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4, mas. meeting of the leo
piles Party Of Person county. y. g.
held in the Cour; House Mt Rotboro
on the 10th day OF November. .>S.,
the following resolutions vsr-
q n inimousiy adopted:
RESOLVED LIST That se do ~
affirm our adherence TO the c-e,~i
of the Peoples Party - -ct forh in
the platform adopted Mt Omaha
and renewed at -. Louis. and W.
do love and now declarr our stead
fast allegiance TO the principles
enuncIated therein. ". have taken
no step backward.
3nd. That We fully and heartily
endorse the course 81 senator But
Ter during the last session of the
General Assembly in rcgari TO the
a. well A. hi cuurs" IN the tnit,-d
States Senate.
Sri. That We fully and heartily
endor>. the course ofthe populi-t
caucus during the last session 81
the GENERALLY Assembly In eNpclling
the boiling Populists who betrayed
their constituent and sacrificed
party principles from all cauca-c>
and branding them a. traitors.
18th. That we fully and heartily
endorse the course az Governor
Russell in his efforts To annul the
90 year lease Of the North Carolina
Railroad.
9TH. That We fully and heartily
endorse the course OF Governor
Russell in suspending from Office
the two Wilson's, railroad Com
missioners.
9th. That we fully and heartily
endorse the efforts OF Governor
Russell to reduce freight and pas
senger rates.
| 9Th. That we condemn and de
nounce the last General Assembly.
LIST. For its refusal To allow the
80 year lease OF the North Carolina
Railroad to be tested in the courts.
| 2nd. For its refusal To reduce
freight and passenger rates and,tel-
egraph and telephone rates 10 the
| ROlO StdnudTu IeNtl.
3rd. For its refusal To provide
for the election Of Railroad Com
missioners by the people.
4th. For its refusal TO enact an
effective antitrust law.
9TH. For its failure To enact a
law imposing heavy penalty on
persons for accepting free passes.
9Th. For its refusal TO reduce all
salaries and fees to the gold stand
ard level.
eth. For its refusal to enact "A
law preventing foreign corpora
tions from doing business in this
State, from removing causes from
the State to the Federal courts.
Sth. For it's failure To provide
for the election Of county Boards
of Education, County Supervisors
and School Committees by the peo-
pie.
9th. For enacting the law where
by 30 per cent is added to the val
uation of all horses and mules in
Person county.
RESOLVE Sth. That we condemn
and denounce the usurpations OF
Federal Judges (who have been ap.
pointed to life positions by the in
fluence of great corporations by
which cases are taken from the
State to the Federal courts, and
citizens are denied the rights %
trial by jury, by Judges who en-
act the law by their own DEGREES
and then execute it by the pcnalt.
Of contempt.
/. 9th. That we here and now de
clare our utmost confidence in Sen
ator Butler, and pledge him on
, hearty, jealous and active supper
, to his unfaltering devotion to AM
. unflagging zeal for the people
, cause, "the great common people
a has never been unsurpassed by an,
: man living or dead.
a 10th. That a copy Of these resolu
Z tions be sent to THE CArCAsIA>
the Progressive Farmer and Perso
q County Courier with request tina
Z they publish the same.
y. y. TUCK,
a Secretar.
( Holloway, N. c., Nov. 20, 91.