People's voice., 1900-05-03
Resolved, That this convention hereby

reafirms the ,platform Of the
- adopted at its national convention
in -- - and in furtherance
Of the adoption of said principles we
hereby urge the non ination of William
| J. Bryan as our standard bearer in the
coming campaign.
We believe that no person within the
jurisdiction of the United States or
within the territory over which the
United States exercises jurisdiction can
be part citizen and part alien. Either
they owe allegiance to the United States
or they do not. Ii they do they are en-
titled to all the rights and privileges of
citizenship, and we denounce as uncon-
stitutional TIE levying of import and
export duties on merchandise imported
into the United States from Porto Rico
or exported from the United States into
that territory.
Resolved, That we are earnestly in
favor of arresting the criminal aggres-
sion of the trusts and combines upon the
rights of the people; and to the end that
they may be not only controlled but
eliminated we urge that the present
patent system which ,makes the govern
ment the father of monopoly and the
mainstav of almost all the dangerous
combines and trusts now throttling COM
petition be abolished, and in . lieu
thereof the value Of the use OF each pat
ented article be appraised by COM
petent committee, and that the manu-
facture of such patented article shall be
open to all persons under a license sys-
TEN similar to that under which articles
are permitted to be manufactured and
sold nnder the internal revenue laws.
The - party in common with the
great mass of the -- party, the
silver Republicans, and great many of
the rank and file of the Republican
party contend that a suhiciency of money
is as necessary to prosperity as is sufi-
cheney of blood to the health of the
health of the human body. As in the
past, the -- party contends that
the quantitive theory of money and not
the material from which it is made is the
gist of the controversy; that neither
gold nor silver is of itself sacred, and a
uIcient amount of government paper
money, legal tender in the payment Of
all debts will bring legitimate prosperity
to this country.
Believing that representatives. first
duty is to truly represent his constitu-
ents and to look after their interests and
welfare, we note with much regret that
Chester l. Long, elected to represent the
great Seventh congressional district. has
given little or no thought to these duties,
has ever been found lined up for the in
terests of trusts and corporations and
diametrically opposed to the interests Of
his constituency, and we pledge our
efforts to again elect a man who will
represent the people of the Seventh
district.
Resolved, That we express our deep
and heartfelt sympathy for the patriots
of the South African republics in their
heroic fight for their homes and liberty,
and our admiration of their indomitable
courage and unexampled patriotism in
their wonderful struggle against their
British enemies Of Republican govern.
ment, and we further denounce the pres
ent British government and its secret
allies in this country as wholly unworthy
of the respect Of any true American citi-
zen and lover of liberty.
Resolved, That as American citizens.
standing squarely and firmly upon the
eternal principles of right and justice,
we emphatically condemn the policy of
the commissioner of pensions, not only
for denying 10 the soldiers of the war
of the rebellion that which the law de-
clares they shall receive, but for his
wicked and indefensible attempt to
poison the mind of a grateful republic
and thereby, by his detestable cry Of
pension frauds, bring reproach upon
every old soldier.
| Resolved, That we condemn any at
tempt by either soldier or attorney to OBJ
tain pension by fraud or any unlawful
means, and we do not believe that the
great hue and cry of fraud sent broad
cast over this country through the in
strumentality of H. Clay Evans is iusti-
fed by facts, and we regard it as cruel
and vindictive, worthy only Of our bit
terest contempt.
Resolved, That we believe that it is
the duty Of the president of the United
States to remove the present commits
sioner of pensions and place in his stead
a man who will faithfully execute the
laws, which are as we. believe adequate to
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