The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-07-13
PLATFORM
or THE NATIONAL dREENBAcx-I4ABoI PANTY o.
THE UNITED STATES, ADOPTED ~ CUcA0o
JUNE o. 1880

Or THE NATIONAL dREESsAcH-I4Asoa PAHT1 o.
THE THE, us, ,ssD STATES ADOPTED 1f onoAoo
/. That the right to make and issue money II
4 sovereign power to be maintained by tho peO-
pie for the common benefit. Tho delegation
Of this right TO corporations IL = surrender Of
the central attribute Of sovereignty, void OF
ordinate irresponsible power aud absolute do.
minion over industry and commerce.. All
money, whether metallic or paper, should bc
Issued and It's volume controlled by tho Gov
ernmcnt and not by or through banking cor.
poratioiis, and, whom 20 issued, should BIO >
full legal tondcf for oil debts, public and prt-
vate.
Z. That tho bonds Of tho United states
should not be refunded, but paid ~ rapidly 40
practicable, according TO contract. To enable
the Government to meet those obligations,
legal-tcnder currency should DO substituted
for tho notes OF tho national banks, tho ma
tional-bankng system abolished, and the IN
limited coinage Of silver, . we'll - gold, o.
taDlished by law.
3. That labor should DO. 70 protected BY
national and State authority - TO equalixc its
burdens, and insure . Just distribution OF itA
results the eight-honr law Of Congress should
be enforced the sanitary condition Of indus-
trial establishments placed under rigid control |;
the competition OF contract convict labor abol-
ishcd; bureau Of labor statistics established |,
factories, mines and workshops inspected |,
the employment OF children under Il years Of
ago forbidden, and wages paid In cash.
4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery tho importa, e.
bends to brutalize and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should DO taken TO
abrogate tho BurlingAmo treaty.
8. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason OF
non-fulfllment Of contract should b immedi-
etely reclaimed ~ tho Government and hence
forth tho public domain reserved exclusively .
homes for actual settlers.
s. II d the duty Of Congress - regulate In
ter-St&to commerce. All Inch Of communicA-
ton and transportation should b brought un-
der such Legislative control - shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
4. We donounce - 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 tho Government and not respon-
sible to It for tho manner Of their exercise.
8. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
and support armies, TO provide and maintain .
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for m 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 Va
condemn the cruel class legislation Of the Re-
publican party which, while processing great
gratitude to the soldier, has most unjnstly dis
eliminated against him and In favor OF the
bondholder.
o. All property should bear IT, Just proper
ton Of taxation, and We demand . graduated
income tax.
10. We denounce 40 most dangerous the ef.
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
II. We are opposed 70 an increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, and the In.
sidious scheme to establish An enormous mill
itary power under the guiso Of militia lava
II. We demand absolute democratic rule,
for the government Of Congress, placing al
representatives Of the people upon IN equs
footing, and taking away from COMMITTED,
| . veto power greater than that Of tho 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 and for the bondholders, and We dc
nounce every attempt to stir up sectional strif,
~ an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against the people.
| IA. In the fartheNnce of these ends we asl
the cooperation OF all fair-minaed people
We have no quarrel with individuals wage nc
war upon classes, 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 sea and land, and largely owe
the press and the machinery OF Government
WELD nnwarrsntable power over our institu
tons and over our life and property.