Huntsville gazette., 1883-07-14
ANTI.M0NOPOLY.
CHICAGO. July s.

| o'clock. Mr.. A. j. Streeter, Chairman of
! the Committee on Resolutions announced
that the committee was ready to report.
Mr.. j. f, Crews, the Secretary of the Com
mittee, then read the platform. After an
address to the people of the United States,
the platform declares as follows:
PLATFORM.
An corporations, including those formed for
the transportation OF persons and products,
are creatures Of the States aud General Gov
| ernment subject to their control, and 1t is the
duty of the Eovernment to regulate transpor-
| tation, prescribing both maximum and mini
/ mum charges, preventing pooling and other
| like combinations and determinations be-
/ tween towns and individuals, and the consol-
idation of competing lines, thus protecting
/ the corporations in their legal rights and the
people from extortiorate charges.
To secure these things we demand that the
1 next Congress, by one of its committees, shall
thoroughly investigate the cost of railways
4 and transportation SO that it may act intelli-
! gently on those subjects and enact such laws
as the protection of the people demand.
A postal telegraph system is demanded by
every interest in the country, to be operated
by the Postal Department.
/ Under liberal and equitable construction
| of law States and corporations have forfeited
10o,0O0OCO acres of land, territory as large as
| the fve great States of New York, PennSyl-
I vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, sup
! porting population of over 100000 Of peO-
pie, and this land now legally and equitably
belongs to the people of the United States:
therefore, be it
ResoIred, That it is the duty of Congress to
( declare forfeited all lands not eQuitably
! earned by q construction of the designated
| roads within the time prescribed by law Tor
completion, and restore the same TO the pub
I tic domain for the benefit of actual settlers,
and all public lands shall be reserved for the
use of actual settlers. + ts
/ We view with alarm the acquisition of lands
in the Z nted States by nonresident foreign
ers, and We favor such changes in the laws as
! will prevent the ownership-Of any part of our
soil by any except residents.
We oppose the issue and control of the cur
rency by banks of issue which now enjoy the
special privilege of charging interest upon
their own promises to pay, and we demand a
restoration to the peoples government of its
/ full sovereignty over ali money, both metallic
and paper to be full legal tender.
We favor the coinage OF gold and silver
upon equal terms, and demand that the Vo,-
ume OF money be carefully restricted by law.
We demand that the national banking system
be abolished and the national banks paid off
as speedily as possible in the lawful money of
the United States. We demand the establish
lnent of a graduated income-tax. Postal saw
ings' banks shall be established, that the peo-
pie may have safe depository. Gambling in
the necessaries of life, and combinations
which enable monopolists to control the ma
tional prices against the national laws OF
1 trade must be abolished.
The Patent laws should be so amended as TO
protect inventors. give the people the benefits
| to be derived, and prevent the foundation OF
monopolies which rob the inventor and the
+ All public officials, as far as practicable in
cluding the President and Vice-President,
shall be elected by direct vote of the people.
| Congress has no authority to tax the people
\ except for the purpose of raising necessary
revenue, and in, framing Tariff laws That
object should be kept constantly i'll view.
1 We denonnce the present tariff as being
| wholly i'll the interest OF monopolleS, and de-
! mand that it be speedily and radically re-
| formed and free trade established as soon as
| the transportation and money m0nopolea
shall be so regulated as to secure reasonable
! rates for freights and interest on money.
| 10 OF iD6pl pOdpnt DCIitIppi
party, pledge ourselves not to enter into any
combination or affliation with the Republican
! or Democratic parties.
During the reading Of the platform the
ecretary was interrupted several times by
applause and other demonstrations Of ap-
| proval, the report seeming TO be received
favorably by nearly all. At its finish a
minority report was offered by Mr..
Springer, of Maine, on woman suffrage.
On Mr.. Browns motion tie report OF the
committee was adopted. A discussion then
took place upon the admissibility of the
minority report offered by Mr.. Springer. 1t
was read and endeavor was made to lay it
on the table, but it proved Intellectual. An
! other minority report was then offered, but
was laid ON the table by vote of 103 to 81.
The resolutions on woman's suffrage again
/ came up, and adiscussion Of five minutes was
allowed each delegate who wished to speak.
| few short addresses were made, and the
chair then allowed a recess of ten minutes
for the several States to decide whether the
suffrage resolution should be laid on the
table. AT the end Of the recess the vote
stood, sixty-five ayes and seventy-seven
nays. As the vote was announced it was
cheered heartily.
After the addresses were finished, Mr..
James K Magic offered the following:
! Rssolced. That while this conference is pre-
! pared to declare that woman should enjoy
every political right accorded to man, we be
| and we respectfully reegate the subject to
the citizens of the several States.
This resolution was adopted finally after
heated debate and many bitter person
alites.
Mr.. Kehoe. of New York, then moved
that all relating to the tariff in the platform
| be struck out, and demanded vote on it
by States the result being 124 nays and 20
ayes.
A resolution was then adopted to nomf-
nate permanent National President, Vice
President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary,
and also Vice President for each State
with power to nominate assistants
Mr. John +. Henry, a druggist, Of Brook
lyn, who had acted as permanent Chairman
for the Conference, was elected President
unanimously, as were the other officers. Mr..
| 3. F. Shiveley. of South Bend, Ind, was
elected as Secretary; Mr.. n. b. Killmer, Of
Brooklyn, as Assistant Secretary, and Edwin
Lee Brown, of this city, as Treasurer. The
1 Vice-Presidents for the different States
were: General R. 4. Wingate, Missouri;
John Henry Keen, Jr,. Maryland; M. Ran
kin, Indiana; A. H. Coffene, Illinois; l.. I.
Foster, Ohio; D. M. Clark. Iowa; ID. w.
Ray, Pennsylvania; c. III. Williams, Michi-
gan; E. N. Hill, d. c.; B. S. Heath, Da-
kota; j. Orrnsby, Wisconsin; A. j. Utley,
! Kan sas; ID. l.. Graves, Kentucky, and John
| T. Doyle, California. The other States
were not prepared to nominate delegates.
The question Of substituting the word
Organization for 'party," in the platform,
came up and was carried unanimously, leav-
ing the platform exactly as above given,
| with this one exception.
/ Mr.. John Henry KeeRe, Jr., of Maryland,
! then read an address to the people of the
/ United States, to be incorporated in the
| platform. 1t was referred to the permanent
! Secretary for detailed examination, and
power given to so use 1t If it supported their
| platform in every detail.
4 During the past nine years the bodies of
$50 paupers were shipped to medical COLI
4 he rpa!iZ~