Barbour County index., 1900-06-27
roruI1sr NATIONAL rLArroaM.


| ciples in all directions, does hereby reafFirm
its adherence to the fundamental principles
proclaimed in its two prior platforms. and
calls upon all who desire to avert the sub
version OF free institutions by corporate and
| imperialistic power, to unite with it in bring
ing the government back to the ideals of
washington, jefferson, jackson and Lincoln.
1t extends to its allies in the struggle for the
nnancial and enconomic freedom assurance
Oh It's loyalty to the principles which ami
mate the allied forces and the promise of
honest and hearty cooperation in every effort
Tor their success. To the people OF :he Unit
ed States we offer this platform as the express
sion of our una lterable convictions.
Resolved, That we denounce the act of
March IA, 1900, as the elimination of a long
series of conspiracies to deprive the people
OF their constitutional rights over the money
| or The nation and relegate to gigantic mon
ey trust the control of the finances and hence
| OF the people. We denounce this act, first.
for making ali money obligations, domestic
ana foreign, payable in gold coin or its
equivalent. thus enormously increasing the
| puroens or the debtors and enrching the
| creditors; second, for refunding coin bonds
not TO mature for years, into longtime gold
bonds. so as to make their payment improb-
/
Ing from the treasury over $50 00O 900 in a
time or war and presenting ii at pre- MUM
70 pondnolderS to accomplish the re funding
oa oa ;o 4onas not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital or bankers by returning to them the
race value of their bonus in current money
nc otes, SO that they may draw. one in terest
from the government and another from the
people; ffth, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure
mus controIiing prices or all products; six tn ,
TOT authorizing the secretary of the treasury
10 issue new gold bonds to an Unlimited
amount whenever he deems 1t necessary to re-
plenish the gold hoard thus enabling usurers
to secure more bonds and more bank curren-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury In Gre
by creating endless chain, or perpetualIy
Strlklng down the greenback in order to force
the people to borrow S:}46, 600 600 from the
Danks, at an annual cost of over s20.OOOOO0
Wnile barring out the money of the constitu-
tion, this law opens the printing mints of the
treasury to the free coinage of bank paper
money, to enrich the few and i'm poyerish the
many. We pledge anew the Peoples partye
never to cease the agitation until this eighth
nnanclal conspiracy is blotted from the stat
the bonds all paid and all corporation money
forever retired.
We reaffirm the demand for the reopen
Ing OF the mints of the United States to the
free and unlimited cOinagc of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, the i'm.
mediate increase in the volume of silver coins
and certificates thus created to he substitut
ed. dollar for dollar, for the bank notes
issued by the private corporations under
l4s
lSOO, and prior national banking laws, the re-
manning portion of the bank notes to be re-.
placed with full legal tender government pa
per money and its volume so controlled as to
maintain at all times stable money market
and stable price level.
we demand graduated income and in
ner1tance tax. to the. end that aggregated
wealth shall bear its just proportion Of taxa
ton.
We demand that postal saving banks be
established by the government for the safe de-
post or the savings of the people and to IA
With Thomas Jefferson, we declare the
land, including all natural sources of wealth,
the fnalienable heritage of the people. The
government should so act to secure homes
Tor the people and prevent land mOnopOy
me original homestead policy should be en-
forced and future settlers on the public do
main should De entitled to free homestead
Wnlie all VINO nave paid an acreage price to
the government under existing laws should
nave their homestead rights restored.
Transportation being a means Of change
and public necessity, the government
should own and operate the railroads in the
interest OF the people and on nOn-partisan
basis, to the end that all may be accorded the
same treatment in transportation and that
the extortfen, tyranny, and political power
t1ons, which result in the impairment, if not
the destruction of the political rights and per-
sonar nbertles OF the citizen. may be destroy
ed. Such ownership is to be accomplished in
manner con nsistent with sound public policy.
Trusts, the overshadowing evil of the age,
are the result and elimination OF the private
ownership and control of the three great in
strumentS of fcommerce-money, transporta.
tion, ana the means of transmission of infor-
nation; which instruments of commerce are
public functions and which our forefatherS
declared In the constitution should be CON
for the public welfare. The one remedy for
the trusts is that the ownership and control
be assumed and exercised by the people. We
further demand that all tariffs on goods con-
trolled by trust should be abolished.
To cope With the trust evil, the people
must act directly, without the Intervention of
representatives who hn lad i,
huenced. We therefore, demand direct legis-
lation. giving the people the law-making and
veto power under the Initiative aud referen-
dunn. A majority of the people can meyer no
corruptly influenced.
Applaudng the valor of our army and
navy in the Spanish war, we denounce the
conduct of the administra ton in changing a
war for humanity into a war for CONQUEST
The action of the administration in the Philip-
pines is in conflict with all the precedenta of
our national life, at war with the declaration
of independence the constitution and the
son have been our response to the appeals of
the people, who asked only to establish a free
stOppage of this war of determination bv the
assuraRee to the Philippines of independence
and protection under stable government of
their own creation.
The declaration of independence. the con-
stitution and the American flag are one and
mseparable The Island of Porto Rico is a
part or the territory of the United States and
by levying special and extraordinary customs
dues on the commerce of that island, the ad-
tlHni,ei ess,Oh h"S fiOidlcu tue constitution. |
abandoned the fundamental principles of |
American liberty and has striven to give the |
lie to the contention of our forefathers that
there should be no taxation without rep
resentation.
Out of the Imperialism which would force
an undesirable domination the people of |
the Philippines, springs the un- merican CIV
for large standing army. Nothing in the
character or purposes of our people justifies |
US in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy by as
Stunning the burden of militarism, which |
fs crushing the people of the old world We
denourfce the administration tor its sinis-
ter efforts to substitute a standing army |
for the citizen sodery which is the best
safeguard for the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers of South At
rica our sympathy and moral support in their
patriotic struggle tor the right of self govern
ment. We are unalterably opposed to allianc- |
es, open or covert, between the United |
States and any other nation, that tend to the |
destruction of human liberty.
And D. further manifestation of imperial |
ismais to be found in the mining districts of |
Idaho In the Coeur d. Alene district soiJiiers |
nave been used to Oyerawe miners striving |
for a measure of Industrial independence and |
we denounce the state government of Idaho |
ana tnSl Federal government to abridge |
the ciFH rights of the people and TO enforce |
an infamous permit system which denies to |
iaborers their inherent liberty and compeIs /
them 10 forswear their manhood and their /
right before being permitted to seek employ |
ment.
The importation of japanese and other Ia
borers under contract to serve monopolistic
corporations ia notorious and fragrant viola |
tion or tho immigration laws. We demand |
that the FEDERAL government shall take cogni-
Zance OF this menacing evil and repress il uu-
der eX1St1ng laws. We further pledge our