The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-03-02
PLATFORM

Or THE NATIONAL dREENBAcx-I4 AsoR PARTY %
THE UNIrED SrATEs, ADorrED At CHICAGO
JuNE q. 1850.
!. That tho right TO mako and issus money IL
sovereign power to DO maintained BY the peo-
ple for tho common benefit. The delegation
Of this right to corporations In . surrender Of
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 DO
issued and it, volume controlled By tho Gov
porationa, and, whom 70 issued, should b :
full legal tender for oil debts, public and pn-
vatc.
2. That tho bonds Of the United States
should not BIO refunded, but paid - rapidly %
practicable, according to contract TO enable
legal-tcnder currency should DO substituted
for the notes Of the national bAnka, the na-
tional-banking system abolished, and tho un-
limited coinage Of silver, - we'll - gold, e.
!. That labor should be1so protected by
burdens. and insure . Just distribution Of IT.
results the cight-hour Law Of Congress should
DO enforced the sanitary condition Of indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control |,
the competition Of contract convict labor abol-
iThed . ttirean Of labor statistics established |;
IbCtOItt0s Ullue0 4u0 WU9k80OKl0 EuoUGCVe0 &
the employment Of children under IL years Of
ago forbidden, and wages paid in cash.
I. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importa-
ton and presence OF Chinese serfs necessarily
bends to brutalixe and degrade American lsboe,
therefore immediate STEPS should b taken =
abrogate tho Durlingam0 treaty.
s. Railroad land grants forfeited By reason Of
non-fulhllmcnt Of contract should s. immedi-
Atcly reclaimed Dy the Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively -
homes for actual settlerA
8. II b the duty Of Congress . regulate In
tcr-State commerce. AL lines Of conmunica-
ton and transportation should b brought un-
der such Legislative control - shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger aud
frciN ht traffic.
Z. We denouncc = destructive 70 prosperity,
and dangerous 70 liberty, the actions ct the old
parties in fostering and sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations and mo-
nopolies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the Government and not rcspon-
sible 70 Il for the manner Of their cxescs-e.
That the constitution, giving Congress The
power TO borrow money, to declare war, TO raise
and support armies, to provide and maintain .
their money for IN interest consideration should
be preferred 70 the soldier aud sailor who
periled their lives and shed their blood on land
and sea In defense Of their country, and va
condemn the cruel claas legislation Of the Re-
publican party which, while prcfessing great
gratitude 10 the soldier, has most unjustly dis
crminated against him aud in favor OF the
bondholder.
O. All property should bear Ia lust propor-
tion Of taxation, and we demand : graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce q mort dangerous the Of
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage
II. We arc opposed 10 an increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, and the in
eldious scheme 10 establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guisc Of militia laws.
IL We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress, placing oil
representatives Of the people upon On equal
footing. and taking away from committees
: veto power greater than that Of the Presi-
dent.
Is. We demand Government OF the people,
by the people and for the people, instead OF :
Government Of the bondholders. By the bond
holders aud for the bondholders, and we de-
nounce every attempt 10 STIR up sectional strife
- an effort to conceal monetrous crimes
against the people.
II. In the fnrtherance OF these ends We AK
the cooperation Of al fair-minded people.
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon clasees, bat only against vicious in
stitutions. We are not content TO endure fur
Their discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans
portation, over SCI and land, and largely over
the press aud the machinery Of Government,
WELD unwazrantable power over our institu-
tons and over our life and property.