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and federal taxation, reduce and equalize the

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, I'M
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.
Twelfth-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 yociferous 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 a
national executive committee be appointed
consisting of one member from each State
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-
achusctts, Charles Mclean; Rhode Island,
j. G. 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. Allis; Ne
braska, Allen Root; Iowa, Daniel Campbell;
Missouri, Brettan A. Hill; Kentucky, P. H.
L. Duppy; Tennessee, Henry Richmond;
Arkansas, Chas. +. Cunningham;
Louisiana, D. Torney; Alabama, J. b.
Woodall; Georgia, A. D. b.
Pittman; Kansas, U. +. Sargent;
Texas, left vacant by request until the State
convention meets Colorado, Joseph Wolfe
Oregon, Thos. j. Durant California, left
vacant for the present.
M. M. Pomery offered the following and
in explaining it vindicated himself from the
charge that he was engaged in leading the
He declared that his life was pledged to carry
on this great greenback work and that lie
was forever s. separated from his old Demo
cratic affiliations.
-Resolred, That as we believe in the suprema-
cy of the law over and above ali personal mat.
tiers, and in the necessity for party of united
people, that will rise above old party lines and
prejudices, we will not affiliate in any degree
with other of the old parties, but in all cases
and localities will organize p new and united
greenbact party. nominate for Office or official
position only such persons as are daily laborers
in and identified with this, our sacred cause
and, irrespective of creed, color, place of birth
or past conditions of political OF other servi.
tude vote only for the men who entirely aban-
don old party lines and organizations.
During the discussion it was charged thai
the industrial party had been studiously neg
lected in the resolutions and discussions, and
that the greenback idea had almost excluded
the working classes from any part in the
convention. This action was disclaimed by
several delegates, and Pomeroy to remove
any such impression modified his resolution
| by inserting the word national for SCREEN
| back The resolution was unanimously
| adopted.
| Mr.. Durant, from the District of Colum-
bia, read o dispatch from Hon. B. F. Butler
which was withheld from the press, bu
which urged the convention to den ounce thu
! notifications of the silver bill insisted on by
| the gold men, and to pass the anti-resump
| ton resolution.
A resolution was offered and unanimousl,
adopted denouncing the silver bill lust passed
in Congress as a delusion, and indignant,
condemning it as financial measure.
resolution was adopted thanking those rep
resentatives in Congress who had been prom
inent in urging forward the silver bill, AM
complimenting them on the passage of tn
resolution. This resolution was, however
Immediately reconsidered and tabled.
In the speeches upon the reconsideratio
the spirit of the resolution was indignant
repudiated, and both the Republican an
Democratic parties we're warmly denounce
as having proven recreant to their trusts, an
as having been driven into the only popula
financial legislation that had been accom-
pished by them
a New York member offered a resolutio
providing for county organization and disc
pline, but it was understood to
directed against a member
the convention who was subsequently open
accused of having worked against the int
ests of Cooper and Carey in 1876, althoue
professedly working for them. 1t met wit
considerable disfavor and was tabled. A
further resolutions partaking of the natu
, of the platform were shut off by vote
the convention.
Hon. S. S. Carey, then made an CLIQUE!
and minute Speech in which he urged {
active, aggressive, forward movement, al
expressed the hope that the silver league
Washington would feel the moral pressure
this convention and its constituency al
would break away from party ties that ha
been binding them SO firmly.
Blanton Duncan said he had advocat
. the name of National party that the mar
might indicate that it was party of t
whole Union, and that while he had been
confederate soldier he was now true Uni
man. He predicted that the country wou
at the next election be astonished
:, the strength of this party which would |
q party as it is called. Other speeches We
! made, and after the usual resolutions
: compliment and singing of the doxology |
convention at lilo adjourned sine die.
Il PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Feb. 22.-The gret
, y backists hold State convention here MAJ
6, and will nominate ticket
: Columbus, Feb. 22.-In the Senate
House joint resolution asking Congress
! grant pensions to Mexican war veterans '
q adopted.
|, a Cause of War.
% New YORK, Feb. PA Panama telegr
- says: From letter from Barcos del T
r.. on. n
j. January 81, an armed band boarded