The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-03-17

peOFID rAxrY STATE RxA1vugM.
The Psoplss Party platform q North Car
ltuaL in cuoventson aslsmhIsd Q. RaiaSGh. ID
a the l1eh day Of Au&use, iHo seEs6y ~
firms iss unqualified AllegiAnes - the prin-
.is,form OK the Peoples Party sdspssd II in
;stionai convention held in the city OF S.
-oaia, July z, 1855
The KLKCTIox Law
We hseebJ reaf1srm our hxed detefmina-
ION TO support and maintain frs ballot
md . fair count in oil elections held 10
North Carolina. and the election law passed
~ the General Assembly Of 1896 meets our
hearty endorsement and approval, .nd Ne
hereby pledge the Peoples Party 70 the pol
cy Of UNFOLDING the prtpcipls Of fFee and
honest elections provided for in aid election
Az, and warn the voters OF the state seainst
he threat. which have been made 70 repeal
he same.
COUNTY GovERSMENr.
The act OF the last General Assembly re-
storing the night of local self-goveTnment
by the election Of their county commission
ers and iustioez Of the peace by the vote OF
he people in the respective counties. and
safe-guaa Dis therein provided. meets with our
hearty approval, and We pledge the Peoples
Party to the continued support and mainte-
nance of that legislation. and warn the
voters OF the necessity Of preventing injur-
iods changes in that act and OF the danger
of eiect:ng members OF the General Assem-
.embly hostile thereto.
LEGAL TENDER MONEY.
We favor the exercise by the State Of
North Carolina of the reserved constitution |
al power to make all gold and silver coins Of |
the United States Gncluding the trade dol |
larj l-sai tender for the payment Of debts, |
and that this right be infOrced by the pass |
Of ~ hv the General |
Assembly.
GOLD MOTIFS AND MORTGAGES.
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 State, and the making of
all money demands solvable in any kind of
lawful money of the United States.
INTEREST.
We pledge ourselves to maintain the six
per cent. interest law enacted by the last
General Assembly.
| PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The action of the Peoples Party members
of the last General Assembly 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 as a proper regard for
the interests OF the tax PAYERS and the re-
sources of the State will permit. We also
favor such revision Of our present school
public schools and insure the most compe-
tent and effective supervision. We think
that the committee on education of the next
General Assembly should invite and secure,
as far as possible, the cooperation of the
leading teachers and educators of the State
in framing and perfecting the school law.
} JUDICIARY.
Our judiciary should be lifted above the
plane of partisan politics.
: REFoRMAToRY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALS.
We favor the establishment of State in
: stitution for the reformation of young
criminals.
DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION CON-
! DENIED.
We condemn the Democratic administra
, ton in North Carolina for its failure to exc
, our statute books and call the attention O
the people to the fact that official action il
this regard Is in harmony with the ultr,
antitrust sentiment heretofore and now be
= ing expressed by the leaders of the Dem o
cratic party.
: RAILROADS.
d We favor the establishment
+ able and low freight rates and charges 70
}. products shipped from North Carolina a
i will enable shippers and producers to realiz
+ at least fair remuneration after. costs O
e such shipments have been deducted.
e We call especial attention to the pOssibili
IL ties of the trucking industry in Easter
Notl Carolina, an industry which, but TO
n the extortionate tariffs of the common cal
e rler, would increase an hundred told carry
Is ing with it the greatest prosperity to tina
e Mighty favored section it has ever known.
le We earnestly recommend to our Stat
c. Raj iroad Commission that they use all tn
8 pOweIs they have to bring about such redul
al tons; and especially that they urge befor
the Inter-S State Commerce Commission a
Is complaints of extortion and discriminate
10 they fail to secure remedial action by tt
TO Interstate Commerce Commission, all til
people would know where to place the r,
s. spohsihility for existing Qutrages; and
n their facilities for fighting the battles of til
y people before the Interstate Commert
Commission are inadequate for that purpos
that they make recommendations to tt
a. General Assembly of amendments to exis
as ing laws, to the end that low and fairer rat,
I'd may be established, both in the State an
Id Interstate Jurisdictions.
O. Resolved, That we recommend q constitl
i'd rental of parallel or competing railws
al lines.
n, FREE PASSES.
A. We favor law forbidding the giving
- free passes to public officials, and forbi
ding their receiving the same.
be NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD LEASE.
n We condemn the lease of the North Car
OF lima Railroad to the Southern RailW,
III COmDany for ninetV-nine wears not IN
:is as bad business transaction in which tt
On interest of the State amounting to the lar
" sum of So 600, 900 invested in good payil
H. property yielding an income were sacrifice
but we also, in most emphatic terms CO
On denim the hasty and secret manner in viii,
~ it was done several years before the form
ao thirty years lease, by its terms, would ha
ns expired. We call the attention of the pc
ca pie of the State to the fact that some myste
," lous power has prevented an investigate
through the proper legal channels, of t
"a transaction, which was so universally &C
classes OF our citizens, when it first becau
known. We therefore demand that t
nj next General Assembly fully investiga
Ia this transaction, and to the end that Il
interest of the State may be fully protect
Of as far as it can be done, such legislati
Die action shall be taken as to cOunteract, as
n as possible, this unwise and secret trar
ne action.
:: REMOVAL OF CASES.
le- The removal of cases from the State coul
to the Federal courts for trial wherein t
les plaintiffs are poor persons and defenda1
:ly rich foreign corporations, on application
OF defendants, is growing evil in Nor
to Carolina, and in its practical operation fl
70 quently amounts to q denial of Justice
poor sqitors, and therefore should be co
IL next General Assemhlv shall nass aI,ch