The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-25
operated by the government in the in- terest of the people.
 Third-Land.

operated by the government in the in- terest of the people.
 Third-Land. CD True policy demands that the na- tional and state legislation shall be such as will ultimately enable every prudent and industrious citizen to se- cure a home, and therefore, the lands should should not be monopolized for speculative p, rposes. All lands now held by railroads and other corpora tions In excess of their actual needs should by lawful means be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only and private land
 monopoly, as we'll as alien ownership should be prohibited.
 (2) We condemn the frauds by which
 the land grant Pacific railroad com- panies have, through the connivance of the interior department robbed miils titudes of actual bona fide settlers of their homes and miners of their claims and we demand legislation by congress which will enforce the exception of mineral land from such grants after as well as before the patent. (3) We demand that bona f1de set tiers on all public lands be granted | free homes as provided in the national homestead law, and that no exception
 be made in the case of Indian reserva-
 tions when opened for settlement and | that all lands not now patented come | under this demand.
 Fourth--Direct Legislation. l We favor a system of direct legisla- tion through the initiative and referen-
 dury,. under proper constitutional safe- guards
 Fifth-General Propositions. CD We demand the election of presi- dent, vice president and United States l senators by direct vote of the people. @ We tender to the patriotic people
 of Cuba our deepest sympathy in their l heroic struggle for political freedom and independence and we believe the | time has come when the United States l the great republic of the world, should recognize that Cuba is and of right ought to be free and Independent state.
 (3J We favor home rule in the ter ritories and the District of Columbia and the early admission of the terri | tories as states.
 (4) All public salaries should be made | to correspond to the price of labor and
 it's product.
 1 (5) In times of great industrial de- pression idle labor should be employed on public works as far as practicable 1 (6) The arbitrary course of the courts in assuming to irnprison citizens for indirect contempt and ruling them by injunction should be prevented by
 proper legislation.
 | CD We favor just pensions for our disabled union soldiers
 | .(S) Believing that the elective fran
 chise and an untrammelled vote are essential to government of, for and by the people the peoples party condemns the wholesale system of disfranchise-
 ment adopted in some states as unre- publican and undemocratic and we de-
 clare 1t to be the duty of the several
 state legislatures to take such action
 as will secure 9 full, free and fair
 ballot and an honest count
 t9) While the foregoing propositions l constitute the platform upon which
 our party stands and for the vindica-
 tion of which it's organization will be
 maintained we recognize that the great
 and pressing issue of the pending cam
 paign upon which the present election
 will turn is the financial question, and
 upon this great and specific issue be-
 tween the parties we cordially invite
 the aid and cooperation of all organ
 nations and citizens agreeing with us upon this vital question: