New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-12

ments, so that permanent justice may. be done to
all men by having general values remain the SANE
RESOLVED, That we demand tho immaculate
repeal of the Resumption Act so that the
periodical carnivals Of bankruptcy may forever
come 10 an end, and that our National wealth De
made the fixed and reliable foundation OF our none
tary system, forever banishing from America the
idiOtic propositions of making commodities OF shIt
ing values and articles of merchandise IKE gold
and silver, basis for mOney-a basis that ever mas
as in 1913, 1881 and 1857 and ever must, perlod-
caly slip out from under such monetary system
thereby destroying 1t and plungng the country INTO
ruin and bankruptcy q basis that even England
has never been able TO maintain for any great lenRLh
of time. although she is the creditor nation OF inc
world.
Resolred That the United States shall never ISSUE
any more interest-bearing bonds unless the same
are authorized by direct vote of the people, ana
those issued during the of the rebellion shall DE
paid as fast as they mature. according TO the terms
of the contract which authorized and created that
indebtedness of The people and what that CONTRACT
Court of the United States and that all subsequent
acts which impair and change the original contract
are hereby denounced creatures OF corruption ana
reputation that must be repealed.
RESOLVED, That the Labor Bureau should be sus-
tanned its field of operation enlarged, and its oiil-
GERS selected from those engaged in industrial pnr
suits and having the confidence Of the industrial
classes of the Commonwealth for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning reliable statistics upon which to form
basis for intelligent legislation on labor questions
especially with regard to the hours of labor, which
should be reduced in proportion as the use OF ma
chlneTy increases and In conformity with other
causes WHICH, tluOh NdSC-MOAhVAo OuV VA Su4P'NJ
ment.
ResoIred, That land of equal productive capacity
shall be subject to equal taxation, whether cult
waited or not to the end that the land mOnopolists
in the future may be held in check and that the
public domain may be preserved to the actual tiller
of the soil
ResoIred That the liberties of this people impeTa-
lively demand that the far-reachlng and deadly
hand of capital it appears in the infamous monop-
DIV known as the Associated Press must be torn
from the throet of public intelligence, and tele-
praph companies must be forced to sell the daily
news upon equal terms TO any paper
RcsOIued That the payment of "a pOll-taZ as q con-
dltion of exercising the right of the ballot is
revolution of the Democratic principle and tends to
corrupt the legislator, and all such restrictions
should be abolished.
ResOIred That no person should DO taxed for that
which he owes IN other words, for the purpose OF
taxation all persons shall have the right to deduct
from the value of their estates the SUN of the mort
cages thereon and said mortgages should be assessed
to the persons to whom they are due.
ResOlUed. That the system of letting out convict
labor by contract detrimental 10 the interest oil
the workingmen and should be abolished.
Res0lred That the public lands are the property OF
the people; therefore they should be reserved for
actual settlers, aided in their settlement by the
Government, and protected in their possessions by
just laws.
Tie resolutions were unanimously adopted and
the convention adjourned.