Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-23

proud Of the fact that It makes new
paramount Issues for every presiden-
tial election, but holding that as long
as civilization endures and organized so
clcty exists the money question Is in fact
the paramount issue, for upon a sound
money system depends the prosperity OF
United states, this year the question
that Interests the people more than any
other is the gu%arahtee Of bank deposits.
When that Is secured. It will go far to-
ward remedying many Of the evils OF
what ex-Secretary Gage calls 'the
worst financial system IN the world"
under which Americans can buy Amer
lean goods as cheaply as they are sold
The party demands that the spirit OF
the substitution shall govern and that
this country shall be A republic, and
Believing that William J. Bryan,
among all the seven candidates fer
president, Il the best representative of
the principles here set forth and for
which we have s%o'long contendsd, the
members OF, the peoples independent
party, should vote for him to a man
and do all that is in their power to
elect him president Of the United
The peoples independent party re-
affirms the position II accepted In 1907
regarding state regulation OF freight
rates. The constitutional amendment
1se Tep srsassd tRSH TsS m SSSmi nfiiae tG So t9e
rates and not even the power to regu-
legislature has refused TO pass laws
in accordance with the amendment.
The only legitimate effort ever made in
this state TO reduce freight rates wes
made by a populist legislature and the
maximum freight rate Newberry law
Is still on our statute books. The re-
publican attorney generals have made
no effort to enforce the same, although
the federal court in granting an In
junction a few years ago pointed out
how this could be done.
The objections made by the peoples in
dependent party two years age to the pri'
mary law still holds good, and we de-
mand the amendment then asked for.
We demand a revision OF the road laws
SO that a civil engineer can be employed
by each county, who shall be held respon
sible for the condition OF the bridges and
roads.
We are In favor Of a county option law
We call attention to the tremendous In
crease in the taxation under republican
rule. The appropriations of the republican
legislature are now in round numbers
$4,000. 900, while under a populist administra
ton they were but &2,0o0,0O0. People OF thiI
state should remember that under a popu
duced 100000 In four years without the In
crease OF state taxes on all forms OF prop
erty, other than that of railroads and pub
lie service corporations.
We demand the passage Of a compulsory
bank guarantee law, similar to the one nov
in force in OKLAHOMA.
We favor a law giving the railroad
commission the power to make a phys
zeal valuation of the property Of the
public service corporations In the state
and laws that Will give to the metro
politan cities of the state the right Of
local self government, and so making
such amendments to the revenue law
as will give back the right Of local as
sessment with the various local cub
divisions Of the state by la providing
for the election Of local assessors by
the various townships and precincts;
tb) by providing that in the equaliza-
tion OF the assessment by the state
board of equalization the aggregate
footings of the assessments returned by
the various counties cannot be in
creased.
We declare that we are in favor of a
wide-open primary, where every voter
will have the right of voting a secret
ballot, and we also are in favor of hav-
ing platform committee meetings in ad-
vance of the primary election and Of
having all committeeen both county
and state, elected at the primary
election.
We declare our adherence to the prin-
ciple of the initiative and referendum.