Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-05-27
The Alliance Platform.

The Alliance Platform.
The National Union convention
held at Cincinnati, last week, COM
posed of many different sooret socis-
ties, among tho leading of which was
the Farmers Alliance adopted ths
following platform.
NIw PARTY.
That in view of the great social,
industrious and enormous revolution
now dawning upon the civilized
world, and tho now and living issues
confronting the American people, We
believe that the time has arrived for
the srystalization Of tho political re-
form forces Of our country and the
reformation Of what should be known
as the peoples party Of the United
States of America.
OLD PLATFORM.
That We most heartily endorse the
demands Of the platform rs adopted
at St. Louis, No, in 1889, Oscala,
Fla, in 1890, and Omaha, Neb., in
1891, by the industrial organizations
there represented, summarized as
follows:
ABOLISH NATIONAL BANK.
Tho right to make and issue money
is sovereign power to be maintain
Cd by the people for the common
bcneft, hence ne demand the aboli-
ton OF the National banks es banks
OF issue and as a substitute for Ma
tional bank notes We demand that
legal tender treasury notes be issued
il sufficient volume to transact the
business of the country on a cash
basis without damage or special ad-
vantage to any class of calling, such
notes TO be legal tender in the pay
ment of all debts, public and private,
and such notes whom demanded by
the people shall be loaned to them at
not more than two per cent. per an
mum upon non perishabls products
as indicated in the rub-treasury plan
and alse upon realessate with proper
limitation upon the quantity of land
and amount of money.
FREE COINAGE OF sILNER
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
LAND FOR ACTUAL sETTLERS.
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 now ownod by alien and
foreign syndicates and that all land:
hold by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess of such rs is actually
used and needed by them be reclaim
ed by tho government and hold fol
actual settlers only.
NO CLASS TAXATION.
Believing tho doctrine OF squa
rights to all and special privilege te
none, We dsmand that taxation, ma
tional or municipal. shall not be usoc
to build up one interest or class 3
the expense of another.
NECESSARY EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT.
Wo demand that all reveuue-pa
tional, state or county-shall be lin
tied to the necessary expenses Of the
government, economically and hon
estly administered.
TAX ON INCOME
We demand jsst and equitable
system Of graduated tax on income.
CONTROL OF RAILROAD LINES.
We demaud the most rigid, hones-
and just national control and super
vision of the means of public com
municstion and Transportation, anc
if this control and supervision doe,
not remove the abuses now existing
we demand the government owner
ship of such means Of communicated
and transportation.
ELECTION OF PRESIDENT AND SENATORS.
We demand tho election of th,
president, vice president and Unitec
States senators by q direct vote O
the people.
| UNITED ACTION.
| That we urge united action Of al
progressive organizations in attend
ing the conference called for Febru
ary %, 1892, by six of the lsad1dg re
form organizations; that a nationu
central committee be appointed b
this conference, to be composed of
chairman, to be elected by this bod =
and of the members from each stat
represented, to be named by eacl
state delegation; that the contra
committee shall represent this body
attend the national conference o.
February %, 1892, and, if possible
unite with that and other reform Q,
carnations there assembled. If n
satisfactory arrangement can be et
fected the committee shall call na
tionsl convention not later than Jun
IA, 1892, for the purpose of renomi
mating candidates for president an,
and vice president /; that the member
of the central committee for eac1
] state, whero there is no Independent