Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-11-07


calls upon all;who desire to avert the sub
version of free institutions by corporate and
power. to unite with It In bring
ing the government back to the ideals OF
Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln.
1t extends to it's allies Ia 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
for their success. To the people of the 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 Q long
Of their constitutional rights over the money
of the nation and relegate to a gigantic mon
ey trust the controbof the finances, and, hence
Of the people. We deneunce this act, nrst,
for making all money obligations. domestic
and foreign. payable in gold coin or its
thus enormously increasing the
burdens of the debtors and enriching 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 $50,0O0,OOO In Q
q time OF war and presenting 1t at pref MUM
of bonds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital of bankers by returning to them the
face value or tnelr bonus in current money
from the government and another from the
people; fifth, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure,
for authorizing the secretary of the treasury
TO issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems 1t necessary to re-
plenish the gold hoard, thus enabling usursrs
to secure more bonds and more bank curren-.
cy by drawing gold from the treasury, tn ere
by creating an''endless chain, ''or perpetualiy
adding to perpetual debt; seventh, for
striki ng down the greenback in order to force
the people to borrow 1916 100000 from the
banks. at an annual cost of over $50 1000.
While barring out the money of the coustitu-
ton. this law opens the printing mints 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.
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 coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, the inn
mediate increase in the volume Of silver coins
ed, dollar for dollar, for the bank notes
issued by the private corporations under
special privilege granted by law Of March IA.
naming 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 q graduated income and in.
her1tance 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 OF the savings of the people and to ia
ciitate exchange.
With Thomas Jefferson We daoIara TIN
land, including all natural sources or wealth.
the tnalienable heritage of the people. The
for the people and prevent land monopoly.
The original homestead policy should be en-.
forced and future settlers on the public do.
main should be 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 i'm the
interest of the people and ON a non-partisau
basis, to the end that all may be accorded tho
same treatment in transportation and that
the extortiOn, tyranny, and political power
now exercised by the great railroad corpora
the destruction of the political rights and per-
sonal 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 aUs
are the result and elimination OF the private
ownership and control of the three great in-
A.
ton, and the means of Transmission of 3nfor.
nation; which instruments of commerce are
public functions and which our forefath era
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 oon.
trOlled by q trust should be abolished
To cope with the trust evil the peopIe
must act directly. without the intervention of
fiuenced. We therefore, demand direct lests.
lation, giving the people the law-makiug and,
veto power under the Initiative aud referen-
dum. Ama1orlty or the people can never be
Applauding the valor of our army and
navy in the Spanish war. we denounce the
war FOR humanity into a war for CONQUEST
The action of the administration in the Philip.
pines is in conflict with all the preoedents. OF
our national life, at war with the decla flOn
OF independence. me constitution and the
plain precepts of humanity. MUIR der and ar
son have been our response TO the appeals Of
the people, who asked only to establish free
government in their own land. We demand a
stoppage of this wEr of determination nv fhe
assurance to the philippines OF Independence
and protection under q stable government of
their own creation.
The declaration of independence, the CON.
etitution and the American flag are one ana
inseparable. The Island of Porto Rico "a =
part of the territory of the United States and
by levyinR special and extraordinary customs
uuOo oh tno comincrce Of tn0t Island. the oo.
mfnlstration has violated the CONSTRUCTION.
abandoned the fundamental princIples nj
American liberty and has striyen to five the
lie to the contention OF our forefathers that
there should be no taxation without rem
resentation.
Out of the Imperialism which would force
an undesirable dom natiOn on the people OF
the Philippines, springs the un Americsn n, -
Tor a large standing army. Nothing I'm the
character or purposes of our people iustifIcs
us in ignoring the plain lesson of history ana
putting our liberties in jeopardy nv IA.
Stunning the burden of militarism. which
Is crushing the people of the old world. We
ter efforts to substitute a standing army
Tor the citizen soldiery which is the hest
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 eeIf-govern.
ment: we are unalterably opposed to allianc-
es. open or covert, between the United
States and any other nation, that tend to fhs.
destruction of human liberty o
AND further manifestation of fmna,,o,
ism is to be found in the mining djsfricfs ~
Idaho. In the Occur d. Alene district soldiers
Tor measure of Industrial independenca snSS
we oenouuce the state government of Idaho
ana the FEDERAL government tn ahridee
tne CIVIL rights OF the people and to enforce
an infamous permit system which denies ~
IaDorers tnelr inherent liberty and compels
right before being permitted to seek emniov.
ment onPioy-
The importation of japanese and othar L..
Dorere under contract to serve mouopolisfic
corporations 10 notorious and fiaRranf vioIs.
ton OF the immigration laws. We iemenS
that the federal government shall take co.'.'.a
zance OF this menaGng evil and repress IL I'm
DER existing laws. We further piedo. r..n