Nevada County picayune., 1891-06-25
THIRD PARTY PLATFORM.


 few politicians, pretending to iuau. guratc new reform:
 Your committee on resolutions bcgs leave to submit the following
 l. That in view of the great so- cial. industrial and commercial rcyo- lution now drawing upon the civil ! izcd world and the new and living issues confronting the American l people, we believe that the time has arrived for the specialization of that political reform forces of our coun- 1 try and the formation of what should be known as the Peoples party of the United States of America.
 ,. That we most heartily endorse the demands of the platforms as adopted in St. Louis, Mo-, ill 1889, Ocala, Fla, m 1890, and Omaha. Neb., in 1891, by the industrial or ganizations there represented. sum- marlzed as follows:
 a. The right to make and issue money IS a sovereign power to be maintained by the people for the common benefit, hence we demand abolition of national banks as banks of issue, and as substitute for na- tional bank notes we demand that legal tender treasury notes be issued in sufficient volume to transact the business of the country on a cash basis, without damage or especial advantage to any class or calling :; such notes to be legal tender in pay ment for all debts, public and pri- vatc, and such notes when demarded by the people shall be loaned te them at not more than per cent. per an- mum upon Eon-perishablc products, as indicated in the sub-treasury plan, and also upon real estate with proper limitation upon the quantity of land and amount of money.
 b. We demand the free and un- limited coinage of silver.
 C. We demand the passage of laws prohibiting alien ownership of land, and that Congress take prompt action to devise some plan to obtain all lands now owned by alien and foreign syndicates, and that all land held by railroads and other corporations in excess of such as ac- tually used and needed by them be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only.
 d. Believing the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privileges to none, VIC demand that taxation-na- tional, State or municipal-shall not be used to build up one interest or class at the expense of another.
 c. We demand that all revenues, national, State or county, shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government economically and 1 honestly administered
 f. We demand a just and cquit- able system of graduated tax on in. l comes.
 z. We demand the most rigid, honest and just national control and supervision of the means of public communication and transportation and if this control and supervision does not remove the abuses now ex- isting, we demand the government ownership of such means of commu- nicatlon and transportation.
 h. We demand the election of [ President, Nice-President and United States Senators by a direct vote ot the people.
 ,. That we urge united action of all progressive organization in at tending the conference called fol February 22, 1892, by six of the leading reform organizations.
 1. That a national central com mittee be appointed by this confer ence, to be composed of a chairman to be elected by this body, and O three members from each State rep resented, to be named by each State delegation.
 }. That this central committee shall represent this body, attend tho national conference on February 22 1892, and, if possible, unite with tha and all other reform organization. there assembled. If no satisfactor, arrangements can be effected, thi, committee shall call national con vention not later than June l, 1892 for the purpose of nominating candi dates for President and Vice .Presi dent.
 6. That the members of the cen