The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-30
The Greenback Grumblers.

! OH resolutions was not ready 10 res
D ut and the entire forenoon ses>
sion was taken up in brief addresses
by members of the convention. The
com mittee sent word to the presId-
ing officer that it would not be ready
to report before halt past two or
three O'Clock and the convention
adjourned until two O'Clock. 1t is
understood the committee is at leg
gerheads over the plank on tariff
and a good deal of debate is eX-
uected in the convention. There is
some talk of a bolt over Buffers
nomin alton, but it ts not likely to
amount too much. Crsndall says he
don't like Butler, but IL the conven
! ton can afford to commit the party
to such 8 blunder, he ca1, and he
will stand by the same.
The convention reassembled pur'
suant to adjournment, snd commits
tee On resolutions not being ready
to report, the intervening time was
occupied in making and adopting
a vote of thanks to various
ersons, including committee on
arrangements, presiding officers,
aocal press and also w. a. English,
or the free use of the Opera ii puse,
fetc. A resolution extending sym
PATTY TO the union printers and or
ganjzed labor in the boycOttiDg
fight against the New York Trib
une was read and referred. 1t was
after 8 o'clock whcn Chairman
Weaver announced The committee
On res buttons ready to report. and
it was then ascerta1ned there would
be three minority reports made by
Jones, New York, end Blan charC,
Michigan, and were read first. The
reading was attentively listened to |
and occasionally interrupted with |
applause, the report of Blanchard |
meeting with enthusiastic ap.
plause, and its author re-
ceivipg many congratulations on
the stand he took in favor of tens
persnce and woman suffrage. Jones
report differed from the majority
report in demanding that while Con-
gress shall issue full legal tender
notes. they shall be used in payment
of government debts, constructing
public improvements to reduce
charges. completing
public buildings, building navy,
and for such other purposes as Con-
gress 10 now asked to appropriate
money for until the surplus labor of
the country is employed, a profitable
home market for the production of
American farms and workshops
and business done on a cash
basis. Jones did not insist on his
views and there was no split on the
platform. The majority report was
cad by Mr.. Norton, chairman Of the
committee. It contained a lengthy
preamble, setting forth the objects
II the greenback party, and what it
has accomplished, saying Congress
lad repealed over $12,000,0O0 of an
lual taxes for banks, throwing this
urden upon the people to pay the
interest thereon. Following is the
latform:
We denoance as dangerous to our
epublican institutions those meth y
DIS and policies of the democratic
nd republican parties, which have
anctioned or permitted the estab>
Ishment Of land, money aud other :
lgantic corporate monop0iies, and q
We demand such governmental G
ction a. may be necessary to take il
rom such monopolies the powers 4
hey have so corruptlv and unjustly r
surped, and restore than 10 the V
eOpIe to whom they belong. a
Third. - The public lands i,
eng the natural inheritance
the people, we denounce that o.
Obey which has grante1 to corpor- ri
items vast tracts of lands, and we r.
emand that Immediate and vigor- a.
US measure, be taken to reclaim at
,om such corporations for the peo-
les use and benefit all such land
rants as have been forfeited by
Jason OF non fulfllment of contract,
that may have been wrongfully ID
,quired by corrupt legislation, and of
lat such railroad lands or Other 0C
ublic domains be henct forth held fr
J sacred trust, to be granted only W
actual settlers in limited quanti. pc
es, and We demand that alien m
of land, individual or G,
II porste, shall be prohibited. bs
Fourth.-We demand Congress. ga
Onal regulation of Interstate COM su
cree. We denounce pooling sh
ock, watering and discrimination gr
rates and charges, and that
ongress shall correct there abuses
en- If necessary by construction of
Itional railroads. We also demand
g establishment of government W, w.
stal telegraph system. nv
All private property, all ~
rms of money and obligations ue
ould hear their just p oportion of M M
bile taxes. We demand q gradu- ol'
ed income tax. on
Sixth.-We demand an ameliora. i kLl
n Of the condition of labor, by en- ieg
'e.Dg sanitary laws in industri.l
Adjustments, by the abolition of
3 convict labor system, by rigid
'pection OF mines and factories. by \
eduction of hours of labor, by in. D.
strisl establishments, by fostering
lcationai institutions and by ~
1lishing child labor.
'eYenth.-We condemn ali inn II!
tstions of contracted labor made
ID a view to reducing TO starvation gel
ges the workingmeD of this coun.