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SOUTHERN OREGON Pit THE - MAIL - IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE , FARMER ALLIANCE AN1 PEOPLE S - PARTY - OF SOUTHERN OREGON. ADVERTISERS Do you study your best Inter ests and patrouUe this paper. It will be appreciated by all the bmt farm en, (rum whom you get trails.. ' " : ; 1 ".' . .. . A Paper Of, By and For the People! . VOL. IV. MEDFORD: OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1892. " NO. 22. STATE PLATFORM Adopted by the 'People's' Party, at , Oregon City, On March 16, 1892. PLATFORM Preamble: "Ax-isjcrt to one is thi CON CERN OF ALL." I. We demand a national currency, issued by the general government only, a full legal tender for all debts, public and private, and that with out the use of banking corporations, be distrib uted direct to the people at not to exceed two per cent tax; as set forth in the sub-treasury of the Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, and at the St. lMuis conference, and land loans. or somk better system ; also by payments in discharge of the government's obligations for - public improvements. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of ' silver, and we denounce the practice of the government buying und storing bullion. That the medium of exchange or currency be based upon the wealth and law making power of the country, and that we demand that ' the amountof the circulating medium be speed ily increased to not less than $M) per capita. - We demand that postal savings banks be es tablished by the government for the safe de posit of the earnings of the people and to facili tate exchanges. 9. The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of all the people, and should not be monopolized for speculation pur poses, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. -All lands now held by railroads and other corporations, in excess of their actual , Beeds.and all lands now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only, and that any settlers who may have acquired lands of such corporations be proteotednn their rights to their homes and in the sums paid to snch corporations. 3. Transportation bcinga means ot exchange and a public necessity, the government should ' own and operate the railroads in the interests of the people; and until such ownership can be acquired, we demand the abolition of the rail road commission and the establishment of a maximum rate law within the state, and that the present ratss be reduced one-third. Toe telegraph and telephone, like the post office system, being a necessity for the trans mission of news, should be owned by the gov- eminent in the interest of the people. - We demand that all moneys asked and appro ' priated for the improvement -of the. Columbia , river be spent in building and operating a rail road parallel with the river, .said road to be owned by the government and run at cost. We demand that all national revenue shall be ' raised by -a 2 percent tax on money loaned by the government, and a graduated property tax. . No exemption for indebtedness should be al lowed, cciess the person' claiming such exemp tion, should give in a corresponding taxable credit. a. Whereas. The working people are en- - tirely under sunjection to the plutocracy, which compels one portion of them to work too many hours, and thereby increasing the army of the unemployed; therefore be it "- Besolyed, That we demand that our legisla ture pass a law defining eight hours as a iegal day's work in factories, mines, shops and pub lic works. And also that we recoguue the Knights of Labor in their controversy with the Rochester Clothing Company. That wc are unalterably opposed to the Pink ertons, or like organizations, ever enlericg our .state. . - That alcohol, in any form, shall be sold only by state agents, said goods to be pure and sold at cost, without profit to the agents, and shall not be drunk within the building nor within sixty feet of the place where delivered nor in any place of resort of gamin;, thus abolbhing license, the saloon in society and the saloon in politics. That the national government shall not license the sale of any alcoiioiis sub stance in any states legally prohibiting the sales thereof, nor shall it in any way interdict or interfere with such prohibitory laws. 7. Resolved, That we alhrm our unqualified adherence to the doctrine of equal rights to all- ' special privileges to Rone, and that wt will never cease our enorts till every citizen shall stand before the lav equal in intellectual, moral and civil privileges. 8. We demand the passage of a law which will preveut the immigration of Chinese to thr United States. a We demand that the state publish the school books and sell the same to the people at cost. ' to.. That county officials be paid a stipulated . salary. - '-II. We object to the government having any thing to do with the Nicaraugua canal, unless it owns and ope razes the same at cost. 12. Resolved. Taat we arc ia favor of elect ing all officers by a direct vote of the people. 13. We demand that the government issue legal tender notes and pay the onion soldiers between the price of the depreciatdd money ia which he was paid in sold. ' - PiFEiiem gibs.. E B. PICKEL, Physician and Surgeon -. Medford, Oregon. Office : Rooms 2 & 3. 1.O.O.F. Bldg J B. WAIT, Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. Office: In Childers Block. E P. GEARY; Physician and Surgeon. Medford, Oregon. Office: Cor. C and 7th sts, . I S. JONES, Physician and Surgeon. .-Medford, Oregon. Office: ' Hamlin block, up stairs. D R. O. F. DEMOREST, Resident Dentist. Makes a specialty of first-class work at reasonable rates. : Office in opera house, Medford, Or BOBT. A. MILLER Att'y and Counsellor-at-law. Jacksonville, Oregon. Will practice in all courts of the State. ' J H.. WHITMAN, Abstractor and Attokney- At-Law. . ... - ; V Medford, Oregon. Office in bank building. Have the most complete and reliable ab stracts of title in Jackson co unty f LLARD CRAWFORP. ArroRNEYnd Counsellor . -' - -At-Law. - .Medford, Oregon, . Office: In Opera block. i I USTIN S-HAMMOND, " Attorney-At-Law. Medford, Oregon. . Office ; J O O.F, Building, STUB To be torn off by the Chairman. OFFICIAL BALLOT For Supreme Judge. 12. A. S. Bennett, of The Dalles 13. F. A. Mooro. of St. Helens 14. W. H. WALKER, of Oregon City 15. Benjamin P. 'Welch, of Multnomah For Congress, First District. 18. Binger Hermann, of Roseburg 19. Winfield T. Rigdon, of Marion County. 20. M. V. RORK, of Salem. 21. R, M. Veatch, of Cottage Grove For Member State Board Equalization, First Dist." Vote for One. 22. V. A. Dunlap, of Klamath 23. G. W. Dunn, of Jackson 24. S. H. HOLT, of Phoenix For Representative. 32. W. H. Adkinson. of Ashland 33. WM. BREESE, of Talent 34. F. T. DOWNING, of Central Point.. 35. E. D. Foudrav, of Phoenix 36. J. J. Houck, of Gold Hill 37. J. .;erritt. of Central Point S. M. NEALOX. of Table Rock..... 3). Chas. Nickell. of Jacksonville 40. Chancev Xye, of Prospect For Judge. 41. W. T. ANDERSON", of Phoenix 42. S. M. McCall, of Ashland M. J. K. Neil, of Jacksonville... 44. J. D. Whitman of Medford For CoMjnssioNER. 45. R. Benedict, of Applegate.. 46. H. Furrv. of Eden 47. HARVEY RICHARDSON, of Etna. . For Clerk. 43. E. E. DEMING, of Ashland 49. Max Muller, of Jacksonville. 50. E. R. Owen, of Central Point ... For Recorder. 51. K. T. Armstrong, of Jacksonville. 52. W. M. Holmes, of Jacksonville 53. J. F. WISNER, of Kubli For Justice of the Peace. - 72. J. W. MILLER, of Medford 73. G. S. Walton, of Medford 74. A. M. Wilson, of Medford. . . . I DEMAND JUSTICE 1 WHERE IS SHEt -American Nonconformist. BOBBERY. Taking The Land From Tba Poor And Giving it to The Bich. Since 1802 there has been a practice of giving, 'by the general government, of the public lands to the states, to aid them in provid ing an educational fund-or assist ing them in some needed . internal improvement scheme. ' The people had scattered all over the contin ent, and towns, cities and com munities were great distances apart, and highways for trade and commerce were bo necessary, and the communities - so poorly pre pared for building them, or pay ing the expense, that it was thought to be the part of wisdom to give such aid. Starting, too, on so grand a future, with great faith in the necessity of education for the prepetutation of the republic, vast tracts were freely given for those praiseworthy objects. Such a feel ing then existed in regard to "state rights" that there seemed little objection in allowing a state a share of authority in controlling her territory. But ;n 1862, the system was changed, for new claimants for pub lic donations had appeared. Then for ten years there was the most gigantic, destructive and greedy scramble for depoiling the country of its public domain and chang ing its future success and develop ment, ever undertaken by mortal man. SAMPLE. FOR MEDFORD Election June 6, I892. CANCEL, CROSS OR MARK OUT NAMES OF CANDIDATES NOT VOTED ST-A.TJH. Vote for Oxe. .Democrat Republican Peoples Party county Prohibition DISTRICT- Vote for One. Republican Prohibition .People's Party .democrat ... Democrat ..Republican People s Party COUNTY Vote for Three. t Republican ....People's Party People's Party IK-mocrat I Democrat J Kepu Ul tcan .People s Pt . artr .Republican Vote for One. .People's Party .Indepcndent Vote for One. .People's Party Vote for One. .Republican Vote for One. Republican Democrat .People's Party MEDFORD Vote for One. . People's Party Democrat ... Republican On ri rirai. rlnv nf .Tnlv 1HRO the Union Pacific Railroad Com- j pany was incorporated, and for the entire length built, a grant of each alternate section for ten miles on each side was given it. besides bonds to the amount of $20,000. The act of July 2, 1S64 amended this act and broadened out the granted territory to twenty miles on each side; and excepted coal and iron in its reservation of min erals, on this grant. What a princely gift. Think of it. The American congress giving, not to the homeless, but to the rich aris tocrats, an empire forty miles wide and reaching half across the con tinent, that the grantees niny have a place, a country of their own, on which to build a great railroad. Then, lest these gentlemen, these princely land owners, would not. or could not, accomplish so grand an improvement, congress takes from the people's treasury, and gives them bonds to the amount of $20,- 000 per mile to induce them to build themselves a railroad on their own territory. This, too, when we had bo great dangers hanging over us, that we had lit tle monev and so little credit that our bonds were selling at a heavy discount. By the law of July 1, 1862, the Central Pacific ; the central branch of the Union Pacific; the Kansas Pacific, and the Souix City and Pacific, were chartered, and strips of land ten miles wide on each side were given. On March 3. 1863, four more long roads received grants of twenty miles on each side additional, as indemnity for lands previously taken up bv the people. July 1, 1864,. the North ern Pacific, with forty miles each side and ten , miles indemnity tract, or a strip one hundred miles wide, reaching half across thecon tinent, was given, to aid this great centralizing scheme, and bonds, again, to the amount of $20,000 per mile. These enormous grants include more than 215,000,000 acres, and over 330,000 square miles. In size this vast empire is STUB To bs torn off by First Clerk. BEIT JACKSON 1 For Attorney General. 10. G. E. Chamberlain, of Albany. IT. L. K. Webster, of Jacksonville. For Cikcwt Judge, First District. 25. W. C. Hale, of Linkvitle , 2t. H. K. Hauna, of Jacksonville. . . 27. P. P. Prim, or Jacksonville 23. IRA WAKEFIELD, of Phoenix. For Prosecuting attorney. First 29. H. I Benn. of Grants Pass 30. W. C. EDWARDS, of Grants Pass. 31. S. U. Mitchell, of Grants Pass For Suehiff. j 54. W. H. BRADSHAW, of Brownsboro j 55. Geo. Merriman. of Medford 56. J. E. Pelton, of At-hland For Treasurer. Vote for One. 57. G. E. Bloomer, of Jacksonville Democrat 5. Vm. Kahler. of Jacksonville Republican 59 ENOCH WALKER, of Medford Peopled Pariy For Assessor. Vote for One. 60. J. V. MARKSBERRY, of Gold Hill People's Party 61. B. F. Miller, of Sardiue Creek Republican 62. J. L. Wool ridge, of Applegate Democrat For School Supfjhntendent. Vote for One. 63. Seolt Morris, of Spikenard Republican 64. V. S. Pric. of Jacksonville Democrat 65. E. E. SMITH, of Central Point : People's Party For Surveyor. Vote for One. ft?. WELBORN BEESON, of Talent People's Party 67. G. G. Elksnat, of Medford D. mocrat 6S. C. J. Howard, of .Medford Republican For coronex. Vote for One. 69. J. Hinkle, of Central Point Republican 70. WM. N. MARSTERS, of Lake Creek People's Party 71. B. Porter, of Gold Hill Democrat PRECHSTCT ' Marshall. 75. J. K. Darnell, of Medford 76. SAMUEL MCRRAY, of Medford 77. Isaac Woolf, of Medford. nearly as large as the original thirteen states, more than six times as large as Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Missouri, or Iowa, and larger than British India with 240,000.000 of people. It is larger than England, Scot land, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and France combined, and has a sufficiency of arable land to sustain a population of 50,000,000. . As compared with the vast domains, the landlords of Europe are pigmies, and to our aristocracy, the majority of British lords and dukes are "small fry," indeed. . As one instance, the Central Pacific, received in lands at gov ernment value bonds, and cor poration and individual donations, $150,825,000; and Fisk and Ilatchs circular shows that from 1S69 to 1S79, the net earnings had been $67,370,000. of which $1S, 453,000 were paid in dividends, and this made 34 per cent on the entire capital stock. In 1S82 it was officially ascertained that over 100,000,000 acres 'of these lands had been forfeited, and yet, as it requires congressional action to restore them to the people, there seems little hope for a "consum mation so devoutly to be wished." Then we have donated to six of these companies, $64,623,000 in 6 per cent thirty year bonds, and having guaranteed the interest which they were t) pay wo have had to pay interest on them to the amount of $55,344 000 more, mak ing a -total of $119,968,000 cash, or enough to equip a double track from New York to the Pacific Ocean. If the enormity of this crime against the people was not obscured by the incomprehensible magnitude of the donations, a po test would go up from jvery pat riotic throat that would dpmand a reversal of the destructive policy. How we pity the condition of the peasantry of the Old World, who havo struggled for existance under the iron heel of a landlord system that was more unrelenting than the demands of any monarch. We read of the forced collection of COUNTY OREGON FOR. Vote fob One. . . . Democrat .Republican Vote for Two. Republican Democrat Democrat Peoplj's Party District. Vote for One. Republican .Peoples Party Democrat Vote foe One. .People's Party ....Republican Democrat Vote for One. Democrat Peoples Party Republican rents, the eviction of tcnents and of the ritions living of the landed g?n trv and we are happv in the thought that we have escaped these evils. But remember, we have laid the foundation for the most stupendous landlord system ever known on earth. We don't do things in a half-way manner. And our great estates are not con fined to Americans either. The lords, the dukes and the rich, who proposed to be so in other climes, saw the drift of affairs and rushed to our country to avail themselves of the opportunity, and, with the cash wrenched from their robbed tenants in the Old World, they came to build more grandly in the New. Below is a list of twenty-seven corporations and syndicates, who own more land than there is in the whole of Ireland, with much less waste : KAUKS ACtlEfl An K.nir1fh Srarifmt. XA 3. In Texas. .S.UUXX The Holland Land Company. Now Mex..4,MXUU sir batrara Kcia ana a ;natcaie in . Flonll ... 9.CO0.W English SrmtirntA. In Mls.1is.1ppl l.RHUttt Mnniuiaol TwcthIMo I.T50. Phillips. Marshall & Co.. London l..W0l tivrman Syndicate ... 9,UIWXX Anglo-American Nvndlculo, nr. oof era. President. london 730,000 Byrun II. Evans, ot London, in Mis- Jwlppl . . 700.000 Puke of Southcrlaud -CMM) ltrltlsh Land Company, In Kansas.... S30.1XX) William whalloy, M. P., Petcrburg, Eng 7 . 810.000 Missouri Laud Co.. EdiaburK, Scot land ...... ... . sao.noo Robert Tonnant, of London 830,010 Dundee Land Co., Svotlund 1MT.OO Lord Dunnioro ... KUO00 Henjaniln NewRiis, Liverpool 1(XUX) Lord Houghton, In Flordln 80.0U) Lord Dunraven, in Colorado 00.000 English Land Co., in 1-lordla.. - . iU.000 English Land Co., in Arkansas o0,0XO Alexander Urant, . of London, in Kansas 85,000 English Syndicate (represented by Close Bros.l Wis 110.000 M. KUerhauser. of Halifax, Nov Scotia, in West Virginia 000,000 A Scotch Syndicate, in Florida 500.UUO A. Hoysen, Danish. Consul, in Mil- wuuke ... 50.000 Missouri Land Co., ot Ediuboig, Soot land 105,000 Total , 80,700,000 Then, there are eighteen real, live British lords, and ono ."lady," who own nearly one and a half mil lion of acres in "America, or an average of over seventy-three thous and acres each. Extract from Capt. Geo. W. Bell's "The -New Crisis," ' W. L VAWTER, Wm. SLINGEH, Pres. Vice Pres. Cashier. AssUCubler Jackson County Bank. CAPITAL. - $50,000 Medford. Oregon. Loan money on approved security, receive deoosits subject to check, and transact a general banking business on the most favorable term. 8ST Your Business Solicited. Correspondtoiits: Corbin Banking Co., JJ. Y." Pacific Bank, San Francisco. Commercial National, Portland. Ladd & Bush, Salem. HP t SEW L PTEL. Bedford. Harris & Purlin Prcprietcrs. Terns: SI 11.63 anfi $2 ustSst First-class in Every Particular. jgySpecial attention paid to Commercial Travelers. J. S. HOWARD. Dry Goods, Boots I Shoes, Grocrcies, and Crockery. The best goods at the lowest prices for Cash. The highest prices paid for country produce. MEDFORD, - - - OREGON. LL 1. mm MEDFORD, ORE. PURE DRUGS AT COMBS ra OTAMPS A XT OTATIOXE11Y. iEN"? AJJO E.SCILS TJROO'MS OOAPS A Halves. PILLS A2f LASTBM. Chamois, Sponges and a Full Line of Toilet Preparations. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOXCDED DAY AXD XIGHT. All orders answered with cara and dispatch. Oar stock of Medicine is complete, warranted and of the best quality. ADK!MS & WEBB, Dealers in SHELF AND HEAVY HARWARE. Stoves, Tin and Willow Ware. Oycone and Hoosier Pumps. 3ffEvery article IE r-it-i -mm Claremdo'1 - Iwrrrn I Ui G. COOPER, .PpopP., Medford, - Oregon. First-class Board tiy tlie Daf W or iBtl" Centrally Located, West O. W. HOWARD, i. K. ESJBT, . Oregon. & CO., POPULAR PRIGES. A.XD TOWTE8 AND X I EKFUiiES. bears a guarantee. Side of the S. P. R. R. Depot 01 Avl7l) i hi n i v'S--