Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-02
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q Convention assembled, congra tulatinr its
on the wide extension of its priu.
,iples In all directions, does hereby reafBrm
Is adherence to the fundamental principlea
In its two prior platforms. and
,alls upon all who desire to avert the sub
version OF free institutions by corporate and
mperislistio power. to unite with 1t in bring.
ng the government back to the ideals of
Washington, Jefferson, jackson and Lincoln.
lt 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 cooperation In every effort
FOR their success. To the people of the Unit
3D. States we offer this platform as the express
sion OF our unalterable convictions.
Resolved, That we denounce the act of
March IA. 1900, az the elimination of q lour
series Of conspiracies to deprive the people
Of their constitutional rights over the money
Of the nation and relegate to a gigantic mon.
ey trust the control OF the finances and hence
Of the people. We denounce this act, frst.
for making all money obligations, domestic
and foreign, payable in gold coin or its
thus enormously increasing the
burdens of the debtors and enrlching the
creditors; second. for refunding "coin" bonds
not to mature for years, into longtime gold
bonds. 80 as to make their payment improb
able aud our debt perpetual; third. for tax
ing from the treasury over $4,000, 900 in q
. time OF war and presenting It at premium
to bondholders to accomplish the re fundine
or bonds not due; fourth, for doubling the
capital of bankers by returning to them the
face value OF their BONDS in current monsy
notes. 30 that they may draw one in terest
from the government and another from the
people; nth, for allowing banks to expand
and contract their circulation at pleasure.
mus controlling prices OF all products; six tn r.
for authorizing the secretary of the treasury
to issue new gold bonds to an unlimited
amount whenever he deems Ii necessary To rp-
plenish the gold hoard, thus enabling usurers
to secure more bonds and more bank currcn.
cy by drawing gold from the treasury IN rre-
by creating nendless chain, or perpetuaily
adding to perpetual debt; seventh, for
striki ng down the greenback in order to force
the people to borrow $346 100000 from the
While barring out the money of the constitu-
ton, this law opens the printing minis of tho
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 reonen
ing of the mints of the United States to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold
at the present legal ratio of l6 TO l, the i'm
q
and certificates thus created to be substitut-
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 az all times stable money market
and stable price level.
We demand q graduated income and in.
her1tance tax, to the ond that aggregated
p iru i'm -N,<..
ton.
We demand that postal saving banks he
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 fnalienable heritage of the people. The
government should 80 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
main should be entitled to a free homestead,
while all who have paid an acreage price to
the government under existing laws should
have their homestead rights restored.
transportation being means of change
and q public necessity, the government
interest of the people and on a non-partisan
basis to the end that all may be accorded tho
same treatment in transportation and that
now exercised by the great railroad corpora
tions, which result in the impairment, If not
the destruction of the political rights and per-
cd. Such ownership is to be accomplished In
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
tion and the means of transmission of infor-
nation; which instruments of commerce are
public functions and which our forefathers
declared in the constitution should be con-
trolled by the people through their congress-,
for the public welfare. The one remedy for
q rms q frrI
be assumed and exercised by the people. We
further demand that all tariffs on goods CON-
| trolled by @ 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
| fuenced. We therefore, demand direct legis-
lation, giving the people the law-making and
| veto power under the Initiative and referen-
dunn. majority of the people can never be
cOrruptly Influenced.
Appauding the valor Of our army and
| navy in the Spanish war, we denounce the
conduct of the administration in changing q
war FOR hnma ma mtg into war for conquest.
pines is in conflict with all the presidents of
our national life, at war with the declaration
plain preceLts Of humanity. Muir der and ar
son have been our response to the appeals q
the people, who asked only to eetablish . free
government I'm their own land. We demand .
stoppage Of this war of DETERMINATION, by the
ASSURANCE to the Philippines Of Independence
and protection under q stable government Of
The declaration Of independence, the con-
etitution and the American flag are one and
inseparable. The Island of Porto Rico fs .
part of the territory Of the United States snd
by levyipg special and extraordinary customs
dues on the commerce Of that island, the ad-
ministretion has violated the constitution.
abandoned the fundamental principles Of
American liberty and has striven to give the
lie to the contention of our forefathers that
there should be no taxation without rep
resentatiOn.
Out OF the Imperialism which would force
an undesirable domination on the people Of
the Philippines, springs the un American cay
for large standing army. Nothing In tha
character or purposes of our people tustifey
US in ignoring the plain lesson of history and
putting our liberties In jeopardy By asi
Stunning the burden of militarism, which
is crushing the people OF the old world. We
ter efforts to substitute standing army
for the citizen sodiery which Is the best
safeguard for the republic.
We extend to the brave Beers Of South Al.
RIGA our sympathy and moral support in their
patriotic struggle for the right Of self-governi
menr. We are unslterably opposed to alIiancs
es, open OF cc.ert, between the United
States and any other nate that tend TO the,
destruction of human libertN
And further manifestation VI Imper1
ism is to be found in the miFipg Districts
Idaho. In the Occur d. Alene district soldier
have been used to oyerawe miners strivi
for a measure Of industrial independence o
we denounce the state government OF Id
and the federal government TO adj
the civil rights of the people and to emf
an Infamous permit system which denfe
laborers their inherent liberty apd cop
them TO forswear their manhood and
right before being permitted to seek emp
ment.
The importation of Japanese and other
borers under contract to serve monopolis
corporations is a notorious and fragrant vio
ton of the immigration laws. We deDa