Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-05-22
THE NEW PARTY.

THE NEW PARTY.
"The Peoples Party Of the United
States Of America" has been formed,
and includes the Farmers Alliance
and several other organizations that
are willing to run tho government.
The platform demands:
First-That in view of the great
social, industrial and economical
revolutions now dawning upon the
civilized world and the new and liv-
ing issues confronting the American
people, we believe that the time has
arrived for a capitalization Of the
political forces Of our country and the
formation of what should be known as
the peoples party Of the United
States of America.
j., second-That We heartily indorse
the demand Of the platforms, as
adopted at St. Louis in 1854, at
Ocala, Fla, in 1890, and at Omaha,
Neb in 1891, by industrial organiza-
tions there represented, summarized
% 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 the
abolition of national banks as banks
of issue, and as a substitute for ma
tional bank notes, we demand that
legal tender treasury notes be issued
In sufficient volume to transact the
. business Of the country OH a cash
basis; without damage or especial ad-
vantage to any class or calling, such
notes to be legal tender in payment
Of all debts. public and private, and
such notes when demanded by the
people, shall be loaned to them at not
more than 2 per cent per annum upon
non-perishable products as indi-
Gated in the sub-treasury plan, and
!; also upon real estate, with proper
limitation upon the quantity If land
and amount Of money.
B-We demand the free and un-
limited quantity 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
owned by alien and foreign syndicates
and that all lands held by railroads and
other corporations in excess of such as
j. actually 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 privilege to
mono, We demand that taxation, ma
tional, state or municipal, shall not
Be used to build up ono interest or
Glass at the expense of another.
b Eve demand that all revenues
national, state or county-shall be
limited to the necessary expenses of
tho, government economically and
honestly administered.
- Eve demand . just and equita-
bic system Of graduated tax on in.
come.
Give demand the most rigid,
honest and just national control and
Supervision Of the means of public
communication and transportation,
and II this control and supervision
does not remove the abuses now exist
Ing, We demand tho government own
sr,hip Of such means of communica-
ton and transportation.
. live demand the election of
.psspideat, vice president and United
States senator BY 4 direct vote Of the
people.
Third-That We urge united action
q oil progressive organisations in At
isneance upon the convention called
IF Feb. 70, 1892, BY six Of the lead
Ing reform organizations. -: i
Fourth-That q national central
committee Be- appointed by this con.
s1lrsnos, 70 he composed Of I chairman
q b elected BY this body and three
nsmben from each state represented.
q bs:namsd ~ sseh state delegation.
Il ihh That this central committee
shall represent this bodv, attend the
AAtionsl Conference on Feb. ~, 1892
nd, Il possible, unite with that and
~ olhsr reform organizations there
alsmblsd. Il no satisfactory ar
saarsnsnt can s. effected, this COM
llttss shall call : national conven-l
- latsr than than June I, 1891
1srt : parposs q nominatins candi-
| :los prsliids nt and vice president. |
~ That ~ members Of thsl
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