Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-11-25


!. First-the true policy demands that the ma
tonal and state Legislation shall be such as
Will ultimately enable every prudent and in
dustrious citizen to secure a home and there
fore the land should not be moaopOlized for
speculative purposes. All lands now held by
railroads and other corporations in excess of
their actual needs should by lawful means be
reclaimed by the government and held for ac-
tual settlers only, and pri [ate land monopoly
as well as alien ownership, should be prohih-
tied.
Second-We condemn the frauds by which
the land grants to Pacific railroad companies
nave, through the connivance of the interior
department., robbed multitudes of actual bona
fide settlers of their homes and miners of their
claims, and we demand legislation by congress
which will enforce the exemption of mineral
land from such grants, after as well as before
patent,
Third-We demand that all bona fide settlers
on all public lands be granted free homes, as
provided IN the national homestead law, and
tnat no exception be made in the case Of In
dian reservations when opened for settlement
and that all lands now patented come under
this demand.
Fourth-Direct Legislation: We favor
system OF direct legislation through the initia-
tive ard referendum under proper consttu-
GENERAL PROPOSITIONS.
First-We demand the election of president
vice president and United States senators by
direct vote of the people.
Second-We tender to the patriotic people of
Cuba our deepest sympathy in their struggle
for political freedom and independence and
states, the great republic of the world. should
recognize that Cuba is, and of right ought to
be- free and independent state.
Th1rd-We favor home rule in the territories
and the District of Columbia. and the early adj
mission OF the territories as states.
Fourth-Al public salaries should be made
TO correspond to the price of labor and its pro-
ducts.
Fifth-In these times of Industrial depres-
sion idle labor should be employed On public
works as far as practicable.
Slxth-The arbitrary course of the courts in
assuming to imprisOn citizens for indirect con-
tempt and ruling them by Injunction should
be prevented by proper legislation.
SeVenth-We favor Just pensions for every
disabled Union soldier
Misunderstanding that the elective franchise
and untrammeed bal OF are essential to gov
eminent of, for and by the people the Peoples
party condemns the wholesale system of dis
franchisement adopted in some of the states
as un-republican and uu-democratic aud we
declare II to be the duty of the several states
legislatures to take such action as will secure
q fuil,free and fair ballot and an honest count
Nfnth-Whiie the foregoing propositions con
stitute the platform upon which our party
stands. and for the vIndication of which its or
ganlZation Will be maintained, we recognize
that the great and pressing issue of the pend
ing campaign upon which the present presi-
dental election will turn is the financial uues-
ton. and UPON this great and specific issue be-
tween the parties we cordially invite the aid
and cooperation of all organizations and Cit
zens agreeing with US upon this vital ques-
ten.