Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-06-04
A NEW PARTY.
;red and Vigorous Campaign
nod Out-State Ticket to be
p,oced in Ohio Next Month.

.,os representing thirty-four states
,,sritores, met in Cincinnati on the
~ and organized Il third party,
!. the "people's party" A platform
.dooted summarized as follows:
,;sbt to make and issue money is
X ou.. 's,,.;on power to be maintained by
IrSf 4. ,oonle for the common benefit,
Reed ..,e we demand the abolition OF
s,,s hanks as banks of issue, and as
s.hstitue for national bank notes We
and that legal treasury notes be
,.d in sufficient volume TO transact
business Of the country on a cash
ii without damage or especial advan-
n any class or calling, the notes to
onl in payment of all public and
N3L ,se debts, and such notes, when de-
A"H .ndpd BY the people, shall be loaned to
am At not more than 2 per cent. per
,ru upon non perisliable products, as
,dated in the sub-treasury plan, and
IN rpal estate with proper limitation
Hefe a NON the quantity Of land and amount of
mey. We demand the free and un-
United coinage Of silver.
We dema the passage of laws pro-
Uniting alien ownership of land, and
:, !. Nj congress take prompt action to de
AlQSU dY some plan to obtain all the lands
rued by alien and foreign syndicates,
md that all lands held by railroads and
u MAT &c e,
.Hually used and needed by them be re-
diued by the government and held for
uusl settlers only.
Believing in the doctrine of equal rights
ball and especial privileges to none, we
Amand that taxation, national, state or
municipal, shall not be used to build up
lone interest or class at the expense of
mother
Wedemand that all revenues, national,
state or county, shall be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly administered.
We demand just and equitable sys-
tenn Of graduated tax OF incomes
We demand the most rigid, honest and
=. just control and supervision of the means
w dWblic communication and transporta-
iOn and if this control and supervision
does not remove the abuses now existing,
We demand the government ownership
fsuch means of communication and
transportation.
60 Wedemand the election of president,
vice president and United Srates senators
bya direct vote Of the people.
That we urge the united action of all
progressive organizations attending the
conference called for February %, 1892,
Esix Of the leading reform organiza-
Vn'' lions.
mt That national central committe be
appointed by a conference to be composed
Of a chairman and three members from
each state represented, to be named by
each state delegation.
That this central committee shall repre-
sent this body, attend the national con
ference on February %, 1892, and if pos
slble unite with that and all other reform
IIIW : ""iH"eiouo tucTe dSseIllDlcU. IL uO
satisfactory arrangement can be effected
nls committee shall call national con-
ID enton not later than June /, 1892, for
hepurpose of nominating candidates for
president and vice president
That the members of the central COM
lgN mlltee for each state where there is no
independent political organization, con-
ouct an active system of political agita-
uon In their respective states.
hesolved, That the question of univer-
Al suffrage be commended to the favor
ate consideration of the various states
and territories.
resolved, That while the party in
power in 1889 pledged the faith of the
|oN nation to pay debt in coin that had
IN oeen contracted on deprecated currency
oasis, thus adding nearly 81 ,OO0, 100000
% the burdens of the people, which
meant gold for the bondholders and de-
peciated currency for the soldier, and
holding that the men who imperiled their
hVes to save the life of a nation should
nave their pay in money as good as paid
othe bondholders, we demand the issue
ulegal tender treasury notes in sufficient
III amount to make the pay Of the soldiers
equal with coin, or such other legislation
Shall do equal justice to the soldiers OF
the country.
resolved, AS eight hours constitute a
regal day Of work for the government en-
poyes in its mechanical departments,
We believe this principle should be ex-
4 'ended SO as to apply to all corporations
Employing labor in the different states.
resolved, That this conference de-
nounces in unmeasured terms the action
uthe directors OF the Worlds Columbian
exhibition, on May Is, in refusing tie
hllnlmum rate of wages asked for by the
'apor Organizations OF Chicago.
hesolved, That the attorney general
submit the act of March 2, 1889, provid-
ug Tor the ODeninp of honeSteads to SET