Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-09-19
poruI1sr NATIONAL PLATFORM.

proclaimed in its two prior platforms, and
calls upon all who desire to avert the sub
version of free institutions by corporate and
imperialistic power. to unite with ft in bring
ing the government back to the ideals Of
Washington, jefferson, jackson and Lincoln.
1t extends to it's allies in the struggle for the
financial and enconomic freedom assurance
of its loyalty to the principles which amt
mate the allied forces and the promise or
honest and hearty cooperation In every EFFORT
for their success. To 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 q 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, nrst,
for making all money obligations. domestic
and foreign, payable in gold coin or lite
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, so as to make their payment improb
able and our debt perpetual; third. for TAX
Ing from the treasury over $4,000, 200 In
q time of war and presenting 1t at pre- mtum
TO bondhulders TO accomplish the re funding
of bonds not due: fourth, for doubling the
capital OF bankers by returning to them the
face value OF their bonds in current money
notes, SO that they may draw one in tsrcst
from the government and another from the
people; fifth, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure,
thus controlling prices OF all products; sixth.
for authorizing the secretary of the treasury
to issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems ii necessary to re-
plenish the gold hoard, thus enabling usurera
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 a perpetual debt; seventh, for
striking down the greenback In order to force
the people to borrow $346, 100000 from the
banks at an annual cost of over SO. 900.
While barring out the money of the constitu-
ton. this law opens the printing mints Of tho
treasury to the free coinage of bank paper
money, to enrich the few and i'm poverish tho
many We pledge anew the Peoples party,
never to cease the agitation until this eighth
financial conspiracy is blotted from the stat
ute books. and Lincoln greenback restored.
the bonds all paid and all corporation meney
forever retired.
We reaffirm the demand for the reopen.
ing of the mnts of the United States to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of 16 to l, the inn
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.
per money and its volume so controlled as to
maintain at all times a stable money mark eft
and a stable price level.
We demand a 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 dc
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 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 q free homestead
while all who have paid an acreage price t(
| 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.partisau
| basis, to the end that all may be accorded the
! same treatment in transportation and tha,
now exercised by the great railroad corpora
| tons, which result in the impairment, If moi
the destruction of the political rights and per
ed. Such ownership is to be accomplished In
a manner consistent with sound public policy
are the result and culmination OF the private
ownership and control of the three great In
| struments of commerce-mOney, Transports
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 fos
| the trusts is that the ownership and cOntro
| be assumed and exercised by the people. We
| further demand that all tariffs on goods con
| trolled by trust should be abolished.
To cope with the trust evil, the people
must act directly. without the ihteryention Of
representatives who may be controlled or In
| fiuenced. We therefore, demand direct leRis
lation, giving the people the law-making and
veto power under the initiative and refereu-
dunn. 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 Q
war for 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 preceL Is of humanity. Muir der and ar.
s 6 nave eeh oar ed p0S 10 sng q
government in their own land. We demand Q
stoppagc of 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.
inseparable. The Island of Porto Rico IL Q
part of the territory of the United States and
by levyiug special and extraordinary customs
dues on the commerce of that island, the ad.
minlstration has violated the constitution
abandoned the fundamental principles OF
American liberty and has striven to five the
lie to the contention Of our forefatheHs that
there should be no taxation without rep
resentation.
Out OF the Imperialism which would forcs
an undesirable domination on the people OF
the Philippines, springs the un- American OF ,
for large standing army. Nothing in the
character or purposes of our people justifiea
us in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy by a.
Stunning the burden of militarism, which
is crushing the people of the old world. We
Genounce the administration tor lite sinis
ter efforts to substitute q standing army
for the citizen soldiery which is the best
safeguard for the republic.
RIGA our sympathy and moral support in theil
patriotic struggle tor the right of self. govern
menr. We are unelterably opposed to alliano
es. open or covert, between the United
States and any other nation, that tend to thu
destruction of human liberty.
ism is to be found in the mining districts Oh
Idaho. In the Occur d Alene district eoldier1
have been used to Oyerawe miners etriyine
for Il measure of industrial Independence And
we deDounce the state government of ldahe
and the federal government to abrida1
the civil rights OF the people and TO- enforcs
an infamous permit system which denies b
laborers their inherent liberty and compel
them 10 forswear their manhood and theft
| right before being permitted to seek employ
meIIt.
The importation of Japanese and other IL
corporations is d notorious and fragrant yfola
ton of the immigration laws. We demand
that the federal government shall take cornf
zance OF this menaciDg evil aud rcprees It un
der existing laws. We further pledge our
selves to strive for the enactment NJ ,v,or1
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