The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-02-28

such legislation should be had that the num-
ber of hours Of daily toll will be reduced,
giving to the working classes more leisure
| for mental improvement and social enjoy
ment, saving them from premature decay
and death.
Tenth-The adoption of the American
monetary system. as proposed herein, will
harmonic all differences in regard to tariff
and federal taxation, reduce and equalize the
cost of transportion by land, and distribute
equitably the joint earnings of capital and
labor. secure to the producers of wealth the
results of their labor and skill, muster out
of service the vast army of idlers. who, un-
der the existing system. grow rich on the
earnings of others, that every man and wO-
man, may. by their own efforts. secure .
competence. SO that outgrowing fortunes and
extreme poverty will be seldom found with
in the limits of our republic.
Eleventh-The National and State gov
ernments should establish bureaus of labors
and industrial statistics, clothed with the
power of gathering and publishing the
same.
/ Iwelfth-That the contract system of en-
ploying labor in our prisons and reforma-
tory institutions works great injustice to our
mechanics and artisans. and should be pro-
hibited.
| Thirteenth-The importation of servile
labor into the United States from China, is a
problem of the most serious importance,
and we recommend legislation looking to its
suppression.
| Each resolution was received with applause
but vociferous and long continued cheering
greeted the first plank which bears more
directly on the finance question. The
whole platform was Immediately adopted
without debate and by unanimous vote.
A motion was made and prevailed that .
national executive committee be appointed
consisting of one member from each StatD
to be selected by the delegates present. the
body being granted permission to fill its
vacancies.
In accordance with this motion the fol-
| lowing committee was appointed: Massa-
achusetts, Charles Mclean; Rhode Island.
j. c. Vallett; Connecticut, Alex. Troupe;
New York, Ralph Beaumont; New Jersey,
John B. Drew; Pennsylvania, F. D. Ewees;
Maryland, Jesse Gilmore; Virginia, Moses
Stearns: West Virginia, John A. Thompson;
Ohio, D. B. Sturgeon; Michigan, Moses w.
Field; Indiana, g. j. Smith: Illinois, Alex.
Campbell: Wisconsin, Edward p Alis: Ne
braska, Allen Root; Iowa, Daniel Campbell;
Missouri. Brettan A. Hill; Kentucky, p. H.
l.. Duppy: Tennessee, Henry Richmond;
Arkansas, Chas. E Cunningham;
Louisiana, D; Torney; Alabama, J. B.
Woodall; Georgia, A. D. B.
Pittman; Kansas, q. f. Sargent;
Texas. left vacant by request until the State
Oregon, Thos. J. Durant California, left
vacant for the present.
M. M. Pomeroy offered the follow.
ing and in explaining it vindicated
himself from the charge that he was
engaged in leading the Greenback
party into the Democratic fold. He
declared that his life was pledged to
carry out this great greenback work
and that he was forever separated
from his old Democratic affiliations.
Resolced. That a. we believe in the suprema
cy of the law over and above all personal mat
tiers, and in the necessity for a party Of unitet
people, that will rise above old party lines ant
prejudices, we will not affiliate in any degre'
with other Of the old parties, but in all case
and localities will organize q new and unitet
greenback party, nominate for Office or oficia
position only ouch peraons ~ are daily laborer
in and identified with this our sacred cause
and, irrespective of creed, color. place of birth
or past conditions of political or other servi
tude. vote only for the men who entirely aban
don old party lincs and organizations.
/ During the discussion it wa,
charged that the industrial party haG
been studiously neglected in the reso
lutions and discussions, and that tn,
greenback idea had almost excluded
the working classes from any part iT
the convention. This action was dis
claimed by several delegates, ant
Pomeroy to remove any such impres
sion modified his resolution by In
} serting, the word national fo
"greenback. The resolution wa,
unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Durant. from the District o
Columbia, read dispatch from Hon
B. F. Butler, which was withheld
from the press, but which urged tn,
convention to denounce the mOdifica
, tions Of the silver bill insisted on b,
the gold men, and to pass the anti
. resumption resolution.
! a resolution was offered and unani
mously adopted denonncing the silve
bill just passed in Congress as delu
! sion, and Indignantly condemning j
as financial measure. A resolution
was adopted thanking these represen
tatives in Congress who had beef
prominent in urging forward tn
. silver bill, and complimenting then
on the passage Of the resolution
. This resolution was, however, imme
diately reconsidered and tabled.
In the speeches upon the reconside
ration the spirit Of the resolution wa
Indignantly repudiated. and both tn
. Republican and Democrrtic partie
, were warmly denounced as havin
: proven recreant to their trusts, an
As having been driven into the onI
popular financial legislation that ha
|. been accomplished by them.
A New York member offered a re.
. olution providing for county organ
zation and discipline. but it wa
i understood to be directed against
: member Of the convention who wa
: subsequently openly accused o
!. having worked against the interest