Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-10-24
roruI1sr NATIONAL p1Arronx.

P0PULIsT NATIONAL PLATFORM.
The Peoples party of the United States
in Convention assembled, congratulating its
supporters on the wide extension of its prin-
ciples in all directions, does hereby reaflrm
its adherence to the fundamental principles
proclaimed in its two prior platforms, and
calls upon all who desire to avert tho sub
version of free institutions by corporate and
imperfalistic 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 enconomio 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 offer this platform ~ the express
sion of our unalterabie convictions.
Resolved, That we denounce the aos of
March IA. 1900. as the elimination of ione
series of conspiracies to deprive tho people
OF their constitutional rights over the nouey
of the nation and relegate to gigantic mon.
ey trust the control of the finances and, hsnoe
of the people. We denounce this act, nrst,
for making ali money obligations. domestic
and foreign, payable in gold coin or its
equivalent. thus enormously Increasing the
burdens of the debtors and enriching the
creditors; second, for refunding "coin" bonds
not to mature for years, into longtime gold
bonds, so as to make their payment improb
able and our debt perpetual; third, for TAX
ing from the treasury over $4,000 600 In q
Q time of war and presenting 1t at pre- mium
to bondholders TO accomplish the refunding
or bonds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital of bankers by returning TO them the
face value OF tne,r bonds IN current money
from tb ~ may ANA o1aw one In &
people; fifth, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure,
for authorizing the secretary of the treasury
to issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems 1t necessary to 70
plensh the gold hoard, thus enabling usurors
to secure more bonds and more bank curren-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury, III ero-
by creating an"endless chain, ''or perpetually
adding to q perpetual debt; seventh, for
striking down the greenback In order to force
the people to borrow $346,0OO, OO0 from the
banks, at an annual cost of over so 100000.
While barring out the money of the ccnstitu.
ton, this law opens the printing mints of the
treasury to the free coinage of bank paper
many. We pledge anew the the P epoles nar sHe
never to cease the agitation until this eighth
financial onsPiracy is blotted from the stat
the bonds all paid and all corporation meney
forever retired.
We reaffirm 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 16 to i, the inn
mediate increase in the volume of silver coins
and certificates thus created to be substitut-
ed. dollar for dollar, for the bank notes
issued by the private corporations under
1900, and prior national banking laws the re.
naming portion of the bank notes to be re-.
placed with full legal tender government pa
per money and tts volume 80 controlled as to
maintain at all times a stable money market
and a 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
posit of the savings of the people and to Ia
cilitate exchange.
With Thomas Jefferson. we declare tho
land, including all natural sources of wealth.
the inalienable heritage of the people. Tho
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.
the government under existing laws should
have their homestead rights restored.
Transportation being a means of change
should own and operate the railroads in the
interest of the people and on q non-partiean
basis, to the end that all may be accorded tina
same treatment in transportation and that
the extortion. tyranny, and political power
now exercised by the great railroad CORPORA
COuS, WHICH roSu1C IN the IMPAIRMENT, II not
the destruction Of the political rights and per
sonai liberties OF the citizen, maybe destroy.
| ed. Such ownership ie to be accomplished in
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 commerce-moncy, transpOrta.
ton, and the means of Transmission of 1nfor-
nation; which instruments of commerco are
public functions and which our forsfath ers
declared in the constitution should be CON.
/ trOllQd nv the nROnla fhr0n W THAR
for the public welfare. The one remedy for
the trusts is that the ownership and control
| further demand that all tariffs on goods con.
| trolled by trust should be abolished.
To cope with the trust evil, tho people
must act directly, without the intervention Of
representatives who may be controlled or I'm
huenced. We therefore, demand direct Iegfs
e ias and
dunn. majority of the people can never be
corruptly Influenced.
navy in the Spanish war, we denounos the
conduct of the administra ton in Changing {
war FOR humanity into war for conquest.
The action gfuho administration in the Philip.
pines Is ia ceuff4ct with all the precedente OF
our national life, at war with the declaration
of independence. the constitution and the
plain precerts OF humanity. Muir der and ar.
son have been our response to the appeals a
the people, who asked only to establish q froe
government in their own land We dsmand .
stOppage CT this war of DETERMINATION, BY the
assurance tefhe Philippines of Independence
and protection under q stable government OF
their own creation.
The declaration OF independence the con.
stitution and the American flag are one spd
/ inseparable. The Island of Porto Rico A :
part of the territory OF the United States And
by fevyiDg special and extraordinary customs
dues on the commerce of that island, the ad.
ministration has violated the Constitution
abandoned the fundamental principlos OF
American liberty and has striven to live the
lie to the contention of our forefafhere tai
there should be no taxation without rep-
reeentation.
Out of the imperialism which would force
an undesirable domination on the people OF
the Philippines, springs the un. - American on !
for large standing army. Nothing I'm ths
character or purposes of our people jtIstifies
us in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy By "a.
Stunning the burden of miliiarisu which
Is crushing the people Of the old world. We
denounce the administration for its einis.
ter efforts to substitute a standing army
for the citizen soidfery which Is the bes,
safeguard for the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers of South AZ.
RIGA our sympathy and moral support in thei,
patriotic struggle tor the right of self Govern
ment- We are unslterably opposed to allianc
ee, open or covert, between the United
States and any other nation, that tend to tn
destruction of human liberty.
And further manifestation of imperiaI
ism is to be found in the mining districts Of
Idaho. In the Occur d Alene district soldier
nave been used 10 oYerawe miners striving