National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-06-11


has beon the means of dividing society into
hostile classes Of the uni ust distribution of the
products of labor and OF building mp monopo- |
lies of associated capital endowed with power
to conflscate private property. Ii has Kept
money scarce and scarcity of money onioices
debt, trado aud public, and corporate loans
Debt engenders usury, aud usury ends in tho
bankruptcy Of the borrower. Other results
are deranged markets, uncertainty in manu-
featuring enterprise and agriculture procari-
Gus and intermittent employment for the la
borors, industrial war; increasing pauperism
and crime and tho consequent intimidation
and disfranchisemont of the producer and
rapid declcnsion into corporate fcudalism.
Therefore we declare
"First--That the right TO make and issue
money is sovereign power TO be maintained
by tho people for tho common benefit. The
delegation of this right to corporations Is
| surrender of the central attribute of sover-
| eignty, void Of constitutional sanction con
ferring upon asubordnatc, irresponsible power
| absolute dominion over industry and com.
merce. All money, whether metallic or paper,
| should be issued and its volume controlled by
the government and not by or through bank
| ing corporations, and when so issued should
| be full loyal tender for all debts, public and
| private.
"Seeond-Thatthebon Of the United States
| should not be refunded, but paid as rapidly MS
|
able the government to meet these obligations
| legal tender currency should be substituted
for the notes of the national banks, the ma
tional banking system abolished and the un-
| limited coinage of silver, as well US gold, es-
| tablished by law.
"Third--That labor should be so protected by
national and state authority as TO cqualize its
| burdens and insure just distribution of its
| results. The eight-hour law of congress
should be enforced the sanitary condition of
| industrial establishments placed under rigid
| CONTROL the competition of contract convict
labor abolished, Il bureau of labor statistics es.
| tablished, factories, mines and workshops in
spected, the employment of children under
| fourteen years forbidden, and wages paid in
| cash.
"Fourth-slavcry being simply cheap labor
and cheap labor being simply slavery, the i'm
poration aud presence of Chinese seris neces-
| sarily tends to brutalze and degrade Amcri-
| can labor, therefore immediate steps should be
| taken to abrogRte the Burlingame treaty.
"FiCth-Railroad land grants forfeited by
reason of non-fulhllment of tho contract
should be Immediately reclaimed by the gov
ernment, aud henceiorth the public domain
reserved exclusively as homes for actual set
| TORS
"Sixth-It is the duty of congress TO regulate
interstate commerce, all lines of communica-
tion and transportation should be brought un-
der such legislative control AS shall secure
moderate, fair aud uniform rates for passenger
and freight traffic.
"Sevcnth-We denounoe as destructive TO
prosperity and dangerous to liberty the action
of the old parties in fostering and sustaining
| gigantic land, railroad and money corporations
and monopolies, invested with and exercising
powers belonging to the government, and yet
responsible to 1t for the manner Of their exer-
else.
"Eshth-That the constitution, in giving
t,n, tn liar moi NV tn ia.
clare war, to raise and support armies to pro.
vide and maintain nation, never intended
that the men who loaned this money for an
interest consideration should DO preferred to
the soldiers and sailors who pcrilod their lives
and shed thoir blood on land and sea III dc.
fense of their country and we condemn the
cruel class legislation of the republican party,
which, while protesting great gratitude TO the
soldier, has most unjust!y Disseminated
against him and in favor Of the bondholder.
"Ninth-All property should boar its just
pronortion Of taxation, and we demand a
graduated income tax.
"Tenth-Wu denounce smost dangerous the
efforts everywhere manifest to restrict the
right of suffrage.
"Elevonth--We are opposed to au increase OF
the standing army in time Of peace and the
insidiOus scheme to establish an enormous
military power undor tho guise of ilitia laws,
"rwefth-We demand absolute democratic
|
all representatives Of tho people upon an equal
footing and taking away from committees a
veto power greater than that OF tho president
"Thirteenth-We demand government Of
the people, by the people and for the people
instead Of government cf the bondholder, by
the boudholdcr aud for the bcndhoder, and
| we denounce every attempt TO stir up sectional
strife as an effort to conceal lnonstrous crimes
against tho people.
"Fourteenth-In the furthcranco of these
ends We ask the cooperation OF all tairminded
people, We have no quarrel with individuals
wage no war upon classes, but only against
vicious Institutions.
''We arc not content to endure further dis
ciplne from our present actual rulers, who
having dominion over money, over trans
portation, over land and labor, aud largely
over the press aud the machinery OF the gov
ernment wicld unwarrantable power over oui
institutions and over life and property"
Those passages which denounced tho bond
holders aud demanded the abolition of the
national banks and the Bnrlingame treaty
were received with great enthusiasm This
resolutions were adopted unanimously.
Under order of the convention the commit,
too on resolutions reported the folowing
Rcs0!ued, That every citizen OF due age sound
mind and not fe0n be fully euiranchsod and
that this resolution DO referred TO the states with
| recommendation for their favorable consideration
On LhlS question hTs' OlldnuleI, Ol IbunSyl-
vania, took tho table from which Mr. Conk.
ling last week nominated General Grant, aud
pleaded for the woman snffragists. She was
interrupted by cries of Time !" and counter
cries OF "shame p but bravey held hor ground
TO the end.
On tho calling Of the roll great confusion
arose on the right Of the socialists to vote rs
body, 1t being contonded that they were nd.
mitted on the understanding that they should
bo apportloned among tho states to which they
belonged, but no stato's representation should
DO increased thereby. Their vote was finally
rejected, and the report Of the committee was
adopted by a vote OF 52s.
The roll of states for the nomination Of can.
didatos for president Of the United States was
then called. Colorado put in the nomination
of j. b. Weaver of Iowa. Illinois nominated
Alexander Campbell, Of Illinois; Indiana put
in the nomination OF Benjamin +. Butler, of
Massachusetts,, whose name was greeted with
cheers and a cry Of "spoous."
Mr.. Wilson 9. WoolE Of New York, was next
placed in domination.
Mr.. Gillet, of Iowa, strongly seconded My.
Wcavors nomination.
Mr.. Woof withdrew his namo in favor oi
Mr.. Weaver.