The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-06-02

1uc eopieS AIRY vi NOrtn CdEOuna, IN
assembled >. Raleigh, on the
18th day of Nay, 1898 hereby aifirms
its unqualified a''gia' C 10 the principles
of the PARTY, nni hereby al prove, the
platform OF III p pes Party adopted at II.
National convention held il the city OF S.
Louis, July p, * t.
THr FC1ioN Law
We barebv reatfi IN our fixed dete rmina
ton to support aud maintniu free b, 4
and a fair count in all elections he 4 il
North Carolina. To this end We CO lt.Iid
that it IS OF vital Importance for each Dn H.
ical party to have on all election boar 5,
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 erection law of 1895; and we pledge
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
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 men,
to.
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 law to prohibit the
taking or giving of gold notes, bonds and
money demands solvable in any kind of
lawful money of the United States.
DENoUNCE SPANS POLICY.
To avenge the Maine, to advance repub-
lican institutions. and in the interests of hui
manity, the brutal and treacherous Span
lards 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 INTER- SrB CARING
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
and carrying out the infamous bond and
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 solidly CO operating 20 strike out
the bond provision of the pending war rev.
of greenbacks and the coinage of the silver
seinorage to carry on the 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 members
of the last 2 General Assem- bile 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 as a proper regard for
the interests OF the tax payers and the re-
favor such revision of our present school
system as n ay increase the efficiency of cur
public schools and insure the most CONNIE
tent and effective supervision.
NON-PARrIZAN JUDICIARY.
Our Judic' airy should be kept above the
plane of partisan politics. To this end we
appeal to all good citizens to join US in our
established and permanent feature of our
State government.
REFORMAToRY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALS
iNre favor the establishment of State in.
stitution for the reformation of young
criminals
FREE PASSES.
We call attention TO the interference of
railroad corporations in our politics as one
of the greatest sources of corruption in our
State and national governments. Free pass
es and other favoritisIns and discrimina-
tons are among the most poisonous and ef-
fective weapons to corrupt politics and de-
feat the will II the people in legislative
halls. Therefore we favor q law not ONLY
fOrbidding the giving of free passe, and
other fayoritisms ana Determinations, but
also forbiddiDg anyone except the actual
employees OF said corporations from re-
ceiving the same.
ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
BY TIE PEOPLE.
No State has better railroad commission
law than North Carolins; but 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 dutv
under the law. As one remedy for this evil
We are in favor Of the election of railroad
commissioners by direct vote of the pee
pie.
REDUCTION OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
a8 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 Comm ission continues to refuse to do
it's duty in this respect, We are in favor of
sucn reduction being made directly by the
next Legislature.
NCRTH CAROLINA RAILROAD LEASE,
We condemn the lease OF the North Caro-
ma Hallroad TO tho Southern Railway