Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-20
ropuLrsr NATIONAL PLATFORM.

| IN convention assembled, congra tuatiug its
| supporters on the wide extension of its prin-
ciples in all directions. does hereby re affirm
| its adherence TO the fundamental principles
proclaimed in its two prior platforms, and
calIsupon all who desire to avert the sub
version of free institutions by corporate and
imperialistfc power. TO unite with it 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 aud the promise of
| honest and hearty corporation ia every effort
| for their success. To the people of The Unit
ed States we offer this platform the express
| sion of our unalierabie convictions
Resolved, That we denounce the act of
March II. 1900. as the elimination of a long
series of conspiracies to deprive the people
of their constitutional rights over the money
of the nation and relegate to gigantic mon
ey trust the control of the finances and hence
of the people. We denounce this act, first.
for making all money obligations, domestic
and foreign, payable in gold coin or its
| equivalent thus enormously increasing the
burdens of the debtors end enrIching the
creditors; second. for refunding ..coin" bonds
not to mature for years, into longtime gold
1
able and our debt perpetual; third, for tax
ing from the treasury over $50. 900 600 in n
time of war and presenting it at pre- MUM
to bondholders to accomplish the refunding
OF bonds not due; fourth, for doubling the
| capital of bankers by returning to them the
| face va Inc OF tne,c bonas in current money
notes, so that they may draw one in tere st
| from the government and another from the
/ people; hftlI, for allowing banks to expand
| and contract their circulation at pleasure
| thus controlling prices or all products: six tn
| for authorizing the secretary of the treasury
| to issue new gold bonds TO an unlimited
| amount whenever he deems it necessary to re-
p.enish the gold hoard, thus enabling usurers
| to secure more bonds and more bank curren-
| cy by drawing gold from the treasury In ere
| by creating an''endless ehain,' or perpetnally
| adding 10 perpetual debt; seventh, for
! Striki ng down the greenback in order to force
the people to borrow S346, 600 from the
banks, at an annual cost of over 800 COO CO.
| While barring out the money of the constitu-
| ton. this law opens the printing minis 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 green back restored
| the bonds all paid and all corporation money
| forever retired.
| I'VE reatfirm 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 Is to l. 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,
1901, 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 sta BILE money mark eft
| and 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 dc.
l Ia anrlln ald
| 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
| Ihe original homestead policy should be en-
| forced and future settlers on the public do
main should De 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
! interest OF the people and on a non-partisan
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 accom- plished in
| a manner consistent with sound public policy
| Trusts. the oyershadowing evil of the age
! are the result and elimination of the private
| ownership and control of the three great in
strumentS of commerce-money, transporta-
ton, and the means of Transmission of infor-
nation; which instruments of commerce are
! public functions and which our forefather
| declared in the constitution should be con-
| trolled by the people through their congress,
| for the public welfare. The one remedy for
| 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
| controlled NJ
| huenced. We therefore, demand direct legis-
| lation, giving the people the law-making and
| veto power under tue initiative aud referen-
| dunn. majority of the people can never be
| corruptly influenced.
| navy in the Spanish war, we denounce the
conduct of the administra ton in changing n
| war for humanity into war for conquest.
The action OF the administration in the Philip
| pines is in conflict with all the precedents of
| our national life, at war with the declaration
| OF Independence. the constitution and the
plain precepts of humanity. Muir Ter and ar
son have been our response to the appeals OF
| the people, who asked only to establish free
government in their own land. We demand a
stoppage OF this war of EXTERN: nation 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 one and
1nseparable The Island OF Porto Rico is
| part of the territory of the United States and
by levying 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 give the
| lie to the contention of forefathers that
there should be 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 justifies
US in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy by as
stunning the burden OF militarism, which
| Is crushing the people of the old world. We
0enounce the administration tor it's SIMS
ter efforts to substitute standing army
Tor the citizen soldiery which is the best
safeguard for the republic,
we extend to this brave Beers of South At
rica our sympathy and moral support in their
patriotic struggle tor the right of self-goyern-
ment. We are unalterably opposed to allianc-
es. open or covert, between the United
states and any other nation, that tend 10 the
destruction of human liberty.
And further manifestation of imperial
ISM is to be found in the mining districts of
nave been used TO oyerawe miners striving
for measure of industrial Independence and
we denounce the state government of Idaho
and the federal government to abridge
the civil rights of the people and to enforce
an INFAMOUS permit system which denies to
'aborers theirinherent liberty and compels
them TO forswear their manhood and t.iefr
right before being permitted to seek employ
ment.
The importation of Japanese and other Ia |
bofers under contract to serve mOnopol;stic
corporations is q notorious and fragrant viola
ton OF the immigration laws. We demand
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