The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-09-04
The Detroit Convention.

Despite the bowling of the partisan
journals, the Greenback ConyostlUu which
met in Detroit on the 25th inst, tras q
success, both in numbers and the spirit
manifested. The following were the Off.
GERS of the meeting
President Thomas j. Durant, Washing
ton, ID. u. Vice Presidents A. Mahoney.
of Iowa l.. A. Wood, of Kentucky j. w
Jennings, Of Texas W. A. Berky, Of Michi-
gan John 2. Lane, Of Pennsylvania r. }.
Wick, Of Ohio James Buchanan, Of Indi.
ana NJ. NJ. Hooton, of Illinois h. H. Ollie
man, Of Indiana Robert SchiliIng Of Ohio
Il. b. Buchanan, Of Indiana James Cooper,
Of Michigan Lysander W Woodward, Of Mich
Igan John v Buehle, Of Michigan j. Web.
ster ChIlds, of Michigan Sidney Myers, OF
Illinois b. Grantz Brown, Of Missouri ;
Plinny Freeman, of New York q. Halsted,
Of New Jersey William Brimble, Of Ohio
T. NJ. Chamberlin, Of Massachusetts b. l..
OGutfey, of kentucky Noble Smithson, Of
tennessee ID. w. Aiken, Of South Caro-
Of New York, and J. Il. Gilbert, Of Wis
cOnsin.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
the following, which were unanimously adopt
ed
l. That the people owe to the government,
at all times and III all emergencies, a loan Of
money adequate to its need, at a rate OF in
terest so low as to be the least possible bur-
den, and to offer the least possible compensa.
ton to private enterprise
2. The government owes to the people an
absolutely safe and uniform currency, adapted
to their varying needs, in amount and Of a
value not materially different from that Of
other civilized nations.
8. That the providing Of q currency for
the people is an attribut of sovereignty, and
we demand that the Government Of the
Unlsed States shall perform this duty in such
a manner as to furnish the public an amount
OF currency adequate to the business require
ments IF the country, and independent of
the action OF banks or other private corpora
tions
4. That we are neither repudIationists nor
lnfiatonlsts, but the friends Of a safe, sound,
and reliable currency that we propose to
redeem the greenback circulation Of the
United States at the pleasure of the holders
thereof IN bonds of the United States, bear
ing low rate of interest, convertible at the
pleasure OF the holders in greenbacks, thus
redeeming the original promise of the govern
ment, when it first issued greenbacks, to
fund them when desired into interest paying
bonds
s. That we are in favor of the issue of
United States certificates or bonds bearing
interest not to exceed 3 IS per cent. per an
mum to an amount equal to the whole gov
eminent debt ; said bonds or certificates be-
ing changeable and interchangeable with
greenbacks at par on demand.
8. That the legal money of the country
should be endowed with the powers to pay
all debts public and private, except that
portion of the bonded Indebtedness specit-
cally made payable in coin
7. That as the enactment Of the last Con-
gress providing for resumption of specie
payments in 1879 is impractlcable and im-
possible Of execution, and is disastrous In its
effects upon the business of the country, we
demand it's immediate and unconditional re-
peal
8. That the plan Of . government currency
proposed by this convention would, in our
opinion, tend to render our government and
people independent financially Of foreign in