The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-06-10
4 CONFESSION OF Faith
Full Text OF the Political
Belief of the New
Party.
Resolutions and Platform Adopted BY
the Farmers Alliance at
Huron, S. D.
They Take in All the 1sts" and
aIsms' Going and Make
Heterogeneous Declaration.

HuRoS. y. D.. June 2.
The Farmers alliance convention has
closed. The organization Of new politi-
cal party caused ths widest excitement.
Its resoluticns are such as 90 inciude ell
tariff reformers, prohibitionists and woman
suffragists. The resolutions In full are:
Justice demsnds that no cItizsn be disfrsn.
chlsed on account OF sex we favor ths prohibit
tion OF the liquor trafho, state and national
our tarif laws should be % changed as 70 re-
ducs the present rate, taxing liquors the high-
est putting ON the FREQ list all articles Of prime
necessity and raw materials which entsF into
manufactures, raising only sufficient revenue
for tho nesdslof economic government ~ is the
duty Of the United States government 20 main
tain good faith with all, and as the soldiers
OF the hate war were paid In deprecated
money, that tho difference between the pay re-
ceived by fne bondsloiders and that OF cur
countvyss Defenders shall be made good TO the
latter we condemn the fndiscriminate pen
sicuing OF al soldiers of the late war alike but
we do approve Of . service pension graded upon
the amount Of service p rformed We win sup.
port no man for the Legislature or Judiciary who
IN unwilling TO pledge himself not 10 receive .
pass or other consideration from o railroad
company or frankage fom telegraph oom-
pany; we refuse 30 consider any eandfdsta
for nomination for ofiies who GO
cepts nomination from any other party.
The platform OF the party was adopted
as follows:
We. tine delegates Of the south Dakota Farm
srs' Alliance and knights IL Labor In oonvsu-
tion assembleda do adopt 81 platform and
dsciaration Of tpt ipeiples the platform Of the
National Farmers Alliance and Indnstaiai
Union and Knights Of Labor, substAnflally Ne
adopted &C their sc. Louis convention In Dscem-
ber, Issa, and OF the State AIiisnee OF South
Dakota.
Il We demand currency 10 be faaned by the
general government, TO be full legal tender, te
Increase In volume with ths increase of busa-
ness, 20 hA issued directly 20 productive indus
tries without intervention Of banks OF issue.
q We demand railEay transportation. tsls-
graph and telephone service at actual cost, and
that the government shall own and operate ttsa
same.
D We asmand the free and unlimited coinage
of silver.
"a we demand the adoption OF an absolutely
secret voting system, both state and national.
8. We demand the most rigid economy con
sislsnf with aha safety Of our state and nation
y asse ssimsnixfratiun q exarv hrsnnh of ouE
Q. We demand the passage q iHws prohibit
ING the alien owner ahIp OF land, and ehaAeon-
grass take steps TO obtain lands owned BY
aliens ana foreign syndieatsa. and that lands
nov haId by corporations In excess OF suoh as AZ
actually used and needed by them be reclaimed
by the government and held for actual settlers
only.
A manifesto TO the people claimed that
the wealth producers were becoming desti-
tute and that q plutocracy was forming.
Having appealed to the old parties IN vain,
II was said 10 be time to form new inde-
pendent party ~in the spirit of love and
justice." County conventions viii be held
July and the state convention July at
Huron.
Most OF those attending the farmers' al
Iiancs and third party convention have re-
turned home. A special train was sent
vest with delegates living on the Milwau-
kee road. A general feeling OF satisfastion
with what had been accomplished was ap-
parent. Disposition Is shown to waii
patiently for ticket 10 oe nominated here
July Q, before many will commit them
selves TO support the third party move
mant. The state central committee will
soon holda conference 10 formulate pro-
gFaHa for the canvass of thu Htats in the
intereat of the new party.