Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-02
PEOPLES PARTY PLATFORM,
Adopted Mt Topeka, Kansas, Wednes.
day, June Is, 1898.

AOOPtcO NJ 1Opek1s A3nD3os WoQ0o0s
day, juno Is, 1898.
We commend The state administra.
ton for its patriotic and vigorous de-
Tense of the rights of the people and
its efficient and economical conduct
of state affairs. We commend the &C.
ton Of Populist members of the last
legislature in passing laws that have
saved hundreds of thousands of dol
lars TO the people of Kansas. We
also confnenh the course of our sen
| .tor and representatives in congress
fer their opposition to issuance of in
! S,-ocs ring bonds and the en-
"roa chEEe,its of corporate power upon
Ire rights OF the people, and their
81; .i:.:., devotion to the interests of
| :Ar.r constituents.
We demand that the initiative and
referendum be embodied in our state
constitution, and favor proportional
| ePresen ton.
We favor the public ownership of
III public utilities and demand the
9Io.Fc ownership and opera ton of all
Eunopolies.
The state laws regulating the stock
| yards charges having been resisted,
| wv lllc 10 OIL hd uSaS
SlfaH provide adequate market facili-
ties by purchasing land and con,
'tructrng necessary buildings, yards
ard other conreniences to furnish
the people an open public market and
under such regula tons as will pre-
vent combina ton of buyers and
commission men from controlling or
regula ting prices. Charges for such
services to cover actual cost of oper-
alton and repairs only.
We demand that the state of Kan
sas shall provide insurance protec-
ton, both fire and life, as a state
function, at cost these being in op-
position to the existing constitution
Of the state, we demand a constitu-
tioEal convention TO the end that they
may be made effectual and that other
defects that now exist in our state
constitution may be remedied.
We demand the enactment of a
freight IA tie law giving to court of
railway commissioners, TO be elected
by the people, the power TO fix rates
and ciassifi ton of railways and
the further power to compel the rail-
ways to make full reports with refer
ence to their business.
Recognizing the great saving and
benefits to the people from the text
book law passed by Populist legis-
lature and put into operation by a
Populist administration we favor its
extension along the same general
lines to include all textbooks and
school supplies as far as possible.
We demand the enactment of the
labor laws necessary for the public
veal: First-A law making county
clerks offices free public employment
agencies. the state labor bureau to
constitute general clearing house
for the surplus applications of the
counties. Second-A law making the
bureau Of labor and industrial statis-
tics an independent department. of
the state government. Third-A law
completely revising the mining laws,
to the end that it may be safer for
the miners to work and more dam
gerous for the opera tors to disobey.
Fourth-A law taxing as costs in ac-
lions for the recovery Of wages a
reasonable attorneys fee for the col
lection of the same and providing
that In case OF an employers assign
ment or insolvency, wages shall be
a prior lien to all attachments and
mortga ges. Fifth-While the law OF
} 1887, under the opera ton of which
all profits accrued to the state rather
J than to the middle man under the
guise of contractor was an i'm
provement cn the old contract law.
we declare for a law that will onfine
} the output of the penitentiary mine
to the needs of the tie institutions.
t. the end that these institutions
} shall not in the future be placed at
the mercy of combination of pri-
waite corporations
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the
ratio of sixteen of silver to one OF
gold and the issue of legal tender
notes for all debts in preference to
the issue of interest-bearing bonds.
We oppose the issuance of adj bonds
and we condemn the Republican, par
ty for its action i'm fastening upon
the people large bonded debt osten-
slbly for war revenue, out in reality
fon the perpetual ton of the ma tional
ranking system
Resolved, That we send to our vol:
unteer soldiers our high appreciation
of their patriotic devotion to the
country and every facility be extend
ed to them to vote at the comm Q
elections and that their pay be in
creased to 800 per month.
We favor service pensions for all
survivors of the Union armies of the
civil war.
We demand the immediate abolition
OF the metropolitan police system.
We denouncc the Republicans in
both houses of congress for the unan-
unity with which they have followed
the dictates of foreign and domestic
bondholders in voting against an in
come tax and the one-fourth of one
; per cent tax on railroad corpora tons
which are being enriched by govern
, ment contrac acts, and also their re-
fusal to tax Wall street transa ctions
, And we also denounce as unpa tri-
otto the action of the Republican
! party in following the dictates OF
those who would speculate and make
gain out of our present war while our
brave volunteers risk their fortunes
and lives in defense of our FLAG and
humanity
The following resolution was ALA
adopted:
: We are opposed in the crisis of OIL,
troubles with Spain to the talked Of
: Alliance with Great Britain. 1t is IN.