The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-08

and that each should be the promoter oil
the interests of the other, and of the whole
people.
5. That we favor in al; disputes be-
tween labor and capital that cannot be mu-
tually settled, prompt, thorough and
decisive solution through authorized and
binding arbitration, either state or ma
tional.
! g.. That America has no room for an
archy or anarchists every wrong can
be ighted by united use of the ballot, by
the iabOring and producing classes.
4! That allen land holdings shall be
prohibited.
s! That we favor the settlement of the
liquor question in Missouri by the sub
mi sion of a constitutional amendment
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
alcoholic liquor as a beverage, to the peo-
with having denied the people the right of
Pile of thstate for their adoption or
rejection and we charge past dem
ocIatic leg stature petition inrefusing
to submit such an amendment.
81 We demand an amendment to the
revenue laws of the state obviating the
ecsssity of double taxation of mortgaged
property, that to this end all property
shall be assessed at is full cash value, and
thai the debtor may list 10 the assessor
under oath the names of the holders ani
the net amount of the principal of his in
debtedness secured by deed of trust on real
estate and the assessor shall deduct such
amount of from his assessment.
10. That We arrsign the state board of
equalization for the favoritism shown the
railroads of the state in reducing cir as
sessments from S54, S49, 6l7.7l in 1873, with
only 2,S6S miles of railr. ad, to S40,772,-
S02, 81 in 1885, with 5,0l7 miles of road
and double the amount of property owned
by them, and demand correction of this
wrong upon the taxpayers of the state.
IL. That We denounce the existing and
combining systems of railroad and trans
portation compsnies, and we demand legis-
lation which shall prohibit the same, aud
we further demand that the provisions of
our state constitution, prohibiting the con-
solidation of PARALLEL and competing lines
of railroad shall be enforced by appropri-
at: legislation.
ii. That we invite all citizens of the
states, who believe in the foregoing decla-
ration of principles to unite with US at the
polls in next November In displacing the
dominant party and elect state and county
afficers and members of congress who are
pledged to legislate for the interest OF toll
ing and tax-paying masses.
-. That we demand the general assem- |
bly, of Missouri of the fol owing bill or a |
bill embracing similar provisions for the |
regulation and control of the railroads In |
this state:
DISCUSSING THE PLATFORM.
The platform was then taken up
and discussed section by section, re-
sulting In Its final adoption with a
few alterations.
Mr.. Dickinson, of Livingston, oh.
jected to national" being used in the
preamble as the name of the party.
Mr.. Cowgirl, of Laclede, said that
that matter had already been
settled by the national convention,
the words ''greenback labor" having
been eliminated from the name of the
party. After some discussion the
name as enunciated in tue platform
was approved.
Mr.. Dickinson, of Livington, OBJ
jected to the prohibition plank in the
platform. He said that the question
of submission was opposed by large
number of people in the state, not
only Germans, but others, and he
did not think that the
party could afford to burden itself
with this issue and thus retard the Or
ganiza ion.
Mr.. Younger, of st. Clair, spoke in
favor of the prohibition clause, stating
that he had drank barrels of whisky
and expected to drink barrels more,
but he thought that the people should
have right to vote on this great
question.
Presented as a part of the platform
was a lengthy hill concerning the gov
of railroads In The state.
Mr.. Quail, of Randolph, moved
that the draught of the till concerning
to be submitted to the next
legislature, be not considered part of
the platform.
Mr.. Cowgirl, of Laclede, moved
that the bill be referred to the next
yreenback legislature.
After some further discussion the
platform was adopted as whole.
A resolution offered by H Martin
opposing fusion with either
IF the other parties, was lost after be-
ng discussed with some animation.
NOMINATING A TICKET. T.
The chairman declared the nomi-
nation of candidates for state officers !
he next order of business. III. Mar !
in Williams in d neat and compliment c
airy speech, presented the name of s
Orlando ID. Jones, of Knox County,
or Supreme Judge. There being mo-
,ther Nominations Mr. Jones was
hu exclamation