The advocate., 1890-10-01
PLATToRM oF Tm FEOPLEs rARTY.

vtntlOn assembled, recognize Almighty God M
lhe Flghtlul sovereign OF nations nom whom
all Just powers or government are derived and 20
Whose viii all human enactments ought 10 con.
forms and, whereas, this convention Is composed
OF members from All shades of political BELIEF;
and, whereas, We have agreed that the great
question OF labor, land, transportation and a.
nance are the economic questions before the
Therefore we set forth the following as tho
great underlying principles Oi the question afOro
sAid and oxetnpllhed Ia the SO. Louis Demands
LABOR
Labor n the beginning OF progress the fOunda.
ton Of wealth, and the lAb0rer ~ entitled 10 q
good living and fair aharo OF tho profits which
Sscond-The lss Of labor saving machinery
should shorten the hours OF toll and inure 10 the
benefit OF tho employed equally With The en-
ployer.
Tho earth n tho common heritage OF the pe0.
pie; every person born into thc world 70 entitled
equally With All others - = place 20 i've and earn
q living, and any system Of governments thAt does
not maintain and protect thlG lnalienablo light n
wrong and HhOald DO changed or abolished
PRNsTONA
We EavOr d service pension % every union sol
der and sailor, and We believe that Justice do
mAuds that t10 depreClAtod currency In which
they were paid should be made good, and hs full
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with the soldiers az with Ono bOndholders, and
chat oI-pria0neru OF war 30 romunerated t0g the
timO served w prison.
4. we demand The abolition ef national banks
and the substitution Of legal tender treasury
notes in nou OF national bank nOtee Issued In glf'
nClent volume Do DO tha business OF the country
on a cash system, regulating the amount needed
on q per capita basis ~ the business Interests Ol
the country expand, and that al money issued
by the government shan bo legal tender IN pay
40 ~ Nakt NnfN as5shW Ma Al MA
2. We demand The free and unlimited ooinagt
3. We demand that Congress shan pass such
laws 40 shall ohectually prevent the dealing Ia
futures IN an agricultural and mechanical pro
duCtlOna, preserving Eueh stringent system 0l
procedure IN trials Aa shall secure prompt CON
! ViCtiOn, and imposing nCh penAltiea aH shall 30
cure the most perfect compliance With the law
! T. We demand tho passage of laws prOhlbitlnl
allen ownership OF land, and that Congress take
early stops 10 devise some plan 10 obtain al land,
now owned by Aliens and foreign EyndiCateS, and
that all lands now held BY railroads and OtheI
corporations In excess OK such ~ are actually
used and needed by them, DO reclaimed by the
government and held for actual settlers only,
s. Believing In tho doctrine OF "equal rights z
all and special privileges 10 nome" We demand
that taxation, national or state, shan not be uSeC
70 build up ono Interest or class az tho expense o.
We believe that the money OF the country
should bo kept As much 40 possible IN the hand
! OF the people, and hence We demand THAT nll rev
enues, national, state and county, shall be hmlte,
% the necessary expenses Of the government eco
nOmicallY and honestly administered.
Q. We demand that Congress provide for thl
Issue OF a sufficient amount OF fractional pap0
currency 20 facilitate exchange through tho me
dum OF fthe United States mall.
z. We demand that the means Ot cOInmuncn
ton and transportation shall be owned by anl
operated In the interest OF the people, Rs Ia Oh,
| limited SintnH DOginl gvHtRm.
g. We demand such legislation az shall effect
uRly prevent the eXtOrtlOn OF usuriOuA nt0reB
by any form OF evasion OF statutory PROVISIONS.
o. We demand such legislation as will provide
for reasonable stay OF execution In an cases o.
foreclosure OF mortgages on real estate, ana
reasonable eXtentl0n OF time before the cOnhrma
ton OF sheriif's sales.
TO- We demand such legislation as will effect
ualy prevent the organization or maintenance o
trusts and combines for purposes OF speculation
I'm any OF the products or labor or necessities
life, or the transportation OF the same.
II, We demand the adjustment OF salaries o
public OfilClAls 70 correspond with existing nnan
Cial conditions, the wages paid TO other forms
labor, and tho prevailing prices OF tle prodnct
IL. We demand the adoption Of the Australian
system OF voting and the Crawford county system
People Of Kansas We come to you on this plat
our candidates, speakers and writer's will wastt
no time dlAcuaang minor matters
The past Ia gone, the present " WITH us, tn'
future Ia before u.s. old Issues are deadi we CONF
10 you with new Ones
REVOLUTIONS nELATINd TO RAILROADS
Be II resolved, irst, That All freight cars b
supplied with the automatic air brake ana Raiet
coupling appliances. 60,
SecOnd-That we ara opposed 70 the Bair Dll
aS now pending before Congress relative " arDl
| tratiOn OF labor disputes
Third-That hoard OF labor arbitration b.
appointed 10 settle all labor disputes, c0nslstl NJ
or three memberB OF whom one shall be chosel
by the employer, one by the emplOye and th
third by the other two.
FOurth-ThRt we are opposed 10 the impOrtl
ton OF PinkertOn detectives by railway corpora
tiOns for the purpose OF COerCing employees,
| Flith-That we are opposed TO the C0nSplraC
law as now on the statute books OF our state ai
lectihg railway employees.
[signed.l J. w. TANNER,
JOHN DAVIS
H. OSBORNE,