The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-11-03
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ious. July ~. iS6.
THE ELkCrtoS LAW:
We bsrsbs r~~fa Ia our hx+c determine /
lion 10 suIas,ri aud unasntaist "a Tree bsiioi !
and lar c.uni Ia all elscttonz ted III ]
North Carolina 10 ihi. -fd se Contend
that II L. II yilsi i'm ,-ortasn TOR zach 10 a
lcrl prrt, la have o" all -i.cfiun boar =. /
req e. I tst'vss 4 their oxn sci. Oh We
r. rrdenn the X. pnbi CID p ,fty fhc- /
= tao joined with u ia She last legislature Ia |
s'tIkS ms Just. essential All vita prs'si-ior |
from 'h- c. las If Is.5. aud pie'ig. |
our elves to use our best effor.- Tia. ns II
leg stature TO 70 enact tins PROVISION unto
law.
L1cAL sELT CONVENIENT.
We are in favor Of guarAn eeing in the
respective CouniIes the -risui OF local S-lf-
government By the election Of their county
9 ,uI missioner, auo justic-s II the peace by
TIE vote Of the E<opIe, under pr's%r safe
guards to guarantee the beH possible gov
ernment ~ zach county; and We pledge Vi.
feOp e's party 10 the continued support aud
maintenance of that principle, aud warn
the voters of the danger of FL cttng mem
bers Of the General Assembly hostile there
to.
GOLD NOTES AND MoRTGAGEs.
We believe that all money demands should
be payable III the lawful money OF the u nj
ted SLaie4 without preference or discrimina-
ton, and therefore favor The p sage by the
General AS,eIIbly of 4 law TO pron,bit the
taking or giving Of gold notes, bonds and
mortgages IN this Stale, and To make all tie
money demands solvabie IN any kind OF
lawful money of the Unlte1 States.
DENOUNCk SPANS POLICY.
To avenge the Maine, to advance repub-
lican institutions. and III the interests Of hui
mainly, the brutal and treacherous Span
Yards should be driven from the ives ern
hemisphere and Republican form of gov
| ernmeut established in the islands which
she has misgoverned, robbed, prosecuted
and plllsgeG.
| AGAINST ISSUING INTERKsT-BEARING
BONDS.
| We condemn the present national admin
| istratiOn for its efforts TO fasteu upon the
| leOple and future generations the burden of
| interest Gearing bonds and for endorsing
and carrying out the infamous bond and
monopoly policy OF the preceding admins
trariIn of Grover Cleveland.
We cOmnleId the nc ION of the POpulists,
silver Republicans aid silver Democrats III
Congress tor their wise, brave AID patriotic
course IN solidly cooperating to strike Out
the bond provision Uf the pending war rev.
enue bull and to substitute therefor an Issue
of green backs and tie coinage of the silver
selnOrage to carry on The war.
INTEREST.
we plcuSS OuTsclVcS " UdlUtdln Tue BIZ
per cent interest law enacted by the
General Assembly of 1895.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
/, The action of the Peoples Party member,
of the last General Assem- bis S has demon
strated, beyond question, that The Peoples
Party has been true TO Its antecedent plat
. form declarations III favor OF pubic educa
ton. We demand still further iuiprOvlns
and broadening the public school system O
the State as rapidly Ms a proper regard fol
the interests Ut the tax payers and the re-
sources of the State will permit. We ais,
= favor such revision Of our present schvO
system as d ay increase the efficiency OF ell
, public schools and insure the most compe
tent and effective supervision.
, NON-PARrIZAN JUDICIARY.
Our Judlc airy should be kept above tn
plane OF partisan politics. To this end W,
appeal to all good citizens to join us III GU
Efforts 10 Ii axe non partisan judiciary al
> rsiabiish-d and permanent feature Of Ou
Stale government.
kEFokM ,IuKY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALs
We favor the establishment OF a State III
slltutl'n tor the reformation OF yOuI
crIlnlpaIs
FkEE PASSEs.
We call attention. 10 the interference o
+ RAILROAD CJJporalIUns in our poI.tICs as ON
Of The greatest erutC,s ut CD ruptlon III o.I
Ctdtc anu iIdtiOIhl COVE free pass
rs and other tav'rtlslnS anu dlsCr IuiiId
tlOus are an Onn the ,st pOi-OL Gus aud I'll
! f-ctvc ~eapCu, 10 corrupt politics nnu lie
! feat the VIII the people in iegls!atlv
hans therefore We favor Il law hot Onl
h forbid mig the wing OF free pas es an
" Othei f,vOnt Sms AMI Il > rlminatluuS Du
z \ so tOrblddlIg any ole except the actua
: enplo. ees OF said corporations from re
ceivihg the same.
ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
q BY THE PEOPLE.
No State has better railroad COM mission
law than North Carolina; but the pl. bic LA
: not received the benefit tn law Was q. sign
. ed to produce on account of the failure Q
Z our TalirOad commissioners to 10 their dut
>. under the law. As one remedy for this ev
| We are Ill favor Of the election OF ralir> Il
commissioners by direct vote of the PED
pie.
REDUCTION OF FREIGHT AND PAssENGl
RATES.
+ We favor reduction of freight, expr,-
y and passenger -raLes. teiegra pn ami ter
phone tariffs to the same l-vei to which tn
8 general range OF prices of products has fa.l
o en- under the gold standard. If the Raj
= way Conn isslOn continues to refuse to q
its duty in this respect, We are in favor >
, such reduction being made directly by t.
!. !, next Legislature.
e NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD LEASE.
e We condemn the lease of the North Cat,
J. lima Railroad to the Southern Railw
q Company for nlnety-nine years, not Onl
n sa Dad business transaction in which tn
. interest of the state amounting to the iars
= sum OF " wv, OOO invested In good pawn
g III perry yielding an income were SACRIFICED
}. but We also, in most emphatic terms Col
II denim the hasty and secret manner in whic
it was done several y ears before the forms
, thirty years lease, by its terms, would hay
= expired. We cali the attention of the pe,
C pie OF the State to the fact that the myste
&C iOus power of a strong railroad IOoby DR.
j. vented the last legislature from enactln
ls the necess ry legislation 10 enable the Sta
If to make an investig cation through the prop,
= legal channels, Of the TRANSACTION, who
was 50 universally condemned by the pre-
of the state and all classes of CIT
zens when it first became known. "
J. therefore demand that the next Gel
lr eral ASSEMBLY fully investigate tn
Is transaction, and to the end that tt
inter. st OF the state may be fully protecte
lie action shall be taken as to counteract, as f;
l. as possible, this unwise and secret tran
- action.
" REMOVAL OF CASES.
\. The removal OF cases from the state cOur
n to the Feueral courts for trial anu especial
a. wherein the plalntlus are poor persons al
10 the defendants are rich foreign CORPORATION
IL Oh Application of defendants, is growth
evil III North Carolina, AID in it's pracuc
Sc operation frequently amounts to DENIAL
% justice to poor sultOrs, and therefore shou
II be condemned. We dem and therefore, tn
the next General Assembly shall ,.ass sucn
general statute on this subject including
u alien law similar to the Wisconsin statut
IN 50 as to take from such corporations do,l
f. business in this state the privileges of carr
= ing ON business in North Carolina and wit
drawing The protection of the state extend
Ie to their business, if they persist I'D escap,l
re the jurisdiction of our Courts when actio
e. are brout ht against them. We also Re COL
L. mend constitutional .ruhlbitiOu of u
il purchase. ease Or rental of parallel or Col
m pet.Dg railway lines.
rs JUST IkiBUriON OF TAE BURDKl
ar OF TAX >TIuN
We advocate such legislation as will