The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-05
WHICH IS WHICH,.
Can You Tell Which of These
Platforms
WAS MADE BY THE POPS
And Which One Was Made
by Democrats.

Former State Superintendent Stryker,
now publishing the Peoples Voice, at
Wellington, prints in the last issue of his
paper the platform OF the Democratic
and Populist congressional convention at
Great Bend in parallel columns with the
challenge that nobody can tell which is
which
The name Of the party in each platform
is left blank, and the platforms run side
by side
Now, as matter OF fact, 1t is easy to
tell But can you guess it? Both plat
forms are given here just as published
In the Peoples Voice. 1t is easy to see
the moss by which democratic platforms
have been marked for the last fifty years.
The populist platform has the cramp in
the stomach and agonizing countenance.
The democratic platform is the same
formal verbose moss covered kick that
has been lugged around by the democrats
since the party Matched out, kicking
against everything progressive. Here
they are:
Resolved, That this convention hereby
reafirms the platform of the -
adopted at its national convention in -
and in furtherance of the adoption
OF said principles We hereby urge the
nomination Of William ]. Bryan as our
standard bearer in the coming campaign.
eve believe that no person within the
jurisdiction of the United States or with
in the territory over which the United
States exercises jurisdiction can be part
citizen and part alien. Either they owe
allegiance to the United States or they
do not. If they do they are entitled to
all the rights and privileges Of citizen
ship, and we 6enounce as unconstitutional
the levying of import and export duties
on merchandise imported into the United
States from Porto Rico or exported from
the United States into that territory.
-"Resolved, That we are earnestly in IA
vor of arresting the criminal aggression
of the trusts and combines upon the
rights of the people; and to the end that
they may not he only controlled but elm
mated we urge that the present patent
system which makes the government the
father of monopoly and the mainstay of
almost all the dangerous combines and
trusts now throttl1ng competition be aboI-
ished, and in lieu thereof the value of the
use of each patented article be appraised
by a competent committee, and that the
manufacture of such patented article shall
be open TO all persons under a license
system similar to that under which arti-
cles are permitted to be manufactured
and sold under the internal revenue laws.
1.-The - party, in common with the
great mass of the - party, the sill
yer republicans, and a great many of the
rank and file Of the republican party con-
tend that a sufficiency of money is as
necessary to prosperity as is a suffciency
of blood to the health OF the human body
As in the past, the PARTY contends
that tho quantitive theory OF money and
the material from which It Is made is the
gist of the controversy; that neither gold
nor silver is of itself sacred, and a suf-
ficient amount of government lsEer
money, legal tender In the payment of
all debts will bring legitimate prosperity
to this country.
believing that a representatives first
duty is to truly represent his constituents
and to look after their interests and twel-
fare, We note with much regret that Ches-
ter 1. Long, elected to represent the
great Seventh congressional district has
given little or no thought to these DUE,
has ever been found lined up for the in
1erests Of trusts and corporations and di-
ametrically opposed to the Interests Of
his constituency, and We pledge our ef-
forts to again elect a man who will repre-
sent the people of the Seventh district
Resolved, That we express our deep
and heartfelt sympathy for the patriots
of the South African republics in their
heroic fight for their homes and liberty.
and our admiration of their indomitable
courage and unexampled patriotism in
their wonderful struggle against their
British enemies OF republican government
and we further denounce the present
British government and its secret allies
in this country as wholly unworthy of
the respect of any true American citi-
zen and lover of liberty
Resolved, That as American citizens.
standing squarely and nrmIy upon the
eternal principles of right and justice. we
emphaucally condemn the policy of the
commissioner of pensions, not only for
denying to the soldiers of the war of the
rebellion that which the law declares they
shall receive, but for his wicked and in
defensible attempt to poison the mind of
grateful republic and thereby, by his
detestable cry of pension frauds, bring
reproach upon every old soldier.
Resolved. That We condemn any at
tempt by either soldier or attorney 10
obtain a pension by fraud of any unlawful
means and We do not believe that the
great hue and cry of fraud sent broad
cast over this country through the In
strumentality of II. Clay Evans is justi-
fed by facts. and We regard it as cruel
and vindictive. worthy only OF our BIT
terest contempt.
Resolved. That We believe that it Is
the duty Of the president of the United
States to remove the present commits
sioner Of pensions and place IN his stead
man who viii faithfully execute the
, laws, which are, as We believe, adequate
10 do justice TO every ex-Soldier."
We, the -- OF the Seventh con
gressional district. in convention assem-
bed. Go hereby reasirm and endorse in
whole and in part and in letter and spirit
the platform adopted by the ---
national convention held in --
in
We favor amendments TO the federal