The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-10
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of peace, and demand the payment o
all coin obligations Of the Unitet
States, as provided by existing laws
In either gold or silver at the option o
the government and not at the option
OF the creditor.
Fourth, We demand the passage o
maximum freight rate bill, and con
denim the Republican house Of repre-
seHtatives for it's failure to give tn.
people any relief from the extortion.
and unreasonable charges imposed up
on our people by the railroad corpora
tons Of this state.
Fifth, Justice demands that the ex
penses of the government should bs
borne equally by all classes of citizens
| according TO their ability. Under oul
present system Of raising revenue fol
the support Of the general government
| an income tax is necessary TO a more
| equitable distribution of the burdens
| OF the government on the property OF
| all people and that such means OF
rising revenue has been recognized as
| constitutional, equitable and just fol
! more than 100 years, and confirmed
during that period by repeated decis-
| ions of the supreme court of the United
| States.
Therefore, We look with the creates,
OF apprehension upon the recent de-
| cision of the supreme court declaring
the income tax law unconstitutional as
a stroke at the foundation of the
nation in the interest of corporate
| wealth.
We are alarmed at the insidious en-
enactment of the judiciary upon the
| functions of other coordinate braches
! of government and denounce in the
most vigorous terms the practice of
government by injunction and other
methods of legislation by the courts.
Sixth, We demand economy and re-
trenchment in public expenditures, ma
tional and state, and especially do we
demand it in our county and city; and
that instead of raising the rate of tax
alton as the taxable property Of county
and city shrinks in value that expedit-
ures be reduced to bring them within
the revenues. We also believe that
compensation for public service should
be based upon the value of similar
service in private affairs and that all
public officers should be held to strict
accounta bility. We also insist that all
county officers pay into the county
treasury all fees collected.
Seventh, We denounce the present So
called business administration by Cy
Leland and the defacto governor motor
iOuSly corrupt and unprincipled Schem-
er who has q weak and vacildting ex-
ecutive as a tool to loot the treasury,
and has sGuandered tens of thousands
vestigation solely for the purpose OF Sc
curing places for barnacles and COR
poration tools.
Eighth, We favor the initiative and
referendum as the proper method of
making and adopting laws.
Tenth-Resolved, That We congratu-
late the people of Sedwick county and
Southern Kansas on the strong and
courageous editorials of the Wichita
Eagle upon the silver question and up
on the causes of the universal depres-
sion prevailing in our country, and We
heartily declare it to be the sense of
this convention that in said able and
fearless editorials the Eagle is in ac-
cord with at least 80 per cent of the
readers and voters Of Southern Kan
SaS.
When the free silver plank Of the
platform was read there was great APP
plause. Some honest farmer brought
his dog along and the animal joined in
the applause with vigorous bark
which inspired Governor Lewelling to
remark: 'All living things approve the
resolution"
Nomination being in order, A E
Helm placed David NJ. Dale in nominal
ton for judge, which caused quite a
stir. The nomination was made by ac-
clamation and loud calls were made for