, 1890-10-09
UNITED LABOR TICKET.

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Auditor ..........,,.......,J. J. I; Peel
Assessor. r................,.J. y. Meyer
Surveyor. ........,.,.. William Trum bull
School Superintendent. Mrs. c. Q, Price
Coroner. ...,,...,....,...E. Il. J. Tamblin
Commissioner
flrst districi. .',..,...,."J John Mayer
Second district. james Hays
Third district ..... G. W. Thompson
Joint Senator San, de Nedry
Representatives
Third district. &C. p, Leonard,
,ou.; ,,;; p q. .:Britt
..ler, III. ID. Thompson, l.. T., Goss
fith district. .u.. Warren Cobb,
....,.,............ Lewis Walters
Justices of the peace II. Ben.
.,............n nett, q. X. freeman n
Constables. Ed Ray, ThomasJ,
.".....,.,.,.....,.. Haywood
The members of the united labor
party of this city met in Concordia
hall last evening for the purpose of
nominating u full ticket of county
officers. The hall was we'll filled,
all the trades unions being repre-
sented.
At 7:45 the meeting was called to
order, and p. II. Lawlor was chosen
temporary chairman, and Charles
G.. Rowell was chosen temporary
secretary. They were afterward
made the permanent officers of the
convention.
The chairman appointed the fol-
lowing committee on platform :
Messrs. j. +. Redner, Sam dc Nedry,
H. j. .Jeifries, J. ID. Meyer aud Z.
Reinalhl. The committee retired,
and after short absence brought In
the following platform, which was
unanimously adopted:
We, the united labor party OF Spo-
kane county, believing that something
of the objects and principles that have
impelled us to tins move should be
made known to the country at large,
declare and publish the following as our
platform of principles:
We assert our iealty and declare our
firm faith In theperpetuity OF the Amer
ican Union OF states, and believe that
under our constitution congress is and
should be guardian of our public do.
main and that it should regulate COM
inerce and carriage.
We demand the abolition of the ma
tional banks and the substitution of
legal tender treasury notes in lieu of
national bank notes, issued In sufficient
volume to do tho business ol tho coun-
try on cash system, regulating the
amount needed on a per capita basis
as the business interests of the country
demands, and that all money issued by
the government shall be legal tender in
payment OF all debts, both public and
private.
We demand that congress shall pass
laws as shall etlectually prevent the
dealing in futures Of all agricultural
and mechanical productions providing
u stringent system OF procedure in trials
TO secure prompt convictions and I'm
pose such penalties as shall secure the
most per ect com mpliance with law.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
We demand the passage of laws pro-
hibiting alien ownership OF land, and
that congress take early action to devise
some plan to obtain all lands now owned
by aliens and foreign syndlCates; and
that ali lands now held by railroads and
other corporations in excess of such as
is actually used ana needed by them, be
reclaimed 10y the government anu held
for actual settlers only.
We believe in the doctrine of equal
rights to all and especial privileges or
fayors to none. and we demand that
taxation, national, state or municipal,
shall not be used to build up one interest
or class at the expense of another
We believe that the money of the
country should be kept MS much us pos.
sible in the hands OF the people, and
hence
We demand that all revenues, ma
tional, state, county or municipal. shall
be limited to the necessary expenses of
an economical administration of the
government.
We demand that all means of trans.
portation and communication shall be
controlled by and operated in the inter-
ests of the people, as is the United States
postal system,
We denounce the policy of taxing II
man for what he owes, and protest
against the injustice of compelling the
man with mortgage on his farm to
pay taxes on his property so mortgaged.
We demand that all existing beneh-
cial labor laws DO rigidly enforced that
eight hours shall constitute days
labor; equal pay tor equal labor, regard
less of sex. Child labor under Ia years
of age should be prohibited. We de-
mand the discontinuancc of the contract
system on public works of ali kind; the
abolition ot prison co tract labor, and
the payment OF wages weekly in
cash We demand that the legislature
enact stringent law in regard to boiler
inspection--that the boiler inspector be
IL practical boilermaker and the assist
ant boiler inspector be an experienced
engineer, and also that only competent
aud duly licensed engineers be allowed
to serve as engineers or in any way have
charge of any steam engine.
We demand the passage of laws max
ing railroads, mining companies CON
tractors, builders and other employers
liable in actions, civil or crimi-
nal, for accidents to employees,
when it appears that such accidents
are due to carcessness, insufficient or
defective machinery or proper safeguards
or the negligence OF u co-einploye.
We hold that the land is the natural
heritage of the people, and that it is as
wrong to speculate in 1t as in the prod
ucts thereof, and We demand that con-
gress appoint q commission to inyesti-
gate and report the best way to prevent
land speculation.
We hold that the public schools are of
incalulable benefit to the country, and
favor any legislation to improve, II pos
sibe the present public school system.
Believing that true manhood Is the
standard by which citizens should be
we protest against prop
erty qualification of citizenship or eligi- |
bility to any position within the gift of
the people.
We favor the continuance of the Aus
tralian ballot system, and demand the
rigid enforcement of the law to insure
the purity of the ballot.
We denounco what is known as the
PROSTITUTION law" passed by the state leg
islature at Olympia last winter, as tile
most unjust OF class legislation and de-
mand its immediate repeal.