The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-08-01
.POPULIST PLATFORM
Adopted by the National Con-
vention at St. Louis.
PAPER AND COIN
Should be Made the Money Of the
Country With Equal Debt
Paying Power.
All the well-Knowp Principles of the
Party, as Enunciated in the Omaha
Platform. Are Ksafirmed
and Readopted
PAPER AND COIN
FINANCE.

FINANCE.
First-We demand national money
safe and sound, issued by the genera
government only, without the inter
vention of banks of issue, to be full
legal tender for all debts, public ant
private; just, equitable and efficienr
means of distribution direct to tn,
people and through the lawful dis
bursements of the government.
Second-We demand the free anc
unrestricted coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of IL to /,
and without waiting for the conoen,
of foreign nations.
Third-We demand that the volume
of circulating medium be speedily In
creased to an amount sufficient to
meet the demands of the business and
the population of this country, and to
restore the just level of prices ano
labor production.
Fourth-We denounce the sale oi
bonds and the increase of the public
interest-bearing debt, made by the
present administration, as unneces-
sary and without authority of law, and
we demand that no more bonds be
issued except by specific action of con-
gress..
Fifth-We demand such legislation
as will prevent the demonetizing OF
the lawful money of the United States
by private contract.
Sixth-We demand that the govern
ment, in payment of les obligations,
shall use It's option as to the kind of
lawful money in which they are to be
paid, and we denounce the present and
preceding administrations for surren-
dering this option to the holders of
government obligation securities.
Seventh-We demand graduated
income tax, to the end that aggregate
wealth shall bear its just proportion Of
taxation, and we regard the recent de-
cision Of the supreme court, relative to
the income-tax law, as misinterpre-
tation of the constitution, an Invasion
Of the rightful powers of congress on
the subject of taxation.
Eqhth-We demand that postal
savings banks be established by the
for the safe deposit of the
savings Of the people and to facilitate
-saas -
TRANSPORTATION.
neutrality-suspicious. being ameans
of exchange.and publicnecessity, the
government should own and operate
the railroads in the interest of the
people on nonpartisan basis, to the
end that all may be accorded the same
treatment in transportation, and that
he tyranny Of political power. now
by the great railroad cor
which result In the impair
nent, if not the destruction of the
political rights and personal liberty
# the citizen may be destroyed. Such
ownership is to be accomplished grad
lally in a manner consistent with
ound public policy.
Second-The interest of the United
states In the public highways built
With public moneys and the proceeds
# extensive grants Of land to the
Pacific railroads should never have
'een alienated, mortgaged or sold. but
'uarded and protected for the general
Welfare as provided by the laws organ
zing such railroads. The foreclosure
4 existing liens of the United States
N these roads should at once follow
efault in the payment thereof by the
ebtor companies, and ut the foreclos
re sales Of said roads the government
hould purchase the same, If it becomes
ecessary to protect its interests, or If
hey can be purchased at reasonable
rice, and the government shall oper-
to said railroads as public highways
Or the benefit of the whole people, and
ot in the interest of the few, under
provisions for protection of
Ife and property, giving to all the
interests equal privi-
ages and equal rates for fares and
-eights.
Third-We denounce the present in
amous schemes for refunding the said
ebts, and demand that the laws now
pplicable thereto be executed and ad-
,inistered according to their true
ntent and spirit.
Fourth-The telegraph, like the post
flee system, being q necessity for the
of news, should be owned
nd operated by the government In
be interest of the people.
LAND.
First-The true policy demands that
be national and state legislation shall
g such as will ultimately enable every
rudent and industrious citizen to
scure home, and therefore the land
hould not be monopolized for specula-
I've purposes. All lands now held by
always and other corporations In ex-
ess of their actual needs should, by
lwful means, be reclaimed by the gov
and held for actual settlers
My, and private land monopoly, as
ell as alien ownership, should be
Second-We condemn the frauds by
hich the land grants to Pacific rail-
pad companies have, through the con-
iyance Of the interior department,
obbed multitudes of bona dde settlers
their homes and miners Of their
Iaims, and we demand legislation by
ongress which will enforce the ex-
pption of mineral land from such
rants after, as we'll as before, patent
lg.
Third-We demand that bona-fide
,ttlers on all public lands be granted
ZEE homes, as provided in the national
law, and that no exception
g made in the case of Indian reserva-
ons when opened for settlement, and |
lat all lands not now patented come
nder this demand.