The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-05-27
THE GREENBACKERS.
Col. IL vi. Edwards Nominal
ted for Governor.

1900 20 ANANAkAA az ANALAMO,
on June 9uh, rs follows:
First districI-Dclegates, b. McDan-
lei, Levi Pickering. A]lternates, George
Collier, T. Is. Pickering.
Second district-Not represented.
Third Observation-Disclosures II. V. Bran
noa, John Boone. Altcrnates, John
James, i. L. lIardwick.
Fourth distIict-Not represented.
Fifth Observation-Disclosures, Il. p. Isa-
bell, Lewis Tillman. Alternates Felix
Mines, David Vaughan.
Sixth Observation-Disclosures, j. p. Rog-
ers, w. II. Dale. Altcrnates, Mack
Fuqua, c. j. Williams.
Seventh district-Delegates, w. w.
Neal, o. a Nixon. Altcrnates, 10 p.
Kidd, W. Smith.
Eighth Observation-Disclosures, r. NJ.
Alternately, w. 5. Maxwell. Alter
mates, - Brutcn, j. +. Huddlcs; ton.
Ninth Observation-Disclosures, j.. N.
Odell, j. Il. Shackleford. Alternates,
George Mathews, c. c. Moss.
Tenth district-Deiegates II. Buttcn-
burger, Jordan Bailey. Alternates
II. Il. Newton, Carter Haincs.
Col. r. NJ. Edwards, OF Bradley, was
nominated for Governor by acclama-
tion, and the following platform was
adopted, Viz:
Resolved, We adopt the following as
our platform OF principles.
/. We oppose ali banks o rissue.
2. We are in favor of the General
Government furnishing the currency
of the country.
.. We are in favor ofpay ing the Nation
al debt now due and to become due C.
cording TO the terms OF the original
contracts.
4. We are opposed to the creation of
a bonded Indebtedness in any form.
D. We affirm and adopt as part of our
platform the resolutions known as the
Weaver resolution" lately introdu-
ced in Congress us follows:
"Resolyed, that it is the sense Of this
House that all currency, whether me-
tallic or paper. necessary for the use
and convenience of the people, should
be issued and lis volume controlled by
the Government, and not by or through
the bank corporations of the country {;
and when so issued should be Il full le-
gal tender in payment Of all debts,
public and private.
"ResOlved, that, in the judgement of
this House, thar portion of the interest
bearing debto of the United States which
shall become redeemablc in the year
1881, or prior thereto, being in amount
1882 ,OOO, 0U0, SHOULD not be refunded
beyond the power of the Government
to call in said obligations and pay them
at any time, but should be paid us rap
idly as possible and according to con-
tract. TO ENABLE the Government to
meet these obligations, the minis Of the
United States should be operated to
their fullest capacity in the coinage OF
standard silver dollars, and such Ot:iel
coinage as the business interests Of the
country may require"
g.. We demand Il graduated tax on all
INCOMES above Ii thousand dollars a
year.
Z. We favor the regulation Of inter
State commerce by Congress, and trans
portation charges by the State Legis-
laturcs.
s. We are in favor Of equal taxation
of all property owned by individuals or
corporations.
o.. We favor n thorough system OF
public school education; that the Leg
i%slature prescribe the text books to be
used in the schools, prohibit frequent
changes of the same, and prevent a
monopoly of the sale of the same.
And in relation to the State debt, we
declare:
Believing that the railroad bonds
were issued without authority Of law;
that they were paid oyer to railroad
companies in violation Of the COndi-
tons governing their issuance; that
the debt in law and in equity is a rail-
road debt which the railroads alone
Should pay therefore with these views
MS to the nature and validity of the
debt, we oppose any measure whatever
looking to the paymcntof the same in
whole or in any amount whatever,
principal or interest.
l. That neither the State of Tenncs-
see nor its citizens are bound in law or
morals to pay the bonds issued in aid
Of the railroads, amounting to SIS, 000,-
600, and that such bonds are no part Of
the State debt.
.. That We are opposed to scaling the
railroad bonds and to any other act rec
ognizing them, because the people Of
Tennessee do not owe them.
3. That the railroad companies have
persistently disregardcd the law under
which the bonds were issued and have
no ground of equity to ask the people
to aid them, by taxation, to pay for the
property and franchises Of corporations
controlled for private benefit and gain.
4. That the State debt proper should
be paid, but, that there may be no mis-
apprehension what the State debt is,
we adopt the description of it from the
report of S. w. IIatchett, the State
Comptroller, made in October, 1865,
and substantially adhered to by his
successors, and which at present m
braces the following items, to-wit:
Capitol bonds, s 1913, 900
Union Bank bonds, $4,000
Bank of Tennessee bonds, 2ll,0O0
Hermitage bonds, $4,000
Agricultural Bureau bonds, 1900
Stock in Turnpike bonds, 72S, OC0
Stock in Railroad bonds, 4l2,0C0
Sl,O25, 600