Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1890-12-25
/; State charters were issued to the fol-
loving states: Indiana, Illinois, Colorado,
Michigan, West Virginia, and North Da-

toward securing and publishing the COR
rect figures. The resolutions were
unimously adopted. The principal
feature of " s
THE ST. LOUIS PLATFORM,
of 1890 were also again embodied in the
platform Of the national alliance. The
following Is the platform as now rrdopted:
i. The abolition Of national banks; the
establishment of ub-treasuries in the sew
eral states to loan money direct to the
people at rate Of interest not to exceed .
per cent. per annum, on non-perishable
farm products and real estate, with proper
limitations upon the quantity Of land and
the amount Of money; that the amount of
circulating medium be speedily increased
to not less than $50 per capita.
Q. Congress shall pass laws to effectual-
ly prevent dealing in futures on all agri-
cultural and mechanical productions,
preserving stringent system Of procede-.
ure In trials to secure prompt conviction
Of offenders, and such penalties as shall
secure tho most perfect compliance with
the law.
8. It condemns the silver bill recently
passed and demands free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
a. It demands the passage Of laws pro-
hibiting the alien ownership Of land, and
that congress shall take prompt action to
devise some plan to obtain all the lands
now owned BY the aliens and foreign syn
dicates, and that all lands held by rail-
roads and other corporations in excess Of
what are actually used and needed by
them, shall be reclaimed and held for
actual settlers only.
5. Believing in the doctrin of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none, we demand that our national legis-
lation be so framed in the future as not
to build up one industry at the expense
OF another. We further demand the re-
moval Of the existing heavy tariff tax
from the necessaries Of life that the poor
of our land must have. We further de-
mand just and equitable system of
kgraduated tax on incomes. We believe
the money Of the country should be kept
las much as possible in the hands of the
people, and demand that all national and
Estate revenues be limited to the necessary
expenSes of the government, economically
land honestly administered.
6. We demand most rigid, honest,
and just state and national control, and
supervision Of fsmeans Of public communi-
cation and transpo portation, and if this con-
Itrol does not remove the abuse now exist
ling we demaEds geveEaaasHt ownershipnf
such means Of communication and trans
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| Col. Livingston, of Georgia, from the
committee on organization, made report
to furnish basis for ultimate union be-
tween the National Farmers alliance and
the Industrial union and Farmers Mutual
BenefJ association. Under this plan the
benefit association is to still maintain its
seperate organization, but will be entitled
to representation in the National alliance
council. The executive committee Of
each organization to meet hereafter and
arrange the details Of the union The re-
port was adopted.
| DR.. Macune, chairman of the national
Eexecutive committee, in his report, re-
fered at lengUh to the sub-treasnry bill.
The committees mission with this bill,
he said, was virtually ended because the
alliance had elected several congressman
who would look after pushing the bill
through the national legislature. If not
the report recommended the reduction of
salary Of all national alliance officers and
the removal from Washington Of the
presidents office, inasmuch as the reten-
ton of it there entails an expense not
commensurate with it's usefulness.
The annual election Of officers occurred
yesterday afternoon and the following
officers were electee: Col. L. L. Polk
president; B. H. Glover, vice-president;
j. H. Turner, secretary; J. s. Willitts,
national lecturer. III. L. Loucks, of South
Dakota is on the executive committee.
A communication from the Chicago
Worlds fair commission, granting the
alliance request for cooperation in secur-
ing fitting exhibits for the exhibition, was
received yesterday afternoon and COM
mittee was appointed by the convention
for that purpose. T. v. Powderly, A.
w. Wright and Ralph Beaumont mem
bers of the executive committee of the
knights of Labor have been among the
distinguished visitors at the convention
and Mr.. Powderly ADDRESSED the members
Of the convention last night. Among
other things Mr.. Powderly said:
"Let me say to you our, greeting is the
most cordial and heartfelt. We feel we
are part Of your organization. Let us
all agree upon your platform. If it is to
agitate and do hard work upon that plat
form, we are with you, and if we are to
vote with you upon it we will stand by
you at the polls"
The convention adjourned at one
o'clock this morning. The next annual
meeting will take place in Washington,
D. c., the first week in November, 1891.
THE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT.
During the convention call was circul-
ated among the delegates and other SYM
pathizers in the third party movement, for
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