Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-02-28
The Labor Reform Ticket and Platform
The Prohibition Ticket,

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The Prohibition Ticket.
The National Labor Convention franz
ed a platform and nominated ticket last
week at Columbus Ohio. Hon. David
Davis, of Illinois, was nominated for
President, and Hon Joel Parker, Of
New Jersey, for Vice President. Mr..
Davis was placed on the bench of the
supreme court by President Lincoln -
Mr. Parker was war Democrat. The
Harrisburg Patriot inciines to union
with the new movement Such combi,
nation would be carrying the Passive
Policy to a practical conclusion. The
comWittee on the platform reported reso-
ln'ion, which were taken up seriatim and
adopted. The preamble declares that all
political power is inherent in the people
that free government is founded on theil
authority and established for their bene-
fit; that all citizens are equal i'll their po
litical rights, and entitled to the largest
religious and political liberty compatible
with the good order of society. as also
the use and enjoyment of the fruits OF
their labor and talents, and no man is en-
titled to exclusive separate emolument or
privileges of the government except in
consideration OF public service, and any
laws destructive of these fundamental
principles are without moral binding
force and should be repealed, and be.iev-
ing all evils resulting from unjust legisla-
ton now affecting TIE industrial classes
can be removed by the adoption of prin-
cipIes contained in the following declara-
ton:
The frst resolution declares it is the
duty to establish just standard of dis
tnbution of capital and labor by provid
ing purely national circulating medium
based on the faith and resources of the
nation, issued directly to the people with
out the intervention of banking corpora
tions, which money shall be legal ten
der in payment of all debts, public and
private, interchangeable at the option Of
the holder for government bonds bearing
a small rate OF interest, not exceeding
60 100 per cent subject to future legisla-
ION by Congress.
The second resolution favors the pay
ment of the national debt according to the
original contract.
The third declares the exemption of
bonds from taxation viola
ton of all just principles of the Revenue
laws.
The fourth opposes the sale Of public
lands to individuals or corporations, and
favors the holding them for the benefit of
landless settlers
The fifth favors the admission, free of
duty, of all articles of common use not
produced here, and the revenue upon ar
ticles of luxury, and also such duty upon
articles of manufacture as we, having the
raw materials in abundance, will assist
in developing the resources Of the coun-
Try.
The sixth advocates the prohibition OF
the Importation Of Chinese by legislation.
The seventh favors the eight hour law
The eighth demands the abolition Of
contract labor in prisons.
The niuth favors the assessing and col
Letting of war taxes during the progress
of the war instead of leaving the debt to
The tenth calls for Congressional leg
slation to prevent exorbitant charges by
and telegraphs.
The eleventh fasors the one term prin-
ciple..
The twelfth favors general amnesty and
equality of rights and privileges.
The committee on Platform reported
resolutions, which demand lihic
subjection of the military to civil power,
confinement of its operations to national
alone asks for revision Of the
patent laws, to give labor more fully the
benefit of its own ideas in inventions;
that fitness and not political or personal
should be the only recon-
iations to any public Office. Adopted
The Temperance men have nominated
a national prohibition ticket Hon. Jas.
Black, of Pennsylvania, is their candi-
date for President, and Hon. John Rus
sci, of Washington, for Vice President.