Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-12-19
popuL1sr NATIONAL rIArroRn.

in Convention assembled, cOngra tulatfu8 1to
supporters on the wide extension Of its prin-
ciples in all directions, does hereby reaf1rm
its adherence to the fundamental principles
proclaimed in itstwo prior platforms. and
calls upon all who desire to avert the sub
version of free institutions by corporate and
imperialistic power. to unite with 1t I'm bring
ing the government back to tho ideals Of
Washington. Jefferson, jackson and Lincoln. :
1t extends to its 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
honest and hearty cooperation In every effort
for their success. To the people of the Unit
ed States we effer this platform as the express
sion of our unalterable convictions.
Resolved, That we denouuce the act Of
March Ia. 1900 as the elimination of q long
series of conspiracies to deprive the people
of their constitutional rights over the money
of the nation and relegate to a gigantic mon.
ey trust the control of the finances, and hence
of the people. We denounce this act, first,
for making all money obligations. domestic
and foreign, payable in gold coin or its
equivalent, thus enormously increasing tho
burdens of the debtors and enriching tho
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 $4,000, 600 in
a time OF war and presenting it at pre- MUM
to bondhoders to accomplish the re funding
of bonds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital of bankers by returning to them the
face value of tnelr bonus 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
mus controlling prices OF all products; six tn.
for authorizing the secretary of the treasury
10 issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems 1t necessary to re-
plenish the gold hoard, thus enabling usurers
to secure more bonds and more bank curren-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury tn ere
by creating an'endless chain, or perpctually
adding to perpetual debt; seventh, for
the people To borrow S346, 600 from the
banks, at an annual cost of over $50 600 600.
While barring out the money of the constitu-
ton, this law opens the printin 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 botted from the stat
ute books, and Lincoln greenback restored,
forever retired.
We reaffrm the demand for the reopen.
ing OF the minis of the United States to the
free and unlimited cOinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of Is to 1, the inn
mediate increase in the volume of silver coina
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,
1900, and prior national banking laws, the re-
maining portion of the bank notes to be re..
placed with full legal tender government ma.
per money and Its volume SO controlled as to
maintain at all times stable money marked
and stable price level.
We demand a graduated income and in.
heritance 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 do
post OF the savings of the people and to ia.
cilitate exchange.
With Thomas Jefferson. we declare tho
land, including all natural sources OF wealth,
the inalienable heritage of the people. The
government should so act to secure homes
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 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 goySfnment
interest of the people and on non-partisan
basis, TO the end that all may be accorded tho
same san 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
sonal liberties of the citizen, may be destroy.
ed. Such ownership is to be accomplished In
Trusts t6a overshs sGuno Puo 10 Poisey.
are the result and elimination or the private
ownership and control of the three great in.
ton, and the means of Transmission of fnfor.
nation; which instruments of commerce. are
public functions and which our ferefathers
declared in the constitution should bo con.
trolled by the people through their conRrese
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 con.
trolled 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 in
1uenced. We therefore, demand direct legis-
lation, giving the people the law-makiug and
veto power under the initiative and referen.
dunn. A majority of the people can never be
corruptly Influenced.
Applauding the valor Of our army and
navy in the Spanish war, we denounce the
conduct of the administra ton in Changing \
war FOR humanity into a war for Conquest
The action of the administration in the Philip
pines is in conflict with all the presidents OF
our national life, at war with the declaration
OF independence. the constitution and the
plain preceLts of humanity. Muir Ter and ar.
son have been our response to the appeals q
the people. who asked only to establish a free
government in their own land. We demand .
stoppage or THIS war OF determination, by the
assurance to tic Philippines of Independence
and protection under stable government OF
their own creation.
The declaration Of Independence the com
sttutfon and the American flag are one aud
inscparabe. The Island of Porto Rico ia .
BY levying special and extraordinary customs
dues on the commerce of that island the ad-
minIstraion has violated the Constitution.
abandoned the fundamental principles OF
American liberty and has striven to five the
lie to the contention of our forefathere 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 CIV
for a large standing army. Nothing fn the
character or purposes of our people justifies
us in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy bv AZ.
Stunning the burden of miliiarfsm. which
Is crushing the people Of tho old world We
denounce the administration for fits eiuis-
ter efforts TO substitute a standing army
for the citizen soldiery which is the best
safeguard for the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers of South AZ.
RIGA our sympathy and moral support in their
patriotic struggle Tor the right Of self. govern.
ment. We are unalterably opposed to alIiapo.
es, open or covert. between the United
states and any other nation, that tcnd to the
destruction of human liberty
And further manifestation of imperi.i.
ism is to be found in the mining disfricfs r,f
Idaho. In the Occur d. Alene district soIdiars
have been used to oyerawe miners sfrivino
Tor measure of industrial Independence and-
we denounce the state government OF Idaho
and the federal government to abridae
the civil rights OF the people and to eDforce
an infamous permit system which denies TO
Iaborers their inherent liberty and comnaIs
them TO forswcar their manhood and ftefr
right before being permitted to seek empIox.
ment.