Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-11-14
roruI1sr NATIONAL PLATFORM.

reclaimed in its two prior platforms, and
alls upon all who desire to avert the sub
ersion of free institutions by corporate and
nperialistic power. to unite with Ii in bring
ng the government back to the ideals OF
Washington. Jefferson, jackson and Lincoln.
extends to its allies in the struggle for the
financial and enconomic freedom assurance
Il its loyalty to the principles which ami.
nate the allied forces aud the promise OF
lonest and hearty cooperation In every effort
or their success. To the people OF :he Unit
ID States we offer this platform as the express
Ion of our unalterable convictions.
Resolved, That we denounce the act of
darcbA4, 1900. as the elimination of q long
eries # conspiracies to deprive the people
If their constitutional rights over the money
If the nation and relegate to a gigantic mon
~ trust the control of the finances, and, hence
u the people. We denounce this act, first,
for making all money obligations, domestic
and foreign, payable in gold coin or it's
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 aud our debt perpetual; third, for tax
ing from the treasury over $J0.0O0.0O0 In q
4 Tune OF war and presenting il at a pre- MUM
TO Dondholders to accomplish the re funding
OF bonds not due; fourth, for doubling tho
capital OF bankers by returning to them the
face value OF tncIr bonds in current money
notes, SO thar they may draw one in tercSt
from the government and another from the
people; hftl,, for allowing banks to expand
and Contract their circulation at pleasure,
mus controlling prices or ali products; sixth
Tor authorizing the secretary of the treasury
To issue new gold bonds to all unlimited
amount whenever he deems IL necessary To re-
nj lSlr Fkas.,
to secure more bonds and more bank curren-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury, IN ere
by creating an"endless chain, or perpetually
adding to perpetual debt; seventh. for
striking down the greenhack in order to force
the people to borrow $346 600 600 from the
banks. at an annual cost of over $40 600 OOO
w While barring out the money of the constitu-
tion. this law opens the printing mints of the
treasury to the free coinage of bank paper
money, to enrich the few and i'm poversh the
many. Wo pledge anew the Peoples party
never TO cease the agitation until this eighth
hnanc1ai conspiracy is bOtted 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 minis of the United States to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of 16 to /, 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
issued by the private corporations under
special privilege granted by law of March IA,
l9OO. 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 a graduated income and in
her1tance tax. to the end that aggregated
wealth shall bear its just proportion Of taxa
ton.
We demand that postal saving banks DO
established by the government for the safe do
nOait aaVinDs ha and
cilitate exchange.
With Thomas Jefferson, we declare the
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-
forced and future settlers on the public do
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 a means of change
and a public necessity, the government
should own and operate the railroads in the
basis, to the end that all may be accorded the
same 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
the destruction of the political rights and per.
sOnal liberties of the citizen, may be destroy.
ed. Such ownership is to be accomplished ir
manner consistent with sound public policy
Trusts, the overshadowfng evil of the age
are the result and culmihation OF the private
ownership and control of the three great in
struments of commerce-money, transporta
tion 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 by the people through their congress
for the public welfare. The one remedy fol
the trusts is that the ownership and contro
further demand that all tariffs on goods con
trOlled by q 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.
f1uenced. We therefore, demand direct leRis
latiOn, giving the people the law-making an(
veto power under the initiative aud referen
cOrruptly influenced.
Applauding the valOr of our army and
navy in the Spanish war, we denounce the
war for humanity into a war for conquest
The action of the administration In the Philip
pines is in conflict with all the precedents OF
our national NE, at war with the declaration
plain precei Is of humanity. Muir Ter and ar
son have been our response to the appeals Os
the people. who asked only to establish fres
government IN their own land. We dsmand q
stoppage OF this war of determination, by the
assurance to the Philippines OF independence
and protection under q stable government OF
The declaration of independence, the CON
stitutiUn and the American flag are one aus
inseparable. The Island of Porto Rico fs
part of the territory Of the United States auC
by levyipg special and extraordinary customs
dues on the commerce of that island, the ad
ministratiOn has violated the constitution
abandoned the fundamental principles OF
American liberty and has striven to five 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 I'm. American cry
for large standing army. Nothing In the
character or purposes of our people justifcs
putting our liberties in jeopardy by as
summing the burden Of militarism, which
Is crushing the people of the old world. We
denounce the. administration tor its SIMS
ter efforts to substitute a standing army
for the citizen sOidiery which is the best
safeguard for the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers of South AZ.
RIGA our sympathy and moral support I'm thefI
patriotic struggle tor the right Of self govern
ment. We are unalterably opposed to aIijano
es. open or covert. between the United
States and any other nation that tend to fhs
destruction OF human liberty.
And q further manifestation of impeyiaI
ism is to be found in the mining districts OF
Idaho. In the Occur d. Alene district soldier
have been used to oyerawe miners striyinc
for q measure OF Industrial independence A mi
we denounce the state government of Idaho
ana tne Iederal government to abridge
the civil rights OF the people and to enforce
an infamous permit system which denies h
laborere their Inherent liberty and compeIs
them 10 forswear their manhood and their
ment.
The importation of Japanese and other Ia
borers under contract to serve monopol!stic
corporations ie q notorious and fragrant vfola.
ton OF tho immigration laws. We demand
that the federal government shall take cogni
zance OF this menacing evil and repress it un.
selves to strive for the enactment Of mors
stringent laws Tor the exclusion of Mongolia =