Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-05-29
PEOPLES PARTY.

" all and special privileges to mono wo
uemand that neutrality-suspicious. 49,
Vi huhlclpal-shall not be used to b,ild
up an interest or class at the exnensa nf
another. We demand that all revonnos
national, state and countv-sbau bo
limited to the necessary expense Of the
government, economically and honestly
administered.
We demand just and equitable sva-
Oen OF taxation graduated on incomes
we demand the most rigid, honorable
ana Just national control and sunarvie-
ION OF means Cd public communication
ana transportation, and if this control
ana supervision does not remove abuses
now existing, we demand the govern
ment ownership Of such means OF com
munlcatlon and transportation.
We demand the election of the presi-
dent, vice-president and United STATES
senators by direct vote of the people.
We urge action by all progressive Or
CARNATIONS III attending the conference
called for by six leading reform organi-
cations, and that national committee
be appointed by this conference TO he
composed of three members for each
state represented, to be named bv each
state delegation; that this central com
mlttee shall represent this body. attend
the national conference February %
1872, and if possible unite with that and
all other reform organizations there as
sembled. If no satisfactory arrangement
can be effected, this committee shall
call national convention not later than
June l, 1892, for the purpose of nominal
tlng candidates for president and vice
president; that the members of the CEN
trail committee for each state where
there is no Independent political organi
cations conduct system of political agi-
tatIon in their respective states.
Additional resolutions were presented
as follows: That the question OF uni
versal suffrage be recommended to the
favorable consideration of various states
and territories.
That while the party in power in 1869
pledged its faith to the nation to pav in
coin debt contracted on a deprecated
currency basis and payable in currency,
thus adding nearly 81 600 900 to the bur
dens of the people, which meant gold
for the bondholders and deprecated
currency for the soldiers, and holding
that men who imperiled their lives to
save the nation should have been paid
Iii money as good as that paid to the
bondholders, we demand the issue Of le-
gal tender treasury notes in sufficient
amounts to make the pay of the soldier
equal to their pay with coin, or such
other legislation as shall do equal and
exact justice to the Union soldiers of
this country.
That the eight hour a day principle
should be extended to apply to all cor
porations employing labor in the differ
ent states of the Union.
That the conference condemns in I'M
measured terms the action of the direct
ors OF the Worlds fair in refusing
minimum rate of wages, and call on the
encouragement to submit the act pro-
viding for the opening of Oklahoma to
homestead settlement to the supreme
court at the earliest moment that set
tiers may understand the lawful and
constitutional meaning Of said act and
put stop to ruinous litigation.
The following resolution was intro
duced by Mason a. Green, OF MassacLu-
sets, i'll behalf of the Nationalists, and
was referred to the various reform bod
les for their consideration Resolved,
that when, in the course Of business con
solicitations in the form of trusts pri-
waite syndicats, it becomes evident that
any branch of commerce is used for the
behoof and profit OF few men at the
expense of the general public, we believe
the people should assume charge Of such
commerce through their national, state
or municipal administration.
STAND FROM UNDER,
Amid perfect storm of enthusiasm
the delegates moved the adoption Of the
platform rs read.
The convention went wild and the
delegates mounted chairs and tables,
shouting and yelling like Comanches. 4
portion of the convention, in thunder
Gus chorus sang the tune of ''Good-bye,
my Lover, Goodbye" to the words
"Good-bye, Old Parties, Goodbye - and
then the "DoXOlogy." The tumult was
surprising in its remarkable suddenness
and yigor to anything that had previ-
ously taken place in the convention,
and lasted fully quarter of an hour,
until it ceased from the sheer exhaus-
ton of the delegates. Several delegates
urged the adoption OF the report, after
the reading was finished, but the enthU-
siasm had to give vent, and one after
another the orators relieved themselves.
When order was finally restored the
platform proper, exclusive of resolutions,
WAS adopted by a rising vote.
G. NJ. Miller again came to the front
with the following resolution:
Resolved, That we favor the aboli-
ton of the liquor traffic. E"
Robert Schilling, of Wisconsin, speak
ing on the resolution, said he was a
strong Temperance man, but he opposed
the discussion of the question OF prohi-
biton at this time The resolution had
hnn,, fully cnnsiderel and voted down