Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-06-13
PoPULIsr NATIONAL PLArroRx.

The Peoples party of the United States
in Convent ton assembled, congra tulating its
supporters on the wide extension of its prin-
ciples in all directions, does hereby reafirm
its adherence to the fundamental principles
proclaimed in its two prior platforms, and
calls upon all who desire to avert the SUBJ
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.
1t extends to its allies in the struggle for the
financial and enconomic freedom assurance
OF Its loyalty to the principles which ami
mate the allied forces and the promise of
honest and hearty corporation in every effort
Tor 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 a long
series of conspirac;es 10 deprive the people
OF their constitutional rights over the money
OF the nation and relegate to 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
creditors; second, for refunding coin bonds
not to mature for years, into longtime gold
bonds so as to max their payment improb-
able and our debt perpetual; third. for TAX
Ing from the treasury over S5O.OO0000 in a
a time of war and presenting it at a pre mium
10 bondholders to accomplish the refunding
OF bonds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital Of bankers by returning to them the
fncIf h0nnE in,
notes. so that they may draw one in terest
from the government and another from the
people; hftli, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure.
thus controlling prices or all products; six
for authorizing the secretary of the treasury
to issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems it necessary to re-
plenish 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 a perpetual debt; seventh, for
striking downIhe greenback in order to force
the people to borrow S346, 600 900 from the
banks, at an annual cost of over so, 600 Co.,
While barring out the money of the constitu-
ton. this law opens the printing mints 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 reaffirm 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 1, 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 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 stable money mark ct
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
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 inalienable 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 the public do
main should be entitled to 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 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-money, Transports
ton, and the means of transmission of infor-
nation; which instruments of commerce arc
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
| further demand that all tariffs on goods con-
trolled 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
fiuenced We therefore, demand direct legis-
| lation, giving the people the law-making and
veto power under the Initiative aud referen
DUN. 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 administrat ton in changing a
war for humanity into u 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 preceLts of humanity. Muir Ter 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 a
stoppage of this war of determination, by the
assurance to the Philippines of independence
and protection under stable government OF
their own creation.
Tho decIaraf iOu Of iudapaprlapoa the oon