The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-10-04
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San Francisco. SEPT 2G-rhe lndepend
cnt Convention at Sacramento. last night,
nominated r. w. McKinstry. Of this city,
for Justice Of the Supreme Court: He 10 ut
presen. Judge Of the 18th District Court,
elected by thu Democrats.
The Convention adopted platform and
resolutions that the opponents of organized
corruption form themselves into political
body, to be known n the Peoples Inde~
pendent Party" It repud;stcs party fealty
As tyrcnnical rule, sinking the citizen 10
. servilc partisan; condemns the system of
using money corruptly in elections; con.
demns al political rings anc cl,ques formed
10 con troll the action of the Cover nment;
pledges the party 10 civil service reform; to
resist all credit mobile. contracts and
finance companies; denounces the present
system Of tho distribution Of lands and
grants Of lands to railroad or other corpo-
rations: opposes oil kinds of subsidies by
the Federal. State. County. or Municipal
Governments; opposes the present high
tariff; iavors taxing solvent debts; fsvors
the eight.hour law; opposes Chinese im'''>
grafton; opposes the election Of President
for more than one term of four years. The
last resolution endorses the noble and manly
stand taken by Gov. Booth in behalf Of
popular rights, and against the encrOach>
,nent of INSCRIPTIONS politicians Of rail
roads nd corporations.
Tumul,uous applause followed tie reading
of this last resolution. The report Was
adopted unanimously. A State Central
Committee was chosen, and county orgxni.
zatious recommended. -
After tho adjournment. the members of
the Convention proceeded in procession to
the residence of Booth, who in response to
the sercnadc, addressed the people briefly a.
follows:
Fellow itizcns-Ia am glad to see you:
am thankful beyond the power OF language
to express. II ever there WINS . movement
which had its inception with the people
themselves, it Is this which you have organ.
lied. 1t is absolutely without leadership.
except iu 50 far - you have gwen it form.
There we're men, honest. able men, looking
forward to the immediate results of tho
speculative probabilities; but while they
have been calculating. the people have been
moving en- nsasse behind them, and have
swept everything before Them lPrsleneed
applause In the history of state Conven.
ti"ns there has been none such - the one
which assembled here to day. lEnthusias-
tic spplsuse,J Some of the newspapers here
treated your efforts a. kind of treason.
just as If the people did not have the rigb,
TO assemble in their own manner. But poll
iticians must always take this thing upon
themselves. AMI mark the way in which they
must move. Gentlemen, you have done
molly. Success congratalates you IN the
air."
The action Of the Peoples Convention in
Sacramento last nigh. il regarded Of very
important significance. The delegates OF
this city and some Others, were under the
Impression that the time had not then ar
rived for the organization of new parry,
but the delegates from oil parts Of the int.
rior we're Overwhelmingly in favor of imme.
date and decisive action; in that way our
delegates yielded ready assent. B. Van
Chief was elected President Of the Conven-
ton. The delegates arc oil representative
men, In full accord with the sentiments OF
W. Pe"p'e -- -""'esscd at the late election.