The Forrest City times., 1896-07-24
half of the distressed. deceived ana ,ndirn.n.

The events OF the past three years have dem
onstrated the fact that the leaders of the dem
ocratic party are incompetent and untrust-
worthy, because they have followed in the foot
steps OF the republican party, thus violating
their pledges TO the people. The whole country
| Is moved by such a general state OF unrest and
| disquietude that We deem it duty to say
that the people stand appalled, and look on
| with amazement at the corruption and extrav-
| agance of our public servants, and believe that
we are verging upon moral political and ma
| terial ruin. Millions OF our citizens are look
| ing starvation in the face. Business from
ocean to ocean. and from the great lakes to the
| great gulf is PROSTATE and paralyzed. Millions
/ of homes are covered too deep with mortgages
ever TO become free again; labor everywhere is
not only impoverished, but has become en-
shaved. Our lands are slowly but surely pass
| ing from us into the possession of the usurers.
Free speech is being dethroned, the fruits OF
/ the toll OF millions of our citizens boldly
stolen to erect colossal fortunes for royal
| thleves-the real anarchists and nihilists OF
the hour, who despise the republic and endan-
| ger liberty. The national bank conspiracy has
| so contracted the volume OF money that all
! debts are doubled and the products of toll
| without value, and the masses are enslaved,
because there is not sufficient circulating med
ium obtainable with which they can discharge
their obligations. The old parties give no
relief, and, after the experience of the past 30
| years, who would believe any promise they
could make to us now? They will open the
| campaign with sham and pretext, purposely
| to deceive and betray those they have plum
| dered, and with their sophistries and ingenious
arguments endeavor again to down the cries OF
an outraged people
The democratic administration has increased
the public debt by issuing S262 600 900 of inter-
est bearing non-taxable bonds without author
ity. and refuse to use'the idle millions of silver
stored In the vaults of the treasury to meet the
needs of the government.
Therefore, we re-afirm the principles of the
Omaha platform, enacted July T. 1892 and es-
! pecially the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of 10 to without awaiting for
the consent of any other nation, the abolition
OF national banks and the government issue of
| legal tender paper money.
We favor a constitutional provision limiting
the ofceS OF president and vice.president to
one term, and the election of United States
senators by the direct vote of the people.
We demand the absolute restriction of unde-
| sirable immigration from every quarter of the
| globe.
We denounce the democracy for the passage
| of the infamous bill Internationally repeating
| the purchasing clause Of the silver act OF 1890
| at the dictation of Grover Cleveland, John
| Sherman and Wall street. thereby contracting
| the volume of our currency many millions Of
| dollars per annum, causing labor to go without
employment, farms to go untitled and suffering
| and distress entailed upon millions Of Ameri-
| can citizens.
| We favor an efficient public school system
| and demand uniform series of text books for
| the public schools to be furnished to all pupils
| at cost by the state.
We demand efficient laws making any waiver
| Of rights, privileges or immunities by laborers
| and employees under existing laws absolutely
null and void, and we favor a state board OF ar
| filtration to adjust all differences between cor
| porations and employees.
oh IF IF
correction where minors convicted of onenses
punisha BILE with Imprisonment in the peniten-
tlary shall be kept for correction, training and
| reformation.
| We condemn the existing election law of Ar
| kansas SIS unjust, unequal and unconstitu-
| tional. Its effects destructive of liberty
| retarding to material progress and immoral in
effects upon the minds of our children.
| And we denounce the action of the demo-
cratic party, which has heretofore ignored the
people party in the appointment of commits
| sioners in counties where it stood next in point
| of voters to the democratic vote. We declare
! 1t to be our unalterable purpose, as free men
| who prize our liberties, cherish our homes and
love our children, to wage unrelenting warfare
| upon this arch-iniquity of freedom and human
| rights until every free American citizen shall
have the right to vote according to the dictates
| OF his own conscience, and can have his vote
| counted precisely as he cast it.
We endorse and approve the principle OF the
| fniative, referendum and imperative mandate.
| We denounce the democratic party for giving
the lands of the state, the heritage Of our poor
| and landless, to levee corporations and de-
| mand that the lands shall be restored to the
people by the repeal OF the acts of donation to
| these corporations, and that they shall be pre-
served for homes for the people
| We favor the consolidation OF the state and
national elections.
We favor the working of convicts on the pub
| liz hraf hot Of tha,, cIolI
on farms, to be provided by the state to pro-
| duce sufficient supplies to support all
| Believing, as we do, that the principles enun-
ciated by the peoples party are necessary to
good government productive of happiness and
| prosperity 10 all people, and to the preserva-
tion OF our republic, and believing that a SUI
preme necessity now exists for organized
and determined struggle against the corrupt
| despotism Of centralized wealth, hereby
earnestly invite the cooperation of all citi-
Gems, irrespective of former party afiliation.
Presidential Electors.
| At Large-J X. Sovereign of Benton county
and John H. p. Russ, of White county
| BY Districts. A. Meeks, OF Craighead; Sol
Nethercutt, of Saline; E. R. Arnold, of Clark;
Is. F. Boyd of Franklin; J. E. Seaman, OF Van
Buren,; II. d. Tanner, of Lonoke.
State Central Committee.
At Large-ThJmas Fletcher Little Rock; L.
H. Moore, L tie Rock; T. F. Shepherd, Nash
vile; Homer Prince. Searcy.
| BY DISTRICTS j. w. Dollison, Paragould;
| l. c. Thompson, Paragould
?. j. NJ. L. Thomason Monticello; Milton
! Cross, Dallas.
| g. f. w. McBrayer B A. Thomas.
| l. Isaac McCracken, j. G.. Harkey.
s. S. r. Cordell. Gus Bush.
| g. D. p. Baker, r. b. Carl Lee.
Col A. w. Files Nominated for Governor
The name of Col A. w. Files OF Little Rock,
was placed before the convention for governor.
and there being no further nominations he was