Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-25


The Peoples party of the United States
in Convention assembled, cengra tulating its
supporters on the wide extension of its prin-
cipies in all directions, does hereby reaflrm
its adherence to the fundamental principles
proclaimed in its two prior platforms. and
calls upon all who desire to avert the sub
version of free institutions by corporate and
imperialistic power. TO unite with Il in bring
ing the government back to the 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 or
honest and hearty cooperation in every effort
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 denouuce the act OF
March IA, 1900, Rs the elimination OF long
series of eonspiracies to deprive the people
OF their constitutional rights over the money
of the nation and relegate to gigantic mon.
ey trust the control of the finances, and, hence
of the people. We denounce this act, first,
for making ali money obligations. domestic
and foreign, payable in gold coin or Its
equivalent, thus enormously increasing the
burdens of the debtors and enr1ching the
creditors; second. for refunding .'coin. bonds
not to mature for years, into longtime gold
bonds. SO as to make their payment improb-
ing from the treasury over SJo.OCo.0Oo in q
q time of war and presenting Ii at q premium
to bondholders to accomplish the re funding
of bonds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital of bankers by returning to them the
face va lue of tneir bonus in current money
from the government and another from the
people; fifth, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure,
mus controlling prices or all products; sixth.
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 Insurers
to secure more bonds and more hank curren-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury. IN ere-
by creating an"endless chain, or perpetually
adding to q perpetual debt; seventh, for
striki ng down the greenback in order to force
the people To borrow 1915 100000 from the
banks. at an annual cost of over SO 600 600.
While barring out the money of the constitu-
ton. this law opens the printn mints of the
oney 20 n are tree c1nage Oh BANK paper
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 green back restored,
the bonds all paid and all corporation money
forever retired.
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 l, the i'm
mediate increase in the volume of silver coins
and certificates thus created to be substitute
ed, dollar for dollar. for the bank notes
special privilege granted by law OF March IA,
1900, and prior national banking laws, the re-
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.
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 de-
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 as to secure homes
for the people and prevent land monopoly.
The original homestead policy should be en-
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 means of change
and public necessity, the governments
should own and operate the railroads in the
interest of the people and on non-partisan
basis, to the end that all may be accorded the
same treatment in transportation and that
now exercised by the great railroad cor pUws.
tons, which result in the impairment, If not
the destruction of the political rights and per-
| ed. Such ownership Is to be accomplished in
a manner CONSISTENT with sound public policy
Trusts. the overshadowing evil of the age.
are the result and elimination OF the private
ownership and control of the three great In.
struments of commerce-money, Transports
ton, and the means of Transmission of infor-
nation; which instruments of commerce are
public functions and which our forefathers
declared in the constitution should be con-
troled by the people through their congress.
| 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 cou-
| 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
| fiuenced. We therefore, demand direct legis-
lation. giving the people the law-makjng and
| veto power under the initiative aud refereu-
| dunn. A majority of the people can never be
| corrupty influenced.
| Applauding the vaIor of our army and
| conduct of the administration in changing q
| war FOR humanity into war for conquest.
The action of the administration , in the Philip
our national life, at war with the declaration
of Independence. the constitution and the
plain preceI D. of humanity. Murder and ar
i 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 or this war OF DETERMINATION, by the
assurance to the Philippines of Independence
and protection under stable government Of
| their own creation.
The declaration OF independence. the con-
/ stitution and the American flag are one aud
inSeparabIe. The Island of Porto Rico Is a
| part of the territory of the United States and
/ by levyiDg special and extraordinary customs
| dues on the commerce of that island, the adj
ministratiun has violated the constitution,
! abandoned the fundamental principles of
| American liberty and has striven to give tho
| lie to the contention of our forefafhefs 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 I'm "A merIsan cry
4 for a large standing army. Nothing In the
| character or purposes of our people juetifics
| us in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
/ putting our liberties in jeopardy by as
Stunning the burden of militarism, which
| Is crushing the people of the old world We
/ denounce the administration for It's siuis-
1 ter efforts to substitute 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
| menI. We are unalterabiy opposed to aliianc-
1 States and any other nation, that tend to the
destruction of human liberty.
And further manifestation OF imperfal-
ism is to be found in the mining districts of
/ Idaho. In the Occur d Alene district soldiers
| have been used to oyerawe miners striving
| for measure of industrial Independence md
we denounce the state government of Idaho
and the federal government to abrfdee
| the civil rights of the people and to enforce
| an infamous permit system which denies to
laborers their Inherent liberty and compels
them 10 forswear their manhood and ts,efr
right before being permitted TO seek employ