Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-05-18

or purposes of our people justihes us in ignor'
ing the plain lesson OF history and putting our
liberties in jooplrdy by assuming the burden
OF miitarism which Is crushing the people oil
I the Old World. We denource the nj n!aistri
tion for its sinister efforts to substitute sta =
ing army for the citizen seldiery. which Is the
best safeguard Of the republic.
| Sympathy for the Beers.
We extend to the brave Beers OF South Africa
our sympathy and moral support IN their patri-
otto struggle for the right OF self-government,
and we are unalterably opposed to any alliance,
open or covert between the United Stntes and
any other nation that will tend to the dcstruc-
tion OF human liberty.
And further manifestation Of Imperialism Is
to be found In the mining districts o. Idaho. In
| the Occur d'Alene soldiers have been used to
overawe miners striving for greater measure
| of industrial independence We denouace the
state government OF Idaho and the federal gov
eminent for employing the military arm OF the
government to abridge the civil rights OF the
people and to enforce an infamous system which
denies to laborers their inherent liberty and
compels them to foreswear their manhood and
| their right before being permitted to seek EN-.
ployment
Immigration Laws Violated.
The importation of Japanese and other labor
ers under contract to serve monopolistic corpor-
atoms is a notorious and fragrant violation OF
the immigration laws We demand that the
federal government shall take cognizance OF
this menacing evil and repress 1t under existing
laws
We further pledge ourselves to strive for the
enactment of more stringent laws for the ex-
| cluson of Monaghan and Malayan immigration.
We indorse municipal ownership of public
utilities and declare that the advantages VIII ich
have accrued to the public under that system
would be multiplied an hundredfold By its eX'
tension to natural interstate monopoies.
o We denounce the practice OF issuing iniunc-
tons in the cases OF dispute between employers
and employees, making criminal acts by organi'
cation which are not criminal when performed
b. individuals, and demand legislation to re-
S.. AN the evil.
Popular Election of Senators.
We demand that United States senators AMI
all other officials. as far as practica BILE, be
elected by direct vote of the people.
Believing that the elective franchise and un.
trammeled ballot are essential to n government
of, for and by the people, the Peoples party
condemns the wholesale system of disfranchise-
ment by coercion and intimidation adopted in
some states as unrepubllcan and undemocratic.
And we declare it to be the duty of the several
state legislatures to take such action as will
secure o full, free and fair ballot and an honest
count.
We favor home rule in the territories and the
District OF Columbia. and the early admission
uf territories as states.
We denouncc the expensive red tape system
political favoritism, cruel and unnecessary de-
lay and criminal evasion of the statutes in the
management of the pension office, and demand
the simple and honest execution of the law and
the fulhllment by the nation OF its pledges Of
service pensions to all its honorably discharged
veterans.