The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-08-11
PEOPLES PARTY STATE PLATFORM,

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The Peoples Party of North Carolina, in
co vention assembled a. Raleigh, ON the
18th day of May. 1898, hereby atfirms
its unqualified allegiance to the principles
of the party, and hereby approves the
platform of the Peoples Party adopted at its
National convention held il the city OF st.
Louis, July ~, 1856.
THE ELECTION LAW
We hereby reatfirm our fixed determina-
ton to support and maintain free ballot
and fair count in all elections held in
North Carolina. TO this end we contend
that it IS of vital Importance for each polit-
| ical party to have on all election boards,
| ref esseDtatiyes of their own selection. We
condemn the Republican party and those
who Joined with 1t in the last legislature to
strike this just, essential and vital provision
curse Ives to use our best efforts in the next
legislature to reenact: this provision into
law.
LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT
we are IN favor OF guaranteeing in the
respective counties the right of local self
commissioners and justices of the peace BY
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
bers OF the General Assembly hostile there
to.
GOLD NOTES AND MORTGAGES.
We believe that all money demands should
be payable IN the lawful money of the Uni
tea States without Preference or discrimina-
ton, and therefore favor the passage Ly the
General Assembly OF a law to prohibit the
mortgages in this State, and to make all the
money demands solvable in any kind of
lawful money of the United States.
DENOUNCE SPANS POLICY.
To avenge the Maine, to advance repub-
ican institutions. and in the interests of hui
mainly, the brutal and treacherous Span
lards should be driven from the western
hemisphere and Republican form of gov
eminent established in the islands which
and pillaged. q
AGAINST ISSUING INTEREST-BEARINa
BONDS.
We condemn the present national admin.
lstratlOn 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 POpElists
silver Republicans aid silver Democrats in
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
selnorage 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 sctian Of the Peoples Party members
of the last General Assemblies 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 q proper regard for
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 may increase the efficiency of cur
public schools and insure the most cofbpe-
tent and effective supervision.
NON-PARTIZAN JUDICIARY.
Our Judiciary should be kept above the
p4Sus Ct partisan politics. To this end we
appeal to all good citizens to join us in our
efforts to make a'non'paYtisa0 judiciary an |
established and permanent feature o. on.
State government. =
EXPLORATORY FOR YOUNG CRIMINALS
we IaVOr Inc establishment OF State in. |
stitution for the reformation CT Young
criminals
FREE PASSES.
We call attention to the interference of |
railroad corporations in our politics as one
or the greatest sources of corruption in our
State and national governments. Free pass-
es and other favoritisms and discrimina- |
tons are among the most poisonous and eff |
fective weapons to corrupt politics and de- |
feat the will Of the people in legislative |
halls. Therefore we favor q law not onlv |
forbidding the giving of free passes and |
other favOritisms ana Determinations. but |
ALSO forhidding anyone except the actual |
OF sad corporations from re-
ELECTION OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
By THE PEOPLE.
No State has better railroad commission
law than North Carolina; 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 peo-l
PIE.
O. FREIeHr AND PASSENGER
RATEs. -;
We favor reduction of freight. exnress
and passenger rates. telegraph and telez
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
rs DUTY IN this respect, We are in favor Of