St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-13
BROWN rs ALL RIGHT.
Maryland Third Party Men Will
Vote for Him.

BALTIMo RE, Aug. 12.-Soon after 9
o'clock this forenoon the third conyen
ton Of the Farmers Alliance, or Peo-
pies party, begun its second days ses-
sion. AS soon as President Mitchell
tapped the desk with his gavel he gave
the orde to clear the hall of all outsid-
ers and reporters, and their business
was begun. The debate on the resoiu-
tions carried the session up till o'clock,
when a recess was taken until 2:30.
The resolutions adopted are as follows:
Be 1t resolved by the Farmers ALI
ance of the State of Maryland, That
every citizen has right to stand on the
footing of exact equality before the law
with every other citizen. That therefore
the burden of all taxation ought to
be imposed equally and impartially on
all property of whatsoever kind, both
personal or real, without distinction or
discrimination that every exemption
from taxation is equivalent to direct APP
preparation for the benefit of the
owner of exempt property, and an in
creased levy on the property of those
who pay taxes; that no tax law which
provides for the exemption of any prop
erty of any kind can be either eXpedient
or just; that no law, no contract. no de-
vice which by any means, directly or in
directly, imposes the payment of any
part Of any tax upon any man not the
bona fide owner of that property ought
to be tolerated; that such a law, CON
tract or device ought to be
illegal and void; that the pro-
posed amendment to the consti-
tuition of the state be submit
ted to the voters at the ensuing cleo
ton for their approval, and which is in
the nature of a substitute for article 20
of the bill of rights which, while OSten-
sibly providing limitation of exemptions
from taxation. does in fact lodge with
the legislature the unrestricted power
to make both exemptions and discrimi
nations at its pleasure, and that there
fore it ought not to be approved or
adopted by the people.
That debts secured by mortgages at
legal interest are among the best aud
most productive forms of property, and
should be taxed where the mortgages
are recorded, and the proposed amend
ment to the constitution in that behalf
is wise and just, and ought to be passed
and adopted by the people.
That nOn-reSidentS of the state ought
not to participate in the use and enjoy
meDt OF the public property of people
of the state, and, that therefore the
oyster and other fisheries of Maryland
ought to DE preserved by law for the
sole use and benefit OF the people of
Maryland, and that the fishery and other
water rights of riparian and other citi
ZenS ought TO be clearly defined by eX-
plcit statute, that 10 natural oyster
ground now productive ought to be SOLD
or leased by the state; that no single
person or corporation ought to be al
lowed to acquire control of sufficient
oyster ground to erect thereon any mo-
nOpoly destructive of rights heretofore
enjoyed by the public, and, therefore,
it is necessary to limit strictly by law
the quantity which any company can
acquire.
That the Farmers Alliance and In
dustrial Union is and cannot become
political party. The principal place for
work OF the order is educational only,
and its members are free each for him
self to decide with what party he will
act. 1t is. on the other hand, for pol
itical parties and the managers thereof,
each for themselves, to determine what
they will do to deserve the moral sup
port of the order or the votes of its
members.
That the Farmers Alliance and In
duStrial Union of Maryland doth en-
uOrSe ana uOIll HeTeUy IOI lSeIl IcdeI-
firm the principles and demands of the
national order as set forth in the Ocala
demand.
The last resolution was adopted unan-
imOuSly.
The closing session of the day was a
protracted one, made so mainly by a
discussion whether the candidacy of
Frank Brown for governor should be
endorsed by the convention, or be
recommended or ''cOmmended'' to
the farmers of Maryland. The issue
was the adoption Of the following pre-
amble and resolutions:
Whereas, Frank Brown, of Carroll county,
announced through the press in his candi-
dacy for the governorship that he appealed
to the farmers of Maryland for their support.
and in his public speeches further declared
his sentiments as favorable to unfolding the
agricultural interests of the state; therefore
the Alliance of Maryland desires to recon-
mend his candidacy to the favorable consid-
Grafton of the farmers of the state.
Tomorrow there will be an election of
officers and delegates to the supreme
council. The convention will then be
adjourned.