Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-31
NOTHING DONE YET.


hold any land not necessary 10 the exercise
| Of its duties as common carrier.
we believe that every reason that can
| be given why federal ard state constitu-
| tions and amendments should be written in
iuli. submitted to. and read. understood
| and accepted or rejected by the voter, can
| be given with equal force TO show that all
| importan; statutory law should be so wit
ten and understood By the voter. and ac-
We. therefore, favor the enactment OF suCh
organic laws as shall require the same
safeguards in the enactment OF all impor-
tant statutory as organic law by some sys-
TEN OF initiative and refer ndum
We demand. in the interest of the Amer
lean wage Garner, who is now in open com.
petition with the paupcr and low st labor
conditions of the whole world.to afford just
and adequate protection to our own labor
ing class. their homes and families, the
enactment OF such immigration laws as Will
eHtCtuaily exclude such competition.
The country IS now entering a reyolu-
ton that cannot be arrested. 1t is the part
OF statesmanshp to SO Greet II that ii
may be accomplished by peaccabla means
It's consummation Will be the revision of
the federal organic laws, by convention as
sembled for the purpose.
AS means of coniining 1t to the palcs
Of law and pe9csablc means. we recon-
ernors and general assemblies who viii
itiI tqyor eal!ing lin g NATIONAL convention to re
visions of article .. of that instrumcnt''
The majority OF the committee on resolu-
tiqns tons VIII also present an address upon
pectea 1t refers to the fusion with the
Dsmocrats on the national electors.
This address IS as follows:
The Peoples party OF Missouri does not
propose to surrender It's identity or organ
ization. It's mission is not Accomplished,
conyention could not. and would not have
made It's platform or nominated William
j. Bryan as its candidate. We ask and
that Its vote may be cast In the electoral
college for Bryan and Watson, the nominal
nm N Nis l..#I
tionalism east of the Mississippi river that
Of the other north of Mason and DlNon's
On the one side arc the usurers, money
changers and GOLD gamblers of Europe
anu their American allies asserting that
The eNlsting gold standard must be main
taincd' until their European masters con-
sent to something to take its place that
serves their purpose better. That purpose
l. here, as II has been in Europe for "A
century, to subjugatc the people TO an in
dcnstrial and financial debt serfdom under
industrial and financial liberty and indo-
nf nfhd%hce thc Se, OF our county, the mnn,enaGce
minlon of European debt serfdom. BE
there Is but one side for US.
Since Mckinley, though unwllllncly, has
STANDARD bearer Of European politics.
this campaign, We now offer to all voters
ana parties Of our state an honorable al
LHhtt Tor tntS campaign by union Of
forces on national electors, Oh any basis
that is fair. Just and legal, TO the end that
Mckinley and McKinicyism, as above de-
tned, may be buried under 20 per cent of
It's votes. Although We have in the alb
sence of any understanding nominated a
state and full electoral ticket, vet we now
tender and off.r II complete union of forces
In union meeting, and In the use of all hon
orable means TO secure the great ends and
Interests at stake, II this proposition is
met by tho voters in our state. in the spirit
of generosity and patriotism in which II is
made, We stand ready, with our press.
speakers and party, to carry It's purpose to
victory. II 1t Is rejected. we will stand. as
We have stood, on the only Platform that, In
our opinion, can give any adequate and
permanent relief TO our people. We stand
for the Western continent. for the repub.
lie. America and her soil for Americans,
homes FOR the homeless, the fruits of their
toll for the laborers, the abolition OF indus
trial ssrfdom, and of perpetual public and
private debts. the establishment of an
American system Of money, finance and
general policy, and the Punishment of Brit
ish and European influence and domination
from our country. And to tho maintenance
of these ends, whether aided by many or
few We mutually pledge and consecrate all
the means and powers that God has put
into our hands,