Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-08-08
Independent Farmers, Convention Mt
Lincoln.

Independent Farmers, Convention m,
Lincoln.
LINCOLN, Eeb., July 3O.-The larg.
est gathering OF farmers that ever met
in convention in Nebraska assembled
at 2 p. m. yesterday in Bohannan's
hall, this city.
Every county in the state was repre-
scented, and the delegates were farmers
and laboring men. and the politician
was not seen among them. The hall
was crowded and the murmur of many
voices was deafening.
President Powers OF the farmers al
lance called the convention to order
at 2;l5. He nominated Allen Root of
Douslas county for chairman and C. A.
Mayberry of Pawnee county for secre-
tary. Both nominations prevailed.
The chairman then chose the follow
ing as a committee on credentials: J.
N. Thompson OF Lancaster, ]. M.
Hober of Ulrich, j. c. Heatherington
OF Gale, j. Clark of Cass and r. Z.
Martln OF Custer.
The committee on credentials re-
ported that seventy-seven counties
were entitled to representation of S6S
delegates.
Inc temporary organization was at
this time made permanent. j. H..
Craddock was made assistant secretary
All resolutions were referred to the
committee without debate.
A motion was made that the state
central committee be selected one from
each county. This carried. Another
motlon was made that the chairman O.
each delegation be the central commit
teeman of his county. This motion
was lost and then a motion was made
ana carried that the chairman of each
delegation canvass his delegation and |
announce the preference of each dele |
cation.
The report of the committee on res
olutlons was read, Jay Burrows acting
as spokesman.
The elght-hour clause caused much
discussion. The farmers did not want
the elght-hour law on their farms.
burrows spoke and said that he was in
favor OF it, and that he didn't think IL
would make any difference to farm
hands. The Knights of Labor, by f.
Leighton, want it, and a vote was
taken on the amended plank, and the
following resolutions were adopted:
THE PLATFORM.
we, the undersigned citizens of the
state OF Nebraska, hereby declare our
to the following fundamental
and demand that thew be
into law, viz:
Our financial system should be re-
ormed by the restoration of silver to
rs old time place in our currency and
Us Tree and unlimited coinage on an
equality with gold, and by the increase
u our money circulation until il
caches the sum of $50 per capita; and
vi paper issues necessary to secure
nat amount should be made by the
government alone, and be full local
ender for all debts, public and private {
That land monopoly should be abol- {
shed either by limitation of ownership
II graduated taxation of excessive
loldlngs, so that all the competent y
mould nave an opportunity to labor.
eculre homes and become good citizens }
nd alien ownership should be pro- c
ibited.
mat the railroad system, as at pres {
nj managed, is system of spoliation v
nd robbery, and that its enormous {
onded debt at fictitious valuations is L
bsorbing the substance of the people c
the interest of millionaires; that the n
eneral government should own and a
perate the railroads and telegraph. .
M furnish transportation at cost the U
lme rs mail facilities are now furn- II
ned; and that our legislature shall d
1act a freight rate law which shall fix X
ites no higher than those now in force
Iowa.
We demand that our state and ma >;
onal system of taxation, including =,
le tarlff, shall be so adjusted that -,
ealth will bear its just burdens, in -
cad OF our farmers, laborers, mer- -
lants and mechanics being compelled -
pay, as at present, by far the largest - -
'rtion of public expense. II
mat the soldiers of the late war ~
all receive liberal service pension. ai
That we demand the adoption of the o.
australian ballot system. &C
That eight hours shall constitute a IN
gal days understanding for apri- u
ltural labor.
we further declare that the politi-
machinery in this state has been co
by the corporate power for bu
e plumber of the people and the en- no
OF itself. and we have en-
ely lost confidence in the efficacy of III
at machinery for the enactment of n,
81 and the repeal OF unjust laws.
We, therefore, hereby give our voice
the call of "A peoples independent WI WI
We convention, to nominate pure and Ga
lie men for the different state offices R RS
the principles named above; and we Blu
reoy pledge ourselves, if pure and Nv Nv
norable men are so selected. to vote Eg
work for their election. HHSo'
And we hereby invite all men. with spr
regard to past or present political d dri
llatlonc, to join us in this, our effort On
pure government, for relief from Ne Ne
shackles of party politics and the Poi
of corporate power in our Ho
FAAS oAaitS. Hoi
nominations being now in order, a 'e'
ton was made that all nomination WI
eches be squelched. This was mod Cor
W iodu tndJ al nominating Por
eches be limited to three minutes, Lar
prevailed. W,
he following state ticket was, after Cor
lumber OF ballots, placed in nomina- P Pot
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