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ofllco-soohore, aud who nro Interested In having
tho prudent Municipal Government Of the Inst
two ycara continued, will probably find III hon
est ctizon, Of sterling personal ohnracsor, who,
lilo N1r. Mol, will be A1nyor OF NIL Chicago,
anl not Of clique, Or fnction, or party.
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THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY PLATFORM.
Tho Livingston County Platform hna mato a
hit. Wo print o1aowhoro In tl,is iasuo extracts
from Il number Of letters which havo bcen nd
drossed to Mr.. s. T. Il. Primo, tho Secretary Of
tho Livingston County Fnrmora' Association, np-
proving Of tho platform, and asking for copies
for distribution. Tho lottcrs como from Vico-
Prosfdenta Of tho stato Association, from Naa-
tera OF Grangos, aud from gentlemen who nro
anxious to form organizations In their own
counties, whore they do not already oxiBt, to net
In concert with tho Livingston County moyomont.
Although 1t III but fow wooks sinco my measures
were takcn to give this platform circulation,
1t has mado widespread impression, mud has
found enthusiastic rcpponue IN various counties
throughout this State aud in Indiana, Iowa. Min
nosota, and Knnsas. There will DO other coun-
tics heard from, md other States, too bofoso
long. Mr. D. ". Dame, tho Chairman Of tho
Executive Committee Of tho Patrons Of Hus-
bant1ry in this State, says Of tho platform "It
iB sound 1t has tue ring of truo notal." " It fH
heartily indorsed By ovory n,an to whom hn7e
shown it, Says Mr. Bliss, ono Of tho Vice-preHi-
donts Of tito stato AHaociation., 1t Ia approved
"fnlly. freely, and without reservation"
by tho Avon Agricultural Society. ''yonr
platform Strikes FROM tho shoulder and
giVoB what I collsidor ltnock-lowu
blows" il tho verdict from Bloomington. "rhoy
aro righteous md just, writes nlollbor Of tho
National Agricultural Congress, of tho address
and resolutions, "uud would rojoco to SOC tho
principleH triumphant" ut will spread like
wildliro, nays Ill Indnnn man, who dosiros t.,
sco 1t fairly started iu lis State. And 10 on,
The disposition il everywhere manifoAt to pro-
lnoto concert Of action and harmony in oreaniza-
tion among tho various counties mud States.
The platform itself is model Of pcrspicuity
conciaoncss, and diroctncaa. It can nil bo
printed i'll largo typo OIL the back Of postal
card, and thus choap1y and conveniently circu-
lated. Tho postal-cards llayo never yot served
bcttcr purpose. Tho declaration Hots forth, in
ono brief sentence, tho opposition to "railroad
steals, tariff stoals salary-grab steals, and ovory
other form Of thiovory." There aro Just five
plnnks i'll the platform. aud they arc broad
enough to cover tho whole situation. They de-
claro consecutivoly ID in favor Of controlling
ra'lroad corporations by latD; "a in slon,inon-
ton Of MI taxation for tie boncfit Of special
caaaos aa unjust and oppressive; (3) in favor OF
free bauLlng under tho proper security; ~ in
opposition to oil land-grauts; and (5) iu favor
Of Civil-seryice Reform, making honesty md
capaoity the only valid claims for public employ
mont, to the end that "tho Office should sock the
man, and not tho man tue Office" Such q dec
laration md such D platform must commond
themselves to all honest mon, whether thoy DO
farmers or donizons of tho city. These aro
principles that will suit everybody but tho repro-
sentative politician of tho day. Tho men WHO
thrive at tho oxponHo Of tho pooplo on salary
grabs, crodit Mobilicrs, protective tariffs, rail-
road extortion, aud official corruption will haye
no sympathy with them. AL otAors will boliovo
in them.
It is vcry evident from tho reports on oil sidoa
that tho ball il rolling. It neyor rolled go
faat boforo. The Autobiography Party ia
broad enough in itp aims aud purposes
to gather men in from nil partiea. It IL
tainted with no political preiudicos and weighed
down with no partisan attachments. 1t han not
single word Of praise or rebuko for tho Ropub-
lican party or tho Democratic party. It ignores
slavery, aud negro suffrage, md reconstruction,
and all tue doad iBBuoB Of tho dead pnst. 1t
reaches out into tho future. It aims at tic do
atruction Of a!l tho political machinery which
has baun used for tho pnst four years to
cruah out popular rightu. It is not on
the soarcl1 for 1oaierg. It proposes that
tho poople shall load themselves. 1t docs
not stop to inquire whether man
las been in tho habit of voting tho Republican
ticket or tho Democratic ticket. It only uYl,s
him, III an honest man, to join in holy crusade
against corruption, monopoly, md oppression.
It il a popular revolt ngaiunt railroad oxtortion,
royalties paid for tho protection Of certain
olasHos, bach-pay grabs, land-grabs, lobby-snl-
sidioa Credit Alobiliors, or my other variety of
tho Protcan corruption Of tho time. In fighting
out thta isauo, tho pcoplo canuot do botor than
to hurl thoir tl,undorboltH from tho platform
which tho Livingston County farmers hayo
offered tllem.
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