The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-08-04

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PEOPLES PARTY STATE PLATFORM.
The Peoples Party of North Carolina, in
18th day of May. 1898. hereby afiirms
its unqualified allegiance to the principles
of the party, and hereby approves the
platform of the Peoples Party adopted at its
National convention held in the city or st.
Louis, July %, 1886.
THE ELECTION LAW
We hereby reafirm our fixed determine
ton to support and maintain free ballot
and fair count in all elections held in
North Carolina. To this end We contend
that it is of vital importance for each p0iit-
ical party to have on all election bOaris,
reTe esentatives of their own selection. We
condemn the Republican party and those
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-enactI 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
Peoples party to the continued support and
maintenance of that principle, and warn
the voters of the danger of electing men,
bers OF the General Assembly hostile there
to.
GOLD NOTES AND MORTGAGES.
We believe that all money demands should
be payable IN the lawful money of the Uni
ted States without preference or discrimina-
ton, and therefore favor the passage by the
General Assembly of a law to prohibit the
taking or giving of gold notes, bonds and
mortgages in this State, and to make all the
money demands solvable in any kind of
lawful money of the United States.
DENOUNCB SPANS POLICY.
To avenge the Maine, to advance repub-
lican institutions. and in the interests of hu-
manity. the brutal and treacherous Span
iards 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 INTERIsT-BEARIHG
BONDS.
We condemn the present national admin.
istratiOn for its efforts to fssteu upon the
people and future generations the burden of
interest bearing bonds and for endoning
and carrying out the infamous bond and
tratiln of Grover Cleveland.
We commend the &C ion of the Populists,
silver Republicans aid silver Democrats in
Congress for their wise, brave and patriotic
course in solidly cooperating to strike out
the bond provision OF the pending war rev.
of greenbacks and the coinage of the silver
seinorage to carry on tho war.
INTEREsT.
We pledge ourselves to maintain the six
per cent. interest law enacted by the
General Assembly of 1895.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The action of the Peoples Party members
of the last 2 General Assent lies has demon
strated, beyond question, that the Peoples
Party has been true to its antecedent plat
form declarations in favor of public educa-
ton. We demand still further improving
and broadening the public school system OF
the State as rapidly rs . proper regard for
| the interests Of the tax payers and the 70
sources of the State will permit We also
favor such revision OF our present school
system as may increase the efficiency of our
public schools and insure the most compe-
tent and effective supervision.
NON-PARrIZAN JUDICIARY.
Our judiciary should be kept above the
appeal to all good citizens to join us in our
efforts to rake non partisan judiciary an
established and permanent feature of our
State government.
| EXPLORATORY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALS
We favor the establishment of State in
stituti0n for the reformation of young
criminals
FREE PASSES.
We call attention TO the interference of
railroad corporations in our politics as one
of the greatest sources of corruption in our
State and national governments. Free pass
| e. and other fav0ritisms and discrimina-
tons are among the most poisonous and ef.
feat the win If the people in legislative
| halls. Therefore We favor . law not only
f0rbidding the giving of free passes and
other feyoritisms ana Determinations bat
also forbidding anyone except the actual
employees OF said corporations from re-
oeiving the same.
ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
| By THE PEOPLE.
No State has better railroad commission
law than North Carolina; but the public has
not received the benefit the law was design
ed to produce on account of the failure of
our railroad commissioners to do their duty
under the law. As one remedy for this evil
We are in favor of the election OF railrood
pie.
REDUCTION or WRIGHT AND PAssHN6IR
RATES.
| We favor reduction Of freight. expren
and passenger rates, telegraph and tele-
phone tariffs to the same level to which the
general range OF prices Of products has fall
en- under the gold standard. II the Rail-
way Comm is.ton continues to refuse to do
l0 DUTY IN TIM respect, We are in favor Of
such reduction being made directly BY the
next Legislature.
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