Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-07-19

In strict fulfiilment or Its obligations
to the banking power the Republican
party has turtle. demoralized silver,
retired the Greenback, and fastened
gold recommendation upon the country;
conferred upon the national banks
complete monopoly of the sovereign
power to issue paper money; given the
bondbolders millions of dollars In pre-
miums upon bonds which should have
been paid at par on maturity; and in
creased and perpetuated the national
debt as n basis for bank paper. We
dencrnce the infamous surrender OF
the money issuing power and demand
that private banks Of issue be abol-
ished: that
Postal savings Banks
be established; that silver be remone-
tize! At the ratio of 16 to /: that the
national debt be paid as rapidly as pos
sihle and that all forms of money be
issued direct to the people without the
intervention of banking corporations.
We denounce the present administra-
ton for it's wholesale frauds in the adj
minlstration of affairs in the Island of
Cuba, caused by the appointment of
INSCRIPTIONS officials as a reward for
partisan services.
We believe in a liberal pension pol
icy and condemn the policy of Pension
Commissioner III. G. Evans. in his un-
just treatment of the survivors of the
War Of the Rebellion, and the widows
of deceased veterans.
We congratulate and commend the
members of the First South Dakota
for eplisting in the war with Spain;
for their bravery in battle anu their
faithful obedience TO the orders of SUI
perior officers in the war with the
Filipinos, for which they did not en-
list. and we demand the passage of a
bill to give these deserving veterans
travel pay from Manila to San Fran
cisco. We condemn the action OF the
State Board of EQUALIZATION
for so largely increasing the personal
property valuation of the farmers, IN
some cases more than doubling their
valuation. while leaving the valuation
of railways and other corporation prop
erty. and the credit of banks and other
large property holders without ma
terial Increase.
We approve Of the zeal of the Rail
road commissioners In attempting to
enforce against tremendous odds the
state maximum rate law, and we
pledge them our earnest support to
that end ut all times.
We recognize in William J. Bryan
the fearless aud incorruptible leader.
We consider him the man of the hour
to redeem the nation from corporate
greed and bring it back to the princi.
Piles upon which it was founded.
We commend and indorse the able
and patriotic course of Senator Petit
grew in the United States senate. He
has always been faithful to his trust,
loyal to his state and a consistent de-
fender of free government. The inter-
ests of the people
Demand His Reelection,
and we pledge our earnest efforts to
secure such result.
We most heartily commend the mag
niicent record made by Andrew f.
Lee in the four years he has held the
office of governor. He has lifted the
office out Of the mire Of machine poll
tics, where it had been dragged by the
Republican party, and has given the
people of the state a high ideal of a
fearless and honest executive.
The committee also presented as a
part Of the report, but separate from
the platform, the following resolutions:
Resolved, That Hon. II. II. Petit
grew is hereby declared to be the nom.
inee OF the Peoples party of South Da-
kota as the candidate for United
States senator"
And the following:
"Resolved. That we instruct the
electors nominated by this convention
to vote for Bryan and Towne, the NOM
inees of the Sioux Falls convention,
unless otherwise instructed by the na-
tional committee of the Peoples par
ty."
The Democratic Platform.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Democrats:
We, the Democrats of South Dakota
in state convention duly assembled, do
hereby affirm u allegiance to the
principles of the Democratic party as
enunciated In the platform adopted at
the national convention at Kansas
| City, and we pledge our hearty support
to the nominees of that convention,
William J. Bryan and Adlai Il. Steven
son.
We d~enounce In strongest terms the
new ard dangerous doctrine OF the
trust-ruled Republican party that the
president of the United States pos.
sesses the imperial power of ruling
with the military arm of this free re-
pubic the people OF the Inlllppine ISL
ands against their will and without
their consent. We affirm that the
Filipino people shorld be accorded
their freedom upon the same terms as
the Cubans. Anything less is criminal
aggression.
We exteEa our sympathies to the
honest, sturdy people OF those South
African repIEiics in their gallant fight
for life, liberty and home, and as lib
erty-loving Americans we blush at the
cowardly silence of the present admin
istration upon their struggle
To Free ThemseIyes
from British tyranny and greed.
We are in favor Of a federal income
tax. to the end that wealth may bear
It's just proportion of the public bur-
dens.
We denounce the Republican major
ity In the last session OF the South
Dakota legislature for its %extrava-
gahce and reckless appropriations OF
the public moneys: and we denounce
the Republican majority upon the state
board of assessment and equalization
for the unwarTanted raise made by Ii
in the assessed valuation Of the proper
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