The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-06-11
FarmeIs' Refofm Convention. !,

Farmers' Rsfota i. Convention. I:
INDIANAPOLIS, INp., June 10Th
Farmers' Reform Convention assemble
Of the Exposition building at 10 6'cloc
y n; to-day Abopt tiye hundred dole
gates are present, ? sa.Si'ra'f5' n nj
. Archibald d johnson, Of MontRotner
county was chosen temporary chsirmai
and Y: NJ Hyatt, ot Henry county, TEN
porRry sectetary,,h ! 'il' l'sl'1s 11E '6I7
After The appointment Of Committee
lon Credentials, Platform, and Resolutions
the Convention adjourned until to'cloc
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". xxx :, !, "a ArTERsooN sksdos. s.aiiag gaf
The Convention re.assenbled al
O'Clock. The Committee on Perhanen
Organic alton reported Mr.. A. E. Steven,
son, q Putnam county, ior Presid lent, AMI
Ia vice President from each ConRressionA
DMtrict, and ]. n. Hyatt, oI New Casllc
and y. g. Doughty, Of 1ndiansp6lis. A
principal Secretaries. ''''''l :" :
The Committee on Credentials reported
that all the credentials had been accepted
On motion, II was resolved that the &c,
lection OF candidates for State offlces b,
made BY counties, and that each count,
delegation select q, ,committe 10 cas-
the vote OF the county. :. Efs 90 -
y The following resolution was ther
adopted: ). ia5-s7 : TS'T1''S - sN' :
Resosped, That ills the sense and exures
sion OF This Convention that the Commit
zee on Nominations look only to the best
interest Of the laborfDg masses, and thai
n their selection Of candidates no hereto
lore political differences should bt
made Q test OF said candidates. but
cations. i ~ P,
During the call Of counties for a com!
mitteo on the selection oi candidates fol
State offices the delegations from several
counties in the first fourth and tenth dis.
trtcts announced their withdrawal from
the Convention, and refusing to tIartici
pate further unless platform be adopted
before the nominations were made. 4
motion finally prevailed, directing The
committee for the selection Of candidates
to withhold their report till the platform
Wuo ACpSAgeus.1 'iE1R ..Tr.a-r.-
The following telegram was received
nom the Convention at Springfield, Ills,
IN response to congratulatorY message
sent that body at our session: =
lneontrovertRbles bonds triumphant.
No showfor bankers and usurers, Legal
tenders and low interest Is the ruling crv
from all sections. The Convention Ia
large, earnest and harmonious.
While waiting for the report from the
Committees the Convention was address.
ed By E. a. Altman, editor OF the Intii.
ana EarI1cr, Col. Coleman, OF st, Louis,
and q. w. Green, Of the National Crop
Reporter. :, =
The following resolution was presented
and adopted. -
ResOlUed, That we, the farmers and
wotkingmen Of Indiana, are fully deter.
mined 10 command due recognition; we
hereby adopt as an expression of. our sen.
tlment and purpose, the name Of elm
The Committee on Platform and Issues
then made their report which was unani-
mously adopted, as follows:
The Farmers Convention in making
this call and presuming to enter into
competition with existing parties, 1t ia
meet that we should give 10 the world
our reasons as well as the remedies we
propose for the wrongs Of which we CON.
plain. Starting then with the maxim that
our government Ia founded on tho soy.
ereignty and consent Of the governed,
and its purpose 10 protect properties and
enforce natural rights, we acknowledge
the broad principle that q difference Of
opinion Is no crime, and we hold that
progress toward truth Is made by, tho dit.
lerences Of opinion. While the fault lies
In the bitterness OF controversy, we desire
a proper equality, equity and fairness,
protection Tor the weak, and restraint
upon the strong. In short, Justly dis.
tributed burdens, and Justly dis.
tributed powers. These are
American ideas and the very essence Of
American independence. To advocate
the contrary is unworthy of the sons and
daughters OF an American Republic, For
our business interests we, desire to bring
producers and consumers and farmers
and manufacturers into the most direct
and friendly relations possible. We urge
no aggressive warfare against any Other
interests whatever, but, on the contrary,
all our acts and all our efforts, 80 far as
business Is concerned, are not only for the
benefit Of the producer ard consumer, but
also Tor oil other legitimate interests ths,
tend TO bringing these parties into speedy
and economical contact. Hence we think
that transportation companies OF every
kind arc necessary to our success; that
their interests are intimately connected
with our interests, and harmonious action
Is mutually advantageous. We shall
therefore advocate for every State the in.
crease In every practicable way Of all fscil.
tiles for shipping cheaply 10 the seaboard,
or between home producers and consum.
ers, all the productions Of our country,
We adopt 1t as our fixed purpose to open
out the channels In Nature and the great
arteries that the life.blood OF commerce
may flow freely. We are not enemies o
railroads. navlgable and irrigating canals
nor Of any corporations that advance oul
industrial interests, but are friendly TO all
\ laboring classes, but we hold that all
classes Of legislation whereby these origi
nal and common elements, or the pro-
ceeds ot the same enhanced by intelligent
labor, are perverted from their original
design and made to enure 10 the benefits
OF non.producers, and TO the injury OIL
prodncersj are wrong and subversive o.
the purposes Of good government That
all able'bodied, intelligent persons should
contribute to the common stock by useful
industry o sum or quantity equal
10 their own support. and letialRiinr