The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-02-10

PEOPLES PAg1Y s1Axx fLAfvogu.
The rsoplss Party platform Of Korsh Oar.
oiinA In eu0veafso0 eonombiad 6 Rsiaieh.
on the nh day Of Angus. lss6, hereby =
aMrms tn unqualified ailegianos 70 the prin-
platform Of TIE Peoples Pany sdop4sd Il in
National convention held In the city OF ST.
Louis, Juiy u, 1855
THE ELKCTtox LAW
We hseby rea01rm our Axed detsrmfos.
ton to suppogt and maintain Q free ksllos
and . fAir count 10 all elections held In
North Carolina; and the election Law passed.
hearty endorsement sr>d approval: and ne
hereby pledge the Peoples Party TO the pol.
ICY OF uphoidiDg tie principle Of free and
honest elections provided for In said election
law, and warn the voters Of the State against
the threats which hase been made 70 repeal
the ssrns.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
The act of the Last General Assembly re-
storing the right OF local self-governmens
by the election OF their county commission
ers and justices Of ;he pesce by the vote of
the people in the respective counties, and
safe-gaa, dis theytin crowded. meets With our
hearty approval, aud We pledge the Peoples
Party to the continued support and minnie
nsnce Of that legislation, and warn the
voters Of the necessity Of preventing iniuf-
iods changes in that xct. and Of the danger
Of elecfing members Of the General Assem-.
ssmbly hostile thereto.
LEdAL TENDER MONEY.
We favor the exercise by the State OF
North Carolina Of the reserved constitution
al power TO make all geld and siiyer coins of
the United States tinciudin1 the trade dol
lar legal tender for the payment OF debts,
and that this right be inforced by the pass
age OF an appropriate act by the General
Assembly. =. .....--.
---- GOLD MOTIFS AND M0gT0AaEs.
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
| taking or giving Of gold notes, bonds and
mortgages In this State and the making of
all money demands solvabls in any kind Of
lawful money Of the United States.
| INTEREST.
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 stin further improving
and broadening the public school system OF
the State as rapidly as proper regard fol
the interests of the tax PAYERS and the re
sources of the State will permit. We also
4 favor such revision OF our present schvo
system as n ay increase the efficiency of gu,
public schools and insure the most compe
tent and effective supervision. We think
that the committee On education of the mex
General Assembly should invite and secure
as far as possible, the cooperation of thu
leading teachers and educators of the State
4 in framing and perfectng the school law.
JUDICIARY. -' 80
Our judiciary should be lifted above thu
plane OF partisan politics. s.-
REFORMATORY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALS.
We favor the establishment of State in
stitution for the reformation of younl
criminals. ''a'- .s...--.r ...
DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION con-
i DEMNED.
We condemn the Democratic administra
ton in North Carolina for its failure to exc
cute the antitrust laws of the State now or
our statute books, ard call the attention o.
the people to the fact that official action il
this regard Is in harmony with the uitr,
anti. trust sentiment heretofore and now be
ing expressed by the leaders of the DEM
cratic party.
" RAILROADS.
We favor the establishment f
able and low freight rates and charges fo
products shipped from North Carolina a,
will enable shippers and producers to realiz.
at least q fair remuneration after costs o.
such shipments have been deducted.
i We call especial attention to the possibili
ties OF the trucking industry in Eastern
Notf arolina, an industry which, but fol
the extOrtionate tariffs of the common car
fier, would increase an hundred told carry
.ns with it the greatest prosperity to tha
lightly favored section it has ever known.
- We earnestly recommend to our Stat,
=, abroad Commission that they use all the
overs they have to bring about such reduc
tons: and especially that they urge before
the Intel, State Commerce Commission al
complaints OF ext0rtlon and discrimination
with such vigor and continuity that should
tney tall to secure remedial action DY the
Interstate Commerce .om mission, all the
people would know where to place the re
sponslbllity for existing outrages; ana il
their facilities for lighting the battles of the
people before the Interstate Commerce
Commission are inadequate for that purpose
that they MAKE recommendations to the
GENERAL Assembly of amendments to exist
Ing laws to the end that low and sairer rates
may be established, both In the State anC
Inter State Jurisdictions.
RESOLVED, That we recommend cOnstitu
tlonal prohibition of the purchase, lease OF
rental OF parallel or competing railway
i FREE PASSES.
We favor law forbidding the giving Of
free passes to public officials, and forbid
DING their receiving the same.
NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD .LHAsE.
We condemn the lease of the North Caro-
INA Railroad to the Southern Railway
] company for ninety-nine years, not only
4 interest of the state amounting to the large
sum OF 81. wv OOO invested in good pay1ne
properly yielding an income were sacrificed
put we also, In most emphatic terms con.
denim the hxsty and secret manner in which
1t was oone several years before the former
tnlfty years, lease, by its terms, would have
expired. We call the attention of the peo.
pie OF the State to the fact that some myster.
lous power has prevented an Investigation
through the proper legal channels, Of the
tfansactlon, which was SO universally con
demned by the press of the State and all
classes OF our CT liens, when it first became
known. We therefore demand that the
next General Assembly fully investigate
this transaction, and to the end that the
interest of the State may be fully projected
as lar as it can be done, SUCH legislative
acton snail be taken as to counteract, as far
action.
- REMOvALOF CASES.
The removal of cases from the State courts
TO the Federal courts for trial wherein the
plalntl0s are poor PERSONS and defendants
rlcn foreign corporations, ON application of
OF defendants, is growing evil in North
Caronna, and in its practical operation fre.
quently amounts to denial of Justice to
poor poor sqitoFs, and therefore should be CON
next General Assembly shall psss snch ~. q
general statute on this subject as to take
! from such corporations doing business in
t nass state the priylleges of on bust