The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-19
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Resolutions Adopted When City
Ticket Was Named.

Owing to the great pressure of adver-
Using news Saturday, not even the six
teen pages We're equal to it. Much local
news was condensed or set aside for to-
day. This was true of the following
continuation Of the city convention Of
Democrats:
Some one questioned whether Council
man Benson had not voted against the
interests of his party by voting with
the majority of the council on the audi
torium. The convention refused to
question Mr.. BenSOnS integrity and he
was nominated. The following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted:
I'VE, the Democrats of Topeka, in
convention assembled, hereby reaffirm
our allegiance to the principles of the
Democracy as declared in the Chicago
platform of 1896 and in addition thereto
we declare for legislation as will effect
ually and absolutely destroy the trusts
which seek to control the prices of the
products of labor. We are opposed to
Imperialism as exemplified in the policy
of the present national administration.
We condemn the administration now in
control of the city affairs for the follow
ing reasons, to-wit:
"First-In awarding the contract for
the building of the auditorium they re-
fused the bids of the two lowest re-
sponSible bidders who were home firms
and gave the contract to an Iowa firm
whose bid was much higher than either
of the others, thus robbing the tax pay
erS of our city of about 81 600. We fur
Their cenSure them for faVoring the con-
tractors who have cut the price of labor
on the auditorium from $3.50 10 81. 20 per
day.
Secondly heartless and criminal
careleSSneSS the city board of health
has permitted the present smallpox cpl
demic to spread over the city, thereby
mourning an expense of thousands of
dollars in maintaining So-called Quaran-
tine.
"Third-For falsely and wilfully
plaearding houses and representing the
disease therein to be chickenpox, measles,
vaccination rash and various other
harmless ailments when it was well
known to the authorities and to every
body else that the disease was small
pox.
"Fourth-For raising the salary of
the city physician from 500 to 5000 per
month as long as these conditions con-
tinue.
''Fifth-For their hypocrisy in claim
ing to be for law and order and at the
same time permitting $50 joints and 80
houses of i'll repute openly to violate the
law and collect fines from a few weak.
insignificant ones while others are i'm
mune.
fSixth-We condemn the extrava-
gance of the Republican administration,
both city and county, for such undue
extravaganza that it requires a tax rate
of 4S0 on the hundred to defray public
expenses.
Republican city ordinance ievying a SO
poll tax on each citizen for the reason
that experience. shows and recent news
paper discussion proves that these bur
densome taxes fall mostly upon the
poor man who is least able to pay and
makes less effort to evade the same as
in payment of personal property tax.
The levying of such tax tends to dis
franchise many poor men for the reason
that they believe by refusing to regis
ter their names will escape the tax coll
lector.
"Eighth-We declare ourselves in
favor of law and order and the en-
forcement of all laws against crime and
vice and for decent and economical
administration of public affairs
'Ninth-We are in favor of paying
union wages to all laborers on public
work whether such laborers are union
or nOn-union men, and We further de-
clare that all contractors for public
work be required in their contracts to
pay union wages.
"Tenth-We are opposed to the voting
of $4,000 park bonds on the taxpayers
who already have 81, SOC, 900 to pay in
city and county bonds.
should our candidates be elected we
pledge them to use all honest and legiti-
mate efforts to carry into effect the
principle herein enunciated."