The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-09-01

The Peoples Party of North Carolina, in
co .vention assembled >: Raleigh. on the
18th day of May. 1895. hereby afiirms
its unqualified allegiance 10 the principles
of the party. and hereby approves the
platform Of the Peoples Party adopted ut iis
National convention held in the city or 81.
Louis, July ~, 1885,
rH8 ELECTION LAW
We hereby reatfirm our fixed determine
ton to support and maintain free ballot
and q fair count in all elections held in
North Carolina. To this end We contend
that 1t Is of vital importance for each poiit-
ical party to have on all election boards,
representatives of their own selection. We
condemn the Republican party and those
who Joined with 1t in the last legislature to
strike this Just, essential and vital provision
from the election law of 1885, and We pledge /
ourselves to use our best efforts in the next /
legislature to re-enact this provision into /
law.
LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT.
We are in favor Of guaranteeing in the /
respective counties the right Of local self |
government by the election OF their county |
commissioners and justices Of the peace by |
the vote of the people, under proper safe |
guards, TO guarantee the best possible gov |
eminent to each county; and We pledge the |
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maintenance Of that principle, and warn
the voters of the danger of electing mem
bers of the General Assembly hostile there
to.
GOLD MOTIFS AND MORT0AGEs.
We believe that all money demands should
be payable III the lawful money Of the Uni.
ted States without preference or discrimina-
ton, and therefore favor the passage by the
General Assembly of q law to prohibit the
taking or giving of gold notes, bonds. and
mortgages in this Stite, and to make all the
money demands solvable in any kind of
lawful money of the United States.
DENoUNCR SPANS POLICY.
To avenge the Maine, to advance repub-
lie IN institutions. and in the interests of hui
mainly, the brutal and treacherous Span
lards should be driven from the western
hemisphere and Republican form of gov
eminent Established in the islands which
she has misgoverned, robbed, prosecuted
and pillaged.
AGAINST ISSUING INTERKsT-BKARING
RONns.
We condemn the present national admin.
> istraiion for its efforts to fasten upon the
people and future generations the burden of
Interest bearing bonds and for endorsing
! and carving out the infamous bond and
, tration OF Grover Cleveland.
) We commend the action of the Populists
! silver Republicans and silver Democrats in
, Congress tor their wise, brave and patriotic
course in solidly cooperating to strike on,
the bond provision Of the pending war rev
of greenbacks and the coinage of the silver
seinorage to carry on the war.
= INTEREST.
We pledge ourselves to maintain the si1
e per cent. interest law enacted by tn,
j General Assembly of 1895.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
y of the last General Assemblies has demon
! strated, beyond question, that the People,
0 Party has been true to its antecedent plat
o form declarations in favor of public educa
8 ton. We demand still further improving
i and broadening the public school system o.
the interests of the tax payers and the re-
sources of the State will permit. We alst
8 favor such revision of our present schvO
;. system as may increase the efficiency of GU
e public schools and insure the most compe
4 tent and effective supervision.
S NOE-PARrIZAN JUDICIARY.
o Our Judiciary should be kept above th,
= appeal to all good citizens to join US in ou
= efforts to make non-partisan judiciary ar
- established and permanent feature of ou
:, State government.
u REFORMATORY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALS
We favor the establishment of State in
{ stitution for the reformation of youn,
9 terminals
ii FREE PASSES.
t We call attention to the interference O
/. railroad corporations in our politics as on,
:. of the greatest sources of corruption in GU
;. State and national governments. Free pass
es and other favoritisms and discrimina
= tons are among the most poisonous and eff
II fective weapons to corrupt politics and de
e feat the win Of the people in legislativ,
= halls. Therefore we favor q law not only
q forbidding the giving of free passes ant
also forbidding anyone except the sctns
. employees of said corporations from re
ceiving the same.
= )ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS,
n By THE PEOPLE.