Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-04-01
PARTIES COMBINE.
POpulists, Silver Republicans and Dem
Gratis of Oregon Join Issues.

Populists, Silver Republicans and Dem
Gratis of Oregon Join Issues.
Three state conventions met in Port
land last week, the Populist. silver
Republican and Democratic. A union
of forces or fusion is the result. All
parties united on the platform adopted
by the Populists at Fridays session,
and agreed to a division of the offices
by conference committee. The plat
form as adopted reads:
United in a common cause for the sacred
purpose of preserving the principles Of gov
ernment by the whole people. in fact as we'll
as in name, restoring and Maintaining
equality, under that government, of all
classes, we, the peoples democratic and kll-
Yer-Fepublican parties Of the state Of ofi-
gon, waving all miner polnts Of difference
and uniting for the purpose Of carrying out
the great underlying principles upon which
we are all agreed do make and present
to the people of this state the following dec
laration of principles, and to the carrying
out of which we solemnly pledge each and
every candidate upon our united ticket:
First-We demand the free and unrestrlct-
ed coinage of silver and gold at the pres;
ent legal ratio Of 16 to 1, without waiting
for the consent Of foreign nations; and we
are unaterably opposed to the policy of the
present republican administration in de-
manding the retirement of greenbacks, and
the turning over of the money-making pow
er of the government to the national banks
as presented by the bill drawn by the repub-
lican secretary Of the treasury, and indorsed
by President Mckinley; and we especially
denounce the avowed attempt by said bill to
fasten the country irrevocably and forever
to the single gold standard.
We demand national money, safe and
sound issued by the general government
only, without the intervention OF banks of
issue, to be a full legal tender for all debts.
public and private; also a just, equitable
and efficient means of distribution direct to
the people through the lawful disbursements
of the government
We demand that the volume Of circulating
medium be speedily increased to an amount
sufficient to meet the demands of the busi-
ness and population Of this country and to
restore the just level Of prices of labor and
production.
We favor such legislation as will prevent
for the future the decentralization Of any
kind Of legal-tender money by private con-
tract.
We demand that the government In pay
ment Of its obligations, shall use its option
to the kind of lawful money In which
they are to be paid, and we denounce the
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surrendering this option to the holders Of
government obligations.
We demand that there shall be no further
issue of United States interest bearing
bonds.
We demand that postal savings banks be
established by the government for the safe
deposit of the savings of the people and to
facilitate exchange.
We demand the election of United States
senators by direct vote Of the people.
| We demand the initiative and referendum
system of law-making In It's optional form,
local. state and national, and the subms-
sion by congress of all important national
questions for an advisory vote of the peo-
pie, until such time as the national consti-
tuition shall have been amended 30 as to
provide for direct legislation.
We condemn dangerous and unjust the
surrender, in all departments Of the govern
ment to the influence Of trusts, corporations
and aggregations Of wealth generally; and
the packing Of the highest courts Of the land
with corporation lawyers. too ready to do
the will Of their late employers, and to set
aside valid and wholesome laws passed by
the legislative departments of the states and
government upon fiimsy pretexts at the be-
hests Of such institutions.
We are opposed to government by injunc-
tion.
In state matters, we demand
simple and well-guarded registration
law.
more equitable mode of appointing
Judges of election.
Stringent laws to regulate the operation Of
fish traps, fish wheels and all fishing gear
In the waters within the Jurisdiction OF the
state.
We denounce and condemn the corrupt and
extravagant republican legislative assem-
blies. and charge that the republican party.
in its eagerness for the spoils Of office. has
become divided into warning factions SC
that 1t is incapable Of government as ex-
emplihed by the condition existing In the Of
fee of the state treasurer. there being al
this time more than $4,000 therein wruns
from the people by the process of taxation
while state warrants are stamped "Eo
paid for want of funds"
We demand that all district and county Of
fcers be placed upon salaries commensurate,
with the duties to be performed by them.
Inasmuch as railroad and other corporate
property is not bearing its proportion o
taxation, We demand that such propert
shall bear its just and equal share Of th
expenses of government.