The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-16

PEOPLES PATTY STATE PLATFORM.
The Peoples Party of North Carolina, in
convention assembled >. Raleigh, on the
18th day Of May. 1898. hereby attirms
its unqualified ale giaLcs TO the pr lcIl les
Of the party, and hereby aEprov.s the
platform of the Peoples Party adLpte at its
National convention held in the city OF g..
Louis, July ~, 1856.
The ELECTION LAW
We hereby reaffirm our fixed determine
ton to support and maintain free DAl,O,
and q fair count in all elections held in
North Carolina. To this end We contend
that it is of vital importance for each p0lit-
ical party to have on all election b )ar p,
representatives of their own selection. We
condemn the Republican party and those
strike this Just, essential and vital provision
from the election law of 1895; 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
Peoples party to the continued support and
the voters of the danger of electing men,
bers of the General Assembly hostile there
to.
GOLD MOTIFS 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 law to prohibit the
taking or giving of gold notes, bonds and
mortgages in this State, and to make all the
money demands solyable in any kind Of
lawful money of the United States.
DENOUNCB SPANS POLICY.
To avenee the Maine, to advance repub-
lican institutions. and in the interests of hu-
mainly, 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-BRARING
BONDS.
We condemn the present national admin.
| istration for its efforts to fasten upon the
people and future generations the burden Of
interest bearing bonds and for endorsing
and carrying out the infamous bond and
monopoly policy of the preceding admins
| trati,n 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
enue bill and to substitute therefor an issue
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 member
of the last General Assemblies has demon
strated, beyond question, that the Peoples
form declarations in favor of public educa.
ton. We demand still further improving
and broadening the public school system OF
the State as rapidly Is . proper regard for
the interests Of the tax payers and the re-
sources of the State will permit. We also
system ~ may increase the efficiency Of eul
public schools and insure the most compe-
tent and effective supervision.
NON-PARTIZAN JUDICIARY.
Our judiciary should be kept above the
plane of partisan politics. To this end we
appeal to all good citizens to join rs in oul
efforts to rake nOn-partisan judiciary IN
established and permanent feature of ouI
State government.
| AEFOHA ATOhI FO1 1OUN0 CkIAlNA Lo
| We favor the Establishment of State in.
stitution for the information of youne
criminals.
We call attention to the interference OF
railroad corporations in our politics As ono
of the greatest sources OF corruption in oul
State and national government. Free pass
% and other favoritisms and discrimina+
tons are among the most poisonous and ef
fective weapons to corrupt politics and de
feat the viii of the people in legislative
halls. Therefore We favor . law not only
forbidding the giving Of freq passes and
other favoritisms ana Determinations, buI
also forbidding anyone except the actual
employees OF said corporations from Ne
ceiving the same.
ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
BY TIE PEOPLE.
No State has better railroad commission
law than North Carolina; but the public ha,
not received the benefit the law was design
ed to produce on account Of the failure o.
our railroad commissioners to do their duty
under the law. A. one remedy for thi: evi
We arc in favor of the election of railroal
commissioners by direct vote of the PEG
pie.
REDUCTION or YRRraHr AND PAssHNa n
l RATEs.
Il We favor q reduction of freight, expires
and passenger rates. telegraph and tale
phone tariffs to the same lsvel to which O.,
general range Of prices Of products has fall
en- under the gold standard. If the Rail
way Commission continues to refuse to d
its duty In this respect, We ere in favor o.
; such reduction being made directly by tn,
next Legislature.
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD LEAsE.
:. We condemn the lease OF the North Caro-