The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-25
An Unsuitable Hunger for Paper
Money---Gold and the Dollar
Of Our Dads Repudiated.
Short Hours Of Labor--.No Com
petition from conviots.
All This to Enable Us to Compete
for the Trade Of the World.


THE PLATFORM ADOPTED.
The platform prepared by the commit
lee on resolutions and adopted BY the
Convention, is as follows:
WHEREAS the so called Democratic
and Republican parties have legislated,
In interest OF the money power, oil this
and Europe, and which are the
sources OF all wealth, therefore we as.
.ert our complete independence oil the
said parties, and declare our entire con.
fdence in and adhesion to the National
Labor party, which name Is
hereby adopted by US, and that the FOL.
lowing are the principles enumerated TO
guide us 10 the Government OF States and
The nation, should providence permit US
10 attain 10 the same.
Let. The greenback dollar must be a full
legal tender for the payment OF all debts,
public and private, and BY the Govern
nent issued, protected and received as
absolute money.
%. We declare that all acts Of Congress-
Oh ranging the original bond contract, TO
wit: Of go, 40, '73 and the resumption
act OF rs, were enacted without consent,
priority or procurement, and were and
are a fraud upon the rights OF the peo-
pie; therefore, we demand the immediate
calling in and payment Of all bonds with
paper money without regard 70
the time they may have to run on their
face, and no further issue by the Govern
ment Of any bonds.
81. We demand the repeal Of the Ma
,ional Bank act, the immediate with.
drawal from circulation OF the National
Bank notes and the substitution therefor
Of absolute paper money.
4lh. Equal taxation OF all property
owned by individuals or corporations.
9th. The increasing poverty OF working
IL attributable 10 great part 10
the monopoly OF the soil, the natural
source Of wealth, and therefore we de.
mand the adoption Of land Limitation
laws.
9Th. II is the duty OF the Legislature
Of this State TO limit the growth OF rail-
road monopoly, and save the citizens
from the great abuses in railway trans
portation that; now prevail, and make
serious inroads upon the business pros.
perity OF all classes OF citizens, including
small stockholders Of railways. Commis:
sioners should be appointed consisting oil
men whose business don't identity them
with railroads, men Of known character
and ability, to investigate and ascertain
the actual cost Of railroad transportation;
that proper legislation may be had Tor
the controilof railroads by States.
7th. We favor a protective tariff pro-
hibiting the importation Of all manufac-
,ured articles OF which the raw materia!
is produced and the labor to manufacture
the same Is found in this country; all ar
ticles which we do not or can not produce
or manufacture to be admitted free.
Sth. We demand the establishment oil
a Labor Bureau, for the purpose oil OBJ
tanning reliable statistics to form basis
for intelligent legislation on labor ques-
lions, especially with regard to the hours
OF labor, which should be reduced in pro.
portion as the use OF machinery increases,
and in conformity with other causes which
throw workers out Of employment.
9th. We demand the abolition OF the
System Of letting out by contract the labor
Of convicts In our prisons and reiorma-
tory institutes.
Limitation and graduating,
but leaving untouched all incomes under
$1,000.
llth. We demand that the salaries Of
all the officers OF the state, counties and
cities who receive more than $1,000 per
annum be reduced one.half for all sala-
ries above that amount.
18th. That we recognize all judicious
systems Of internal improvements.
18th. We demand thorough reform In
the system Of public school education, 40
as to establish agricultural, mechanical
and commercial schools in addition TO the
common schools; 10 prevent other schools
being established or sustained out OF the
public school funds, or said funds being
used for other than school purposes; TO
prevent the oft.repeated changes and the
mon opoly Of the sale OF text books being
forced upon the people, as we'll as other
measures which will insure a good COM
mon school education for the poorest IN
our State at the least possible expense.
14th. As political suffrage Is n prima-
tive element 10 the construction oil law,
we demand that any person or organiEa;;
tion OF persons, who may be convicted
Of trafficking in votes, or in any manner,
or Indirectly, designedly inter
ierring with such rights, shall be inca.
pacitated for voting and for holding any
official position in the United States.
18th. We are opposed to importation
NJ seryile Chinese labor 10 come into
competition with the honest labor oil this
country. Recess.
a. MYRA HALL WANTS A WOMAN FOR VICE
PREsIDEsT. ~
Upon re-assembling, Gideon J. Tucker,
was nominated for Judge oil the Court oil
4 committee five was appointed 10 re.
organize the party in New York and
The committee was announced, and the
Convention was addressed BY 5. MyraI
Hall, Of New York, on woman suffrage.
She favored the nomination ot q woman
for every office to which man was nom
mated, She did not propose to have a
woman usurp the place OF man, but
nrged that woman should be nominated
win a man and the salary divided. She
Would have some good woman nominated
for Vice President and Ben Butler for
President.
Adjourned.
Carssos SPRINGS, Pa, July 24.-The
National Greenback Labor Central Com
mittee, OF this State, held secret session
yesterday.
STILL IN LABOR.
NEw oRLEAxs, July 4.-Galvsston
Nt,rs special from Austin: The Conveu;;
lion at l o'clock this morning nominated
T. r. Lubbock for State Treasurer. lhis
forenoon was spent in balloting Tor Lana
Commissioner.
ADJOURNED AT Last.
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