The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-07-30
Land.

Government IN the interest VI lue peoPie.
Land.
1. The true policy demands that the national
and State legislation shall be such as will ul-
timately enable every prudent and industri-
Gus citizen to secure home, and therefore
the land should not be monopoliZed for spec
ulatiye purposes. All lands now held by rail-
roads and other corporations In excess OF
their actual needs should. by lawful means,
be reclaimed by the Government and held Tor
actual settlers only, and private land monop-
DIV as well as alien ownership should be pro-
hibited.
2 Wecondemn the frauds by which the land
grant to the Pacific Railroad companies
have. through the connivance Of the Interior
Department robbed multtudes or actual,
bona fide settlers Of their homes and minors
of their claims. and we demand Legislation
bv Congress which will enforce the eIemp-
ton of mineral land from such grants after
uS well as before patent.
3. We demand that bona fide settlers on all
public lands be granted free homes. as pro-
yided In the national homestead law, and
that no exception be made in the case of In
dian reservations when opened for settle,
ment and that all lands not now patented
come under this demand.
f. We favor Il system of direct legislation
through the initiative and referendum, I'M
der proper constitutional safeguards.
General Propositions.
1. We demand the elect1on of President.
Vice President and United States Senators
by a direct vote of the people
. We tender to the patriotic people of
Cuba our deepest sympathy In their heroic
struggle for political freedom and independ-
ence. and we believe the time has come when
the limited States, the great republic OF the
world should recognize that CuDa Is ana OF
right ought to be 4 free and independent
state.
2 We favor home rule In the Territories
and the District of Columbia. and the early
admission of the Territories as States.
4. All public salaries should be made to
correspond to the price OIL iaoor anu ts
( In times Of great Industrial depression
idle labor should be employed on public
works as far as practicable.
q. The ordinary course of the courts In as
srming TO imprison citizens for Indirect con-
tempt and ruling by injunction should be
prevented by proper legislation.
I. We favor Just pensions for our disabled
Union soldiers.
8. Believing that the election franchise and
untramelled ballot are essential TO govern
meut of, for and by the people. the Peoples
party condemns the wholesale system of
disfranchisement adopted in some of the
States. as unrepublican and undemocratic.
and we declare II to be the duty of the sey-
eral State legislatures to take such actions
os VIII secure full. free and fair ballot and
ap honest count.
D. While the foregoing propositions consti-
tuto the platform upon which our party
stands and for the vindcation of which Its
orgnnization will be maintained we recOg-
njZe that the great and promising Issue OF
the pending campaign upon which the pres
eut Presidential election will turn, Is the
financial question, and upon this great and
specIflc Issue between the parties we cor
daily invite the aid and cooperation OF all
organizations and citizens agreeing with US
uDOn this vital question.