The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-08-27
PEOPLES PARTY STATE PLATFORM.


CAROLINA, in convention assembled at
on the 18th day of August,
500, hereby reafiirms its unqualified al
egiance to the principles OF the party,
md hereby approves the platform of
he Peoples Party adopted at its Ma
,ional convention held in the city of
st. Louis, July 22nd, 1896.
THE ELECTION LAW.
We hereby reaffirm our fixed de-
TO support and maintain
q free ballot and a fair count in all
elections held in North Carolina; and
the election law passed by the Gen
eral Assembly of 1898 meets our hearty
and approval; and We
hereby pledge the Peoples Party to the
policy of upholding the principle of
free and honest elections provided for
in said election law, 'and warn the
voters Of the State against the threats
which have been made to repeal the
same.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
The act of the last General Assem-
bly, restoring to the right of local
self government by the election of
their county commissioners and just
ices of the peace by the vote of the peO-
pie in the respective counties, and the
safeguards therein provided, meets
with our hearty approval, and we
pledge the Peoples Party to the con-
tinued support and maintenance of
that legislation, and warn the voters
of the necessity of preventing injuri-
Gus changes in that act, and of the
danger of electing members OF the
General Assembly hostile thereto.
LEGAL TENDER MONEY.
We favor the exercise by the State
Of n Orth Carolina of the reserved con-
stitutiOnal power to make all gold and
silver coins of the United States Gin
Guiding the trade dollar legal ten
der for the payment of debts, and that
| this right be inforced by the passage
of an appropriate act by the General
Assembly.
GOLD NOTES AND MORTGAGES,
We believe that all money demands
should be payable In the lawful money
of the United States without preference
or discrimination, and therefore favor
the passage by the General Assembly O
a law to prohibit the taking or giving
of gold notes, bonds and mortgages il
this State, and the making of all mon
ey demands sOlvable in any kind o
lawful money of the United States.
INTEREST.
We pledge ourselves to maintain thu
six per cent. interest law enacted b.
the last General Assembly.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The action of the Peoples Part.
members Of the last General Assembl
, has demonstrated, beyond question
, that the Peoples Party has been tru
to its antecedent platform declaration
in favor ofpublic education. We de
mand still further improving an
broadening the public school syster
of the State as rapidly as proper re
: gard for the interests Of the tax payer
and the resources of the State Wi
permit. We also favor such revisio
of our present school system as ma
increase the efficiency Of our publ
schools and insure the most compe
tent and effective supervision. w
think that the committee on Educs
: ton of the next General Assembl
J, should invite and secure, as far q
possible, the cooperation of the lead
ing teachers and educators of the Stat
}, in framing and perfecting the scho'
law.
= JUDICIARY.
. Our judiciary should be lifted abov
e the plane of partisan politics.
. REFOMATORY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALS
We favor the establishment of
. State institution for the refOrmatiC
! of young criminals.
= DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATIONS CON-
a DEMNED.
IL We condemn the Democratic ADM
IS istration in North Carolina for
n failure to execute the antitrust lay
~ of the State now on our statute bOoE
W and call the attention of the people
"a the fact that official action in this r
81 gard is not in harmony with the ult
l. antitrust sentiment heretofore al
ie now being expressed by the leaders
., the Democratic party.
:, RAILROADS.
n We favor the establishment of su
to equitable and low freight rates a.
h. charges for products shipped frC
OF North Carolina as will enable shippe
or and producers to realize at least fl
ic. remuneration after costs of such shi
ments have been deducted.
We call especial attention to t
possibilities of the trucking indust
in Eastern North Carolina, an indl
TX try which, but for the extOrtiOns
a tariffs of the common carrier, wol
81. increase an hundred fold, carryi
he with it the greatest prosperity to tt
re highly favored section it has eN
=, known.
y We earnestly recommend to c
State Railroad Commission that til
ne use all the powers they have to bri
ng about such reductions; and especia
its that they urge before the Inter-St
Commerce Commission. all cOmplai
IN of extortion and discrimination "
tes such vigor and continuity that sho1
ho they fail to secure remedial action
the Interstate Commerce Comm
sion, all the people would know VIII
[ul to place the responsibility for exl
&C. ing outrages; and if their facilit
es- for fighting the battles of the PEG
lit before the Interstate Commerce CO
he mission are inadequate for that p
M pose, that they make recommended
,ov to the General Assembly of anne
~. ments to existing laws, to the
20" that low and fairer rates may be est
"l 1ished, both in the State and Int
rim State jurisdictions.
ley Resotred, That we recommend c
ar stitutional prohibition of the (
chase, lease or rental of parallel
competing railway lines.
ron FREE PASSES.
'"' We favor law forbidding the
ing of free passes to public Offic1
the and forbidding their receiving
'th, same.
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD LEAS
We condemn the lease of the N
Carolina Railroad to the South
1O3 Railway Company for ninety-l
mn, years, not only as bad BUSH
transaction in which the Interests
the State amounting to the large
of $3,OOO,OOO invested in good pay
RUP property yielding an income, '
LERs sacrificed; but we also, in most
ING, phatic terms condemn the hasty
the secret manner in which it was {
all several years before the former tn
tho uoor,, looso bv ita torms Unul6