The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-09-05
THE NEW YORK GREEN
HACKERS.


A Stormy Conventional Radical Plat
fOrm-The Ticket.
UTICA, August 29.-The Greenback
convention Teassembled to-day, and the
cOmmitte on permanent organization re-
port as Chairman Commodore William
VOORHEES,. Voorhees, was denounced as
u United States national banker, and the
name of ex-assemhlyman George E. Will
liam, of Oswego, was moved as a substi-
tute for Voorhees,. Voorhees, admitted
he was national banker, but said he was
here to help the party TO smash national
banks. He was in favor of destroying
the national bank currency and substi-
tuting grcenbacks for it. He did not
want an office, and would take none.
Great applause and great excitment fol
lowed.
CASTILLO thought Voorhees, was min
ion of Tammany, and moved an amend
ment that the temporary chairman, Ora
ham, be elected permanent chairman
Mr.. William declined being perman-
ent chairman.
The vote for chairman resulted: Voor
hoes, SO; Graham, 80; Williams, 10;
scattering, 20. The election of chair
man was made unanimous amid the
widest uproar, during which the tenn.
porary chairman said; by fair vote
/
the name of God can't you behave your
selvesy''
Voorhees, was violently applauded and
| Missed as he took the chair
The following platform was adopted
The National Greenback Labor party
of the state of New York, in convention
assembled, do demand.
First, That the national bank curren.
cy shall be Withdrawn, and that all mon
ey issued by the people, whether gold, sill
yer or paper, shall he issued by the gen.
eral government, and be made legal ten
der for all debts and dues, public or pri-
vate; supply of such money to be about
$50 per capita, or sufficient to meet all
the requirements of trade.
Second, That established volumes of
currency shall be increased from time to
time, in direct ratio with the increase in
business and population of the country,
so as to maintain for the dollar, asnear-
ly so as possible. uniform purchasing
power.
Third, That all new issues of paper
money shall be used to cancel the inter
est bearing debt of the nation, to pro-
mote the needed public improvement,
and to pay the current expenses.
Fourth, That the surplus money now
| in the treasury of the nation shall be
used to cancel the interest bearing debts.
Fifth, That the national government
shall issue no more interest bearing
obligations, and that all outstanding
bonds shall be paid and cancelled at
once.
Sixth, That postal savings bank shall
be established.
Seventh, The equal taxation of all
property.
Eighth, That salaries paid public
| officers shall be reduced ia a basis OF
just compensation for services rendered,
and all unnecessary Offices shall be
abolished.
Ninth, That there shall he proper leg.
islation for the purpose of collecting and
preserving reliable statistics to form the
basis of intelligent action on all labor
questions, TO the end that labor NAV be
fully and constantly employed and justly
compensated.
Tenth, The establishment of Just and
equitable rates for railroad fare and
| transportation.
Eleventh. That the legislature, at the
earliest moment possible, shall pass q
law giving to mortgagors of real estate
the right of redemption for five years
after sale.
Twelfth, That reasonable land imita
tion laws shall be enacted to prevent
land monopolies.
Thirteenth, The abolition of the state
prison contract system
Fourteenth, That no political assess
melt of candidates for office or Office
holders shall be permitted in this party
Fifteenth A. reduction of legal rates
of interest.
Sixteenth, That debts due for labor
performed take precedence over all Other
lclaims
Seventeenth, That no more public
lands shall be voted to corporations. bu
that they be held for actual settlers.
Eighteenth, That we favor a tariff
which shall protect American industry
and manufactures
Nineteenth, That the government
should faithfully perform its pledge.
made to Union soldiers at the time of en-
listment, to-wit: that they receive 16(
acres of land on being discharged, in fes
simple, and the equitable payment PEI
month of each holder, according to til,
value of full legal tender dollar
q delegate from Corning advocated ,
coalition with the soft-moneY Demo
Gratis, and nominated Allen C. Beach
The name was received with storm o
misses, and recess was taken. Ate,
the recess Richard Schelf, Of New Yorl