominees of this CON-
vention shall practice true economy in the
administration of the county's business
should they be elected, and we hereby warn
them that we shall hold them to strict &C.
countability.
We warn all candidates on whatever ticket |
that they will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law for any violations. directly or
Indirectly of the law against corrupt prac-
tees at elections, and our county central
committee is hereby instructed to push said
prosecutions, and we pledge ourselves to
stand by them in any expense that may be
incurred.
We demand the faithful and impartial en-
forcement OF all laws and arraign the pres
ent officials for direlictiOu and favoritism.
We condemn the cowardice Of the Republi-
can convention of Sumner county in conceal
ing their views on the important questions
local, state and national, and invite all good
citizens, who have ideas OF public policy. to
join with the people in their effort to restore
the government of, by and for the people.
We claim the right to consistently point
with pride to the clean record made by all
Populist officials in this county and appeal
to the honest taxpayers for announcement
in well doing.
We srraign the present state administra-
ton as being the most corrupt, the most Vac
Hating, the most hypocritical and the least
in sympathy with the great common people
OF the state Of any since the state was organ
lied. Dissraced by its own acts of perfidy
and corruption even before 1t had been in
augurated, 1t has breathed its blightinr
spirit into every branch Of public service in
all the counties Of the state, and we hope the
people will, by 1896, be ready to be redeemed
by SEINE other savior.
We again declare in favor Estate Uniform
lty Of school text books.
Many farmers have adopted a new
idea in the making Of temporary cribs