The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-07-21


18th day of May. 1898, hereby affirm:
| its unqualified allegiance to the principles
of the party, and hereby approves thu
platform of the Peoples Party adopted at it.
National convention held in the CITY or St
Louis, July ~, 1856.
THE ELECTION LAW
We hereby reaffilm our fixed determine
ton to support and maintain free baIIo1
and fair count in all elections held in
Nc rth Carolina. TO this end We contend
| that it Is of vital importance for each polit.
ical party to have on all election bosrns
representatives. of their own - .,cytion. We
CT ndemn 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 1895; and we pledge
ourselves to use our best efforts in the mex
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
maintenance of that principle, and warn
the voters OF the danger of electing mem.
bers OF the General Assembly hostile there.
to.
GOLD NOTES 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 bv the
General Assembly of a law to prohibit the
taxing 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.
nENnuNCu
To avenge the Maine, to advance repub.
llcan institutions. and in the interests of hui
manity. 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 Earring
BONDS.
We condemn the present national admin.
lstration for its efforts to fasten upon the
people and future generations the burden of
interest bearing bonds and for endorsing
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 solid!y 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
selnorage to carry on the war
INTEREST.
We pledge ourselves to maintain the six
per cent. interes. law enacted by the
General Assembly of 1895.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The action of the Peoples Party members
I00f npov Auon
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 a proper regard for
sources of the State will permit. We also
favor such revision of our present school
system as may increase the efficiency of our
pubic schools and insure the most CONNIE
tent and effective supervision.
NoN-PARrIZAN JUDICIARY.
Our judiciary should be kept above the
plane OF partisan politics. To this end we
appeal to all good citizens to join us in our
efforts to rake non-partisan judiciary an
established and permanent feature of onr
State government.
EXPLORATORY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALS
We favor the establishment of a State in.
sfitutlon for the reformation of young
criminals
FREE PASSES.
We call attention to the interference of
railroad corporations in our politics "a one
OF the greatest sources of corruption in our
State and national governments. Free pass
"a ana other favOritisnls and discrimina
tons are among the most poisonous and ef-
fecfive weapons to corrupt politics and de-
!eaf the will ct the people in legislative
nails: Therefore we favor . law not only
forbidding the giving of free passes and
other favoritisms anu Determinations. buf
Also forbiddiDg anyone except the actual
employees OF said corporations from re-
ceiying the same.
ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
By TIE PEOPLE.
No State has better railroad commission
law than North Carolina; but the public has
not received the benefit the law vas desien-I
ed 70 produce on account Of the failure of
our railroad commissioners to do their dutv
under the law. As one remedy for this evil
We are in favor of the election OF railroad
by direct vote of the peo-
pie.
OF FREIaHr AND PASSENGER
RATEs.
We favor . reduction of FREIGHT. exprem
and passenger rates. telegraph and tale-
phone tariffs to the same level to which fhe
general range of prices of products has fall
an under the gold standard. If the Rail-
way Comm i1ton continues to refuse 10 do
I'D duty IN this respect, We are in favor Of
such reduction being made directly by the
next Legislature.
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD LEASE.
We condemn the lease of the North Earn.