The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-03

! ta1n against overwhelming power and
! oppression, the governments which are
dear TO them on account Of the strug-
giles endured 10 create them, ard be-
cause OF their inherited love Of home and
| liberty.
Private rnonopolies are indefensible
and intoierable. They destroy competi-
ton, control the price OF all material and
OF the finished product thus robbing
both producer and consumer. They les
sen the employment Of labor and al BIZ
trarily fix terms and conditions thereof,
deprive individual energy ard capital of
their opportunity for betterment
They are the most efncient means yet
devised for ap2ropriating the fruits Of
industry to the benefit Of the few al the
expense Of the many, and unless their
insatiate greed is checked all wealth vii!
be aggregated IN a few hands and the
republic destroyed.
The dishonest paltering with the trust
evil by the Republican party in state and
national platforms is conclusive proof Of
the truth Of the charge that trusts are
the legitimate product Of Republican poll
cie., that they are fostered by Republi-
can laws and that they are protected by
the the Republican administration in re
turn for campaign subscriptions and po-
ntical support.
We extend our gratitude to the con-
gress of the United States for the passage
OF a non-partisan free home law, which
has given to the settlers of the states
and territories their just compensation
for hard toll and endurance incumbent
upon the opening of new country; and
we particularly point with pride to the
and Populist members of congress who
supported the measure on each and every
occasion on which IL was presented to
them.
Tho reform forces of the territory de-
mand fer the prospective settlers in the
iKowa, Comanche and Wichita Teserva-
tons free homes on the basis granted to
all past settlers on the public domain,
and we earnestly condemn the apparent
jobbery and insincerity Of our delegate
in congress and the Republican party In
their failure TO have a free homes pro-
vision inserted in the bill bringing that
country in for settlement, while the con-
gress was IN the mood to grant such
favors
I'VE favor the re-districting Of the
legislative and council districts Of the
territory and TO the end that legal and
equitable representation OF all parties may
be had.
The allied parties Of Oklahoma de-
mand immediate statehood for Okla
homa and Indian Territory as a single
state
And in the language Of the statehood
plank Of the Kansas City platform we
denounce the failure Of the Republican
party to carry out its pledges TO grant
statehood to the territories Of Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma and We
promise the people of those territories
immediate statehood and home rule dur
ing their existence as territories. and We
favor home rule under territorial form
Of government for laska and Porto Rico;
and we further ask that every Demo-
cratic and Populist paper in the territory
carry this plank consplcuously at the
head of its editorial column during the
campaign.
I'VE denounce the policy Of he Han
nai-ed and Mckinley administration in
countenancing the plundering of the ieve-
nues Of Cuba by carpet-baggers, and its
utter failure TO fulfill its pledges to the
Cuban people.
After the adoption of the platform
Hon. Sidney Clarke of this city offered
an amendment denouncing the present
territorial administration. The amend
ment was voted down, but the following
substitute was adopted:
I'VE. the Democrats and Populists Of
Oklahoma territory, condemn the Nc
Kinley and Barnes administration.