The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-05-28

when the convention reassamblgd Il
! letter from r. L Polk which was reed
iadyising this conference to issue an
address and defer action on the third
party until 1892 caused breeze and
when a motion to refer it to the com
mittee on resolutions carried, there
was loud demand, notably from the
Minnesota delegation, that the mega
tive be put more forcibly by tile
chair. The demand was renewed and
continued from time to time during
the reading of number of miscella-
neous kilograms.
Mr.. Fish of Minnesota argued that
Folks letter was ill timed and claimed
it showed how useless it would be to
meeting in 1892 at which he and his
Ignatius Donnelly, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, climbed
upon the rostrum at this point and
almost his first words caused whlrl-
wind of excitement. The declaration
from Donnelly which set the conven
ton wild was to the effect that he was
there to report that the committee on
platform was unit Tor the
organization of third party.
DonnelIy evidently felt that his
moment of triumph had come in the
struggle which he himself SO deity
began Just "a hours before, and for
which he had been so publicly casti.
gated by Gen. Weaver. Two alterna-
lives were presented he said, either
to ignore third party or divide the
friends of reform, He then gave way
to Robert Schilling of Wisconsin, sec
rotary of the committee who read the
platform as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
Your committe on resolutions begs
leave to submit the following:
1. That in view of great social, in
dustrial and economical revolution
dawning on the civilized world, and
the new and living issues confronting
| the American people, we believe that
the time has arrived for a crystaliza,
tion of the political reform forces of
our country, and the formation OF
what should be known as the peoples
party OF the United States of America.
2. We most heartily endorse the
demands of the platforms as adopted
at st. Louis, Mo-, in 1899; Ocola, Fla,
in 1890, and Omaha, Neb., in 1891, by
the industrial organizations there rep
resented, summarized as follows:
3. The right to make and issue money
is a sovereign power to be maintained
by the people for the common benefit.
Hence we demand the abolition OF ma
tional banks as banks of issue, and as
substitute for national bank notes
we demand that legal tender treasury
notes be issued in sufficient volume to
transact the business of the country Oh
q cash basis without damage or es-
pecal advantage to any class or calling,
such notes to be legal tender in pay
ment of all debts, public and private,
and such notes when demanded by
the people shall be loaned to
them at not more than 9
per cent per annum upon
non-perishable products as indicated
in the subtreasury plan and also upon
real estate with proper limitation upon
the quantity of land and the amount
of money.
4. We demand free and unlimited
quantity of silver.
8, We demand the passage of law
prohibiting alien ownership of land
and that congress take prompt action
to devise some plan to obtain af lende
now owned by aliens and foreign syn
dicates ard that all land held by rail
roads and other corporations in excess
of such as is actually used and needed
by them be reclaimed by the govern
ment and held for actual settlers only
9. Believing in the doctrine OF equa
rights to all and special privileges tt
none, we demand that taxation
national, state or municipal, shall not
be used to build up one interest OIL
class at the expense of another,
T. We demand that ell revenues
national, state or county, shall be linn
tied to the necessary expenses of the
government economically and honestly
administered.
8. We demand Just and equitable
system of graduated tax on incomes
8. We demand the most rigid, hon
est and just national control and SUI
pervision of the means of public COM
munication and transportation, and il
this control and supervision does not
remove abuses now existing we de-
mand the government ownership OF
such means of communication and
10. We demand the election of presi-
| dent, vice president and United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
II. We urge united action of all pro.
gressive organizations in attending the
conference called for February %,
1892, by six of the leading reform or
CARNATIONS.
II. That national central commit
tee be appointed by this conference, to
be composed of a chairman, to be
elected by this body, and of three
members from each state represented,
to be named by each state delegation.
10. That this central committee
shall represent this body, attend the
national conference on February %,
1892, and if possible unite with that
and all other reform organizations
there assembled. If no satisfactory
arrangement can be effected this com
mittee shall call national conven-
ton not later than June l, 1882, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate
for president and vice president.
IA. That members of the central
committee for each state where there
is no independent political organ shall
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