The Placer herald., 1873-08-23
RESOLUTIONS OF THE INDEPENDENT
PEOPLES CONVENTION. HELD IN AL
BURN, July 2s AND 80, 1879.

The Independent voters of Placer County, re-
yar,lloss of all past party affiliations and ties,
md seeking only the public good; believing that
the old party machinery has been and is b, int
run in the interests of monopolios and against
the interests of the people, hereby call thtm
eelves the Peoples Independent party OF
Placer County, and for their own protection
declare and make known to the people of th,
county through their chosen delegates, in con
venton here assembled to-day. their principles
and pledge and bind every man becoming a
candidate unnn tieir tieh.t faithfully, fully and
sacredly TO oary ih' m out
FIrsr, Economy in public ofices and public
exp, nd.turos, and honesty and failnoss in the
administration of all ublic affairs.
SECOND, Corporations in this State are c.ea-
turCs Of our laws and should be made to ODE!
them hy positive, pl'nery re,sonal md mont, D.,
penalties, the same rs the humLl,st otiz, o.
The land
Fares and freight should be classified by law,
md positive prices fixed for each class at th,
owest poss bic rates comm nsurate with tho
,ctual capital invested and labor PERFORMED il
such carr ying trade. preccd' nee TO freight ano
oasseng rs should be given in the or derof arpl :
aton ard class and the system Of free passe'
should be absolutely and forever abolished.
THup. Subsidies. spec al and class lcgisla-
tion of whatever nan e or kind are haneIul
TO the great mass of the people, and should h'
prob bittd now and provided against in the fu,
5nre by the most positive provisions OF law.
ven to the anne ndment of the Const tuition, i.
necessary.
FouRTn All properly, whether in lands.
bonds, not, s. mortgages s, money, or Of whutev'l
aturr or kind should bear its just proportion o
axation; tax should become il on al
property on the first Monday of March in eacl
ear and growing crops, having no asc' r'aina-
Die value at that time should be exempt from
ssessm ent and taxatoh
Firth, Resolved that our Legislative cand.-
lates are hereby instructed and pledged to sup
port for the United States S. nate none but
,nown reliable anti-mon ro'y, INT snbs idy,
trustworthy candidate, and are not to be boun,
by the action of any cancns that may nominal,
man Of different claiact.r, even though they
have part cipated in the same.
SrxTp, The misinanagt me mt Of our county af
airs calls for change of the fhclals that hav,
30 long controlled tn, m, and pledge om
1efrty assistance in the election of u ticket te
to rect these wrongs.
SlvfNTu Though the issues involved in this
contest are almost entirely State and local, W,
,.an not let this opportunity pass without *
pressing our condemnation Of the acts of Con
yressrntn who have reveed in Credit Mobiliel
.olruptions ack-saldry steals and other infa.
nous practices, n tending 70 rob the people
they were chosen to protect and we do here,
md now, denounce al such as unfit for oficers
md unworthy the confidence Of the people now
nd forever
EIGHTH, The public lands belong to the peo
pie. and Congress is the Trustee to dispose Of
hem, and they should be given or sold only t.
hose who desire to occupy, improve and max.
ZONES of them.
METH We are opposed to the further influx
)f the Mongolian race; to the further suIs dlz
ng of steam ship lines for the purpose Of en-
bling them to bring in this degraded class nj
mere nominal rates; end to this end we demant'
that the treaty with China, known as the Bur
ing me Treaty be abrogattd, or modif' TO one
FOR commercial purpos,s only; and that the
whole moral and legal force Of the STATE
,hould he h ut to this purpose, as the Chimes
IRE standing menace to the moral, phys'ca
md pecuniary welfare of the people o. thi'
state.