Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-01
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
State Officers Nominated and Platform
Adopted in Michigan.


Adopted in Michigan.
LANSING (Mich.), Jnly 31st-The Union
Labor, Greenback and Farmers Alliance
Convention was called to order this fore
noon. A list OF Standing Committees was
selected, when the Convention adjourned
until this afternoon.
In the afternoon platform was adopted
denouncing the Republican and Demo.
cratic parties for their criminal abuse of
power since the close of the war; demand
ing the abolition of the national banks
and and the substitution of legal tender
Treasury notes, all money to be a
legal tender; the free coinage of silver
railroads, telegraphs and telephones
operated in the interest of the people;
the eight hour law; to permit
the farmer to deduct mortgage from his
| assessment; graded income tax; Govern
ment loans to the people on real estate Sc
curity; the Australian ballot SYSTEM
homestead exemption TO the value of 81 900
on improved and personal property; re-
duction of the salaries of all public officers
on an economical basis, and the election of
President and Senators by direct vote of
the people.
The following ticket was nominated:
Governor, Eugene E. BeldeD; Lieutenant
Governor, John McGregor; Secretary of
State, VIM. Eadams; State Treasurer,
Henry E. Blackman; State Auditor, VIM.
w. Graham; Attorney. General, A. A. Ellis;
Superintendent OF Public Instruction, C. A.
Zitler; Justice of the Supreme Court,
O'Brien j. Atkinson. The resolutions
favor the service pension bill, and the pro-
hibition plank was rejected.
THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
The Chicago Delegation in the Legisla-
ture Receive Setback.
SPRINGFIELD, July 31st. The Chicago
delegation. which has been working against
the Lake-Front and Jackson Park site for
the Worlds Fair, and which was supposed
last night to have a majority Of the Judi
ciary Committee. received another setback
this morning, when the sub committees
report in favor of striking out the section
providing for the issue of $1,000 600 Park
bonds was rejected by vote of II to u,
and the minority report to add clause to
the section that would provide that the
question of issuing bonds shall first be sub
mitted to vote of the people of the Park
district was then adopted.
The section was also amended so as to
provide that the amount of bonds should
be 81 100000 instead of 1000 600. In the
House the Judiciary Committee reported
back the Worlds Fair bill which was
taken up and read second time and most
of the amendments of the Judiciary Com
mittee adopted.
The amendment providing for the en-
forcement OF the eight hour law among the
laborers on the buildings and that none
but citizens of the United States should be
employed, was finally adopted, in spite of
the warning of one of the members that
the adoption of this clause meant the turn
ing over of the Worlds Fair to the walk
ing delegate, and that in this case "hell
would be to pay"
AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
SPRINGFIELD (Ill), July 31st-The SEN
ate and House reached an agreement on
the constitutional amendment resolution,
and it now goes to the Governor. The
House amended the Worlds Fair bill, add
ing after bitter debate, proviso that
eight hours shall constitute a davis labor
on all work about the Exposition, exhibit
ors to De exempt. Another bitter fight on
the proposition to allow the South Park
Commissioners to issue bonds of 81 000,0
to be used in fitting up Jackson Park for
the fair, this in addition to So 600 600 to be
issued by the city of Chicago, was finally
amended so as to make the amount of
park bonds $500,000 instead of $2,000000,
and the bill then went to third reading.
1t is reported tonight that a vigorous war
will be wsged in the Senate to- o-morrow on
the eight-hour clause of the BILL on the
ground that it is special legislation and un-
constitutional.