Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-09-05
PopuL1sr NATIONAL PLArFoRH.

The Peoples party of the United States
in Conventio assembled, congratulatinR its
supporters ON the wide extension of it's prin-
ciples in all directions, does hereby reaffirm
its adherence TO the fundamental principles
proclaimed in its two prior platfoems, and
calls upon all who desire to avert the sub
version OF free institutions by corporate and
imperlalistic power. to unite with 1t 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 aud the promise OF
honest and hearty corporation In every effort
for their success. To the people of the Unit
ed States we offer this platform as the express
sion of our unaterable convictions.
Resolved, That we denouuce' the act OF
March IA, 1900. as the elimination OF q long
series of conspiractes to 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, a md hence
or the people. We denosnce this act. nrst.
for making all money obligations, domestic
and foreign, payable in gold coin or its
equivalent, thus enormously increasing the
burdensof 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 $50,0O0OO0 in q
to bondhulders to accomplish the re FUNDING
or bonds not due; fourth, for doubling tho
capital of bankers by returning to them the
lace value OF their bonus in current money
notes, so that they may draw one in tsrest
from the government and another from the
people; fifth, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure,
thus controlling prices or all productR; six tn,
for authorizing the secretary of the treasury
To issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems 1t necessary to re-
plentsh the gold hoard, thus enabling Insurers
to secure more bonds and more bank cusren-
oy by drawing gold from the treasury. tn ere
by creating an"endless hahn, ''or perpetually
adding to perpetual debt; seventh, for
the people to borrow $346 100000 from the
banks, at an annual cost of over soOOOOOOO
While barring out the money Of the oonstitu-
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 the
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 minis of the United States to tho
| free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
1 at the present legal ratio of 16 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 IA,
| 1900, and prior national banking laws, the re-
manning 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
herltance tax. to the end that aggregated
| wealth shall bear its just proportion OF taxa
ton.
| established by the government for the safe do
post 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 inalienabe 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
| while all who have paid an acreage price to
| the government under existing laws should
have their homestead rights restored.
| transportation being q means of change
| and a public necessity, the government
| should own and operate the railroads in tho
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-
sSnas ,ioeres OF me citizen. may be destroy
| manner consistent with sound public policy.
| trusts, the overShadowing evil of the ago,
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 are
| public functions and which our forefath ers
declared in the constitution should be con-
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-
troed by q trust should be abolished.
To cope with the trust evil, the people
must act directly, without the ihtervention Of
| representatives who may be controlled or in
| huenced. We therefore, demand direct leEis-
lation, giving the people the law-makjng and
| veto power under the initiative and referen-
| DUN. A majority of the people can never DO
| cOrruptly influenced.
navy in the Spanish war, we denounce the
| conduct of the administra ton in chanRfnr
| war for humanity into a war for conquest.
| The action of the administration I'm the Philip-
| pines is il conflict with all the presidents Of
| our national life, at war with the declaration
| of independence. the constitution and tho
| plain precel Is of humanity. Muir der and ar
| son have been our response to the appeals Of
| the people, who asked only to establish a FREQ
| stoppage OF this war or determination, by the
| assurance to the Philippines of Independence
| and protection under q stable government Of
| their own creation.
The declaration Of independence, the con-
| stitution and the American flag are one and
| inseparable. The Island of Porto Rico IL
| part of the territory of the United States and
| by levying 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 strven to 9fye the
| lie to the contention of our forefathers that
| there should be no taxation without rep-
| resentatiOn.
Out of the imperialism which would foroe
| an undesirable domination on the people OF
| the Philippines, springs the un A Tnerisan cry
for a large standing army. Nothing I'm the
| character or purposes of our people tustifioe
us in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties in jeopardy by as
| Stunning the burden of militarism, which
is crushing the people of the old world. We
denounce the administration tor its sinjs-
| ter efforts to substitute a standing armv
| for the citizen soldiery which Is the best
safeguard for the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers OF South AZ.
RIGA our sympathy and moral support I'm their
patriotic struggle TOR the right Of self-goyern-
ment We are unalterably opposed to allianc.
es, open or covert, between the United
| States and any other nation. that tend to tho
destruction of human liberty.
AND a further manifestation of imperial
ism rs to be found in the mining districts of
Idaho. In the Occur d. Alene district soIdiers
have been used to Oyerawe miners striving
for a measure of industrial independence and
we denounce the state government of Idaho
and the federal government to abridre
| the civil rights OF the people and to enforce
an infamous permit system which denies to
/ laborers their inherent liberty and cOmpels
them TO forswear their manhood and tiefr
| right before being permitted to seek employ.
ment.
The importation of japanese and other IN.
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