Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-11-28
popuLIsr NATIONAL pLArroRn.

calls upon all who desire to avert the sub.
version of free institutions by corporate and
imperialistfc 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 cooperation In every effort
for their Success To the people of the Unit
ed States we otfer this platform as the express
sion of our unalterable convictions.
Resolvedr That we denounce the act of
March IA, 1900. do 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 a 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 tho
burdens of the debtors and enrlching the
creditors; second, for refunding .'coIn'' bonds
not to mature for years, into longtime gold
bonds, 80 as to make their payment improb
able and our debt perpetual; third, for TAX
ing from the treasury over $50 600 in q
time OF war and presenting it at q 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 value OF their bonus in current money
from the government and another from the
people; hftli, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure,
thus controlling prices OF all products; six tn,
Tor authorizing the secretary of the treasury
to issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems II necessary to re.
penish the gold hoard, thus enabling usurcrs
to secure more bonds and more bank curren-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury, tn ere
by creating an"endless chain, Tor perpetually
adding to a perpetual debt; seventh, for
striking down the greenback in order to force
the people to borrow $346, 900 from tho
banks. at an annual cost of over go .OOO, 600.
While barring out the money of the coustitu-
ton, this law opens the printing mints 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 Ia blOtted from the stat
ute books. and Lincoln greenback restored,
the bonds all paid and all corporation money
forever retired.
We reafhrm 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 10 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,
1900. and prior national banking laws, the re-
naming portion of the bank notes to be re.
placed with full legal tender government pa
maintain at all times stable money market
and stable price level.
We demand graduated income and in
heritance 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
pOsit OF the savings Of the people and to ia.
ciIitate exchange.
With Thomas Jefferson, we declare tho
land, including all natural sources Of wealth,
the tnalienable 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.
and pnhc neoessty means ase on cnange
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 tho
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, IL not
the destruction of the political rights and per-
sonal liberties Of the citizen, may be- destroy
a manner consistent with sound public policy.
Trusts. the overshadowing evil of the age,
are the result and elimination of the private
ownership and control of the three great in.
struments of c0mmerce-money, transporta.
ton, and the means of Transmission of fnfor.
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 for
be assumed and exercised by the people. We
further demand that all tariffs on goods oon-
trolled by trust should be abolished.
To cope with the trust evil, the peopIe
must act directly, without the intervention of
representatives who may be controlled or in
lation. giving the people the law-makjnr and
veto power under the initiative aud referen-
dunn. majority of the people can never be
cOrruptly influenced.
navy In the Spanish war, we denounce fho
conduct of the administrati ton in ohanQine \
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
plain precepts Of humanity. Muir der 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 q
stoppage or this war of determination by the
assurance to the Philippines of Independence
and protection under stable government of
The declaration of independence, the con-
stitution and the American flag are one and
part of the territory Of the United States and
by levyiDg special and extraordinary customs
dues on the commerce of that island, the ad-
mfnistration has violated the constitution.
abandoned the fundamental principles OF
American liberty and has striven to five the
LC " Tue COut6nllOu Ot our IOr614thofG 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 cly
Tor large standing army. Nothing i'm the
character or purposes of our people justifics
us In ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy nv "a.
summing the burden of militarjsm which
Is crushing the people OF the old world. Wa
denounce the administration for its sinfs
ter efforts to substitute a standing army
for the citizen sOldiery which is the best
safeguard for the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers Of South AZ.
rica our sympathy and moral support in their
patriotic struggle tor the right Of self govern-
es, open or covert, between the United
States and any other nation, that tend to the
destruction of human liberty.
AND q further manifestation Of imDerfal-
Ism 10 TO be found In the mining districts OF
Idaho In the Occur d. AIene district soldiers
nave Deen used to Oyefawe miners striving
Tor measure OF industrial Independence and
we denounce the state government of Idaho
and the federal government to abridee
the CIVIL rights OF the peopie and to enforce
an infamous permit system which denies TO
laborers their Inherent liberty and compels
them to forswear their manhood and f5eir
right before beirg permitted to seek EMPLOY
ment.
The importation Of Japanese and other Ia
Dorers under contract to serve monopolistic
corporations IL notorious and fragrant viola
ton OF the immigration laws. We demand
that the federal government shall take co0ui-
zance or this menacing evil and repress 1t i'm.
der existing laws. We further pledge our-
selves to strive no