Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-07-16
declaration with respect to Cuba and
the Philippine islands.

OOCid1dCIOh Will 1SSpSCO W CuUd dIu
the Philippine islands.
Fifth-We rejoice over the pract:-
cally unanimous adoption of the initi-
atlve and referendum amendment to
the constitution of the state of Ore
gon which was endorsed by all parties
at the recent election there.
SiXth-We denounce the republican
party for it's subserviency to trusts
and combines, its maintenance of an
unnecessary and burdenSome tariff on
trust made goods and for it's refusal
to afford promised relief to Cuba by
reducing the enormous duty charged
on sugar, the chief product of that
island.
Seventh-We denounce the election
law enacted by the Republicans as a
masterpiece of injustice and an abuse
of power for partisan purposes unpar-
alleled in our history. 1t depriyes any
party of the right to nominate the
candidates of its choice where such
candidates have been previously NOM
mated by any other party. 1t puts a
premium on ignorance and blind de-
vGtion to party, and in every way
harnesses the independent voter in the
exercise of his franchise. 1t renders
it more difficult for the voter to eX-
press his preferences and seeks to dis
franchise, to as great an extent as
possible, the opposition to the party
II, y,ou,or If nraUortC tho A I1ctro in n
ballot law to an instrument of oppreS-
sion and puts countless obstacles in
the way of an honest ballot and fair
count. The liberty of the people is
not only menaced, but overthrow, by
such a perverSion of the election law,
and until this infamous law can be
wiped from our statutes we are de-
prived of our equal rights under the
laws, in plain violation of the proviS-
ions of our constitution.
Eighth-The failure of the Republi-
can party to fulfill its pledge to give
US railroad commission elected by
the people may explain its omission
to make any alluSion to state issues in
its latest platform.
Ninth-We denounce the eXtrava-
gance and partisanship of the last
Republican legislature, whose appro-
priations were hundreds of thousands
of dollars larger that ever before, and
which in all things made the interests
of the people subServient to the inter
estS of the Republican machine.
Tenth-It appears to US that the
peoples money has been squandered
in providing for d tax commission
which has drawn up bill taking the
assessment of property out of the
hands of officers elected by the people
and putting it into the hands of a
high Salaried setof appointed officials.
Eleventh-We demand that railroad
property shall be assessed at as high
rate as the property of natural citizens.
We call attention to an increase of
millions of dollars in railroad charges
since the railroad law enacted by the
last PopuIist legislature was wiped
out by Republican partisans on the
bench.
Twelfth-We favor graduated tax
alton, state insurance, and a reduct-
ion of the extravagant expenditures
for state printing by the establish
ment of a printing plant owned by the
state.
Tbirteeuth-We regard the contin-
uous and persistent effort of the
American Book company, through the
connivance and subserviency of
certain officials and of the agents
and employees of that school book
trust, to destroy our text book law, as
the most dangerous aud corrupting
influence peryading this state, as it
attempts to destroy the usefulness Of
our excellent school system; and We
demand of the next legislature rigid
examination of its methods and ex~
posure of its acts and of the officials
it has corrupted and is using to ac-
complish its purposes.
Realizing that all po-
liticaI reform is initiated by the indie
pendent voter and that all footing OF
the public treasury and official bood-
ling are carried on by the partisan,
we denounce ". J. Bailey, the repub-