The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-04-09
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
They Oppose the sehoolbook Monopoly
and the Oregon State Militia.

~S eA'~ OhN61h SeetS HAh'Nius
The following platform was adopted
BY the democratic county convention
last Friday:
The democrats OF Linn county, Ore
g0n, In convention assembled, bellev-
ing that the present depressed condi-
tion of the country is largely due to
the financial system now prevailing
In the United States in consequence Of
the bad laws on that subject passed by
congress during the last thirty years,
and believing that the money question
Is one of the main questions Of public
Importance now before the country.
we ara therefore unalterably opposed
to the single gold standard and in
favor Of Immediately returning to the
constitutional monetary system In ex-
istence in this country up to the year
1873; to this end we demand the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver and
gold into equal standard legal tender
money ut the present legal ratio Of 10
TO ], without the Intervention of any
foreign or European conference what
ever, and upon terms of exact equality
at the mints, and when SO coined, to
be OF equal legal tender quality for all
debts, dues and demands both public
and private in any amount.
2. We demand that all paper mon
ey shall be issued directly by the gov
ernment without the Intervention Of
any national or private bauk.
8. We are utterly opposed to the
Issuing Of Understanding bonds in
times Of peace.
4. We favor the repeal of all specific
contract laws both state and national
in regard to the payment Of debts in
any particular kind OF money, except
the full legal tender money of the
country
K Waa,o;n fo,o, of = t.r;e sood
,uated as 10 .fFsct s,;Le onr aar; r;or,tnra
onr l,hor;no noon,e M, oon,n,oroo and
m.nufooture
a Wa ara;n FAVOR 80 ,,r,,,, - .nd
v;oorou, onfor,omnnt 80 ~ Monr,a
pa.t,,no -. IN -. -,
stanoe.
Wa do,,ord sroh ,oo;.l ,.,, h.,
our naxt ,eoio,otnra a, u,II on.rortoa
!, tha e,ectoro oe ~ o,.,o r. onnor
tr,;,v ~ ovnroso;r. ,ha;r ou,,,,rai .,
disapproyal of MI putlic measures
3 We ara onnos.d to tba nresent
school hook monorolv of tbis .tata
wherehv the neonla ora comnellad to
nav uni,,st and unreasonable nrices for
school books We therefore arrs;on
the republican marty Of Oregon for on.
acting s,,,h laws whereby the schoo,
children of the state are eompelled to
nav tribute to tho hook trust and de-.
mand that said laws he renea,ed at tba
next session of the leuislatpre
We favor the construction os the
Nicaragua canal and the control there.
of bv the government Of the Unired
stoteu
TO- To the end that we NAV have
All economical administration Of the
state government we demand that the
salaries of all state officers shall he ksnt
strictly within the limits Of the copsti.
tuition and that all nrovidlnp extra
fees or co1npensatIon for any duty or
service imnosed bv law unon sucb otf,.
Ger shall he reneaied E.
H. We urge ,,non the next ,a,isla,
ture tbe unnnalif,ad renaa, of o,I use,
less commissions and esnecia,lv da,
mand the reneal NJ the lava oraat,no
the ,ailyoad commission tho stota
hoard ~ eo,,alization and tha domes
liz animal commission and alan N.
reneal Of the laws creating and annro
rriati,o monav s,r tha sunnort ~ N,
p y :" .A' a"p. '" Wv
S."to anu county m''s' aNa we onc'
Of hsh commissioner and game pro