The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-17
PLATFORM
Adopted by the Joint Demo-
cratic and POpDIiSt
Convention.

by the Joint Democratic a,d Popullst
parties at Oklahoma City:
We, the representatives Of the Demo,
cratic and Populist parties of the ter
ri.ory of Oklahoma, in joint conven
ton assembled, do reafirm our faith
in the immortal proclamation Of the
inalienable RICH ? OF man, the Declara-
tion of Independence and our alleg-
lance 10 the constitution framed in
harmony there with by the fathers of
the republic. q
We mold that the pe%rpetuity Of this
republic is Dependent, upon the
triumph Of those principles, their APP
piication in the creation % laws, the
admins traitor Of justice, and the exc
ercise of executive function; hat ma
tional politics should be measured by
them and local affairs kept %sctupul-
ously within their ~dominions; that
without them the liberty of a free
people has no support, aud with their
overthrow free government is newt
ably destined to decay.
We %denounce as un-American, un-
Democratic and un-Republicau the
policy Of tn present administration
in its efforts to establish colonies un-
der the American flag by force and
b~ioodshed; and we believe thai the
people of the Philippine islands have
the same right to be free that the
American colonies had when they
published the Declaration of indie.
pendence, and that the action of the
Republican administration in attempt
ing TO subjugate them by force of
arms is al act Of tyranny even less ex-
cusable than the attempt of Great
Britain to coerce her own subjects in
the war of the rebellion,
We d~enounce the policy Of the Han
naized Mckinley administration in
countenancing the plumber of the reve.
nues of CuUa by carpetbaggers, and it's
utter failure to fulfill its pledges to
the Cuban people.
We favor municipal ownership OF
municipal utilities.
We condemn the policy Of the Nc
Kinley- Hams administration which
has legalized slavery and recognized
polygamy in the Suiu Islands.
Our most earnest sy mpathies are ex-
tended TO the free men of the South
African republic in their effort to
maintain against overwhelming pow
err and oppression the governments
which are dear to them on account of
the struggles endured to create them,
and because of their inherited love of
home and liberty.
Private m%onopolies are indefensible
and intolerable. Tney destroy com.
petition. control the price of all ma
aeEial and of the finished product, thus
robbing both producer and consumer.
TAo- Iasaa- 4ha - A1nuunan ~ la 10,
and ar arbitrarily fix terms and condi-
tions thereof, deprive individual ener-
gy and capital of their opportunity for
betterment. They are the most effic-
lent means yet devised for a%ppropriat
ing the fruits Of industry to the bene.
1T of the few at the expense of the :
many, and unless their insatiate-
greed is checked all wealth will be
aggregated in a few hands and the re-
public destroyed. Toe dishonest pal
Eeging with the trust evil by the Re.
publican party in state and national
platforms is conclusive proof Of the
truth of the charge that trusts are the
Legitimate products Of Republican
policies. that they are fostered by
REPUBLICAN avs and that they are
protected by the Republican admins
trstion in return for campaign sub
scriptiops and political support.
We demand for the FL ipinos the
same treatment promised to Cubans.
We favor the rehabilitation of silver
at the ratio Of 16 to / and the issuance
of all paper money by the government
We demand a constitutional amend.
ment to enable congress 10 enact an
effective income tax.
We condemn the Flynn statehood
bill for its manifest unfairness TO the
school land lessees of the terri tory.
who are entitled TO a preference right
when il comes 20 the sale of the land
of said territory.
We d~emAndthat we be accorded such
rights in the organization of a state as
shall leave us TO regulate our own
school system. that we shall not be
forced to surrender our love of race
nor bring ourselves to recognition OF
racial equality; and while we believe
In equal educational rights for the ne
gro, we oppose mixed schools for its
accomplishment.
We extend our gratitude 20 the con-
press OF the United States for the pas
sage OF a non-partisan free homes law,
which has given TO the settlers OF the
states and territories their just com
p~ensation for the hard toll and endur-
nnce incumbent upon the opening OF a
new country and we particularly
point with pride 10 the adherence OF
the Democratic and Populist members
of congress who supported the measure
on each and every occasion when 1T
was presented to them,
The reform forces OF the territory
demand for the prospective settlers In