The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-21
FARMERS AND LA5oRERS.
Close of the Meeting of the Union Mt sedalia
What the Platform Demands -Omccr'
Elected.


What the Platform Demands -Omccr'
Elected.
SEDAIA, Mo, Aug. 16.-The first
hours of the third days session Of tho
Missouri Farmers and Laborers' Union
were taken up in listening 10 the re.
ports of tho different committees.
The committee on platform presented
a report in the shape Of thirty demands:
That the public lands, tho heritage OF
the people, be reserved for actual set
tiers only and not another acre be given
to railroads or speculators; that alien
ownership of land be forever prohibited;
that land grant railroads have theft
lands and roads forfeited to the Govern
ment for noncompliance with the
law and to satisfy the just demands Of
the Government, and where the claims
are not thus fully satisfied the guilty
owners and managers of the roads to be
arrested and punished for swindling the
people; such a revision of the tariff as
will lay the heaviest burdens on tho
| luxuries and the lightest on the neces-
stiles OF life, and that all tariffs be
gradually reduced; the abolition of the
National banks; the froe and unlimited
coinage Of silver; that money shall con-
sist of gold, silvor and paper, and all
issued directly by the Government;
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none; that option dealing or gam
bling on the prices of agricultural and
mechanical productions be prohibited
by law; that for purposes Of taxation oil
property be assessed at its full value;
stocks in banks to be assessed at not
less than they are valued by their own
ers for the purpose of declaring divi-
dends, a small exemption to be al-
lowed each head Of family on per-
sonal property in actual use; an
income tax upon all net incomes
over 81, 900; the enforcement of the civil
service laws; that all railroad stock
issued in excess of tho actual cost Of
roads be declared void, and that div
idends shall not exceed six per cent per
| annum; the election of President and
| United States Senators by direct votes
of the people; the repeal of all laws that
do not bear equally upon capital and
labor; the strict enforcement of all laws;
the removal of all unjust technicalities,
| delays and determinations in the ad-
ministration of justice; system of free
schools that will enable every child to
obtain an education at the expense of
the State, States to control the school
system without Federal interference;
that no patents be renewed after the
expiration Of the term for which they
were originally granted; that States
| publish and furnish text books to the
common schools at cost; reduction of
the poll taxes and an increase in
taxes on property for road purposes as
a matter Of justice to men of small
means; limit by law Of the fees and
salaries of public officers to a reason
able maximum amount, SO that the pay
shall not be out of proportion to the
prices of labor and its products; the re-
peal of the law forbidding the use OF
public school houses by secret societies,
orders or clubs; the abolition of the os.
flee of prosecuting attorney and the en-"
actment OF law creating the office OF
circuit attorney; the enactment Of a law
| to absolutely control or destroy all
trusts and monopolies; that the provis-
| ions of the Australian Ballot law be ex-
tended to all voting precincts in the
State; the repeal of those provisions OF
the State Election law which requires
the polling of per cent. of the aggre-
gate vote of the State to entitle polit-
ical party to recognition by election Of
| icers The Journal of Agriculture of
st. Louis was again adopted as the off,
cial organ of the order in the State.
U. S. Hall was elected president de-
| feating Norman j. Colman.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS COMPLETED.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Aug 15.-In the Farm
ers' and Laborers' Union convention
| this morning the election of officers
| was resumed, resulting as follows: s.
r. Rainey, of Dade County, vice-presi-
dent; J. R. Rogers, of Stoddard County,
secretary; T. N. Hickox, of Cooper
County, treasurer; George ii. Williams,
of Polk County, lecturer; William II.
Plummer. doorkeeper; w. c. Harrison,
of Ripley County, assistant doorkeeper;
A. j. Wollard of Polk County, member
of the executive committee; W. f.
Leeper. of Wayne County, Fl. A Apple
gate, of Scott County, and Charles
| Klepseig, Judiciary committee; o. s.
Hall, }. c. A. Hitler, J. A. Tuttle, d. j.
Kurtz, j. w. Gray and A. j. Wolland,
delegates to the National convention.
The main alterations in the constita-
ton were as follows: A bank stock holl-
| ing farmer can become a member pro-
viding the amount of the stock does not
exceed one-fourth the value of his farih-
ing property. Merchants in cities OF
the fourth class in this State can le-
come members of the union. This will
admit merchants in towns and cities
containing over 500 and less than 5000
inhabitants and all existing under
special charters and having less than 500
inhabitants. The Office of State bureau
agent was abolished.
Chautauqua Graduates.
WARRENsBURG, Mo-, Aug. 16.-The
Missouri State Chautauqua Assembly