The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05

ey, should bear their just proportion
of public taxes. We demand grad.
ual income tax.
| 6. We demand an amelioration OF
labor by enforcing sanitary laws in
Industrial establishments: by the ;abo-
lition of convict labor, 10y rigid IN
spection of mines and factories, by a
reduction of the hours of labor in in
dustrial establishments, by fostering
educational institutions and by abol-
ishing child labor.
We condemn 81 importations of
contract labor, made With a view of
reducing to starvation wages the
working men of this cour try, and
demand laws for its presentation.
T. The question as to the amount of
duties to be levied upon various arti-
Giles of import, has been agitated, and
has divided communities for nearly
| one hundred years. 1t is not now,and
never will be settled; unless by the
abolition of indirect taxation. 1t is a
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 view
OF raising revenue from luXuries rath-
er than neceSSarieS, we insist on an
economic question of its Importance.
1t is Insignificant as compared with
financial issues, for, whereas we have
suffered our worst panics under low
and also under high tariffs, we have
never suffered from panic or seen
our factories and workshops closed |
While the volume of money in circula- |
ton was adequate to the needs of |
commerce. Give our farmers and |
manufacturers money as cheap as you
now give our bankers, and they can
pay high wages to laborers, and COM
pete with all the world.
8. For the purpose of testing
the sense of the people upon the
subject, we are in favor of
submitting to a vote of the people
an amendm ent to the constitution
in favor of suffrage regardless of sex,
and also on the subject of the liquor
traffic.
8. All di sabled soldiers of the late
war should be adequately pensioned,
and we denounce the policy of keep
ing a small army of Office holders
whose only business is to prevent, on
technical grounds, deserving soldiers,
from obtaining justice from the gov
ernment they helped to save.
10. AS our name indicates, we are
national party, knowing no east, no i
west, no north, no south. Having
10 sectional prejudices, we can
place in nomination for ,
high officers of state, candidates
rom any section of the union. We
appeal to all who believe in our prin- !,
iples to aid, by voice, and pen, and
'oteS.
The majority report was adopted, ,,
nd the convention p t oceeded to select :
andidates for pres ident and vice :
resident. The roll of states was
allied, and Mr.. g. E. Cunningham, of {
Arkansas, nominated Gen b. +. But
or, which was seconded by Mr.. Chase, r
f Colorado, and by representatives of
ther states, until Georgia was !,
cached, when Mr.. Craver, of that =
tate, nominated Jesse Harper, of Hi =
!ois. Mr.. Jones, of New York, nomi- q
o oasid. e &. f F. A Mood of of PENIS Mis
ylvani, nominated T. 3. Armstrong, =
f that state. r
The ballot resulted: Butler, 1923;
Iarper, SO; Allis, 2; Davis 1. fl
Mr.. Scion Chase, though not placed t
4 nomination, received votes. r
Butler was declared the nominee.
The convention then proceeded to 1
ne selection of a candidate for vice. t.
resident, and Gen. A. M. West, of ii
was nominated by accla- IL
lation.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 29.-The ma .
onal greenback convention reassem- II
led at 10 o'clock, Gen. Weaver pre- ~
ding. The committee on resolutions =.
OF being ready to report, the entire :
)renoon session was taken up with W
REF addresses from a number of q
lembers, a continuation of last II II
lights proceedings. The platform L
ommittee sent word to the presiding IS
ficer that they would not be ready q
, report before 2 80 o'clock, and at II Is
clock the convention adjourned I'M
! 2 o'clock. 1t was understood that CC
lie committee on resolutions were at v, W
ggerheadS over the plank in regard 10
the tariff. and good deal of eX- q
tement was expected in the conven- el
on. To prevent much time from be- W
e consumed speeches were limited to 81
We minutes-no delegates to speak u u
vice until all had spoken. A COM 81
ittee was appointed to wait on Hon.
Gorge w. Julian, and invite him to Il;
oliver an address to the convention. VI
here was some talk of a bolt over
utler's nomination, but it is not like W
it will amount to much. Crandall u
id he did not like Butler, but if the d
can afford to commit the "
Irty to such blunder he could and -
would stand by the same. ID
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