Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-11-21
popuL1sr NATIONAL PLATFORM.

proclaimed in its two prior platforms, ana
calls upon all who desire to avert the sub
version of free institutions by corporate and
imperialistic power. to unite with 1t In bring
ing the government back to the ideals OF
Washington, Jefferson, jackson and Lincoln.
1t extends to its allies In 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 corporation 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 denounce the act of
March IA. 1900. ~ the elimination of . long
series OF conspiracies TO deprive the people
of their constitutional rights over the money
of the nation and relegate to a gigantic NOM
ey trust the control of the finances and hence
of the people. We denounce this act, hrst.
for making all money obligations. domestic
and foreign, payable in gold coin or its
equivalent, thus enormously increasing tho
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
able and our debt perpetual; third, for tax.
Ing from the treasury over $50,O0O.0O0 in
time of war and presenting it at a pre- MUM
to bondholders TO accomplish the re unding
of bonds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital of bankers by returning to them the
face value OF tneir bonds in current money
notes. 50 that they may draw one In teresr
from the government and another from the
people; NTH, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure,
thus 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 Ii necessary to re-
| pensh the gold hoard, thus enabling Insurers
| to secure more bonds and more bank curren-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury. tn ere
| by creating an"endess chain, or perpetualiy
adding TO a perpetual debt; seventh, for
| strikin down the greenback in order to force
| the people to borrow $346, 900 from the
| banks at an annual cost of over S20,000000.
While barring out the money of the constitu-
ton. this law opens the printing mnts 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 blotted from the stat
| ute books. and Lincoln greenback restored.
| the bonds all paid and all corporation money
| forever retired
We reaffirm the demand for the reopen
| ing of the mints of the United States TO the
| free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
| at the present legal ratio of l6 to /, the inn
mediate increase in the volume of silver coins
| 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-
| manning 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 a stable money market
and a stable price level
We demand graduated income and In
herltance 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
With Thomas Jefferson. we declare tho
land, including all natural sources OF wealth.
the inalienable heritage of the people. The
| 60 q ut a 70 hNxr,
for the people and prevent land monopoly.
The original homestead policy should be en-
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 means of change
and public necessity, the government
should own and operate the railroads i'm the
| interest of the people and an q non-partisan
i basis, to the end that all may be accorded tho
same treatment in transportation and that
the extortion, tyranny, and political power
now exercised by the great railroad corpora.
| tions, which result in the impairment, IL not
the destruction of the political rights and per-
ed. Such ownership is to be accomplished In
manner consistent with sound public policy.
the result and OF tSe nr,v ass
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-
trolled 6y the people through their congress.
the trusts is that the ownership and control
be assumed and exercised by the people. We
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-making and
| veto power under the Initiative aud referep-
| Ia
corruptly Influenced.
Applauding the valor of our army ana
navy in the Spanish war, denounce the
conduct of the administration in changing q
war for humanity into war for conquest.
| The action OF the administration in the Philip
| pines 1s in conflict with all the precedents OF
our national life, at war with the declaration
of independence. the constitution and the
plain preceLts CT humanity. Muir der and ar
son have been our response to the appeals Of
the people. who asked only to establish freo
government I'm their own land. We dema nd =
stoppage OF this war of exterminatfon 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 and
inseparabe. The Island of Porto Rico IA a
part of the territory of the United States and
by levyiDg special and extraordinary customa
dues on the commerce of that island, the adj
mfn1stration has violated the constitution
abandoned the fundamental PRINCIPLES of
| American liberty and has striven to rive the
! lie to the contention OF our forefathers 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 American cry
| for large standing army. Nothing in the
character or purposes of our people justifics
| us in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy by a..
| Stunning the burden of miliiariem which
is crushing the people of the old world We
| denounce the administration for it's sinis-
ter efforts to substitute standing army
| for the citizen soldfery which is the heat
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
menu. We are unalterably opposed to allianc-
es. open or covert, between the United
| States and any other nation, that tend to ffe
destruction of human liberty.
And further manifestation of fmperia al,
| Ism 10 to be found in the mining districts or
| Idaho. In the Occur d. Alene district soIdiers
| have been used to oyerawe miners striyine
for measure of Industrial Independence and
| we denounce the state government of Idaho
and the federal government to abrfioe
| the elyli rights OF the people and to enforce
an INFAMOUS permit system which deniea 10
Iaborers their Inherent liberty and compeIa
them TO forswear their manhood and fSefr
right before being permitted to seek employ.
ment. 'PsSsS
The importation Of Japanese and othar L..
borers under contract to serve mononoi,.tsc
| corporations is a notorious and faRrant viois
ton OF the immigration laws. We demand
that the federal government shall take cooni-
zance or this menacing evil and reprees r. nm
der existing laws. We furfhor rla1,-o