The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-06-06
GaEENBACK CONTENTION.

FaA4fI ~ III u
GREENBACK CONTENTION.
| Meeting Of the National Greenbacl Son.
vention at IndianapOlis-The Organize
| tion-Butler Nominated-The Platform.
The National Greenback Convention to
nominate candidates for President and Vice
President met at Indianapolis on the 2sth.
A permanent organization was effected by
the election of General John B. Weaver, of
Iowa, Chairman, with Vice-President for
each State, and the following Secretaries:
c. F. Davis, Iowa; C. F. j. Doody, New
York; S. c. Post, Illinois,, ]. w. NOrthrup,
Ohio; c. Roberts, Texas; S. F. Norton, Hi
nois; B. w. Ferlend, New jersey. The re-
mainder Of the day was occupied in ap-
pointing committees and speech making,
| when the convention adjourned until morn
ing, pending the report Of the committees.
General Weaver proved to be a model pre-
siding officer. His speech was only about
fifteen minutes in length, and was devoted
to brief review of the work and achieve
ments of the party and plea for it to con-
tinue in the discharge Of its duty.
Second Day.
INDIASApoLIs, May S0.-The National
Greenback Convention reassembled yester-
day morning, General Weaver presiding.
After the adoption of the platform, the role
of States was called and C. E. Cunningham,
of Arkansas, nominated General B. F. Bnt
Ter, which was seconded by Chase, of Cali
fonia, and by the representatives of the
States until Georgia was reached, when
| Craven, of that State, nominated Jesse
| York, nominated E. A. Allis, of Wis
consin, and Atwood, of Pennsylvania, nOm-
| mated Armstrong, of that State. A ballot
resulted, Butler 1928, Harper 50, Alls 2,
Davis /. Scion Chase, though not placed
| in nomination, received two votes. Butler
| was declared the nominee. The convention
| then proceeded to the selection of a candi-
date for Vice President, and General A. NJ
West of Mississippi, was nominated by &C.
clamation. Colonel Winston, of North Car.
DINA, d. A. Hopkins, of New Jersey, Cen
eral W. P. Innis, of Michigan, George b.
| Hutchinson, of Massachusetts, and ex-Gov-
| ernor Sprague, of Rhode Island, were ap-
pointed q committee to wait on Governor
anu NIcItIdl w cSt, W HOtly thCiii VI
the action Of the convention. Adjourned.
| The Platform.
| eIResolrcd. That we hold the late decision of
| the Supreme Court on the legal tender ques-
| ton to be full vindication of the theory
| which this party has always advocated on the
| right and authority of Congress over the issue
of legal tender notes, ana we hereby pledge
ourselves TO uphold said decision and to de-
| fend the Constitution against alterations or
amendments intended to deprive the people or
| any rights or privileges conferred by that in
strument We demand the issue of such
money and in sufficient quantities. to supply
| the actual demand of trade and COM
| merce in accordance with the increase
OF We do, demand te subs
| tuition of grcenbacks for National Bank
| notes, and the prompt payment or the pubic
debt. We want that money which saved our
country in time OF war, and which has given it
prosperity and happiness in peace. we con-
| denim the retirement of fractional currency
demand their restoration. We demand the
| issue of the boards of money now locked up in
| the United States Treasury by applying them
| to the interest of the public debt now due.
Second--We denounce as dangerous to our
Republican institutions those methods and
policies of the Democratic and Republican
parties which have sanctioned and permitted
the establishment of land, railroad. money and
| other gigantic corporate monOpOGes, and we
demand such Governmental action as may be
necessary to take from sucn monopones .he
usurped and restore them to the people to
whom they belong. 80
1hird-The public lands being the natural
inheritance of the people, we deuounce that
policy which has granted to corporations vast
tracts of land, and we demandthat immediate
and vigorous measures be taken to reclaim
from such corporations for the peoples use
aud benefit all such land grants as have been
forfeited by reason Of non-fulfllment of con-
tract or that may have been wrongfully ac-
>Iuired by corrupt legislation; and that such
railroad lands and other public domains be
henceforth held as 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 prohibited.
Fourth-we demand Congressional regua-
ton of Interstate commerce. We denounce
'pooling," 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
demand the establishment of q Government
Postal Telegraph system.
Fifth-AH private property, all forms Of
money and obligations to pay money should
bear their just proportion OF public taxes.
We demand graduated income tax.
Sixth-We demand an ameioration of the
condition of labor by enforcing sanitary laws
in ind ustrial establishments, by the abolition
Of the convict labor system, by the rigid in
spection of mines and factories. by the reduc-
ton of the hours of labor IN industrial estab-
lishments. by fostering educational institu-
tons, by abolishing cheap labor.
Seventh-We condemn all importatfons of
contract labor made with view to reducing
to starvation wages the workngmen of this
country, and demand laws for its prevention.
Eighth-We insist upon q constitutional
amendment reducing the terms of United
Ninth-We demand such rules for the gov.
eminent of Congress as shall place all repre-
sentatives of the people upon an equal foot
ing, and take away from the committees Q
veto power greater than that of the President.
TSnth-The question as to the amount OF
duties TO be levied upon various articles OF
import has been agitared, quarreled over, and
has divided communities Tor nearly a hun
dred years. 1t is not now and never Will be
settled unless by the abolition of indirect
taxation. 1t is q convenient issue, always
raised when the people are excited over
abuses in their midst, While we favor a wise
revision of the tariff laws with a view to rails
ing revenue from Injuries rather than
necessaries, we insist that as an economic
questionits Importance 10 insignificant as COM
pared with the financial issues; for. whereas,
We have suffered our worst panics under
low and also under high tariff, we have never
suffered from panic or seen our factoHes and
workshops stopped while the volume of money
in circulation was adequate to the needs of
commerce. Give our farmers and manufact-
urers money as cheap as you now give our
bankers and they can pay high wages to labor
and compete with all the world
Eleventh-FOr the purpose of testing the
IN favor of submitting to the vote of the peO-
pie an amendment to the Constitution in favor
of suffrage regardless of sex, and also on the
subject of the liquor traffic
Twelfth-An disabled soldiers of the late
war should he equtably pensioned, and we de-
nounce the policy of keeping small army OF
office holders whose only business is to pre-
from obtaining Justice from the Government
they helped to save. f-...i
Thirtcenth--As our name indicates, we are
a National party. knowing no East, no West,
no North. no South. having no sectional
rrejudices we can property place in nomina-
ton for the high Offices OF State candidates