The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-12-26
named herein at said primary, and to
vote the Nonpartisan ticket at the fol-
lowing November election.
RESOLUTIONS

vote the NOnpartlSdn LCket at Llle IOl-
lowing November election.
RESOLUTIONS
We the proposal precinct delegates
OF The Nonpartisan League in County
convention assembled, adopt the fol-
1 lowing platform as representing our
riotic, liberty loving American voters
irrespective of party affiliations to
join with us in the coming election.
We point with pride to what has
been accomplished in our sister State
of North Dakota, as an example of
what can be accomplished thru inde-
pendent political organizations.
We condemn the administration OF
the republican party of this State for
their failure to carry out any of tho
State industrial enterprises as adop-
ted by the majority of the voters at
the last state election and as pro-
claimed in the last Republican party
State platform,
We firmly believe that no relief for
the present high prices and other
economic wrongs can be secured from
either the republican or the democra-
tic parties for all the existing trusts
and combination have been created
under these two political parties, and
W n.,1
progressive elected his efforts have
brought little or no reform or relief
from existing conditions and such
men have eventually through the OPP
POSITIONS corrupt use of money been
defeated for reelection and replaced
by men who owe their election to the
trusts and by the aid of the subsid-
lied press. Therefore we hold that the
influence of the trusts and big bust
! ness upon the election of legislative
members are such that we believe the
only way to get lasting relief is thru
new political party, by the people
electing law makers that do not owe
their election to the money interests.
AS farmers and producers we
pledge ourselves to continue IN the
: future as during the war to produce
, to our utmost capacity to the end
that the hungry people of the world
may be fully fed. But we ask that a
price on all comodities by US pro
duced shall be based upon the cos,
of production.
> We approve of the Federal Land
Banks act and also of our State
rural credits act passed by the 18th
: legislative assembly. These laws have
t materially reduced interest rates OF
farm loans, and we urge upon tho
next legislative assembly to pass 8
law reducing the contract rate of in
2 terest from 12 per cent to 10 per cent
J We extend to our soldi RS of land
: sea and air, men and women fresl
t from the battle fields and hospitals o.
' Europe, our admiration and love
These young men and women, son.
c and daughters of ours, who only
short while ago were in the camps al
I home and abroad, serving, suffering
c and. dying are worthy of all bound
E less gratitude and praise, and no gif
OF the people is too good for them
We believe constant effort should
/. be Kept up to help place them agai1
among us, in society and business
; We welcome them to the farms ant
T. we will do what we can to help the,
S begin life over as farmers if the,
v choose to do so. AS a partial reward tt
the soldiers of this state, we demand
that the next legislative assembly pas
law giving our soldiers a bonus o
$500 per month for each month
spent in the service in the late worl,
war
We denounce the war profiteers a
disloyal and unpatriotic, who durin,
and since the war have had the;
wicked way unchecked coming casl
out of the blood of the heroes of tn
war and urge the department of Jus
tice to bring them to the nations ba
of Justice along with slackers, desert
v ers. and draft INSTRUCTORS.
l. We ask our representatives in con
r. gress and our U. S. Senators afte
l. peace has been declared to repeal tn
o national espionage act and other wa
time emergency acts in order tha
; free speech, free press and the righ
II of public assemblage may again b
had unhampered by men clother wit
d this authority, may not further as W
!. have on many occasions seen, prost.
tute their position for political effect
10 and prosecute innocent men organic
# ed for the changing of the presen
.. economic wrongs.
~ We ask our representatives in cor