The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-10-18
Platform Of the Independent
PARTY Of Minnesota,

Adupted at their State Convention held at
earibaultl June 10th 1877
MI. Donnelly from the committee
on resolutions made the following re-
port, which was unanimously adopted:
s.ResoEued, That we reaffirm the
principles of the National lndepen-
dent Party, as proclaimed at Indian
anolis on the 18th of May, 1875, ana
point to the present financial condl-
tion of the American people as the
hest evidence of the necessity for the
reforms therein demanded:
Resolred, That we charge that the
course of national financial legislation
for years past has all been IN favor OF
the holders of our national bonds ana
against the taxpayers:
|. By changing the terms OF some
of the bonds so that they were made
pavable in gold and silver coin, instead
of lawful money OF the United
States"
.. By subsequently enacting that
the same bonds should be paid in gold
alone.
3. BY increasing the weight of the
gold dollar. j..
4. BY contracting the currency OF
tae country so as to make money more
valuable. and the property OF the peo-
pie less valuable.
5. BY decreeing forced resumption
of specie payments upon the LIST OF
January, 1879, thus consignlng our al
ready impoverished people to greater
depths of suffering in the future.
ResoIred, That we regard the dem
onetizatjon of American silver coin as
the result of conspiracy, and crime
against the prosperity and industry OF
the American people, and one OF the
chief causes of the present suffering
and we demand that silver coin be
once more restored by Congress to the
place which it held for over eighty
wears. as legal tender, in all sums,
for all debts public and private. 4
Resolped, That we endorse the pol
lev of reconciliation and peace pro
mulcated by the present nationa
administration, and hail the era OF
GOOD will among all the citizens OF oul
common country as suspicious for ;
proper consideration Of the great
financial questions upon which depend
the prosperity of our people.
ResoLred. That we protest agalns
the financial policy now being enforc
ed by Secretary Sherman. Which il
rapidiy increasing the bonded debt o
the United States by withdrawn
..ereenbacks,' the people S money an
substituting in their place natlona
bank notes, based on bonds upon whic
10 fn INTEREST,"
Resolred, That while we are no
ayerse to some reasonable and equit;
BILE settlement of the so-called Mime
sofa State railroad bonds, we sha
demand of our candidate for GOvernOl
and of our candidates for the Stat
Legislature, unequivocal pledges tina
they will not favor or support an
proposed settlement of the said bono
unless the same is first fully and fairl
submitted, at ageneral election. to tn
neonle of the state for their approx;
or rejection.
Resolred, That in the present dlstre:
Of the taxpayers of this state we d
mand the strictest retrenchmentl In
public expenditures and reductl6
of salaries to correspond with the
unfinished incomes of the people.
Resoired. That the recent labor on
breaks. which have interruptt
the commerce of the country al
brought the nation to the brink
civil war, are the legitimate fruit
the pernicious financial legisl;atlt
now being enforced. That wmle
ympathise with the laboring Peep
in this great distress, we Would s;
to them. that the true remedy 4
their grievances is to be found not
violence and crime but in the ball
box, through support of the IND
pendent party. which alone defen
their rights and proposes remedy I
their wrongs.