The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-08-29
CONNECTICUT IN LINE.
A Very Successful decentralization State
Convention-The Platform and
Mamma tionc.


Alexander Troupe, Of the New
Haven Union, and Secretary Of the
National Executive Committee. called
the convention to order, and Henry
L. Baldwin, of Naugatuck, acted as
temporary chairman. A paper adj
vocating Greenback ideas, written by
DR.. John L. Phillips, of New Haven,
was read. Every part of the State
was represented in the convention.
The temporary chairman was chosen
to fill the position permanently. and
the following State Central Committee
was appointed:-New Haven, Alex
ander Troupe, of New Haven; Fair
field, NJ. Mcmahon. of Danbury;
Litchfeld, E. D. Root, of Barkham-
stead; Hartford, H. L. Soper, of
Windsor; Middlesex, Horace John
son. Of Middle Haddam; New London,
Chas. Corning, of New London;
Windham, L. B. Hammond, of Put
nam.
The Committee on Resolutions re-
ported the following platform, which
was adopted:
WHEREAS, Both the old political
parties have sanctioned legislation
that has created excessive expenses,
debt, and taxation. fostered monopo-
lies, diminished the value of all kinds
of property except evidences of debt,
and brought upon the people all the
evils of a contracted and fluctuated
currency; and whereas this policy has
formed privileged classes, changed
the obligations of contracts, 10 wered
wages, thrown laborerS out of en-
| ployment, and produced an enormous
amount of needless suffering; and
whereas governments should discour-
age great accumulationS of wealth in
a few hards, and should promote in
dustry, frugality land equal prosperity
for all; therefore the National Green
back-Labor party of Connecticut re-
solves
ART. I've denounce 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 into coin bonds, the act exemp-
ting bonds from taxation, the act
repeating the income tax, the act de-
monetiZing silver, the act for issuing
interest bearing bonds for the pur-
chase Of silver bullion to be converted
into subsidiary coin, the act for the
forced resumption of specie payments.
the act for the indefinite increase of
the National Bank circulation and
the enormous contraction of the vol
ume of the circulating medium We
recognize the financial legislation of
the Government from the beginning
lr,f 4 al. Il
of a syndicate of bankers and uSurers
with the single purpose of robbing
the many to enrich the few.
ART. ITO remedy and counterfeit
the evils complained of we demand
that the Government shall issue full
legal tender paper money. adequate
in volume for the employment of
labor, the distribution of its products,
the requirements of business, and for
the payment of all bonds in absolute
money as soon as possible. and no
further issue by the Government of
any bonds.
ART. 3.-We call for the immediate
repeal of the so-called Resumption
Act and the National Banking Act.
demanding the retirement at once of
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the substitution thereof of full legal
tender paper money.
ART. 1.-The public lands belong
to all the people, should be sacredly
held in trust for the homes of Amer
lean citizens; that the Government
should furnish aid to families DESTROYS
of settling therupon, in amount suffi-
cient to enable them to cultivate and
improve the same instead OF squan-
dering the public domain upon corpo-
ratlons or private spectators. We
demand graduated tax on all lands.
ART. 5.-We demand that the Gov
eminent at once establish Postal
Savings banks for the purpose of re-
ceiving deposits by the people for
safe keeping, and loaning money to
the people on ample security. at a
rate or interest not exceeding the
actual expense of loaning and creating
the same.
ART. 6.-In the language of Peter
Cooper, Nothing can he bought
cheap from foreign countries, which
must be bought at the expense of
leaving our own raw material unused
and our own labor unemployed"
therefore, we demand protective
tariff on all articles of which the raw
material is produced and the labor to
manufacture the same is found in the
country; all articles which we do not
and cannot produce or manufacture
to he admitted free.
ART. An income tax based upon
a constitutional limitation and grad
uating upwards, but leaving untouch-
ed all incomes under 81 900.
ART. S.-That labor being the basis
of mans existence, and the source of
all wealth. deserves our first conside-
ration. We therefore demand that
Labor bureaus, State as we'll as
National, be established for the COL
lection of statistics relative TO the
condition of the producing classes. and
the management be given to eompe-
tent men known to be in sympathy
with the design for which said bureau
is created; that wise, judicious and
equitable laws may be enacted in re-
gard to the hours of labor and the
employment of minors in the manu-
featuring establishments.
4 ART. Owe demand a thorough
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