The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-07-28
PEOPLES PARTY STATE PLATFORM.

The Peoples Party of North Carolina, in
18th day of May. 1895. hereby aftirms
its unqualified allegiance to the principles
of the party, and hereby approYes the
platform Of the Peoples Party adopted at it's
National convention held in the CITY or St,
Louis, July 22, 1886.
THE ELECTION LAW
We hereby reaffirm our fixed determine
ton to support and maintain free ballot
and q fair count in all elections held in
North Carolina. To this end we contend
that it Is of vital importance for each po!it
ical party to- have on all election boar II,
rept esentatives of their own selection. We
condemn the Republican party and tn lse
who Joined with it in the last legislature to
strike this just, essential and Vita. 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
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
maintenance of that principle, and warn
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bers Of the General Assembly hostile there
to. 4
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 a law to prohibit the
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-
ican institutions. and in the interests of hu-
manity, the brutal and treacher0us 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 1NTERKsT-BEARING
BONDS. ..sr' 80
We condemn the present national admin.
istration for its efforts to fasten upon the
interest bearing bonds and for endorsing
and carrying out the infamous bond and
monopoly policy of the preceding adminis-
tratiIn of Grover Cleveland. -.
We commend the &C ion of the Populists,
silver Republicans aid silver Democrats In
course in solidly cooperating to strike out
the bond provision OF the pending war rev.
enue bill and to substitute therefor al. 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 memben
Of the last 2 General Assemblies 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
AID broadening the public school system Of
the State as rapidly rs q 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
system IS may increase the efficiency of our
public schools and insure the most compe-
tent and effective supervision.
NON-PARrIZAN JUDICIARY.
I Our Judiciary should be kept above the
plane of partisan politics. To this end we
efforts TO make non partisan judiciary an
established and permanent feature of our
State government.
REFoRMATORY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALS
. We favor the establishment of State in
stitution for the reformation of young
criminals
IL - - FREE PAssEs5
We call attention to the interference of
railroad corporations in our politics 40 one
of the greatest sources of corruption in our
State and national governments. Free pass
"a and other fayoritisms and discrimina-
tons are among the most poisonous and ef-
fective weapons to corrupt politics and de-
feat the win If the people in legislative
halls. Therefore we favor law not only
forbidding the giving Of free passes and
other favoritisms ana Determinations, but
also forbiddiDg anyone except the actual
employees of said corporations from re-
ceiving the same.
ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
By THE PEOPLE.
No State has better railroad commission
law than North Carolina; bat the public has
not received the benefit the law was design
ed to produce on account of the failure of
our railroad commissioners to do their duty
under the law. As one remedy for this evil
We are in favor of the election Of railroad
con- sa;ssiOners by direct vote of the peo-
pie.
REDUCTION OF FRIGHT AND PASSENGER
RATEs.
We favor reduction of freight. express
and passenger rates. telegraph and tele-
phone tariffs to the same level to which the
general range Of prices of products has fall
en- under the gold standard. If the Rail-
way Commission continues to refuse to do
its duty in this respect, We are in favor of
such reduction being made directly by the
next Legislature.
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD LEAsE.-