The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-06
e.mptlOn Of s2iO Of hcnsehold anIl ki,rhen

emptlon of $50 OF household and kitchen
iggrin,ture and the exemption OF $500 worth
| ". improvements on homestcads We are
N h oN,in TO counties or cities contracting
| a. poiluei debt unless the same be ordered
ny a majority vote of the people proposed
:" pc taxed TO pay said tax. We are in
,r,ul OF 1ust and equal rendition of all
n,opefly Tor taxation and to that end de-
Whnn mat all notes and other se.,uritI,s
snail ne rendered for taxation aud when
ttnteo upon real estate, then said real
eState shail be exempt from taxu1ion Il
.hc amount Of said security. We dnnouuc,
.ne democratic party for their reckless OK.
urINtaSance In the administration of tho
uIlalrs or the state and pledge the people's
IdIfN TO the most rigid economy in IN.
auulinlslfutlon of said affairs
| % liooiS--Wc favor an effective sys.
,'i OF punlc free schools for six monihs
IN ule year, as provided for in The consti-
.HnoL Tor all children between the ages
NJ, ana N Years. ana that each rae shall
rave us own trustees. to be elected bv
me people, ami control its own schools
We netlhtnd the adoption of a uniform
Ills OF text books for the use of public
., llouls' 10 Ne furnished at cost hy TN,
state. We demand an amendment IN or
Stsale constitution authorizing the looming
al our public school funds, not otherwise
invested upon the lands OF the peopla M
this state with proper limitation Ino,
, me quantity of land and the amount of
LABoR-we demand the os,,hl,s,ucn,
OF a State bureau Of labor. We favor me
creation of a STATE board OF arbi.ratiou
to adjust all difference Ii vnen onrn "a,
Mons ana employees. We demand an ~.
hc.ent lien law that Will pro.cut arils,n,
mechanics, lahorers and material mon
we demand such amendments 10 tho
warrant laws as viii prevent the rrose,u.
Non as criminals OF indusirl rus inhoring
men while IN condition of enforced die.
ness We demand the enactment Of a
law declaring eight hours to be a legal
days work for all artisans and mo
MISCE1LANEouS-We demand a free
vote by every qualified olector. without
reference to nationality ana an honest
count. We demand that the State provide
sutticient accommodations for all It's ill.,
saue without d discrimination ~ color. We
favor proportional representation. We l.
clare the people party t. be p favor
of local self-euVernment ana the enjoy
ment by the individual of his natural
ghts to the greatest extent compatible
with the good of society. We demand
reformation in the punishment Of convic,s
that convict labor he taken out of COM
petition with citizen labor that convtcts
he given intellectual and moral instrur-
ton and that the earnings of the convlcs
above the expenses of keeping shall 20
TO his family and that all short term con-
victs and county convicts shall ha em-
ployed upon the public roads. We favor
law making II II mhsdcmelnor for any
railroad company to give free transp + 4
ton to any State, county or municipal Of
ficer or any such officer Ito receive sucn
transportation. We demand the repeat OF
rne law autnOriZng conductors Oh idii-
roads to charge more than the regular
Hckct fare when tickets are not procured
by passengers. We demand that the state
be redLstricted as to judicial ana repre-
sentative districts to the end that tho
number of judicial and representative DIS.
Tn cts he materially reduced we demand
that the system Of district ana county
officers collecting their salaries - wrong |
in principle aud VIC are IN FAVOR OF SAL
aries heing fixed by law.
We condemn now, as we did in our plat |
form of 1891, tho policy OF placing raw ma
ter al on the free list, whlle every artiV!e |
from said raw mateild! is |
pfotcci cd. We are not tho enemies OF
rafroads and we here declare that Wille
we favor government oWnrrsnip OF roli-
roads. yet SO long as such property IS
owned and operated Ivy corporate ns II ~
entitled 10 fair and impartial treatment
nj tho hands of the government ana the
people and to the same protection that Is
accorded 10 private properly, We con
furds subject to tho draft of one man az
TO good Sate government.
Without committing the party TO the nd
vooucy or rejection OF government boun-
the democratic State adm nistration be-
cause of their failure to collect from the
general government the sugar bounty
earned by and due to the State. we favor
MISC the collection hv the State of the
nro rata of montw due Texas or its citi-
zens on account Of the Illegal cotton tax
collected by the general government ana
Nc demand that said fund shall be devoted
In tho cstah shment and support of homes
FOR aged tnfirm and INDECENT eN-Confed-
,rate soldiers and their wives, the balance.
II any TO he devoted to the extension OF
provisions for the Industrial education Of
ne boys and girls OF Texas. We favor
,,,ch n revision Of the fellow service act
rs shall correct the lnlquttcs Of the pres
mt law and give adequate protection 10
employees. ,