The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-05-26
PropLns PARTY STATE rlArsoxn.

cal party TO have on al election boAfssa, .
OF their own selection. We
,ondemn the Republican party and tho0 !.
sho Joined with il in the last legislature to
strike this Just essential and vital prov lsaon
from the eiection Law OF lss5. and Ne pledge {
ourselves TO use our best efforts In the next
legislature TO re enact this provision into
aw.
LoCAL sELT "ovEkNNExr
We are in favor OF guaranteeing In the
respective counties the right Of local self
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 hest possible gov
ernment to each county; and .e pledge the
Peoples party 10 the continued support and
OF that principle. and warn
the voters OF the danger Of elscting men,
bers Of the General Assembly hostile there
TO. |
GOLD MOTHS AND MoRT0AGKs.
We believe that all money demands should
be payable IN the lawful money Of the Uni
ted States without preferences 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
mortgages in this State. and to make all the
money demands solvable in any kind OF
lawful money Of the United States.
DKNoUNCs sPAIN's POLICY.
To avenge the Maine. to advance repub-
lican institutions. and in the interests OF hui
manity. the brutal and treacherous Span
hemisphere and Republican form of gov |
ernment established in the islands which |
she has misgoverned. robbed. prosecuted |
and pillaged.
AGAINST ISSUING INTkRKsT-BEARIKG
BONDS.
We condemn the present national admin
istration for its efforts to fasteu upon the
PEOPLE and future generations the burden Of
intereat bearing bonds and for endorsinR
and carrying out the infamous bond and
monopoly policy Of the preceding admins
tratiyn 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 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
seinorage TO carry on the war
We pledge ourselves to maintain the six
per cent. interest law enacted by the
General Assembly of 1895.
| rUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The action of the Peoples Party members
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 rs q proper regard Tor
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 as ay increase the efficiency OF ouI
public schools and insure the most compe
tent and effective supervision.
NON-PARrIZAN JUDICIARY.
Our judiciary should be kept above thu
plane Of partisan politics. To this end VI
appeal to all good citizens TO join US in OIL
efforts to make non partisan judiciary M
State government.
REFoRMAToRY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALs
We favor the establishment of State in
stitution for the reformation OF youn
e criminals
81 We call attention TO the interference Q
g railroad corporations in our politics as on
of the greatest sources of corruption in on
q State and national governments. Free pas
70 es and other favoritisms and discrimini
- tions are among the most poisonous ana e
i fective weapons to corrupt politics and d
;. feat the win Of the people in Legislative
halls. Therefore We favor law not on
/. forbidding the giving OF free passes ar
" other favoritisms ana Determinations, b
n also forbiddipg anyone except the actu
=, employees of said corporations from r
r ceiving the same.
y. ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
= BY TIE PEOPLE.
No State has q better railroad commissi,
al law than North Carolina; but the public
% not received the benefit the Law was desig
ed to produce on account OF the failure
%, our railroad commissioners to do their du
ne under the law. As one remedy for this e
e. We are in favor Of the election OF railro
be commissioners by q direct vote OF the p
on pie.
REDUCTION or FREIGHT AND PAssENG
by RATES.
j. We favor q reduction of freight. expr
zee and passenger rates, telegraph ond te
phone tariffs to the same level to which
ac- general range Of prices of products has II
no en- under the gold standard. If the II
= vay Comm ission continues to refuse TO
-" its duty in this respect, We are in favor
such reduction being made directly by
Az next Legislature.
.vel NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD LKAs1
We condemn the lease of the North q
o lima Railroad TO the Southern Rail-
r. Company for ninety-nine yean, not o
~ Is q bad business TRANSACTION IN wnicn
oh- interest of the State amounting to the u
SUM of g OOO, 900 invested in good pay
half property yielding IN income were sacTih
the but we also, in most emphatic terms
denim the hasty and secret manner in vi
he il was done several years before the Tor
no thirty yeaIs leass sy ~ ~ terms, wSula s ~.
Ole Of the State to the fact that the my
nry tous power Of . strong railroad lobby
vented the last legislature from ense
al the necessary legislation to enable the
sent to make an investigation through tfe Lf
legal channels, of the Transaction, "
80. Wss 50 universally condemned by the |
of the state and all lclasses OF
lake zens. when it first became known.
.nry Therefore demand that the next
ring eral Assembly fully investigate
transaction, and to the e enc s,,1,v tnat n1ct,
&c to interest OF the state may oe ,c nc,y PlS'
action shall be taken - to countera1- {
rs possible, this unwise and secret Z
action.
pros RENovAL OF CAsEs.
The removal of cases from the state 9
moFe to the Federal courts for trial ana espe'
,ver- wherein the plaintiffs are poor person
y in the defendants are rich foreign corpora
we'll on application of defeodants, = gre
ds of evil in North Carolina, and IN il Pra
:; IN. ouerafion frequently amounts 70 . Den
instice 10 poor suitors, and therefore q
6e condemned. We demand, therefore
plo the next General Assembly sbail peSs
J, and general statute on this subject includi
sople, 9iien Law similar to the Wisoonsin st
j. bat 50 @ ss to take from such corporation:
business in this State the privileges OF
n the ing ON business in North Carolina and
& the dI:xine sns q H. nersiSt in e
adop- ~ s,,;si;cs;cn az our courts when q
|es. are 6rouaht against them. We also
,tfOus mend = constitutional prohibition
[enry. purchase, Ieese q rental OF parallel
3 him peting railway lines.
.ment a JUST DISTRIBUTION OF THK BUl
lanse. OF TAXATION.
be the w. .dvocsfe sueh legislation - Y
Com .nre . lust Iis9ing and taxation