The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-06-27
MISSOURI GREENBACKERS.
VIII Hereafter be Known as the National
Labor I;rcenhnclS HariY.

The committee on platform of the Mis-
souri, Greenback State convention, in ses-
sion .at Sedala Mo-, last week, after eight
hours labor, reported a declaration of prin-
ciples embracing nineteen resolutions.
1t provides that the party shall be called
"The National Labor Greenback Party" 1t
demands the repeal Of the specie resumption
act and the issue of absolute money in green
backs equal to gold and silver that all bonds
now subject to redemption be immediately
redeemed in absolute money, equivalent to
coin; that the Federal constitution be amend.
ed so as to limit and restrain Congress from
eXempting any property, stocks, bonds or
credit from taxation and from granting all
subsidies; the repeal OF the election law pass
ed by the last legislature, the reduction Of all
State and municipal official salaries, and the
enforcement of the Shaw law. 1t deprecates
the exemption OF United States bonds from
taxation, and all double taxation on debts Sc.
cured by mortgages or otherwise, the system
OF internal revenue taxation; the leyics upon
merchants, traders, or manufacturers for
goods or stock on hand that operate as a
double and extra tax; denounCes the present
system of convict labor, favors such changes
in the public school system as will establish
mechanical and commercial schools in con
nection with the present schools, favors the
improvement of all Western navigablc waters,
and urges the general government to build,
own and control the st. Louis and San Fran.
cisco railway. 1t demands that each sex
shall receive equal pay for equal work and
the abrogatOn of all laws that do not bear
equally upon labor and capital, and urges the
adoption Of measures insuring health and
safety to those engaged in mining manufac.
turing or building pursuits 1t opposes the
introduction of Chinese labor and prOnounces
against strikes, revolutions, and all violent
measures for the relief of labor. 1t iayOrs
the enactment Of laws giving mechanics and
laborcrs first lien on all descriptions of
their work for their full wages, and finally in.
yitcs the cooperation of all honest citizens
in the following language We cordially in
yitc all patriotic and free citizens of the State
who may subscribe to the foregoing resOlu'
tiOns, to abandon all old parties and unite
the people, to deliver them from
poratG despotism, to secure labor its
Just reward trade, commerce, and credit
| soidity and sincerity; to reform all abuses Of
all administration of public affairs; to re-
move the burdens Of excessive taxation, IL
censcs and impOsition; to inaugurate sys-
tenn of absolute money, and secure to the
people and their pOstcrity the blessings of
civil and religious liberty for all generations.
A. l.. GILsTOr,
of Macon, was nominated for Judge of the
supreme court; Twiss Hayden, of st. Louis,
for railroad commissioner, and j. NJ. Green
wood, of Kansas City, for superintendent of
public Instruction. A State executive, com
posed of one from each Congressional dis
trict, with Brtton A. Hill, of st. Louis, as
chairman, was also elected