The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-09-14
PLATFORM
or THE NATIONAL. dnKKNBAcR-I ABoR PARTY oJ
THE UNITED BTArEs, ADOPTED At CHICAGO


Or THE NATIONAL dnkksBAcA-I.AsoR PARry o.
THE UNITED TED srArEs, ADOPTED At CHICAGO
/. That tho right TO mako and issne moneys
. sovereign power To DO maintained by tho ped
ple for tho common benefit. The delegation
Of this right TO corporations Ia surrender OF
tho central attribute Of sovereignty, void Of
ordinate irresponsible powcr and absolute do.
minion over industry and commerce All
money, whether metallic Or paper, should b.
issued and its volume controlled by tho uov-
ornmcnt. and not by or through banking cor
porations and, whom 20 issued, should DO
full legal tender for oil debts, public ana phi
vate.
.. That tho bonds Of the United States
should not DO refunded, but paid - rapidly %
practicable, according 10 contract. TO enable
tho Government 10 meet these obligations,
legal-tcnder currency should 30 substituted
for tho notes Of the national banks, the M
limited coinage Of silver, . we'll - gold, o.
s. That labor should DO 10 protected By
national and state authority - 70 equalise ~
burdens, and insure Just distribution OF ita
results tho cight-hour law Of Congress should
trial establishments placed under rigid control,
tho composition Of contract convict labor abol-
ished bureau Of labor statistics established
factories, mines and workshops inspected
tho employment Of children under II yeAu Of
ago forbidden, and wages paid IN cash:
4. Slavery being simply cheap. labor, and
ton and presence Of Chinese sorfs necessarily
bends TO brutAlixc aud degrade American labor,
therefore immediate steps should be taken 70
abrogate tho DurlingAme treaty.
8. Nallroad land grants forfeited BY reason Of
non-fnflllment Of contract should b immcdi.
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forth the public domain reserved exclusively -
homes for actual settlers.
g. II ID tho duty Of Congress 10 regulate In
ter-6tate commerce. AL lines Of communica-
ton and transportation should b brought nm
der such Legislative control - shall secure mod
srate, fair aud uniform rates for passenger and
Z. We denounce ~ destructive 70 prosperity,
and dangerous 10 liberty, the actions Or tho old
parties In fostering aud sustaining gigantic
land, railroad and money corporations and mo.
nopolies, invested with aud exercising powers
belonging 10 the Government, and not respop-
sible to 1t for tho manner OF their exercise.
8. That the constitution, giving Congress Tho
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 an interest consideration should
DO preferred TO tho soldier and sailor who
periled their lives and shed their blood on land
and sca In defense Of their country, and We
condemn the cruel class legislation OF the Re-
publican party which, while protesting great
gratitude to tho soldier, has most unjnstly dis
criminated against him and In favor Of The
bondholdce.
Q. All property should bear its lust propor-
ton Of taxation, and wo demand graduated
income tar.
10. We denounce ~ most dangerous the e.
forts everywhere manifest to restrict the rights
Of suffrage.
II. We are opposed 10 On increase Of tho
standing army In time Of peace, and the In
stdOus scheme TO establish an enormous mill
itary power under the guiss OF militia lava
~. We demand absolute democratic rules
Tor 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 Prosi-
dent.
Is. We demand Government Of tho people,
by the people and for the people, instead Of 1
Government Of the bondholders, hy tho bond
holders and for the bondholders, and We de-
nounce every attempt TO stir up sectional strife
- an effort to conceal monstrous crimes
against tho people.
"a. In tho furtherancc OF these ends We ask
tho cooperation Of all fair-mindod people.
We have no quarrel with individuals, wage no
war upon classes, bat only against vicious in
stltutions. We are not content to endure fur.
ther discipline from our present actual rulers,
who, having dominion over money, over traus-
portation, over sea and land, and largely over
tho prcss and tho machinery OF Government,
WELD unwarrantable power over our institu-
tons and over our life and property.