The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-10-20
PEOPLES PARTY TATE PLATFORM.

The Peoples Party of North Carolina, in
18th day of May, 1898 hereby attirms
its unqualified allegiance to the principles
OF the party, and hereby approves the
platform of the Peoples Party ado pied at it's
National convention held il the city or St
Louis. July ~. 1885.
THE ELECTION LAW.
We hereby reaffirm 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 1t Ii of vital importance for each poiit-
ical party to have on all election boar 8,
representatives of their own selection. We
condemn the Republican party and those
Who Joined with it 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 IF 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
bers of the General Assembly hostile there
to.
GOLD MOTHS 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.
DKNOUNCE SPANS POLICY.
To avenge the Maine, to advance repub-
lican institutions. and in the interests of hui
manity, the brutal and treacherous Span
| Yards should be driven from the western
| hemisphere and a Republican form of gov
| eminent established in the islands which
and pillaged.
| AGAINST ISSUING INTERRsT-BEARING
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.
tratisn of Grover Cleveland.
We commend the &C ion Of the Populists
silver Republicans aid silver Democrats IN
| SVA6AOo AOL .ACA WAoC, U1aNc anu pdLlIOLN
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 the war.
| INTEREST.
| We pledge ourselves to maintain the si1
per cent. interest law enacted hy tn,
General Assembly of 1895.
| PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The action of the Peoples Party member
of the last General Assem- biies has demon
strated, beyond question, that the People
Party has been true to its antecedent plat
form declarations in favor of public educa
ton. We demand still further improvin,
and broadening the public school system O
the State as rapidly as a proper regard TO
the interests of the tax payers and the re
sources of the State will permit. We ais
favor such revision of our present schvo
system as n az increase the efficiency of gu
public schools and insure the most cOmpe
tent and effective supervision.
HON-PARrIZAN JUDICIARY.
Our judiciary should be kept above tn
plane of partisan politics. To this end ",
appeal to all good citizens to join Us in on
efforts TO make q non partisan judiciary al
established and permanent feature Of GU
State government.
REFORMATORY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALs
II We favor the establishment of State IN
stitution for the reformation of youn,
criminals
FREE PASSES.
II 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
e and other favoritisms and discrimina
/ tons are among the most poisonous and ef
fective weapons to corrupt politics and de
feat the will Cf the manila in tsxx
halls. Therefore We favor . law not onl
forbidding the giving of free passes an
} other favoritlsms and determinations, bu
: also forbidding anyone except the actus
; employees Of said corporations from N
} oaVing the same.