Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-10-10

imperiaiistic power. to unite with iftn bring
ing the government back to the ideals OF
Washington. Jefferson. Jacksonan 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 or
honest and hearty cooperation In every eRort
forstheir success. To the people ofrhe Unit
ed States we offer this platform as the exprss-
sion of our unalterable convictions.
Resolved, That we denounce the act OF
March IA. 1900. as the elimination Of long
series of conspiractes TO deprive the people
of their constitutional rights over the money
of the nation and relegate to q gigantic mon.
ey trust the control OF the finances, and, hsncs
of the people. We denounce this act, frst.
for making all money obligations. domestic
and foreign, payable In gold coin or its
equivalent, thus enormously increasing the
burdens of the debtors and enrlching the
creditors; second, for refunding 'coln'' honda
not to mature for years. into longtime gold
bonds. so as to make their payment improb
able aud our debt perpetual; third. for TAX
ing from the treasury over $5O,OOO,OOO In q
a time of war and presenting 1t ct . premium
of bonds not due; fourth, for Doubling the
capital of bankers by returning to them the
face value of tneir bonds in current money
from the government and another from tho
people; fifth, for allowing banks to expand
ana contract their circulation at pleasure.
mus controlling prices or all products; tn,
for authorizing the seer etary of the treasury
10 issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems il necessary To re-
p!enish the gold hoard, thus enabling usurers
TO secure more bonds and more bank curreu-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury, III ero-
Dy Creating an ''endiess chain, or perpetually
adding to perpetual debts seventh, for
STRIKING down the greenback in order to force
the people TO borrow 1916 ,oOo,Oo0 from the
banks, at an annual cost of over SO Zoo 600.
While barring cut the money of the constitu-
ton. this law opens the printing mints of the
treasury to the free conuge 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 Cons piracy is blotted from the stat
ute books, and Lincoln green back restored
the bonds all paid and all corporation meney
forever retired.
we reaffrm the demand for the reopen
ing OF the minis OF the United States to the
free ndunlimited coinaguof silver and gold
M the present legal ratio of Is to l. the inn
medlate increase in the volume of silver coins
and certificates 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,
1893. and prior national banking laws, the re-
mining portion Of the bank notes TO be re.
placed With full legal fender governments ma
per money ana It's volume so controlled as to
malattiln at ali times a stable money market
and stable price level.
hefiiance tax to the end that aggregated
wealth snail bear its just proportion of taxa
We demand that postal saving banks be
Hslaniis5ed by he government for the safe dc
post OF the savings OF the people and to fa-
cittatc exchange.
land, including ail natural sources of wealth.
the inaiienahie heritage of the people The
government should so act as to secure homes
Tor he people and prevent land monopoly.
IiAe original homestead policy should be en-
ioTeed and future settlers on the public do
main sI0utd De entitled to Il free homestead
while allwho have paid an acreage price to
the government under existing laws should
haze their homestead rights restored
Ii3cS portatiop being a means of change
aud public necessity, the government
should own and operate the railroads in the
interest OF the people aud on non-parfsan
BASS, 10 the end that all may be accorded the
sal9e treatment In transportation and that
the eNtortion, tyranny, and political power
now exercised by the great railroad corpora-
tons, which result in the impairment, If not
the destruction of the political RICH Is and PER-
sonsl liberties Of the citizen, may be destroy.
ed. such ownership is to be accomplished in
manner consistent with sound.public policy
Trusts the overshadowing evil of the age.
are the result and cuimigation OF the private
ownership and control OF the three great in.
strumentS OF commencement, transporta.
ton, and the means of Transmission OF fnfor-
nation; which Instruments of commerce are
public functions and which our forefathers
declared in the constitution should DO con-
trolled by the people through their conRrese
for the public welfare. The one remedy for
be assumed and exercised by the people. We
further demand that all tariffs on goods con.
nolled by trust should be abolished.
To cope with the trust evil, the people
must act directly. without the intervention Of
representatives who may be controlled or i'm
huenced We therefore. demand direct legis-
lation, giving the people the law-makjng and
veto power under the initiative aud roferen.
dunn. A majority of the people can never be
corruptly Influenced.
Applaudng the valor Of our army ana
navy in the Spanish war, we denounce the
conduct of the admfnistra ton in chsuRine =
The action of the administration In the PhIlip-
pines Is In conflict with all the preoedents OF
our nas,onai lie, at war with the declaration
plain precepts of humanity. Muir der and ar
SON have been our response to the appeals Of
the people. who asked only to establish q free
government in their own land We demand =
stoppage of this war of determination. BY the
assuraaee to the philippines of Independence
their own creation.
The declaration of Independence, the con.
stitutfon and the American flag arc one and
inseparabe. The Island of Porto Rico "A q
part of the territory of the United States and !
by levying special and extraordinary custOms
dues on the commerce OF that island, the adj
ministration has violated the constitution.
abandoned the fundamental principles OF
American liberty and has striven to give the
lie TO the contention of our forcfathers 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 merican cry
for a large standing army. Nothing in the
character or purposes of our people justifos
us in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy BY as.
summing the burden of rnilitarism which
is crushing the people of the old world We
denouRce the administration for its SIMS.
ter efforts 10 substitute II standing army
for the citizen soldiery which is the best
safeguard for the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers of South Az
RIGA orr sympathy ard moral support in their
patriotic struggle Tor the right of self govern.
neat- We are unalterably opposed to alliance
G, open or covert. between the United
States and fny other nation, that tend to the
deStFtction.cf human liberty.
And q further manifestation of Imperial
ism i 10 he fGu3G IN the mining Districts OF
IdGdU. In the Occur d Alcne district soldiers
ave been used 10 oYerawe miners striving
Ter 7negsure Of Industrial Independence and
va g a3eGnce tie state government of Idaho
ard she fcderaI government to ai,ridoe
tic efii rights or the peope and to eDforce
an lftttstae1ls permit sy stem which denies 10
fss)osers their nhercnt liberty and compele
tlS 10 iorSweiir their manhood and their
ri1h aeforc beiig permitted TO seek employ
11s importation of Japancse and other la
istsses under contract To serve monopolstio
corp, ions Is Il notorious and fiagrauf viola.
tl9i OF the Immigration laws. we demand
TIA the federa government shall take copnf-
ztacc OF fiai7 Inenacing eIIi and rcpress il nm
des existing laws We further pledge our
sei ses 10 strive for the enactment of more
fag-s . xcf,refo, IF NnDu.Ika,