People's voice., 1900-08-02
,iDles along these lines. which are now

ciples along these lines, which are now
ieavening AL parties, and point with graf
tication 10 the erection of plant for the |
manufacture of binding twine by the |
state. which has checked the extortions |
Of one monopoly by compelling it to re-
duce lis prices and has already saved |
thousands OF dollars 10 the farmers OF
Kansas We also call attention 10 the sue
cesss'u OPERATION Of the state law reduc-
ing the price of school bokS and the re-
sultaat saving Of hundreds OF thousands
OF dollars TO the people.
We believe that the people can with ad-
"an;age take further steps in the same di-
rectiOn. and that our state constitution
ought TO be amended so as to permit the
establishment of state stock yards and
markets. TO provide for state insurance
and to permit the people as a whole to
carry on any business or industry by
which they can promote their own well
fare. We should especially favor the de-
v6fpment OF our oil resources by the
eXactions Of the Standard Oil monopoly
by the erection of a state refinery to re-
fine the products Of the oil fields Of our
state and supply oil 10 the people for
their own use at the cost Of production,
without paying tribute to that overgrown
monopoly.
We direct attention to the stock yards
act, the Insurance and banking laws. the
corporation law. the laws regulating the
salaries Of county officers and the COM
pensation of the state printer. the script
and screen laws and other acts passed by
the peoples party which have proved Of
great benefit TO the people of our state:
and We pledge ourselves TO enact such
further legislation along these lines as
may be demanded by the interests Of our
ytizens,
We call the attention OF the farmers Of
Kansas to the combination Of grain buy
ers extending from Chicago throughout
the west. which. by means Of pools, secret
freight rates and other trust methods. ap-
propriate to its members the profits Of the
great wheat crop which has blessed our
land. This combination. TO which the To-
cal millers and grain dealers are certain
to fall victims, exists in violation Of the
antitrust law in our statutes; and We
pledge the nominees OF this convention, IL
elected, to do all in their power 10 sup
press H.
The state authorizes banking corpora
tions and individual bankers to perform
public function by the receipt Of the
money Of the citizen for safe keeping.
and at the same time permits such cor
porations and individuals TO loan all but
a small percentage of these for their own
profit; the national banking law protects
the bank note holders from possible loss,
in case the bank issuing the note becomes
insolvent-a security which has been.
however, diminished by the old standard
law enacted by the last congress. To sup
plement this protection and insure the
funds of the depOSitor whose money is in
the bank, as well as the note holder,
which is in most cases another bank,
we demand an amendment to our state
banking law which will provide for tax
ing the banks TO create a fund. TO be
under the control of the state bank COM
missioner. and TO be used TO reimburse
depOsitors in banks which become insolv-
ent.
The scandalous conduct of Gov STAN
ley in Illegally expelling regents of the
state agricultural college, and the fire.
quent unsavory condition OF our state in
stitutiOn under all parties, condemn the
practice of bestOwing positions in these
institutions for party service. We, there
fore, favor a civil service that will put
these institutions upon a business basis
alike. free from the spokesman and from
the danger that employees become care
less and Indifferent or untitled for other
vocations in life and permanent charges
upon the state.
The fragrant violation by wealthy cor
porations of our present tax law impels
us TO demand that its provision be more
rigidly enforced To accomplish this We
urge that additional penalties be enacted
for its violation.
We favor the graduated taxation Of
property, incomes and inheritances.
During the last decade the power Of
federal judges has grown to an alarming
extent, and that power has been used es-
pecially to destroy liberty OF speech and
to destroy or render ineffective the organ
| iZations of labor. By the use of the writ
Of injunction wOrkingmen have been de-
prived of their liberties and sentenced to
terms OF Imprisonment by the arbitrary
action of federal judges, although guilty
OF no crime whatsoever, but simply doing
what they had under the constitution
perfect right to do. Therefore, we con-
denim the arbitrary exercise of power and
the abuse Of writ Of injunction by federal
judges, so universally practiced in the in
terest of the capitalistic class against la
Dor. We favor such laws state and ma
tional as will prevent this abuse for all
time to come and demand that the right
Of trial by jury remain inviolate, and its
safeguards be preserved to every citizen
so that, no matter with what offense or
| misdemeanor a man may be charged, he
will at all times be assured a fair and
impartial trial.
Not as partisans, but as citizens and
lovers of justice we emphatically con-
denim the outrageous and disgraceful state
Of affairs existing in Doniphan county,
where the tribunals Of justice and the
forms of law have been prostituted and
used as instruments for he suppression Of
free press and of free speech. and by
which innocent persons have been fined
and imprisoned for months for exercising
the rights Of American citizenship