Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-02-21
POLITICAL FORECAST.
With Four and Perhaps More Tickets In
the Field is is Difficult to Estimate
Probable Results.

Probable Results
The social democratic party has is
sued an official call for national con-
vention to be held in Indianapolis, on
March 6, 1900, for the purpose of NOM
mating candidates for president and
vice president of the United States
and of transacting such other bust
ness as may properly come before it.
1t seems to be settled beyond per-
adventure that there will be straight
populist ticket in the field, although
the plans and policies of the peoples
party are in such a chaotic and con-
fusing condition as to preclude any
positive statement as to the future
policy of the party.
As an original Peter Cooper green
hacker and a third party man of
20 years standing, have no hesitancy
in declaring that the social demo-
cratic party is destined to WELD
mighty influence upon the politics of
the United States, even as it has done
and is now doing in the old world.
With more than 100000 votes in
Great Britain and Europe, the Appeal
to reason is justified in its assertion
that the social democratic party is
1.-The worldwide name of worldwide
movement for the emancipation of all
mankind"
1t is amusing to note the horror and
alarm with which the staid and con-
sentative journals of the eastern and
New England states regard Bryan
and the Chicago platform. Bryan is
denounced as an anarchist and a
menace to society and the Chicago
platform as an aggregation of popu-
list ''vagaries'' and decisions" And,
yet, the Chicago platform is a con-
servative expression and a back num-
Der, in the nature of last years
birds nest, as compared with any
platform ever adopted by any popu-
list convention and is but milk and
water in comparison with the strong
meat of socialistic principles.
The New York Times (dem.) is es-
pecially violent in it's spasms of in
dignant denunciation of what it
! terms wild principles and ''crazy
| delusions." And, yet, under it's very
nose, as it were, one of the largest
| labor organizations in the world has
| adopted as it's declaration of prin-
| ciples, platform of such radical
nature as to cause both the Chicago
and Omaha platforms to appear weak
and insignificant in comparison. ]
refer to the Brooklyn On. W Central
Labor union, whose platform is as fol
lows:
! Municipal Issues.
=,
| from partisan politics. Tenure of office
during good behavior and promotion for
| meritorious service.
| 2. Municipal ownership of street rail-
| ways, telephones, gas and electric light
| plants for public distribution of power,
| heat and light. All municipal franchises
| to be owned and operated by the mu-
| nicipality in the interest of the people
| 3. Eight hour service for all employees
| engaged directly or Indirectly mu-
nicipal work.
4. All municipal work to be performed
| directly by the municipality without in
| PREVENTION of contractors.
! 5. Payment of wages weekly and equal
pay to women for equal work performed
with men.
G. Revision and simplifcation of al
| municipal laws.
{. Thorough revision and equalization
| of salaries of public officials.
| s. Direct legislation through the in.
| itiativc and referendum.
| state Issues.
1. Sanitary inspection of mines, work
shops and dwellings,.
2. Taxation of land values irrespective
| of improvements.
8. Abolition of contract prison labor
4. Prohibition of child labor under Il
years.
5. Compulsory education.
6. Payment of wages in lawful none,
and abolition of truck pay.
Z. Liability of employers for injury t.
health, body or loss of life
National Issues
1. Abolition of national banks and sub
stitution for their notes of legal tender
treasury notes. Issue of all money di
rect by the government. and establish
ment of postal deposit and savings banks
2. Prohibition of alien ownership o
land; of gambling in stocks. etc.
3. Adoption of constitutional amend
ment requiring the election of president
vice president, judges and senators b.
direct vote of the people.
4. Collective ownership by the peopl
of all the means of production and dis
tribution and all means of communication
and transportation.
s. Thorough revision of the judiciar,
laws.
G. Abolition of all indirect taxes
T. Abolition of the contract system OF
all public work in all its phases
s. Rigid enforcement of the eight-hou
law in all public departments. Equal pa,
for equal service for men and women.
Q. Enactment of laws abolishing tn
sweating system.
And if the New York Times is
union establishment. which | pre-
sumo it is, it is likely that the mel
employed in it's composing room ar
pledged to principles similar to thos
of the Brooklyn Central Labor union
which were recently published wit
approval by the Midland Mechanic
the official organ of organized labo
in Kansas City, Mo.
But l quote the text of this plat
form only for the purpose of empha
sizing the fact that, in the adoption
of such principles. the Brooklyn Cen
; trail Labor union does but fall in lin
with the present policy of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor which. a
its recent annual convention, adopte
a resolution which virtually amounte
to instructions TO trades-unionists t
vote for socialism.
So, then, whatever may be the out
come of the present muddle in POP
ulist ranks, the ticket of the socia
/ democracy will form an unknow
and uncertain quantity in the comm