The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-02-23

the public burders. Government bonds
and money should be taxed precisely the
same as other property, and q graduated
income tar should be levied for the
support Of the Government and the pay.
ment of its debts.
6. The public lands are the common
property of the whole people, and should
not be sold to Spectators nor granted 10
railroads nor other corporsti ms, but
should be donated 10 actual settlers in
limited quantities.
Z. The Government should, by general
enactment, encourage the development
Of our agricultural, mineral, mechanical,
manufacturing and commercial resources,
TO the end that labor be fully and pro.
ftably employed; no monopolies should
but legahzed.
8. Ali useless offices should be sbol.
lshed, the most rigid economy favored in
every branch of of the public service,
and severe punishments inflicted on pub.
lie officers who betray the trusts reposed
in them.
9. As educated labor has devised means
tor multiplying production by Inventions
and discoveries, and as their use requires
the exercise Of the mind ss well rs OF the
body, such legislation should be had that
the number OF hours OF daily toll be 70.
duced. giving the working closes moro
leisure for mental improvement and So.
cisl enjoyment, and saving them from
premature decay and death.
10. The adoption OF an American
p,nnataFv rAA haratp
will hsrmonIze all differences IN regard
TO tariff and federal taxation. and reduce
and equslize the cost of transportation
BY land or water. To distribute quitsbly
the joint earnings Of capital and labor; 10
secure 10 producers the results Ot their
labor and skill; 10 muster cut OF service
the vast army OF idlers, who, under tho
the existing system grew rich on the
earnings OF others; that every man aud
woman may by their own efforts securs
q competency, So that over grown for
tunes and extreme poverty will DO sci.
dom found within the limits o. our 70.
public.
IL. Both National and State Govorn-
ments should establish bureaus Of labor
and industrial statistics, clothed with tho
power of gathering and publishing the
same.
H. That the contract system Of on
ployIng labor in our prisons and refornr
story institutions works gres. injustice
TO our mechanics aud artisans, and should
be prohio ted.
l3. The importation Of servile labor
into the United States from China Is 4
problem OF the most serious Importance
and we commend legislation looking 10
its suppression.
Each resolution WAS received with APP
plause, both vociterous and long, and
continued cheering greeting the first
plank, which bears more directly on the
hnsuce question. The whole platform
was At once adopted without debAIe, and
by q unanimous vote motion was made
and prevailed, that r National Executive
Committee be appointed consisting OF ons
member from zach State, 10 be selected
by the delegates present, then the body
bein granted permission 20 fill It's vscsn-
cies.
A resolution was offered and unsD,.
mously adopted, denouncing the silver
bill Just passed in Congress, aud con.
deming il ss financial measure.
A resolution was adopted thanking the
those Representatives In Congress who
hsd been prominent in urging forward
the SILVER bill, and complimenting them
on the passage OF the bill.
This resolution was, however, immeii.
atsly reconsidered aud laid on the table.
Speeches were made by Casey, Hill, oi
Missouri; Trevellock, Michigan; ,Emsr.
son, PennsylvSnia; Bouce, Illinois, Selby,
Kentucky, and Beaumont, New York.
After the usual resolation OF compli.
ment and the Staging Of the doIology
the convention al ll;l0 P.N. adjourned
stne Dir.