The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-08-09
Adopted by the Joint Demo-
cratic and POpuliSt
Convention.

NlablC hhu OPuliSN POI AbAOS VI VIC bSi =
ri .ory of Oklahoma, in joint conven
tion assembled, do reaffirm our faith
in the immortal proclamation OF the
inalienable righ e of man, the Declsra-
tion of independence and our al leg
lance to the constitution framed in
harmony Herewith by the fathers Of.
the republic.
We mold that the perpetuity of this
republic is dependent upon the
triumph of those principles, their APP
plication in the creation of laws, the
administration Of justice, and the eX-
ercise of executive function; that ma
tional politics should be measured by
them and local affairs kept scrupul-
ously within their dominions: that
without them the liberty OF a free
people has no support, and with their
overthrow free government is inevit
ably destined TO decay.
We denounce as un-American, un-
Democratic and un- Republican the
policy Of the present administration
in its efforts TO estab ish colonies un-
der the American flag by force and
bioodshed; and we believe tha, the
people of the Philippine islands have
the same right to be free that the
American colonies had when they
published the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and that the action of the
Republican administration in attempt
ing to subjugate them by force of
arms is an act of tyranny even less eX
cvsatle than the attempt of Great
Britain TO coerce her own subjects in
the war of the rebellion,
We denounce the policy of the Han
naized Mckinley administration in
couutenancing the plunder of the reve-
nues of Cuoa by petbaggers, and its
utter failure to fulfill its pledges to
the Cuban people.
We favor municipal ownership OF
municipal utilities
We condemn the policy of the Nc
Kinley- Hanna administration which
has legalized slavery and recognized
polygamy in the Suiu Islands.
Our most earnest sympathies are ex-
tended to the free men of the South
African republic in their effort to
maintain against overwhelming pow
er and oppression the governments
which are dear to them on account of
the struggles endured TO create them,
and because of their inherited love oI
home and liberty.
Private monopolies are indetensible
and intolerable. They destroy com.
petition, control the price of all ma
terial and of the finished product, thus
robbing both producer and consumer.
They lessen the employment of labor
and arbitrarily fix terms and condi-
tions thereof, deprive individual ener-
Ry and capital of their opportunity for
hof ha aQe
lent means yet devised for appropriat
ing the fruits of industry to the bene-
fit of the few at the expense of the |
many, and unless their insatiate- }
greed is checked all wealth will be /
public destroyed. The dishonest pal
tering with the trust evil by the Re-
pu blican party in state and national /
platforms is conclusive proof of the .
truth of the charge that trusts are the
legitimate products of Republican
policies. that they are fostered by
Repu olican avs and that they are
protected by the Republican admins
tration in return for campaign sub
scriptions and political support
We demand for the Fl ipinos the
same treatment promised 10 Cubaus
at the ratio of l6 TO l and the issuance
Of all paper money by the government
We demand constitutional amend
ment to enable congress 20 enact an
effective income tax.
We condemn the Flynn statehood
bill for it's manifest unfairness to the
school land lessees of the terr't tory
who are entitled 10 preference right
when it comes to the sale of the land /
0f said territory.
We demand that we be accorded such
rights in the organization of q state as
shall leave US to regulate our own
school system that we shall not be
forced TO surrender our love of race
aor bring ourselves to recognition of
racial equality; and while we believe
in equal educational rights for the me-
gro, we oppose mixed schools for its
ment,
We extend our gratitude TO the con-
yress OF the United States for the pas
sage of a nou-partisan free homes law,
which has given to the settlers of the
states and territories their Ist com
pensation for the hard toll and endur-
ance incumbent upon the opening of a
new country; and We particularly
point with pride 20 the adherence Of
he Democratic and Populist members
If congress who supported the measure
IN each and every occasion when it
vas presented TO them,
The reform forces OF the territory
demand for the prospective settlers in
he Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita
free homes on the basis
granted TO all past settlers on the pub
ic domain, and we earnestly condemu
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