The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08
best efforts in the nexs legislature to
re enact this provision into law.
TO0aI sETE GOVERNMENT

local self government by the election
Of their county commissioners and jus
tices of the peace by 5he vote Of the
people, under proper safeguards tC
guarantee the bast possible govern
ment to each county and we pledge
the Peoples party TO the continued
support and maintenance of that prin
ciple, and warn the voters of the dan
ger of electing members of the gen
eral assembly hostile thereto
GOLD NOTES AND MORTGAGES.
We believe Uhas ala money demands
should be payable in the lawful money
of the United States without prefer
ence or discrimination, and therefore
favor the passage by the general as
sembly of a law prohibit the taking or
giving of gold notes, bonds and mort
cages in this State, and to make all
the money demands payable in any
kind of lawful money.
DENOUNCE SPANS POLICY.
To avenge the Name, TO advance n
publican institutions, and in the inter
ests Of humanity, the brutal and
treacherous Spsnlards should be
driven from the Western Hemisphere
and a republican form of government
established in the islands which she
has misgoverned, robbed, prosecuted
and pillaged.
AGAINST ISSUING INTEREST BEARING
BONDS
We condemn The present National
Administration for efforts to fasten
upon the people and future generations
the burden of interest, bearing bonds
and for endorsing and carr ing out
the Infamous bond and monopoly pol
icy of the preceding administration of
Grover Cleveland.
We commend the action of the Pop
ulists, silver Republicans and silver
Democrats in Congress for their wise,
brave and patriotic IL solidly
CO operating to strike ouG the bond pro
vision Of the pending war revenue bill
and to substitute therefor an issue of
greenbacks and the coinage of the sll
yer seignorege TO carry on the war.
INTEREST.
We pledge ourselves to maintain the
six per cent. interest la . enacted by
the general ASSEMBLY, OF 1895.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The action OF Gne Peoples party
members of the last two general as
semblies has demonstrated, beyond
question, that the Peoples party has
been true to it's antecsdent platform
declarations in favor Of public educa-
ton. We demand still further I'M
proving and broadening Of the public
school system OF the State as rapidly
as a proper regard for the interests OF
the tax payers and the u of
the State will permlE. We also favor
such revision Of our present school
sys EN- as may increase the fl cheney
OF our public schools aud insure the
most competent Il tfecEve super
vision.
NUN PARTISAN JUDICIARY.
Our Jud.ci .ry Should Ds kepT ABOVE
the plane of psrUlsan politics. To this
end We appeal to all good ci:'z ms to
Din us Ia our Efforts to MAKE a non
partisan judiciary an established and
permanent feature OF our State gov
eminent
prTOpM ATOpv pNp uOUNd CoTuTNy.yc
We fav r the establishment OF q
State institution for the reformation OF
young CRIMINALS.
FREE PASSES
We call attention of the interior
enca Of railroad corporations in our
politics as q OF the greatest sources
OF corruption In u State and Nation
governments Free passes and other
favoritisms and DETERMINATIONS are
among the most POISONOUS and ef9c
tive weapons to corrupt politics and
defeat the will OF the people in legls
lative halls. Therefore we favor a law
not only Forbid ing the giving Of fire. p,
passes and other favoritisms and dis
examinations, but also forbidding any
except the actual employees Of said
corporations from receiving the same.
ELRCTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
BY THE PEOPLE.
No State has a beGCer railroad com
mission law than North Carolina; but
the public has not rect ived the benefit
the lLw was resigned to produce, on
account Of the failure of our railroad
commissioners to do their duty under
the Law. AS one remedy for this evil
we are in favor OF the election Of rail
road commissioners by a direct vote
OF the people.