The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-05-30
THE NEW PARTY is BORN
NAMED THE PEOPLES PARTY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Convention nc Cincinnati Finishes
= La Labors and Adjourns- Plat
form Of Principles Adopted.


Peoples Party OF the United States OF
America has been born and christen-
ed. The great GO lvention representing
the farmers end workinEmen or the
United States hay completed its work,
the result being the certainty that Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Blaine. or whoever
may bear tho standards In 1892, will
have TO fight aga INST candidate rep
resenting the Industrial organizations
OF the country. Who this candidate
will be can only be guessed At, but 1t
Is undersi God that Senator PETER,
"Sockless" Simpson. Gen. Weaver and
Ignatius Donneily oil have lightning
rods on their houses.
The committee on resolutions pre- :
sented the following platform:
l. That In view OF the great social
industrial und economical revolution
now dawning upon the civilized world
and the new and living issues confront
ing the American people, we believe
that the time has arrived for the crys-
talization CT the political reform forces
OF our country, aud the formation OF
what should be known as The peoples
purity OF the United States OF America.
2. That we most heartily indorse the
demands OF the platform as adopted ut
~. Louis, Mo-, IN 1889, Ocala, Fla, in
1890 and Oma ha, Neb, In 1891, by in
dustrial organizations there represent
ed, summarized rs follows:
"A. The right to make and issue
money Is q sovereign power. to be
main, aimed by tile people for the com =
mon benefits; hence we demand the
abolition OF national banks as banks of
issue, and as a substitute for national
bank notes We demand that legal treas
ury notes he issued in sufficient vol.
ume 10 transact the business on u cash
basis. without damage or especial nd-
vantage TO any class or calling, such
notes TO be legal tender in payment OF
all debts, public aud private. and such
notes when demanded by the people,
shall be loaned to them ct not more
than per cent per snnum upon non
perishable products, Us 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 the alien ownership OF
land and that Congress take prompt
dOttOh w NoNtoo ooAhO pan " Oototh
all lands now owned by alien and
foreign syndicates, and that all land
held by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess OF such rs Is actually
used and needed by them be reclaimed
by the government and held for actual
settlers only.
III. Believing the doctrine Of equal
rig hts to all and special privileges to
wyo md l.at
tionnl. State or municipal, shall not be
used to build up one interest or class
at the expense OF another.
''E. We demand that al. revenues.
national, State or county, shall lie
limit ell TO the necessary expenses OF
tie government, economically and
homes, ~ administered.
IF. We demand q just and equitable
system OF graduated tax on incomes
&c. We demand the most rigid,
honest and just national control and
supervis on OF the means Of public
and transportation, and
IL this cotrol and supervision does not
r. move the abuses now existing we
denland the government ownership OF
such means OF communication and
III. We demand the election of
Vice. President and United
States Senators by direct vote OF the
people.
..3 That we urge united action OF all
OF FOUNDATIONS in attending
the conference called for Feb. %, 1892,
by six of the leading reform organiza-
tons.
~ That national central COM
mittee be appointed BY tins conference,
10 be composed OF q chairman to be
elected by this body and Of three
from each State represented,
to he named by each State delegation.
rs. That this central committee
shall represent this body, attend the
national conference on Feb. %, 1892,
and II possible unite with that and ali
other reform organizations there as
sem bled. If no satisfactory arrange
ment can be effected this committee
shall call = national convention not
later than June !, 1892, for the pur-
pose OF nominating candidates for
President and VIce-President.
&c. That the members of the central
for each State where there
IS no independent political o, ganiza-
ton conduct on active system OF polIt-
cal agitation in their respective
States"
The platform proper, exclusive OF
The resolutions WAS finally adopted by
! rising vote.