The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1898-08-25
PLEDGES BROKEN
Populist Platform Of 1896 Repudi-
ated by Its Representatives,.


kronises of the Abilene Coavsatioo shame.
fully DisrsgaFded asd Every Measure
Il Derassded Defeated ~ PoSai,ss
Votes In tho LsglslataFo.
Before referring to the platform
adopted by the populist state conven.
ton yesterday the value of this new
platform may be indicated BY compar-
ing the last state platform adopted
with the record of the populist legis-
lature, that party having . two-thirds
majority in the senate and q large
working majority IN the house.
The platform adopted by the Abb
1ene convention which nominated
Leedy and Doster ard the present state
administration, said:
We condemn the republican house for falling
ana refusing to pass the bills sent to them from
the populist senate which provided for the
taxation of judgments. he reduction of the le-
gal rate OF interest and providing penalty for
usury. placing credits upon an equality with
other property for the purposes OF taxation.
the anti Pinkerton law. the exemption OF the
personal earnings OF xage-w0rkers and the
maximum freight law
We favor the enactment of . maximum
freight law and the election of q board OF rail-
road commissioners BY the people
We demand laws which shall prevent the
product Of convict labor from coming into COM
petition with the products Of free lcb0r and re-
ducing its reward
We demand tina. all public salaries shall be
reduced to correspond with prices Of labor and
tts products
We invite the pr:yerful considers
ton Of oil reBaers Gf the Capital to
inese specific pledges in their order as
adopted BY the Abilene convention.
I. The taxAtis.a 81 '''S---
- - Fragments Ihts
was proposed In the last legislature In
. bill introduced ~ Senator Forney,
populist 1t was defeated In the sem
ate. But getting scared late In the
session. the legislature passed tho bill
It has been held nall and void BY two
Kansas district judges.
2. The reduction o; the legal rate o.
interest A bill 70 this effect was iu-
troduced in both houses of the last
legislature. 1t was Overwhelmingly
defeated, after full discussion, by pop
ulist votes
g. Placing credits upon an equality
with other property for the purpose
of taxation. This was proposed and
urged in the senate and the bill was
defeated ty popsij>t votes.
4. Passing over he buncombe anti
Pin kerton resolution, the exemption
of wages was defested by the house.
5. The maximum rate bill Repub-
licans had been denounced in every
populist platform since 1890 for de-
feating populist efforts to enact such
la ". In a caucu. of the populists of
of the senate in tn: last legislature,
the 25 populist senate being present,
u molten to strike out the maximum
clause in the Harris railway bill was
adopted by Is votes to 10. The bill,
with the maximum clause stricken
out, passed both houses by q practical
~ unanimous vote and was vetoed by
the governor.
6 The election O. the board of rail.
road commissioners by the people.
'TAis was introduced in the senate
aed was voted down BY populist votes.
Z. Preventing th~ product of'convict
labor local, in this $iate) from coming
into competition 18th free labor in
the open market This could be done
without the enactment of q law,
merely by the consect of the state ad.
ministration and its appointees il
charge of the peD't-ntiary coal mine.
But penitentinry coal has not only
boon cold !; N <ho oman m rLot HIT ~ ~
sold at q price below the market rate.
It was thrown on the market at the
time of the coal strike. Furthermore,
the penal cemmitte. of the senate in.
vestigated the pe,'itentiary manage.
ment and recommended that peniten'
tiary coal be restricted to the use OF
the state institutions and the Leaven.
worth market Tie recommendation
was defeated by pcruist votes.
s. The demand that public salaries
be reduced to correspond with prices
and labor. Not salary of state
officer was touched. Salaries of tE
chancellor and professors Of the state
university were sev,relycnt Salaries
of the faculty of the state normal and
the Agricultural college were materi
ally reduced, tho.gh the board Of
| regents of the latter Institution since
| it was de-rer Olicanized have
paid higher salaries than are
| provided in the bill. When the sal
aries bill vas up & motioa was made
by a populist senator. in accordance
with the platform, to reduce the gov.
ernor's salary from s.. GOO to 81, 500 II
was overwhelmingly voted down by
populist votes Nosnrther effort to Gu,
salaries was attempted. Senate
Jumper stated in deoate that the OBJ
ject could be attained by leaving tn
salaries alone, but reducing the s2ecifi>
! appropriations This was done. H
added that owing to their fidelity Il
reform principles Tue reform official,
would accommodate their drafts on
L. a.