Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-06-24
Peoples Party State Ticket
Our Platform.

The Peoples party state convention adopted the follow
ina platform at Topeka June 17th
We hereby affirm allegiance to the Peoples party
national platform adopted at st. Louis in 1896
We commend the state administration for its patriotic
and vigorous defense of the rights of the people and its e
Gent and conduct OF state affairs We commend
the action of the Popus members of the last legislature
in passn that have saved hundreds OF thousands OF
doiars to the people of Kansas We also commend the
corse of and representatives in for
their opposition to the issuance OF bearing bonds
and encrOachents of corporate power upon the rights
Of the cople their vgant devotion the interests OF
their constituents
We demand that the initiative and referendum be embod
led In state constitution and favor proportional repre-
We favor the public ownership of all public utilities. and
demand the public ownership and operation OF all monop
Olies
The state laws regulating stockyards charges having
been resisted demand that the state oil Kansas shall
oyidc adequate market facilities by purchasing land and
constructing necessary buildings yards and other convent
ences furnish the people open market and under such
rcauations will prevent combination OF buyers ana
commission from controlling regulating prices,
charges such services to actual cost OF operation
We demand that the Of Kansas shall provide nsur
acc protection against fire lightning and tornadoes as
state function, at cost
the state we demand constitutional convention to the
end that they may be made ecctua and that other detects
that now exist constitution be remcdied
Ne demand the enactment OF freight rate law giving to
court railway commissioners to be elected by the peo
NE the power fix and classification of railways,
and the further power compel the railways to make full
reports with reference to their business
RECOGNIZING the great ana 10
from the textbook law passed by Populst legislature
and nut into operation by Popust administration
favor extension along the same general lines to include
all text books and school supplies as far as possible
We demand the enactment of the labor laws necessary to
the public veal FirstA law making county clerks Offices
frce phc employment agencies the state labor bureau to
constitute general clearing house for the surplus appca
tions of the counties SecondA law making the bureau
% labor and Industrial statistics independent depart
mont of the state government Third-A law completely
revising the mining laws to the end that 1t may be safer
for the miners to work and more dangerous io te opera
A lazy a
fs the recovery of wages reasonable attorneys ice TOR
the collection of the and providing that in case OF an
q assignment insolvency shall be prior
len to all attachments and mortgages Fifth-Whle the
law of 1897 under the operation OF which all prohts &C
crscd to the rather than to the mddcnan under the
guisc OF contractor was an Improvement on inc ou con
tract law declare for law that will coninc the output
Of the penitentiary mine the state institutions to the
end that these institutions shall not in the future be placed
at the mercy of combination OF private corporations
We demand the free and unlimited coinage OF goid ana
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
TIN Issue of interest bearing bonds
w Oppose the issuance of all bonds and we condemn the
Rephlcan party for Its action in fastening upon the peo
NE large bonded debt ostensb for war revenue but IN
eav for the the national banking system
Resolved That we volunteer soldiers high
aneciation their patriotic devotion to the country and
every facility be extended them the coming
elections and that their pay be increased to $50 month
We service pensions for all Survivors OF the Union
armies of the Civil war,
We demand the Immediate suspension of the metropolitan
notice law and also It's repeal by the next Legislature
We rcnounce the Republicans in both houses of congress
for he
ter of foreign and domestic bondholdcrs In voting against
an income and the fourth OF per cent tax on rail
road tons which being enriched by
contracts and also their refusal tax Wall street trans
actions. - -,
And we also denouncc unparotc the action of the
Republican party following the dictates of those who
would speculate and make gain out of our present war
while our volunteers risk their fortunes and lives IN
defense of our flag and humanity.
The following resolution was also adopted;
We are opposcd In the crisis of troubles with Spain to
alh ri alliance with Great Britain 1t
patriotic and unAmerican 1t has for it's object the en-
tangement of this country in the complications OF inter
nationa politics and the imposition upon of the British
monetary and commercial systems We declare our ability
to maintain flag and against
which dare against us without the an or cooper
alton of any other nation on earth
Ir is stated that Governor Leedy has called