The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-07-27


I except such relief comes from the state
and we, therefore, demand such legtsla-
ton as win most surely relieve as from
/ the oppression Of this monopoly
We bellows that the cattle Industry %
I the state should be encouraged and pro
tected, and TO that end we advocate the
/ continuance OF the sanitary board under
I the direction OF the actual cattler1en %
1 the state. The defeat OF useful and
needed legislation and the passage %
clumsy and abOrtfve laws which EiiI not
/ stand in courts have been the work %
professional lobbyists These malefaEtore
should be summarily dealt with their
Z business should be defined and declared e
public OfIense and as such punished ~
l law
Each day adds fresh proof OF the Wis
l dom OF the democratic position upon tbs
I question OF prohibition and we renew our
/ oft-repeated demand that the question
/ be resubmitted 20 the people
Believing that the public health and the
public convenience and interest would be
! best conserved by the public control q
municipal utilities we favor the public
/ ownership OF all such utilities as the best
means Of such control.
As cur fathers sympathized with Marco
Bozzaris and the Greek patriots. and with
Kossuth and his historic HunEaFiauss
| with Garibsldi and his devoted Italians,
/ with Bolivar and all other apostles OF
I liberty, 50 We. their descendants. keeping
I alive upon our affairs the fires Of liberty
extend to al people who struggle for
liberty our sympathy. The brave Beers
I OF South Africa are making a fight for
I home and country unexampled in the an
nails OF time. They deserve to be free
/ and that they may be free is our earnest
/ hope
Upon these principles we stand. and
/ with that unconquered hero. the lion Of
I the west, William J. Bryan, and his IL
/ lustriOus running mate, Adlai Stevenson
I we 60 to the people confident Of such a
popular triumph as has never before Oc-
/ CURED IN our history.
! Proceedings Of the PopuiIst Convsntto1.
The populist convention got down
/ to business promptly and without
| ceremony. The temporary Organiza-
/ ton was made permanent. Jerry
/ Simpson presented the chairman with
/ a gaveI made Of wood taken from a
| log house at the old town Of Salem
/ Ill, where Abraham Lincoln used to
sell groceries. He said the gavel rep
! resented the principles Of Abraham
/ Lincoln and the two steel rims the
/ great democratic and peoples party
respectively The wood represented the
Lincoln republican party, cementing
/ the two great parties The sixteen
! wedges in the end Of the gaFel rep
! resented the great financial plank Of
/ the three parties and the hickory
/ handle the sturdy Andrew Jackson
! sentiment Of the American people.
The report Of the conference com
/ mittee was now called for and Z. B.
! Post, Of WyandOtte county, read it.
/ The report was received with great
applause, especially the section which
! gave to the populists the Office Of as
sociate Justice.
The Peoples Party Platform
Briefly outlined, the platform adopt
l ed by the Populists is as follows:
/ First-Commends to the people a com
/ parison between the last pOpulist admin
/ fstration with the present republican sd-
! mlnistration-
Second-The usual plank pointing out
/ the danger OF the tendency of the repub-
/ lican party to Imperialism and rnilitarisrn-
/ This plank covers the entire ground OF
/ expansion
Third-Favors the election OF United
| States senators By direct vote Of the
/ people.
/ Fourth-Denounces the present admins
tration OF the pension bureau
/ Fifth-Demands the adoption OF the
principle OF the Initiative and refereu-
/ DUN as the only means OF correcting ex-
L listing evils by legislation
sixth-Holds the republican party re-
| sponsible for the abrogatiOn OF the pop
] Ulist railroad law, first by refusing to e1-
force Il, and next by wiping Il from the
]
] supreme court
/ Seventh-Demands the withdrawal Of al
i special privileges now enjoyed BY corpor-
atfcns and individuals and the applica-
Il ton Of the principle OF government own
i ershIp Of all monopolies.
Eighth-Congratulat the people upon
/ the growth Of populist principles IN the
/ government Of Kansas citing the penl-
/ Tertiary binding twine plant and the
/ school book law as examples
Eighth-FavOrs state stock yards and 6
1 state oil refinery, as means OF protecting
\ the people from two great monopolies-
Ninth-Ca1ls attention Of the people %
! the stock yards law. the Insurance. law
Il the banking law. the corporation law.
/ the fees and salaries law the scrip and
/ screen law and other acts adopted By the
influence Of the peoples party
/ Ninth-CsIls attention OF the farmers e
/ the grain combine west Of Chicago and
] pledges the nominees Of this convention
| to fight 81.
! Tenth-Demands an amendment TO the
| state banking law that VIII protect
| depositors as well as the nots-hoIders-
/ Eleventh-Denounces Gov. Stanley Tor
| unIawfully removing the regents Of the
! agricultural college and favors law that
win put all state educational institutions
1 under a civil service
| Twelfth-Favors tax law that VIII reach
wealthy corporations and individuals
| Thirteenth-Favors a graduated in
come tax law.
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! OF power and the abuse Of the writ 81
| Injunction by federal court
i F'ffteenth-Condemns the Pool Grin
I stead affair In Doniphan county
Sfxteenth-ELtends the sympathy Of the
I convention TO John DsYis.
Alter the adoption Of the platform
came the nomination Of justice of
the supreme court and David Martin
I Of Atchison, was named BY sCclaUa-
ton. George ". Clark, Of shawnse
/ county, IN a set speech nominated
John ". Briedenthal for governor.
Leon Locke proposed the name Of 81.
n. Ryan, Of Crawford, but AEr. Ryan
took the platform and withdrew his
! 1a-7a moving tn make the uomf7e-