The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-10
Newspaper Reporters Receive a Drub'
bling for Their Enterprise in
Securing News.
AMENDED PLATFORM or THE ALLIANCE
The American Federation of Labor
Hold d Convention in Detroit,
Eighty Delegates Pres

OCALA, Dec. 8.--The national farmers
alliance assembled again this morning Al
8 o'clock. After routine work and a few
speeches giving the newspaper cores
pondents a drubbing because they have
secured information of the proceedings
beyond that given out by the press com
mittee, the financial policy Of the order
came up for discussion under the report
of the committee on legislation. This
report, as to the financial policy, contain
ed the following amended demands:
First-We demand the abolition of ma
tional banks. We demand that the gov
eminent shall establish sub-treasury de-
positories in several states which shall
loan money direct to the people at a low
rate of interest, not to exceedi2 per cent
per annum on non-perlshable farm pro-
ducts and also upon real estate. Proper
limitations Upon quantity of loan and
amount Of money. We demand that
the amount of the circulating medium be
increased to not less than $50 per capita.
Second-We demand that cong ess
shall pass such laws as shall effectually
prevent dealing IN futures on all agricul-
tural and mechanical productions, pre-
serving a stringent system Of procedure
in trials such as shall secure prompt CON
viction of offenders and imposition of
such penalties as shall secure most per-
feet compliance with the law.
Third-We condemn the silver bill re-
Gently passed by congress and demand
in lieu thereof free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
Fourth-We demand passage of laws
prohibiting alien ownership Of land, and
that congress take prompt action to de-
wise some plan to obtain all lands now
owned by aliens and foreign syndicates
and that all lands now held by railroads
and other corporations in excess of such
as is actually used and needed by them
be reclaimed by the government and held
for actual settlers only.
Fifth-Believing in the doctrine of
equal rights to all and special privileges
to none, we demand that our national leg
islatlon shall be so framed in the future
as not to build up one industry at the ex-
pense of another. We further demand
the removal of the existing heavy tariff
tax from the necessaries of life, that the
poor of our land must have. We further
demand a just and equitable system of
graduated tax of incomesl We believe
the money of the country should be kept
rs much as possible in the hands of the
people and hence we demand that all
national and state n shall be lin
tied to the necessary expenses of the
government, economically and honestly
administered.
Sixth-We demand most rigid, honest
and just state and national governmental
control and supervision of the means of
public communication and transportation
and If this control and supervision does
not remove abuses now existing, we de-
mand the government ownership of such
means OF communication and Transports
ton.
A spirited debate followed the intro
duction of this report.
The demands of the National Farmers
alliance and industrial union were finally
adopted by a vote of 10 to 8.
At the afternoon session of the alliance
Wardall of South Dakota moved to re-
consider the vote by which the alliance
protested against the passage of the cleo
ton bill, stating his reason for this mo-
tion was a feeling that this protest would
retard the progress of the alliance in the
north and west and be considered parti-
san. Hall of Missouri moved to lay the
motion on the table which was agreed to
by a vote of 56 to 80. The states voting
against the tabling motion were: lii
nois, Texas, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsyl-
vania, South and.North Dakota.
After the afternoon session Washington
was abandoned as the place for holding
the K meeting and the national legisla-
tive council will decide at its first meet
ing upon some city either in Dakota or
Illinois.
At the night session a resolution was
passed urging the establishment of postal
saving banks. The national alhanced
passed a resolution of thanks to all who
had extended courtesies to members
Except newspaper mem and at 1 a. m.
adjourned.