Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-07-11
popuLIsr NATIONAL PLATFORM.

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| in Convention assembled, congra tulating its
| supporters ON the ~ede extension of its prin-
ciples in all direcuons, does hereby reaffirm
| its adherence to the fundamental principles
proclaimed in its two prior platforms, and
calls upon all who desire to avert the sub
version of free in situations by corporate and
imperialistic 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 encon9mic freedom assurance
| of its loyalty to the principles which ami
| mate the allied forces aud the promise of
honest and hearty co operation in every effort
for their success. 30 the people of the Unit
ed States we offer this platform as the express
sion of our unalterable convictions.
Resolved. That we denounce the act of
| March IA. 1900. as the elimination of 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 the
burdens of the debtors and enrlching 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 $50, 600 600 in a
time OF war and presenting 1t at pre- MUM
to bondhoiders to accomplish the refunding
OF ponds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital of bankers by returning to them fhe
face value of their BONDS in current money
notes, so that they may draw one in terest
from the government and another from the
people; fifth, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure,
mus controlling prices of all products; sixth,
TO issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems it necessary to re-
plensh the gold hoard, thus enabling usurers
to secure more bonds and more bank curren-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury, tn ere
by creating an''endless chain, or perpetually
adding to perpetual debt; seventh, for
striking down the greenback in order to force
the people to borrow $346, 0OO,OOO from the
banks banks at an annual cost of over s2o,OOO0oO.
While barring out the money of the constitu-
ton. this law opens the printin minis of the
treasury to the free coinage of bank paper
money, to enrich the few and impoverish the
many. We pledge anew the Peoples party
never to cease the agitation until this eighth
| financial conspiracy is blotted from the stat
the bonds all paid and all corporation money
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 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
$780, 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 its volume SO controlled as to
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.
| Va fhatn
established by the government for the safe de-
| posit OF the savings of the people and to IA
| cilitate exchange.
| With Thomas Jefferson, we declare the
| land, including all natural sources of wealth.
| the inaienable 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.
Transportation being a means of change
and 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 accomplished in
| manner onslstent 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-money, transporta-
tion and the means of Transmission of infor-
| nation; which instruments of commerce are
public functions and which our fOrefath erS
| 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 q trust should be abolished.
To cope, with the trust evil, the people
must act directly, without the Intervention of
representatives who may be controlled or in
| fuenced. We therefore, demand direct legis-
lat1on, giving the people the law-making and
dunn. A majority of the people can never be
| corruptly influenced.
ApPlauding the valor of our army and
navy In the Spanish war, we denOunce the
| conduct of the administra ton in changing a
| war Tor humanity into a war for conquest.
| The action of the administration in the Philip
| pines is in conflict with all the presidents Of
our national life, at war with the declaration
OF independence, the constitution and the
plain precspts 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
| stoppage or this war of determination, by the
assurance to the Philippines of independence
and protection under a stable government of
| their own creation.
/ The declaration of independence. the con.
stitution and the American flag are one and
| inseparabe. The Island of Porto Rico is a
| by levyiDg 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 our forefathers 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 un.American ciy
| for large standing army. Nothing in the
character or purposes of our people justifes
us in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy by as
| Stunning the burden of miltarsm, which
| is crushing the people of the old world. We
| denounce the administration for its sinis-
| 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 At
RIGA our sympathy and moral support in their
| patriotic struggle tor the right of self-govern-
ment. We are unalterably opposed to allianc-
es. open covert, between the United
States and any other nation, that tend to the
| destruction of human liberty.
| And further manifestation of imperial
| ism is to be found in the mining districts of
| Idaho. In the Occur d. Alene district soldiers
| nave been used to oyerawe miners striving
| for measure of industrial independence and
| we denounce the state government of Idaho
ana the federal government to abridge
| the civil rights of the people and to enforce
an infamous permit system which denies to
aborers their inherent liberty and compels
| them to forswear their manhood and their
| rlght before being permitted to seek employ