The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-11-09
PLATFORM
or THE NATIONAL dREENBAcR-LADoR PANTY or
THE UNITED BTATKs, ADOPTED At CHICAGO

or THK NATIONAL dREENBAcR-LADoA PANTY OF
THE UNITED STATEs, ADoPTED At CHICAGO
JUNx 8, 1880.
sovereign power to be maintained BY the peo-
pie for tho common benefit Tho delegation
Of this right 10 corporations ID . surrender OF
tho central attribute OF sovereignty, void Of
constitutional sanction, comforting upon sub.
ordinate irresponsible power and absolute do.
in,on owe, industry dusty. and commerce s,a Al
issued and it, volume controlled by the Gov
eminent. and not by or through banking cor
porations, and, when 20 issued, should be
full legal tender for al debts, public and pri-
vate.
a. That tho bonds Of The United States
practicable, according TO contract. TO enable
the Government to meet these obligation,
legal-tender currency should bO substituted
for the notes Of the national banks, the na-
tional-banking system aboiiahod, and tho un-
limited coinage Of silver, - we'll . gold, e.
tablished by law.
8. That labor should b. 70 protected by
national and State authority - TO equalise its
burdens, and insure Just distribution Of IT.
results tho eight-hour law Of Congress should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of indus
trial establishments placed under rigid control,
ished bureau Of labor statistics established
the employment Of children under Il years Of
age forbiddsn, and wages paid In cash.
I. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the tmports-
bends to brutalixe and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should BE- taken to
abrogate tho Burlingame treaty.
s. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason OF
non-fulfllment Of contract should Be immedi.
stely reclaimed ~ the Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively -
8. II d the duty Of Congress 10 regulate In
ter-0tate commerce. All lines Of communica-
ton and transportation should b brought un-
der such legislative control - shall secure mod
srate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freight traffic.
Z. We denounce q 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-
nopolies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to the Government and mot respon-
sible to 1t for the manner Of their exercise.
g. That the constitution, giving Congress tho
and support armies, to 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
condemn the cruel class legislation Of the Re
publican party which, while protesting great
gratitude to the soldier, has most unjustly dis
criminAted against him and In favor OF the
bondholdee.
8. All property should bear its Just proper
ton Of taxation, and We demand graduated
income tai.
10. We denounce - moot dangerous the e.
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
II. We are opposed 10 IN increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, aud the in
sidious scheme to establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guise Of militia lava
II. We demand absolute democratic rules
Tor the government Of Congress, placing ali
representatives Of the people upon IN 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 or 1
Government Of the bondholders by the bond
holders and for the bondholders, and We de-
noance every attempt 10 stir up sectional strife
% an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
IA. In the furtherance Of these ends We ask
the cooperation Of all fair-minded people.
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes, but only against vicious i'm
stitutione. We are not content to endure fur
Their discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over trans
porfation, over sea and land, and largely over
the press and the machinery OF Government,
WELD nnwarrantable power over our institu-
tons and over our life and property.