The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-21
THE PLATFORM.
Tho Ocala, st. Louis and Omaha Declara-
tiOns Substantially Repeated.

Tho Ocala, st. Louis and Omaha Declara-
tiOns Substantially Repeated.
CINCINNATI, May 20.-The platform re-
ported by the committee on resolutions to
the national union convention is ss follows:
That in lieu of the great social, industrial
and economic revolution now dawnins up
on the civilized world, and the new and
living issues confronting the American peo-
pie, we believe the time has arrived for the
capitalization of the political reform force
of our country, and the formation of what
should be known as the Peoples Party of
the United States of America. That we
most heartily endorse the demand of the
platform as adopted at St. Louis, No., in
1889. Ocala, Fla, i'll 1880, and at Omaha in
1891, by the industrial organizations there
represented, summarized as follows: The
right to make and issue money is a sov-
pie for common benefit, hence
we demand the abolition of national
banks as banks of issue, and
as substitute for national bank notes. we
demand that legnl-tender notes be issued
in sufficient volume to transact the business
of the country on cash basis, without
damage or especial advantage to any class
the payment of all debts, public and pri-
vate, and such notes, when demanded by
the people, shall be loaned to them at not
more than two per cent. upon nom perish
able products, as indicated by said TREASURY
notes, and also upon real estate, with
proper limitation upon quantity of land
and amount of money. We demand an un-
limited quantity of silver; We demand the
passage of laws prohibiting alien ownership
of land, and that congress take prompt ac-
tion to devise some plan to obtain all lands
now, owned by alien and foreign
by railroads and other corporations
in excess of such as is actually used and
needed by them, be reclaimed by the gov
ernment, and held for actual settlers on
such land. Believing in the doctrine of
equal rights to all, and special privileges
to none we demand that taxation, national.
state or municipal, shall not be used to
build up one interest or class at the ex-
pense of another. We demand that all
revenues, national, state and county, shall
be limited to the necessary expense of gov
ernment, economically and honestly ad-
ministered.
We demand just and equitable system
graduated on income. We demand the
most rigid, honest and just national con-
troll and supervision of means of public
communication and transportation, and il
this control and supervision does not re-
move the abuses now existing, We demand
government ownership OF such means
OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES transportation.
We demand the election of the president.
vice president and United States senators
by direct vote of the people.
We urge action by all progressive organl-
cations looking to representation at the
conference called for by six leading reform
organizations; that a national committee
be appointed by this conference, to be COM
posed of three members for each state rep
resented, to be named by each state delega-
tion; that this central committee shall rep
iesent this body, attend the national con
ference February -, 1892, and, II possible,
unite with that and all other reform organ
i2atons there assembled. II no satisfac-
tory arrangement can be effected this cent
mi,teo shall call n national convention not
later than Juno 1, 1892 for the purpose OF
nominating candidates for president and
vice president; that the members of tho
central committee for each state, whore
there in no independent political organiza-
tion, conduct n system of political agitation
in their respective states.
Additional resolutions, not part of the
platform, were presented. They recon-
mend favorable consideration OF universal
outrage. demand ttoasury Mates to pay
soldiers equivalent to coin; favor the eigh-
hour day; condemn tho action of the
Worlds fair commission with reference to
wages.
Amid u perfect cyclone Of enthusiasm
delegates moved the adoption Of the plat