New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-15
CONNECTICUTs THIRD PARTY.


STATE TICKET WITH CHARLES ATwATER FOR
GOVERNOR, NOMINATED.
NEw-HAVEN, Aug. lathe State Convention of
the National Observation-Disclosures party assembled in
this city this morning at IL o'clock Eighty dele
gates representing tweuty-seven towns and all the
counties except one were present. A temporary
organization was effected by the choice of Henry G.
Baldwin, of Naugatuck, as chairman, and A. l..
Whiteside, of Norwich, as secretary. During the
presentation of credentials, paper on finance, by
J. P. Phillips of this city, was read and Chairman
Baldwin made a speech, in which he denounced the
National Bank system and claimed that it is the
Governments prerogative to issue stamped money
at all times, both in time of peace and
during war. After the appointment of
a Committee on Permanent Organization.
a Committee on Platform aud Resolutions was APP
pointed. as follows: S. b. Beckwith, of Winsted;
L. NJ Graves of New-fIaven; ii. c. Baker, of Hart
ford; d. p. Bradley, of MiddletOwn; Cornelius Fall
yey of Sprague; g. B. Hammond, of Putnam. and
Otis F. Porter, of Bridgeport. To this commit ee
all resolutions were referred without debate. The
convention then adjourned to meet 1t o'clock.
Very few persons were in the hall except the dele
gates.
At the opening of the afternoon session Henry C.
Baldwin. of Naugatuck was chosen permanent
president. The Committee on Resolutions was not
ready to report, and much time consumed by
long speech by Alexander Troup, of this city, and
in choosing a State Central Committee. II was
about 4 o'clock when the committee appeared with
the platform, which had been under discussion for
over three hours. Much of the delay was caused in
reaching an agreement upon portion of the second
article regarding the time for the payment of all
bonds in paper money. Some of the mombers in
sisted upon the use of the word immediately but
a compromise was at last effected upon the words
1" as soon as possible" The platform adopted as
reported. 1t is as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
Whereas, Both the old political parties have
sanctioned legislation which has created excess
sive expense, debt and taxation, fOstered
monOpOlies, diminished the value of all kinds
of property except evidences of debt, and
brought upon the people all the evils Of a con-
tracted and fluctuating currency ; and
Whereas This policy has formed privileged
classes changed the obligations of contracts,
lowered wages, thrown labOrers out of employ
mcnt and produced an enormous amount of
needless suffering; and
Whereas, Governments should discourage
great accumulatiOns of wealth in few hands,
and should promote industry, frugality and
equal prosperity for all therefore,
The National Observation-Disclosures party of
Connecticut resolves:
ARTICLE |. We denOunce, as crimes against
the people, the Law making the greenback only
a partial legal-tender, the act creating the Ma
tlOnal Banking scheme, the act changing the
currency bonds into coin bonds, the act ex-
empting bonds from taxation, the act repeal
ing the income tax, the act demOnetiZing sill
yer, the act for issuing interest-bearing bonds
for the purchase of silver bullion to be con-
yerted 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 contrac-
ton of the volume of the circulating medium.
We recognize the financial Legislation OF the
Government from the commencement OF the
civil war as the arbitrary dctation Of syn
dictate of bankers and usurers, with the single
purpose of rObbmg the many to enrich the
few.
ART. II. To remedy and cOunteract the
evils complained of, we demand that the
Government shall issue new legal-tender
DaDer money adequate IN volume for the en-
plOyment of labor, the distribution OF lts
products, the requirements OF business, ana
for the payment OF all bonds IN absolute
money as soon as possible; and no further
issue by the Government of any bonds.
ART ILL., We call for the immediate
repeal of the sO-caled Resumption Act ana
the National Bank Act, and demand the re-
tirement at once of the National Bank circu-
latiOn and the substitution therefor OF q full
legal-tender paper money. ,,.-
ART. Nv. The public lands, belonging
to all the people. should be sacredly held IN
trust for the homes OF American QUEENS NC
Government should furnish aid to families
DESTROYS of settling thereupOn, IN amount SUI
fcient to enable them to cultivate and i'm
prove the same, instead of squandering the
bubble domain upon corporations or private
speculatOrs We demand graduated tax on
all lands
ART. V. We demand that the Govern
ment at once establish Postal Savings Banks,
for the purposes Of receiving. deposits by the
people for safe keeping, and loanlng money 10
the people on ample security at q rate OF inSo
terest not exceeding the actual expense OF
creating and lOaDlnQ the same.
ART. Win the language of Peter
Cooper, nothing can be bought cheap from
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
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