Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-05-30
poPULIsr NATIONAL PLATroai1.

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 institutions by corporate and
imperialistic power. to unite with it in bring
ing the government back to the ideals of
Washington. Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln.
it extends to its allies in the struggle for the
financial and enconomic freedom assurance
OF its loyalty 10 the principles which ami
mate the allied forces and the promise of
honest aud hearty corporation In every effort
for their success. TO the people of he Unit
ed States we offer this platform as the express
sion OF our unalterable convictions
Resolved, That we denounce the act of
March H. 1900. as the elimination OF long
series of conspiracies to deprive the people
OF their constitutional rights over the money
of the nation and reegate to a gigantic mon
ey trust the control of the finances, land, 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 enricaing the
creditors; second. Tor refunding coin bonds
not to mature for years, into longtime gold
bonds, so as to make their payment fmprob-
able aud our debt perpetual; third for tax
lhg from the treasury over $50,0e0,000 in 9
d time OF war and presenting it at a pre- MUM
10 Dondholders to accomplish the re funding
OF pohds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capltal OF bankers by returning to them the
race va lue OF tnelr bonds in current money
notes, SO that they may draw one in terest
from the government and another from fbe
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
10 issue. new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems il necessary to re-
pieni>h the gold hoard, thus enabling usurers
TO secure more bonds and more bank curreu-
cy by drawing gold from the treasury In ere
by creating an"enfiess chain, or perpetaally
adding to perpetual debt; seventh, for
striking down the greenback in order to force
the people to borrow $3t6,O00.G00 from the
banks, at an annual cost of over S20.00O 600.
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 i'm poverish the
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 money
forever retired
We reafirm the demand for the reopen
ing of the minis of the United States to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of 10 to /, 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
special privilege granted by law of March II,
1901 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 10
| maintain at ali times a stable money mark ct
and 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 de-
post 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 lnalienabe heritage of the people The
| government should so act as to secure homes
for the people and prevent land monopoly.
Phe original homestead policy should be en-
| forced and future settlers on the public do.
| ~.
while all who have paid acreage price to
| the government under existing laws should
have their homestead rights restored.
transportation being a means of change
| ana a pubic necessity. the government
| should own and operate the railroads in the
interest of the people and on 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 ner
sonal liberties of the citizen, may be DESTROY
ed. Such OWNERSHIP p is to be accomplished in
manner consistent with sound public policy.
| Trusts, the oyershadowing 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-
ton, and the means of transmission Of infor-
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 for
| the trusts is that the ownership and control
be assumed and exercised by the people. We
further demand that all tariffs on goods con-
| troled by a 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
| huenced. We therefore, demand direct legis-
| lation, giving the people the law-making and
veto power under the initiative and referen-
dunn. majority of the people can never be
corruptly influenced.
| ApplaIldng the valor of our army and
navy in the Spanish war, we denounce the
| conduct OF the administra ton in changing a
war Cor humanity into war for Conquest
The action of the administration in the Philip
pines is in conflict with all the precedents OF
our national life, al war with the declaration
OF independence. the constitution and the
plain precaIts of humanity. Muir der and ar
son have been our response to the appeals of
| the peopie,>Fho asked only to establish free
government in their own land. We demand
stoppage of this wax of determination, by the
assurance to the Philippines of independence
and protection under q stable government of
/ their own creation.
The declaration OF independence, the coz
stitution and the American flag are one and
inseparable. The Island of Porto Rico is
part of the territory of the United States anu
| by ieyying special and extraordinary customs
dues on the commerce of that island. the ad-
ninistration has violated The constitution.