The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-03-20
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Convention WAS called to order at
O'Clock, the President, Prof, Hooton lT
the chair
The following telegram from the Hon.
Moses W Field, Of Detroit was read and
received
DFFsoIT. March ~ 1878.
TO X +. Trevellick Vice President Of the
New Party Convention:
Sickness prevents my attendance Stand
firm f"r greenbacks, interchangeable with in
terest- bearing national bonds the repeal OF
the atrociOus act Of March, Is, 1869, entitled
: an act to strengthen the public credit. but
which was in fact act to aggrandize bond
holders, by robbing and swindling the people;
the payment Of the 5-2O's according to law,
and in no other way; the repeal of all internal
revenue taxation, and the raising of the re.
qulred revenue for the support Of the govern
ment, by imposing taxa lOn upon that class of
foreign commodities which our laboring popu-
latIon can successfully produce such taxa
tion as will keep the balance Of trade in favor
OF the ulted States put more revenue into
the treasury, and more labor into the hands
~ the American people compulsory educa-
tIon, and the public lands to be reserved for
the public schools Reply that may know
that you receive this
Mo~ks ". FIELD.
On motion, the rules were suspended TO
allow Gen. Wlngate Of Mo, to address the
Convention on the financial issues of the
day, which he did at considerable length
Mr. Smelter offered the following
R.soir,d That We maihtai the peoples
right to control all corporations created by
law
Mr. Buchanan again presented tile substl
tute offered by HIM III the forenoon, which
o. motion Was unanimously adopted. and or
dered to the added rs the 18th section vi the
platform
Mr. st. John moved thai the following be
added To the first resolution ia the platform
Z Said bonds to be taNable the same a. other
property Of the country LAID on the table.
On motion the platform WAS adopted a.
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Visi.tfaI Comm .ftce presented The i''ilow-
ing
Your eom.aittea "a national executive
committee would ret.'nm-nd That The nation
al Il, ,,y should eonsisst ot tliiri "a nembrrs a.
follows 4 y Bachanan amt u a. We-
man .tf Indiaaapolis IseBeFsl Y iiham X.
Anderson. Mt. Vernon, flpois charles h
Barney, Chicago General Fl Nest, Nil
waukee Robert Schlling. Cleveland ~
sander Wood ward. Rochester, MlehigaA =
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On nrtI"h The report Mas received
MIR Jas buchanan offered the fulluNiny
as S""S'''"'oi "i'0" was N""P'e"
Resoired, That the national executive com
mittee be continued as no~ constituted. with
power to select subcommittee Of thirteen
from their own number a. an executive coun-
ell, any seven q whom shall constitute a
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Np \ A uLIrMAx~t,bamman National
Committee; Dear Sir In view of the fact
ina. tne a,,iar eu ;o.5tSr 1 ,ha, demands ",l.1;c
attention all other economic problems de-
pending very largely upon It tor their soln-
ION ,l,ara+;on. ot the Cleveland t'onventia,,
may be 80 carefully worded that the 'city
enemies OF an honest ana lntel.lse.s monsI..y +
.sin Ie md i ;mooss,ble to mi.coL Lstrue Their
purport. thus misrepresenting the aims Of the
promoters OF the independent FA0y
"ioSevn S;nn"raiy hon,Dg that IN. Co6vepti.n NAV
declare so enph0t;calIy and clearly, that all
may know that ""dtp initiation is as stren'--
rsty rstI;nq "P tEat hus,nrss .ngacrments prevent
my acceptance Of your kind invitation to par
.ielpa1e IN tne as.a..a .sn.s,.' -. ,..- " s-'
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Letters were also received from Wm Y.
cronks NJ D.. delegate from the National
Financial Reform League, of Philadelphia,
who was unable to be presept.; from A.
@. Wolcott, Lodge No. 81, Wyandotte,
Kansas fl. L. Bliss, Buffalo, \. Y, and
NJ. Warren, Fairbury' Nebraska,
Mr. James Buchanan suggested that ten
lecturers be placed in the hdd' and state 1
that at least $4,000 wcid be required
to effect an organization IN the various
States. He said il tbf proper steps were
taken the independents could elect