The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-09-21

mains the Stea01aSS advocate OF the Kok0
and silver coinage of the constitution,
and is not willing that other nations shall
determine for us the time and manner
as money Tne Gsalo
to 1 Is not only the ratio now existing
in int this koa anG rao Which
even the republican administration has
not attempted to change. but 1t is the only
to reopen the mints. Whether the senate.
now hostile to bimetallism. can be
campaign e " Of LIS. cam only Sc deteSmined
after the votes are counted. but neither
the present nor the future political COM
should prevent an announcement of the
party's position upon the subject In un-
The currency bill, which received the
sanction of the executive and the repub-
lcan members of the house and senate.
panty sne IL way Sen
dicted that the republican patty would
attempt ~, to retire the srsenbafKs; AL
ly concealed their intentions. That pur.
pose is now plain and the people must
greenbacks issued and controlled in vol
ume by the government. and national
bank note currency issued by banks and
controlled in their own interests. II the
national bank notes are to he secured by
bonds, the currency system now support
ed by the party
long as this system stands, the financial
classes will be tempted to throw their
powerful influence upon the side Of any
measure which will contribute to the size
and .permanency of a national debt. It is
n nsoss sht s shs fle@ ise
debt-paying policy of the past: to the
dangerous doctrine of perpetual bonds.
Election of Senator's by the People.
The demand for q constitutional amend
ment providing for the election OF SEN
ators by direct vote Of the people, APP
pears for the first time in democratic
posing such an amendment has three
tives. and that too. practically without
reasons which secured the adoption of
the present plan. a century ago, new con-
ditions have made it imperative I that the ne
the selection of their Representatives In
the senate. A senator is no less the rep
ceives his commission from the people
themselves. rather than from the mem
bers Of the state legislature. If a voter
congress, for state officers and for pres
ident. he is competent to choose his rep
wsas in the the
his election to the people, as whole
and amenable to them If he misrepre-
who have confidence in the intelligence
and patriotism of the masses.
Direct Legislation.
| The platform indorses the principle Of
n.
to the more important questions in ma
| ton. state and city. 1t rests upon the
sound theory, that the people can pc
government is to the will of the people
| the more free 1t will be from misuse and
abuse.
Labor Question.
Several planks of the labor platform
are devoted to questions in which the
laboring classes have an immediate inter
est. but which more remotely anect our
entire population. While what is general
" known as government t by ln}naed lon
employees of corporations. when there is
a disagreement between them and their
| employer, it involves a principle which
junetion in such Gases i is to s%pstitute trial
by Judge for trial by jury. and Is a covert
| blow at the jury system. The abolition
sary. for the protection of the reputation
of the court as it is for the security of
| the citizen Blackstone IN defending trial
by jury says:
The impartial administration of JUS
| tice. which secures both our persons and
society but If that be intrusted entirely
the t,da a. select BODY body OF c %en
decisions, in spite of their natural integ-
rity. will have frequently an involuntary
Is get Of
| human nature that the few should be al
ways attentive to the interests and good
If the criminal laws are not sufficient
for the protection of property, they can
be made more severe, but a. citizen
charged with crime must have his case
| tried before jury of his peers.
f-t The Blacklist: e., L.
The blacklist as now employed In some
places enables the employer to place the
skilled laborer loses his independence
when the employers can not only dis
charge him. but prevent his securing any
similar employment. The blacklist en-
ableS employers to secure. by mutual
agreement. that control over the wage
earnerS which a private monopoly exer-
cises without contract
Arbitration.
The platform renews the demand for
arbitration between corporations and
their employees. No one who has observed
the friction which arises between great
corporations and their numerous en-
ployes can doubt the wisdom of estab
fishing an impartial court for the just
and equitable settlement of disputes. The
demand for arbitration ought to be sup
ported as heartily by the public. which
suffers Inconvenience because of strikes
and lockouts. and by the employers them
selves. as by the employs; The estab-
lshment of arbitration will insure friend
" relations between labor and capital,
and render obsolete the growing practice
of calling In the army to settle labor
troubles.
Department of Labor.
1 cannot too strongly emphasize the i'm
portance of the platform recommends ton
of the establishment OF department of
labor with q member of the sbinet at
its head. When we remember how i'm
}portant a position the laborer fills in our
economic. social and political fabric. it
is hard to conceive Of valid objection
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