The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1890-09-05
Re form Convention.

adoption by government of, the Prin-
ciples herein stated, are invited to as
semble in the city Of St. Louis, Mo, at
u o'clock noon, on Wednesday, Sept.
3, 1890, in an Independent National
Reform Convention.
The following is a brief statement Of
principles enumerated in an elaborate
address by the undersigned nationol
committee appointed at conference
held in the city Of Chicago on Nov. Is
and II, 1889:
l. Adequate good cannot be attained
by working with or through any exist
political party organization.
2. An unjust and oppressive war tax
is continued under the guise of "tariff
for protection to industry" but is in
intention and effect a protection to
proprietors and capitalists, and tax on
the consumer and humble farmer and
laborer. This tariff tax must be sub
jected to sweeping reduction and
many Of its provisions repeated.
3. All instrumentalities for the
transportation Of persons and property,
and all means for the transmission of
intelligence, must be placed under alb
solute control of government. and OPP
Grated at reasonable annual income
Of their truthful cash value.
4. A system of land Limitation must
be established, and within reasonable
time all chartered corporations must be
restricted to ownership and control of
only such real estate as is actually en-
ployed in the prosecution Of the bus
mess specified in their charters; and
all owners of real estate, whether ndi-
vidual or companies, must be limited
to only such amount of real estate as is
actually occupied and employed by
such owners, in useful and productive
commercial or agricultural pursuits.
5. All money, whether metal or
paper, must be authorized and issued
by general government only must be
full legal tender for all debts and dues,
public or private, without exceptions; ;
must be issued 10 citizens without the
interference or agency of banks; must
be issued in volume to be increased
uniformly with the increase of the
population of the country and provis-
ions must be made for the coinage of
both gold and silver, on the same terms
and conditions.
6. A reform system of elections must
be established which will destroy the
possibility of bribery and intimidation.
7. All trusts and combinations des-
ignated to limit supply or control traf-
fic in merchantable commodities must
be regarded as conspiracies inimical to
public welfare, and must be summarily
suppressed.
s. The manufacture and sale Of in
toxlcating liquors for beverage pur-
poses must be suppressed by constitu-
tional amendments and by statutory
enactments.
9. The right to vote is inherent in
citizenship, irrespective Of sex. and is
properly within the province of State
legislation.
10. A system of arbitration must be
established by law, to settle differences
between employers and employees.
IL. A platform Of principles as we'll
as details for the formation of new
and independent party must be formu-
lated and adopted in the convention at
OF Louis, Sept. 3.
II. Each subscriber to the above
outline of principles must lie considered
as representative of himself as an in
dividual only, and not as the represen.
tative of any party heretofore in exist
ence.
Unless the masses of intelligent PEG.
pie now struggling for liberty in this
country will exercise the good sense to
federate aud consolidate, we are hope
lessly lost as republic.
All who love liberty are invited to
attend the above named convention,
whether members of the Farmers ALI
arce, the Farmers Mutual Benefit
Associations. Patrons of Industry
Agricultural Wheels, Union Labor
men, Greenbacks, knights of Labor,
Prohibitionists, Patrons of Husbandry
or any of the numerous associations for
improvement, progress and reform,
also Democrats and Republicans who
desire reform, all who are in accord
with the above, just, economic prin-
ciples and who are in favor of organic
ing a new party in harmony with the