The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-09-30
THE CONVENTION.
OF the Union Labor Party Fin
ISheS Its Work and AdiOurnS
The Ticket Nominated.

ity and adopted the majority report
of the committee ON credentials. This
action seated Blake, a delegate from
st. Louis, and rejected Hepner, Good
/ and Westenheimer, from that city.
A permanent Organization was then
effected by electing d. M. Cowan, of
Christian county, chairman j. NJ.
Clark, of Barton county, secretary:
and G. j. OReilley, of St. Louis, as
sistant secretary.
A state central commit was then
selected by congressional districts as
follows:
First-Not represented.
Second Not represented.
Third. III. White, of Worth
county.
Fourth-Frederick Msrlatt, of
Atchison county.
Fifih-D. w. Moore, of Kansas
City.
sixth-s. A. Wright, of Saline
county.
Seventh-W. A. Dillon, of Mont
gomery county.
Eighth-Henry Bal, Of St. Louis.
Ninth w. A. Stebbens, of st.
Louis.
Tenth N. G. Eaton, of St. Louis.
EIeventh-Not represented.
| Twelfth-W. D. Atkinson, of Bates
county.
Thirteenth-L. F. Boyden, of New
ton county.
FouIte, nth Not represented.
At large Paul j. Dixon. of Liv-
lngston county; ID. NJ. Cowau, of
Christian county and +. Swaine of
St. Louis.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following plotform, which
was adopted. 1t is neary the same
platform of the farmers aud laborers'
union:
THE PLATFORM.
| /. We demand the abolition of
the national banks End the substitu
tion OF the legal tender treasury notes
In lieu of national bank notes issued
in sufficient volume to do business of
the country on cash system; regu-
. lating the amount needed ON per-
cipitia basis IS the business interests
of the country demands and that all
money issued by the government
shall he a legal tender in payment OF
all debts, both public and private.
:. 2. We demand that congress shall
, efectualy pass such laws as shall eff
, fectually prevent the dealing in
, futures of al agricultural and mechaI-
, ical productions, pursuits g stringent
system of procedure in tr.a's as shall
secure the prompt conviction and in.-
posing such penalties as shall secure
a strict cOmpl ance with law.
3. We demaud the free and un.
limited coinage Of silver.
A. Wedemand the passage of laws
prohibiting the alien ownership of
land, and that congress take early
action TO devise some plan 10 obtain
all lands now held by foreign syndi-
Gates and that all lands now held by
raiI Dads and other corporations in ex-
cess of such as is actually used and
needed by them be reclaimed by the
government and held for actual set
tiers only.
i 5. Believing in the doctrine of
equal rights to all and special favors
to none, we demand that taxation,
ma ional, or state, shall not be used
to build up one interest or class at
at The expense Ofanother. We believe
that the money of the country should
be kept as much as possible in the
hands of the people, and hence we de-
mand that all revenues, national,
tate or county, shall be limited to
The necessary expense of the govern
meut. economically and honestly ad-
ministered.
8. We demand that congress issue
a sufficient mount of fractional paper
currency to facilitate exchange
tn ough the medium of the United
States mail,
| z. We demand that the means of
Communication aud transportation
shall de controlled by and operated in
the interest of the people, as in the
| Unl.d States postal system. And it
is further agreed, in order to carry
Tout these objects, that we will support
for Office only such men IS can be de-
pended upon tn enact these principles
into statute ufflnfuenced by party
caucus.
/ Chss. Nolan, national committee.
man from this state was, by resolution
dep. sed. and s. A. Wright, of Saline
county, was elected to the position.
The following state ticket was nom-
mated