The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-04-07

NE xuas d thsssin psovidsd. mssEs viii oaI
hearty approval, and ve pledge the People.
Party % the conttnuad support and znaante-
nance al tha4 legisla13ou. and warn the
vcten Of the nece1sity Of psevenStng tnjus-
joas changes In that ac1 and Of the daogs
of elecxing msmbess Ct the Cenesai Assem-
ssmbly hostile thereto.
LOCAL TENDER NoxKY.
We favor the exercise by the STATE Of
North Carolina Of the rs:erved Constitution.
the United States fincluding the ta.de dol
lary . legal tender for the payment Of 1ebes.
and thai this right be inforoed BY the pa0-
age Of an appropriate act By the General
Assembly.
GOLD MOTIFS AND McRToAGEs-
We believe that all money demands should /
be payable IN the lawful money OF the Uni
ted States without preference or discTimina-
ton, and therefore favor the psssage BY the
General Assembly Of law TO prohibit the
taking or giving Of gold notes. bonds and
all money demands solyable in any kind Of |
lawful money Of the United States
INrxEIsT.
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 Is q proper regard for
the interests of the tax PAYERS and the re-
sources OF the State viii permit. We also
| favor such revision OF our present school
| system as II ay increase the efficiency of our
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,
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-
We condemn the Democratic administra-
ton in North Carolina for its failure to exc
cute the antitrust laws of the State now on
our statute books and call the attention of
the people to the fact that official action in
this regard Is in harmony with the ultrs
} ing expressed by the leaders of the Dem O.
cratic party.
RAILROADS.
i We favor the establishment Il
. able and low freight rates and charges fol
products shipped from North Carolina a.
will enable shippers and producers to realize
} at least q fair remuneration after costs Of
. such shipments have been deducted.
. We call especial attention to the possibili
ties of the trucking industry in Eastern
Moth Carolina, an industry which, but fo
the extortionate tariffs of the common car
rier would increase an hundred told carry
. ing with it the greatest prosperity to tina
big hly favored section it has ever known.
We earnestly recommend to our Stat
I powers they have to bring about such reduc
! tons; and especially that they urge befor
.. the Inter. State Commerce Commission al
i complaints of ext0rtion and Discrimination
- with such vigor and continuity that shoula
:, they fail to secure remedial action by tn
Interstate Commerce Commission, all tn
people would know where to place the re
O sponsibility for existing outrags; and
!, their facilities for fighting the battles of tn
I people before the Interstate C0mmerc
= Commission are inadequate for that purpose
\ that they make recommendations to tn
! General Assembly of amendments to exis
, ing IA VS.. to the end that low and fairer rate
:; may be established, both in the State an
!. Interstate Jurisdictions.
= Resolved, That we recommend q cOnstitu
a tional prohibition of the purchase, lease Q
il rental of parallel or competing railwa
v lines.
FREE PASSES.
y We # vor law forbidding the giving Q
70 free passes to public officials, and forbi6
"a ding their receiving the same.
g NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD LEASE.
8, We condemn the lease of the North Carr
IL lima Railroad to the Southern Railwa
Company for ninety-nine years, not onl
u as bad business transaction in which til
e interest of the State amounting to the lara
" sum of 50 900 900 invested in good payin
" property yielding an income were sacrificed
but we also, in most emphatic terms col
denim the hasty and secret manner in whic
~ it was done several years before the form'
y thirty years lease, BY its terms, would hay
expired. We call the attention of the PEI
pie of the State to the fact that some mystic
a. iOus power has prevented an investigate
as through the proper legal channels, of II
I'd transaction, which was SO universally CO
AZ Ucuucu NY LuS press VI Iuc 0tdto anu q
O. classes of our citizens, when it first hecan
known. We therefore demand that Il
I'd next General Assembly fully investiga
al this transaction, and to the end that II
n. interest of the State may be fully protects
81 as far as it can be done, such legislati'
as action shall be taken as to counteract, as Fl
b as possible, this unwise and secret tran
action.
~ REMOVAL OF CASES.
OF The removal of cases from the State cour
al to the Federal courts for trial wherein Il
rs plaintiffs are poor persons and defendan
on rich foreign corporations, on application
p of defendants, is q growing evil in Nor
u, Carolina, and in its practical operation fl
quently amounts to q denial of Justice
IN poor suitors, and therefore should be Co
10 demned. We demand, therefore, that tt
"a next General Assembly shall pass such
ne general statute on this subject as to tai
cd from such corporations doing business
w this State the privileges of carrying on blu.
ness in North Carolina and with drawn
On the protection of the State extended
n their business, if they persist in escapil
the jurisdiction of our courts when clair
are sought to be enforced against them thel
MT in.
a. We advocate such legislation an will
sure a. just listing and taxation of {
Of evidences of debt, and make an equitah
,ic adjustment of the burden of taxation
n tween the debtor and a creditor.
ne ne REDUCTION OF.sALARIEs.
ia In order to keep our public servants