The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-09-28
PLATFORM
or THE NATIONAL dRERNBACx- LABOR PAhTY ~
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
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or THE NATIONAL dnERSBAcH-LABos PAarY ~
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JUNE 8, 1880.
/. That the right TO make and Issue money lie
. sovereign power to be maintained BY the peo-
Pile for the common benefit. The delegation
Of this right to corporations Ii a surrender q
the central attribute Of sovereignty, void Of
constitutional sanction, comforting upon sub
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do
minion over industry and commerce.. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should be
issued and Its volume controlled by the Gov
eminent. and not by or through banking cor
porations, aud, when so issued, should DO
full legal tender for all debts, public ana pri-
vate.
3. That the bonds OF tho United States
should not be refunded, but paid - rapidly %
practicable, according to contract To enable
the Government to meet these obligations,
legal-tendcr currency should bo substituted
for the notes OF the national banks, the ma
tonal-banking system abolished, and the nm
limited coinage Of silver, - well - gold, -
tablishcd by law.
3. That labor should be 20 protected BY
national ard state authority 10 TO equali2o IT.
burdens. and insure just distribution Of its
results The cight-hour law Of Congress- should
be enforced the eaDitary condition Of indus
trial establishments placed Under rigid control;
tho competition OF contract convict labor abol-
islled; bureau Of labor statistics established
factories, mines and workshops inspected
the employment Of children under Il years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid in cash.
4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
ton and presence Of Chinese serfs necessarily
bends to brutalize and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should be taken to
abrogate the Burlingame treaty.
5. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason OF
nosl-fuliillmcnt Of contract should b imnedi-
t41x as1Ah
forth the public domain reserved exclusively -
homes for actual settlers.
6. II is the duty Of Congress % regulate In
ter-State commerce. All lines Of communities
ton and transportation should b brought UNI
der such Legislative control - shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freight traffic.
Z. We denounce - destructive 20 prosperity,
and dangerous to liberty, the actions Of the old
parties In fostering and sustaining gigantic
land railroad and money corporations and mo-
nopoles, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the Government, and not respon-
sible to it for the manner Of their exercise.
8. That the constitution, giving Congress tho
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
and support armies, 10 provide and maintain
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for IN interest consideration should
DO preferred to the soldier and sailor who
periled their lives and shed their blood on land
and sea in defense Of their country, and We
condemn the cruel class legislation Of the Re-
publican party which, while processing great
gratitude to the soldier, has most unjustly dis
eliminated against him and in favor Of the
bondhOlder.
.. All property should bear IT, Just proper
ton OF taxation, and We demand : graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce as most dangerous the Of
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
IL. We are opposed TO an increase Of the
standing army in time OF peace, and the in
/ sidous scheme to establish an enormous mill
i itary power under the guise Of militia laws
~. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government of Congress, placing oil
/ representatives Of the people upon an equal
] footing, and taking away from committees
] . veto power greater than that Of the Presi-
j dent.
IS. We demand Government Of the people,
4 by the people and for the people, instead OF .
j Government Of the bondholders by the bond
holders and for the bondholders, and we de-
nounce every attempt to STIR up sectional strife
~ an effort to conceal mOnstrous crimes
against the people.
Il. In the flrtnerance Of these ends we ask
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage NO
war upon classes, but only against vicious in
stitutions. We are not content to endure fur
ther discipline FROM our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans
portation, over SEA and land and largely over
the press and the machinery of Government,
WELD unwarrantable power over our institu-
lions and over our life and property.