The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-06-06
NATIONAL GREENBACK CONVEN-
TION.


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 29.-The Ma
tional Greenback Convention assembled st
English's Opera-House at eleven o'clock yes
terday. The house was called to order by
Jesse Harper, Of Illinois, Chairman
of the National Committee Hon. John
Tier, OF Florida, was elected tenn
porary Chairman, and George c. Hackstaff,
of Missouri, and Cornelius Dowdy. Of New
York, Secretaries. All the States were rep
resented except Delaware and Mississippi.
South Carolina was represented by Morse
Churett, proxy.
At the afternoon session General James
b. Weaver was chosen Permanent Chair
man and delivered speech, reviewing the
growth OF the Greenback party, commend
ing its principles and denouncing financial
measures enacted in recent years by mems
bers OF the old parties. At the conclusion
of his speech recess was taken until 1880.
AT the evening session the roll of States
was called for members OF the National
Committee, with the following result:
Arkansas, G. e. Cunningham; California, D..
she1house; Colorado, @. De la Ma5yr; Con-
necticut, Henry G. Baldwin; Georgia, Charles
D Parker; Illinois, Jesse Harper; Indiana
Richard Gregg; Iowa, Z. HI. Gillette; Kansas,
A. J.. Utley; Kentucky, L. A. Wood;
Louisiana, w. Fl. Hyer; Maine, Charles
S. Enerson; Massachusetts, g. B. Hutch
inson; Michigan, e. S. Greene; Mime.
sofa, @. H. Roberts; Missouri, Henry D
Hill; Nebraska, L. G. Pace; New Hampshire,
Warren G. Brown; New Jersey, b. W. Ter
linde; New York, Lewis f. Post; North Caro-
Ira George B. Wren; Ohio, j. st. Garrison;
Pennsylvania, ]. A. Case; Rhode Island, D 2.
Chasei Texas, Andrew Young; Vermont, M.
N Z. Bake; West Virginia. j. W. Gorham;
Wisconsin, Robert Shilling; District Of Co
lumbia. Lee Crandall
INDIANAPOLIS, May 30-No business
was done at this mornings session, the
time being entirely occupied with COM
monplace speeches. The convention agreed
ON fve-minute speeches on the adoption of
the platfornl-ilo delegate to speak twice
on the same paragraph.
In the afternoon the Committee on Plat
form reported. Three sets of resolutions
were presented-one by George o. Jones, of
New York; another by John Blanchard, OF
Michigan, and that of the majority by D.
+. Norton, Of Illinois. The recomenda-
tons Of the majority report were:
!. That we hold the decision Of the Supreme
Court on thelegal tender question to be a full
yindication OF the theory which this party has
always advocated on the right and authority
OF Congress over the issue. of legal tender
notes; we demand the substitution
notes; and the prompt payment of the
public debt, we want that money which saved
our country in time of war, and which has
gwen it prosperity and happiness in peace;
we condemn the retirement of fractional cur
fency and small denominations of green
lacks.
2. We denounce as dangerous to our repub-
Ecan institutions those methods and politics
of the Democratic and Republican parties
which have sanctioned or permitted the eSs
Enlistment of land, railroad. money and
other gigantic corporate monopOlies and we
as ma "a
necessary to take from such monopolies the
powers they have SO corruptly and unjustly
usurped and restore them to the people to
whom they belong.
3. The public lands being the natural inher-
1tance of the people, we denounce that pollcy
which has granted to corporations vast tracts
of land, and we demand that immediate and
vigorous measures be taken to reclaim from
sugh corporations for the peoples use and
benefit all such land grants as have been for
feited by reason of non-fuf6llment of con-
tract or that may have been wrongfully ac-
CURED by corrupt egislati0n,an that such rail-
road lands and other public domains be hence
forth held as sacred trust to be granted only
to actual settlers in limited quantities, and we
demand that alien ownership of land indiVid-
uaIOr corporate shall be prohibited.
4 we demand Congressional regulation of
Interstate commerce; we denounce poor
ing, stock watering and discrimination in
rates and charges, and that Congress shall
correct these abuses, even ii necessary by the
construction of National railroads We also
u
postal-telegraph system.
s. All private property, all forms of money
and Obligations to pay money should bear
their just proportion of public taxes. We de-
mand agraduated income tax.
6. We demand an amelioration of the con-
dition OF labor by enforcing sanitary laws in
industrial establishments, by the abolition Of
the convict labor system, by the rigid in
spection of mines and factories by the re-
duction of the hours of labor in industrial
establishments by fostering educational in
situations and by abolishing child labor.
Z. We condemn all importations of con-
tract labor made with view of reducing to
starvation wages the worlzingmen of this
country, and we demand laws for its preven-
ton.
3. We insist upon a constitutional amend
nent reducing the terms of office of United
States senators.
Q. We demand such rules for the govern.
ment of Congress as shall place all Represent
atives of the people upon an equal footing
and take away from committees a veto power
greater than that of the President
10 While we favor q wise revision of the
Tariff laws with view of raising the reyenu9
from Injuries rather than from necessafies,
we insist that as an economic question its im-
pOrtaDce is insignificant as compared with tho
financial issues; for, whereas, we nave suf-
fered our worst panics under low as well IA
high tariffs, we have never suffered from a
panic or seen our factories and workshops
closed while the volume of our money in
circulation was adequate to the needs OF COM
merce.
Ii. For the purpose of testing the sense of
the people upon the subject we are in favor
OF submitting to vote of the people an
amendment to the constitution in favor of
suffrage regardless of sex and also ON the sub
jeet OF the liquor traffic.
Il. All disabled soldiers of the late war
should be equitably pensioned, and we de-
n0unce the policy of keeping small array of
otfceholders whose only business is to pre-
from obtaining justice from the Government
they helped to save.
The principal difference of Jones' report
from that of the majority was in the follow
ing paragraph:
That we now demand that Congress shall
create full legal tender notes and issue the
sarnein payment of Government debts, con-
strneting public improvements, reduce trans
portation charges, completing public build
1ngs, building navy. and for such other pur-
poses as Congress is now asked to apprOpri-
ate money until the surplus labor of the
country is employed, profitable home
market for the products of American farms
and workshops created, and business is done
on cash basis.
The resolutions of Blanchard were in eff
feet reproduction of the Michigan State
platform, with strong condemnation of all
tariff laws. The majority report was adopt
ed, and the convention proceeded to nomi-
nate Presidential ticket The first ballot
resulted as follows: Butler, 1913; Jesse
Harper, of Illinois, %; Allis, Of Wisconsin,
1. Scion Chase. though not placed in nom
iTfatfon, received two votes. General A. NJ.
Vest, of Mississippi, was chosen by ac-
clanation for ce-President. A COM
miHee Of five was appointed to wait on the
nominees and notify them of the action
taken, and the convention adjourned.
Unearned Land Grants.
WASHINGTON, May 80. Anticipating
an adjournment of Congress without
the enactment into law Of several,
if any, of the bills declaring forfeitures of
lands granted to railroad companies, the
House Committee on Public Lands has