Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-04

supporters on the wide extension of its prin-
sciples in all directions, does hereby reafirm
its adherence to the fundamental principles
proclaimed in its two prior platforms, and
calls upon all who desire to avert the SUBJ
version OF free institutions by corporate and
imperiaistic 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
financial and enconomic freedom assurance
of its loyalty to the principles which ami
mate the allied forces and the promise of
honest and hearty cooperation in every effort
for their success. To the people of :he Unit
ed States we offer this platform as the express
sion of our unalterable 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
Of 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
and foreign, payable in gold coin or it's
equivalent, thus enormously increasing the
burdens of the debtors and enrlching the
creditors; second, for refunding coin bonds
not to mature for years, into longtime gold
bonds, so as to make their payment improb-
able and our debt perpetual; third, for TAX
ing from the treasury over $50. O00, 900 in
. time of war and presenting it at pre- MUM
to bondholders to accomplish the re fundine
OF bonds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital OF bankers by returning to them the
face value OF their bonds in current money
notes, SO that they may draw one in terest
from the government and another from the
people; fifth, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure.
thus controlling prices or all products; sixth.
Tor authorizing the Sanrafarf of 10
to issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems it necessary to re-
pienish the gold hoard, thus enabling usurers
to secure more bonds and more bank ct1rren-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury Their
by creating an"endess chain. or perpetually
adding to perpetual debt; seventh, for
striking down the greenback in order to force
the people TO borrow S346, 1000 from the
banks, at an annual cost of over $40. 600 Geo.
Wnlle barring out the money of the constitu-
ton, this law opens the printing minis of the
treasury to the free coinage of bank paper
money, TO enrich the few and i'm poverish The
many. We pledge anew the Peoples party,
never to cease the agitation until this eighth
financial conspiracy is blotted from the stat
ute books, and Lincoln greenback restored
the bonds all paid and all corporation meney
forever retired.
We reaffirm the demand for the reopen
ing OF the mints of the United States to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of 16 to /, the inn
mediate increase in the volume of silver coins
ana certlncates thus created to be substitute
ed, dollar for dollar, for the bank notes
issued by the private corporations under
special privilege granted by law of March IA,
l9OO. and prior national banking laws, the re-
naming portion of the bank notes to be re-.
placed with full legal tender governments pa-
per money and its volume so controlled as to
malntaln-at all times stable money mark eft
and a stable price level.
We demand a graduated income and in
heritance tax. to the end that aggregated
wealth. snail bear Its just proportion of taxa
ton.
We demand that postal saving banks be
post of the savings of the people and to ia
ciitate exchange.
With Thomas Jefferson, we declare the
land, including all natural sources of wealth
the inalienable heritage of the people The
government should so act as to secure homes
for the people and prevent land monopoly.
Ihe original homestead policy should be en-
forced and future settlers on the public do
main should De entitled to a free homestead,
while all who have paid an acreage price to
the government under existing laws should
have 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 a non-partisan
basis, to the end that all may be accorded the
same treatment in transportation and that
the extortion, tyranny, and political power
now exercised by the great railroad corpora
tons, which result in the impairment, if not
the destruction of the political rights and per-
sonal liberties of the citizen, NAV be DESTROY
ed. Such ownership is to be accomplished in
manner consistent with sound public policy.
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are the result and elimination of the private
ownership and control of the three great in
struments of commerce. transporta-
ton, and 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-
troIled by the people through their congress.
for the public welfare. The one remedy for
the trusts is that the ownership and control
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 interv ention of
representatives who may be controlled or in
fuenced. We therefore, demand direct legis-
lation. glvlng the people the law-making and
dunn majority of the people can never be
corruptiy influenced.
navy in the Spanish war, we denounce the
conduct of the admnistra ton in Changing a
war Tor humanity into war for conquest.
The action of the administration in the Philip
pines is in conflict with all the precedents of
our national life, at war with the declaration
of independence the constitution and the
plain precepts of humanity Muir Ter and ar
son have been ourresponse to the appeals of
the people, who asked only TO establish a free
government in their own land. We demand
stoppage of this war of determination by the
assurance to the Philippines of independence
and protection under stable government of
+ The declaration of independence. the con-
stitution and the American flag are one and
inseparable. The Island of Porto Rico is a
part OF the territory of the United States and
by levyipg special and extraordinary customs
dues on the commerce of that island the adj
min1stratiOn has violated the constitution
abandoned the fundamental principles of
American liberty and has striyen 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 on the people of
the philippines. springs the un- A American cry
Tor large standing army. Nothing in the
character or purposes of our people justifies
putting our liberties in jeopardy by as
summing the burden of miiifarism, which
is crushing the people of the old world We
denounce the administration TOR its SIMS
ter efforts to substitute standing army
for the citizen soldiery which is the best
safeguard for the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers of South AZ
r1ca our sympathy and moral support in their
patriotic struggle tor the right of self-goyern-
ment. We are uRalterably opposed TO aIianc-
es, open or covert. between the United
states ana any other nation, that tend to the
destruction of human liberty
And a further manifestation OF iruperial-
ism Is to be found ia the mining districts of
Idaho I'm the Occur d. Alene district soldiers
nave Deen used to Oyerawe miners striving
Tor measure of industrial independence and
we oenounce the state government of Idaho
ana Inc federal government to abridge
tne CIVIL rights OF the people and to enforce
an Infamous permit 81 stem which denies TO
laoorers their inherent liberty and compels
them 10 forSwear their manhood and their
meut.
The importation of Japanese and other Ia
Dorers under contract to serve nionopolistic
corporations is a notorious and fragrant viola
tion OF the Immigration laws We demand
sthat the FEDERAL government shall take cogni-