Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-09-07
POPULIST TICKET.
Complete List Of Candidates is
Placed in Nomination at
milwaukee,.

Milwaukee. Wis, Sept. 2-After the
failure of efforts to secure fusion between
the Populist and Democratic parties, both
of which held their conventions in this
city, the Populists nominated the follow
ing ticket:
Governor-A A. WORSLEY, Racine
Lieutenant ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PALM
Err, Fond du Lac
Secretary of State-WINFRED L. ARVEN,
Milwaukee.
State Treasurer-JOHN POWERS, Ash
LAND.
Attorney GeneraI-L. WOODARD, Pardee-
Vile
Superintendent Of Public Instruction--A.
II. CRAIG, MukwOnagO.
Railroad mmiSsoner-ROBERT E. AN
GER, Oshkosh
Insurance Commissioner JOHN +.
SCHNEIDER, Milwaukee.
The Platform.
The platform adopted is AS follows:
The Peoples party Of Wisconsin in con-
YentlOn assembled, while denOuncing the
unnatural conditions brought about by vio-
lattng the fundamental principles of the
Declaration Of Independence and the con-
stitutien Of the United States, proposes q
return to first and honest principles by
OverthroWing the existing unnatural and IN
democratic conditions.
Farmers, IabOrerS, small manufacturers
and merchants, in fact all but those who
are combined in trusts and other mOnopo-
Hes, have been deprived Of natural oppor
lied for the benefit of the privileged
classes, who control, not only the executive
and legislative, but even the judiciary de-
partment Of our government by the baneful
power of aggregated wealth.
While labor produces all wealth, but few
of those who toll have homes of their own,
and yet they are asked to be patriotic and
love their country, whose laws deprive
them Of natural opportunities.
To revive industry, accelerate commerce
and advance agriculture, we demand
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est, common sense methods, that will cur
tail the power of grasping corporations and
return the right to rule to the people, to
whom it belongs.
As preliminary measures to this end we
demand the following legislation:
l. Direct Legislation known as the fnttt-
may initiate good laws or veto bad ones;
the power to recall incompetent Gishon-
est officials by popular vote and proportion
al representation.
q Public control OF all public utilities
national state and local
8. Fhe issue Of up money by the gov
eminent directly TO the people in connection
with government savings banks. We hold
that the issue is not much between gold
and silver, but whether the money of the
country shall be controlled by the govern
ment by private banking corporations.
T. Whenever an industry becomes so,
centralized in the hands of a trust, so as; to-
assume the nature of monopoly and Il
menace to the interests Of the welfare of
the people, such industry shall be con-
Quoted by the government in the interest
of the people.
5. graduated income and inheritance
tax. The principles OF the income tax which
now applies in this state only to. favored.
corporations should be extended to all.
6. A uniform primary election Law, so
that voters can choose their candidates by
direct vote.
:. The abolition of the arbitrary power
assumed by judges, who, have, perverted
law and common sense by unjuStifable in
functions.
g. Municipal home rule
o. In the interest of labor we demand;
compulsory education" legal eight hour,
wOrkday in industrial pursuits; sanitary in
spectiOn of workshops, mines and buildings;
liability of employers FOR Injury to health,
body and life without regard to the negli-
gence of coemployes; abolition Of the con
tract system in all public work and in the
state prisons; a legal cash pay day.. the
abolition of the sweating system and the
prohibition of biacklisting' and child Ia
Dor.
10. We deplore the infamous: misconduct
Of the war department in the management
OF the war win SPAN ana demand tnat
rigid investigation be ordered by the
President and the guilty parties severely
punished. 1t is disgrace to our country
that a war started to save the starving
Cubans should lead to the starvation Of
patriotic American soldiers.
The Peoples party submits this platform
as we'll its admirable national PLATFORM
to the consideration Of the people of Wis
consin and asks their cooperation to give
our country relief from the rule of trusts
and combinations of all kinds.
The following additional plank was Of
fered for the platform by William Piep-
low. which was adopted.
We demand that the granting Of passes,
franks or other gratuities by individuals
or corporations and the receiving of same
by public officials be prohibited by law
and made criminal OffenSc
We demand that the discrimina ton in
interest on tax certificates be abolished
and the rate be reduced to not move than
10 per cent.