Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-24
Tho platform ofthe Ohio Nationals


lowing "patform" was adopted:
Want of harmony ofseDllnent Oh the loAn'
cial question 10 both the republican ana otmu,
cratic parties renders 1t ABSOLUTELY necSssaiy
that those who demand financial reform should
abandon old ORGANIZATIONS and uote together
in the national greeDback labor party to save
business men from bankruptcy, the wolklog
classes from starvation, the whtl, county
from revolution, and the nation from reDu1a
| tiop
We denouDce as crimes against the people
the law making the greenback only partial
| legal tender; the act creating the national
| banking scheme; the act changing currency
bonds iuto coin bonds; the act exempung
| bonds from taxation; the act repeating the To-
come tax; the act demonetiZIug sllvtr; the act
| for issuing Interest bearing bonds Tor tho Iut
chase OF silver bullion, to be converted l0t0
subsidiary coin; the act for the forced resump
ton of specie payment; the act for the indchClte
| increase of the Dalional bank circulation, and
| the enormous contraction OF the volume OF the
circulating medium. We recognize the ioan
G. al LEGISLATION Of the government from the
commencement Of the civil war as the arbl.
trary dctaion Of a syndicate Of bankers ana
| usurers, with the single aud settled purpose OF
| robbiug the many to enrich tue few.
To remedy and counteract the evils complain.
ed Of We demand that the government shall
issue full legal tender paper money ADEQUATE
in volume for the employment OF labor, the
distribution of it's products, the requirements
| of business and for the payment Ct all Interest
| bearing bonds as last as rcdeemabIe; the with.
draRal AID cancellation of all back notes de.
signed to circulate as currency; the non exemp.
ton from tax Of all private property; the pas
sage of graduated income tax act; the uDllm.
tied coinage OF gold and silver; the repeal OF the
specie resumption act the abollshmcnt OF all
| egaIized monopolies and the prohibition OF
| their establishment in the future
We recognize the mutual dependence OF
capital and labor, and dcprccatc ail attempts to
antagoDize them. Combinations Of capital to
| rob and strikes Ct lahcr to resist robbery are
destructive Of the true Interests CT both. We
| denounce alike the communism which demands
40 equal division of properly and the Infamous
| financial legislation which takes all from the
many to enrich the few. We demand cheap
capital and we'll paid labor 10 r!sca ct dear
capital and cheap labor.
TO secure the rights ard protect the interests
of employer and employed bureaus CT statistics
should be established acd competent persons
appointed 10 inquire into aud report the condl.
partments of Industry, that wise, judiciOus and
hours ofabor and the employment OF minors 10
manufacturing establishments.
The public lauds should be saored!y set apart
for tho homesteads Of actual settlers, and such
legislation should be had as will encourage and
aid the landIess in securing homes.
The contract system OF employing the To-
fmstes OF our prisons works great Injustice to
mechanics snd manufacturers, and should be
| abolished,
The importation OF lh: s?f7la labor of other
countries should be prohibited under tho Sc.
7erest penalties while tlc immigration OF the
liberty loving from other lands should be en-
outraged
We deprecata and dcuounoc ali scltious aud
violent measures and appeal on!9 10 the good
sense, love Of justice and patriotism Of the
people, and invoke them to redress their cut
rapeou5 wronga only through the ballot box
We demand proper sanitary safeguards and
regulations for workshops, mioes AID factories.
We favor the enactment Of laws giving me.
chsnics aud laborer4 first lien on all dcsctlp-
lions Of their work for their iul wages.
We are opposed to any further issue Ct Ia
ters.t bearing bonds Of the United Statez Tor
auy purpose whatever
MoToH From SoUHD.-Among Ellison {
latest iuvcutions il the phonomotor, in "h!ch
a wheel ia made to revoIve ~ the action OF the
VOC: 90 diaphragm. Ia bis telephone AID
phonoyraph experiments Mr.. Edison discovered
that the vibrations of The vocal cords were ca
pablo OF producing dynamic elect, and ga this
hint he began experiments on phonomotor, or
instrument for measuring the mechanical force
of stuod waves produced by the human voice.
The instrument locks cot unlike photograph,
with the exception that the cycilnder gives
place to small ratchet wheel and the lndent'
Ing needle is changed to piece OF rubber tub
iug. The machine hasa diaphragm and mouth
piece similar to phonograph. spring which
is secured to the bed plate rests Oh the pleco OF
rubber tubing placed against the diaphragm.
This spring carries paw that acts on the "a
chet or roughcned wheel 90 the H7 vince! shalt.
Sound made 10 The mouth piece creates Vbra
tons 10 the diaphragm which are Euttcleut to
Dropel the fly wheel With considerable velocity.
Il requires surprising amount OF pressure on
the fly wheel shaft to stop the machac While
continuous souod is'mado in the mouth piece.
By its use the noise produced BY the bun
combc speeches 10 legislative bodies might be
Dut TO useful account. LII 1UuSleo5, iol IL
stance, large one placed 10 the root might
drive a machine which would veotlIate the
building.
President TYLEH'S SON-l mct 10 Florida
Johu Tyler, it,, 500 of President Tyler. He
must be nearly C, years Of age aud resembles
to an extraordinary degree bis father. Even
10 the extreme poverty OF bis later years be
preserves diguided carriage, tondnes5 for
plush vests, standing collars and white neckties.
10 his Conversation, which is very learned aud
at times highly ebjoyable, he never allows you
to forget two things, to Wit: That he is pir.
Quian, and that his father vas President Of the
United States. Although President Tyler's
mother Was bclrcss to considerable wealth. and
the President is said to have retired from the
chair of state itch, there was nothing for the
children after the father death in 3G2. Robt.
Tyler, the elder SOD, led modest Lie II Mont
gomeTy, Ala, where fer mary years aud to