Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-08-06
WATSON IS ENDORSED.
Resolutions A. Adopted By the Con.
venti0n.

Resolutions Al Adopted By the Con-
vention.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows;
We, the delegates, representatives
Of the Peoples party in State conven-
ton assembled hereby affirm our
allegiance to the principles enuncist-
ed in the platform adopted by the ma
tional convention which assembled at
St. Louis July 22nd, 1896, and endorse
the candidates Of the national conven-
ton, Bryan and Watson.
We congratulate the people OF the
State Of Kansas that since the Peo-
pies party has been a factor in the
state Legislation we have procured
the enactment Of the redemption law,
the valued policy law, Australian bal
lot law, the prohibiting the making
the gold contracts, the law reducing
the interest on tax sale certificates
and abrogating the March penalty on
delinquent taxes, the law requiring
the weekly payment Of wages and the
minors screen law, the law establish
ing q Grand Army museum and ex-
empting Grand Army property from
taxation.
We condemn the Republican house
Of representatives for failing and re-
fusing to pass the bills sent to them
from the Populist senate which pro.
vided for the taxation Of foreign judy
ments, the reduction Of the legal rate
Of interest and providing a penalty
for usury, placing credits upon an
equality with other property for the
purposes Of taxation, the anti-Pinker.
ton law, the exemption Of the person
al earnings Of wage workers and the
maximum freight rate law.
We condemn the present Republic
can State administration for using
public funds and property as the pri-
vate perquisites Of Office holders for
permitting its appointees to hold up
their clerks for a percentage Of their
salaries, for Its conduct Of the
State institutions where brutality
and homicide have been permitted,
and for Its cowardly, vacillating and
contradictory course in attempting to
enforce the laws at some times and
places and failing to attempt to en-
force them at other times and places.
While we expect and demand that
our public officers shall do as they
have sworn to do in carrying into ef-
feet the will Of the people as express
ed in Legislation, we especially de-
mand that the attorney general Of
the State take measures to secure the
the enforcement Of section 1862 of the
statutes Of 1885 which prohibits cor
porations from engaging in other
lines OF business than those which are
specified in their charters, and that
railroad corporations be prevented
from engaging in any other business
than that Of common carriers.
We condemn the unwarranted and
unjust discrimination practiced by
Kansas railroads and enjoyed by
favored shippers which are destroying
the business and prosperity Of those
less fortunately situated and creating
a monopoly at the expense of the
farmers and producers Of the State.
Therefore, be it,
Resolved, That we are in favor Of
such Legislation in Kansas as will
secure to the people Of this state such
reduction in charges by the transpor-
tation companies as will place them
on an equality with similar charges
paid by the people Of Iowa, Illinois and
other states, and to that end we favor
the enactment Of a maximum freight
rate law and the election Of a board
Of railroad commissioners by the peo-
pie with power to revise such maxi
mum rates from time to time in case
Of any inequality therein so as to
make such charges fair and reason
able, and whose duty it shall be to
enforce such rates as the actual
charges by the transportation COM
pany.
We demand laws which shall pre-
vent the products Of convict labor
from coming into competition with
the products Of free labor and reduc-
ing its rewards.
We demand that all public salaries
shall be reduced to correspond with
the prices Of labor and its products.
We demand that the supreme court
clear its docket in justice to the peo-
pie.
In addition was annexed the follow
ing resolution:
WHEREAS, The Armour Packing Co.
is now expressing many work
men Of Kansas City, Kas., members
of the Anchor Federal Labor Union
and other unions, be it therefore,
Resolved, That we extend to the
members Of that and other unions
who are being thus oppressed our
hearty and sincere sympathy.
There being nothing in the resolu.
ton in reference to the endorsement
Of the nominees, it was moved and
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