Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-06-12
GREENBACK TICKET.
GREENBACK PLATFORM.
Adopted by the National Convention
at Indianapolis, May 30, 1884.

Adopted by the National Convention
at Indianapolis, May 20, 1884.
l. We hold the late decision of the
Supreme Court on the legal-tender ques-
ton to be full vindcation of the the
ory which that party has always advo-
Gated on the right and authority of
Congress over the issue of legal-tender
notes, and we hereby pledge ourselves
to uphold said decision and to defend
the Constitution against alterations or
amendments intended to deprive the
the people Of any rights or privileges
conferred by that instrument. We de-
mand the issue of such money in sufli-
cient quantities to supply the actual de-
mands of trade and commerce in ac-
cordance with the increase of popula-
ton and the development of our indus
tries. We demand the substitution OF
greenbacks for national bank notes,
and the prompt payment of the public
debt; we want the money that saved
our country in timo OF war, and which
has given it prosperity and happiness
in peace. We condemn the retirement
Of fractional currency and small de-
nominations ofgreenbacks and demand
their restoration. We demand the is
sue of the boards Of money now locked
up in the United States Treasury by ap-
plying them to the payment Of the pub
lie debt now due.
2. We denOunce as dangerous to our
republican institutions those methods
and policies of the Democratic and Re-
publican parties which have sanctioned
or permitted the establishment Of land,
railroad, money and other gigantic cor
porate monopOlieS, and we demand
such governmental action as may be
necessary to take from such monopolies
the powers which they have corruptly
and unjustly usurped, and restore them
to the people to whom they belong.
3. The public lands being the natu-
raj inheritance of the people, we de
nouncc that policy which has granted
TO corporations vast tracts of lands, and
we demand that immediate and vigor-
Gus measures be taken to reclaim from
such corporations for the peoples use
and benefit all such land grants as have
been forfeited by reason of nOn-fultill-
ment of contract, or that may have been
wrongfully acquired by corrupt lcgiSla-
ton, and that such reclaimed lands and
other public domain be henceforth held
as a sacred trust, to be granted only to
actual settlers in limited quantities: and
we demand that alien ownership of land
individual or corporate shall be prOhib-
tied.
4. We demand congressional regu-
latiOn of interstate commerce. We de-
nounce pooling" stock watering, and
discrimination in rates and charges,
and that Congress shall correct these
abuses even, if necessary, by the con-
struction of national railroads. We al
so demand the establishment of a gov
ernmental postal telegraph system.
5. All private property, all forms of
money and obligations to pay money
should bear their just proportion Of
public taxes. We demand graduated
income tax.
6. We demand an ameliOratiOn OF
the condition of labor by enforcing san
itary laws in industrial establishments,
by the abolition of the convict labor
system, by the rigid inspection of mine,
and factories, by reduction of thC
hours of labor in industrial establish
ments, by fostering educational instim
tions and by abolishing child-labor.
Z. We condemn all importatons o
contracted labor, made with view Of
reducing to starvation wages the work
ing men of this country, and demant
laws for its prevention.
8. We insist upon a constitutions
amendment reducing the terms of Unit
ed States senators one-half, and makin
them elective directly by the people; al
so making the President ineligible t
reelection.
8. We demand such rules for tn
government of Congress as shall plac
all representatives Of the people upo
an equal footing and take away fror
committees veto power greater tina
that of President.
10. The question as to the amount {
duties to be levied upon various art
cles OF import, has been agitated, qua
relied over, and has divided commun
ties for nearly hundred years. 1t
not now, and never will be settled, III
less by the abolition of indirect taxation
1t is convenient issue, always raise
when the people are excited over abus,
in their midst. While we favor wi.
revision of the tariff laws with view
raising revenue from luxuries rath,
than necessaries, we insist that, as q
economic question, its Importance is il
significant as compared with the final
cial issue; for whereas we have sutfere
our worst panics under low, and ais
under high tariffs, we have never suffe
ed from panic or seen our factOri'
and workshops closed while the vO
ume Of our money in circulation WI
adequate to the needs of commerc
Give our farmers and manufacture
money as cheap as you now give OF
bankers and they can pay high wages
labor and compete with the whole worlt
IL. For the purpose of testing I'll
sense of the people upon the subject
we are in favor of submitting to vol
of the people an amendment to the Coz
stitution in favor of suffrage, regarC
less of sex, and also on the subject
the liquor traffic.
~. All disabled soldiers of the lar
war should be equitably pensioned: an
we denounce the policy of keeping
small army of ofiice-holders whose on
business is to prevent, on technic
grounds, deserving soldiers from o.
tanning justice from the governmel
they helped to save.
l3. As our name indicates, we are
national party, knowing no East, I
West, no North, no South. Having l
sectional prejudice, we can properl
place in nomination for the high Offic
Of state men from any section Of IL
Union. We appeal to all people WI
believe in our principles to aid us /
voice and pen and votes.
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Attention, Greenback Committeeme
A meeting Of the county central cor
mittee Of the National Greenback L
Dor party OF Livingston county will
held at the CRISIS Office, on Saturda