The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-21
PLATFORM
o. THE NATIONAL dnEENnAcx. LABOR Parry or
THE UNITED STAfEs, ADOPTED AT CHICAGO,
JUNK a. lkAl Y

o. THE NATIONAL. tlnEENnACx.LA HoK Parry or
THE UNirED MATES, ADOPTED AT CHICAGO,
JUNK u, 1850.
/. That tho right 10 make ana Issue money il
q sovereign power to be- maintained by the leo-
pie for the common benefit The delegation
Of tha right 10 corporation. ID = surrt nslcr Of
tho ntral attribute of sovereignty, void OF
constitutional sanction comforting upon 4 snb
ordinate ire. p0nsihle power and absolute do
minon over industry AMI sonmelve. Al
money, whether metsllie Or paper, should b.
issued and III volume controlled by tho toy.
crnmcnt. and not ly or through banking cor
poratlons, and, when NO issued, should be 4
inll legal tender for MI debts, public and rri-
vAte.
!, Tint tho bonds Of tho United states
should not H. refunded, hnl paid NJ rapidly ~
practicable. according to contract. To enable
no Government 10 meet these obligations.
,Hal-.tndtr currency should bo substituted
for tho notes VI tic national hanks, thu IN.
tionsl.banling SyHtcm abolished, and tho M.
mitrlAuinAgVeof silver, ~ well ~ kuld, cs.
taeliss.sl by law.
3. That labor should be no protected i,
national and state authority a. 10 eaualixe III
burdens. and insure 4 iust distribution III IL
results. the cight-honr law Of Congress- should
he enforced Tho sanitary condition OF indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control.
the competition ot contract convict lahor nbul-
ished u bureau Of lhor statistics established /.
factories, mines and workshops insl ec,.d !;
thu employment If children nnaer Il years II
age tolbidd,n, aud wages paid IN cash.
I. slavery being simply chvap labor, aMi
cheap labor being simply slav ~. tie lnlporta-
tion mud presence VI Chinese serts nece. satly
tends To hintallxe and degrade American labor,
therefore lmms date stefs III uld he taken 10
alueate the lsurllngaMe trcA y.
3. lsatlroad land grants fori.l cd hv reason Ut
non.falllilnlcnt Ut scrtrsct IA, uld 10 ,mMcdt.
M.
forth tn public domain reserved exclusively NJ
homes Tor actual settlers.
d. 1t II the duty ut Congress 10 regulate In
ters State CONNIE rec. AL lines of eommunica-
tim aud transportation should be brought UNI
der such Legislative control ~ shall secure mod
crate, isir and uuliorm rates Tor passenger and
trci lii traffic.
Z. w dcnoancc AZ destructive 10 presp rlty,
ani dangerous t. htsrts. the actions IT the old
parties IN toss,rng aud sustaining gigantic
land, rai road and money curpo ratluns and mo-
nopalles, invested with aud exercising powers
belonging 10 the Government, ami not ruspon-
slllc " Il i,r tho Mann,r ii Their eA,nl a.
., That Tire constitution. giving Coll ress the
power 10 borrow money, to dccl IL war. 10 raise
and supp. ri rnses. To rovidc and mas..taln =
navy, never intended that tue m.n Who loaned
The money Ter all mi. l. II cotssd, ,tlan should
IN lref.rr,d ~ The soldier AMI sallor Who
psrlted their lives and sol th,ir b,uod On land
and s,a IN dcf,n~. Ut Their country, aud ~
condemn tho tracl class legislation of the k.~
publican party which, While lr,icsslng r,a,
gratitude 10 tho eoidh I. has most unjastiv dis
,riMsne,cd against him and Ia faver oil tic
|, n1A ,la,r.
\ AL propclty should bear its Just proper
,ion II ssxatiun, and w demand \ graduated
incune tax.
III We ,enoance AZ most dangerous the ef.
forts everywhere manifest to festr.cl the rishts
Of suffrage.
IL. We are opposed 10 an Increase OF the
standing army in time II peace. aud the i.-
sldtoNs scheme 10 establish an enormous naii-
itafy power under the gaisc ot m,ana laws
H. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress. placing ali
representatives Of tho people upon an equ 1
footing. and taking away from committees
veto pow,r greater than that Ut the PROSE-
dent.
~. We demand Government of the people,
by the people and for tho people. instead Of i
GoserhMeat VI the lo,ldAuldcrs, ~ the bond
hold, II aud for the lNedhold,rs and w a, .
noance every attempt 10 str up sectional strife
as an effort 10 conceal Monstfous crimes
against the neopls.
a. In the inrtncrancc &c these cn,is wc ask
tie cooperation u all fail-Mln,sca people,
We have no quarrel With individuals, Wage no
war upon slasNes, eat oaly sgalns, vicious IN
ststutians. We are mot content 10 endure fur
Their discipline truM our lsescAt actual lal n,
Who. having doMlMlon over money, over trAus-
lartatloA, over seA and land. and largely over
The press and the machinery ot Government,
weld anwSfrantahle power over our lnstitn-
tons and over our life and property.