The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-07-06
PLATFORM
Or THE NATIONAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PARTY OF
THE UNITED STATEs ADOPTED At CHICAGO
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Or THE NATIONAL GREENBACK-I4ABoR PARTY OF
THE UNITED States, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
JUNE 8, 1880.
l. That the right to make and issue money il
asovereign power to be maintained by the peo-
ple for the common benefit. The delegation
Of this right to corporations is q 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 be
issued and It's volume controlled BY tho Gov
eminent. and not by or through banking cor
porations and, when 30 issued, should DO i
full legal tender for al debts, public and pri-
vate.
2. That the bonds Of the United States
should not be refunded, but paid ~ rapidly o.
practicable, according to contract. 10 enable
the Government TO meet these obligations,
legal-tender currency should DO substituted
for tho notes Of the national banks, the ma
al-banking system abolished, and tho UNI
limited coinage Of silver, - well - gold, e.
tablished by Law.
8. That labor should be 20 protected BY
burdens. and insure . just distribution OF its
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-
ished; bureau Of labor statistics established /;
factories, mines and Workshop inspected |;
the employment Of children under IA years Of
age forbidden, and wages paid in cash.
4. Slavery being simply cheap labor, and
cheap labor being simply slavery, the importa-
ton and presence Of Chinese scrfs necessarily
bends to brutalixe and degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should be taken to
Abrogate the Buflingaine treaty.
5. Railroad land grants forfeited BY reason OF
non-fulhllmcnt OF contract should DO immedi-
ately reclaimed BY the Government, and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively a.
homes for actual settlers.
6. II 10 the duty Of Congress b regulate In
tcr-State commerce. All lines OF ccn,munica-
der such Legislative control - shall secure mod
crate, fair and uniform rates for passenger and
freight traffic.
Z We denounce a. destructive to prosperity,
and dangerous to liberty, the actions Of the old
parties in fostering and sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations ard mo-
nOpolies, invested with and exercising powers
belonging to tho Government and not respoD-
sible to it for the manner Of their exercise.
g. That the constitution, giving Congress the
power to borrow money, to declare war, to raise
and support armies, TO provide and maintain 4
navy, never intended that the men who loaned
their money for IN interest consideration should
be preferred to the soldier ana sailor who
pcriled 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 uniustly dis
criminated against him and In favor OF the
bondholder.
3. All property should bear It's Just proper
tiun of taxation, and We demand graduated
income tax.
TO- We ienounce AZ moet dangerous the ef-
forts everywhere manifest to restrict tho rights
Of suffrage.
IL. We are opposed TO an increase OF the
standing army in time Of peace, and the in.
sidious scheme to establish an enormous mill
ttary power under the guiso Of militia laws.
IL. We demand absolute democratic rules
for the government Of Congress-, placing all
representatives OF the people upon an equal
footing, and taking away from committees
| = veto power greater than that OF the Presi.
dent.
b. We demand a Government OF the people
by the people and Tor the people, instead OF a
Government OF the bondholders, BY tho bond.
holders and for the bondholders and we de.
nounce every attempt to stir mp sectional strife
| ~ an effort to conceal monstrons crimes
against the people.
| IA. In the fnrtnerancc OF these ends wc asl
the cooperation Of all fair-mindcd people
We have no quarrel with Individuals, wage no
war upon classes, but only against vicious in.
etltutlons. We are not content to endure fur
Their discipline from our present actual rulers
who, having dominion over money, over trans
rortation, over sea and land, and largely oyel
the press and the machinery of Government
WELD unwarrantable power over our institu
tons and over our life and property.