Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-05-28
THE PEOPLES PARTY.

The Cincinnati Convention Resolves &c
Form Third Party, to be Known rs
tAe Peoples Party of the United States
"A Platform Adopted on Which to &c
Before the Country and Enlist the Sup
port of Those who Can Not Consistently
Follow in the Lines of the Old Partise
CINCINNATI, May 21.-The cenven'
tion in session in this city yesterday de-
cided to form the Peoples party of the
United States. The following is the
platform:
Your committee on resolutions begs leave
to submit the following:
Resolred, That in view of the great social
Industrial and economical revolution now
dawning upon the civilized world and the
new and living issues confronting the Amer
lean people, we believe the time has arrived
for crystaliZation of political reform OF our
country and the formation of what should
be known as the Peoples party of the United
States of America.
Resolred, That we most heartily indorse tho
demands of the platform as adopted at st.
Louis in 1889; Ocala, Fla. in 1899, and Omaha
Neb., in 1891, by the Industrial organizations
there rel resented. summarily as follows:
A. The right to make and issue money in
a sovereign power to be maintained by the
people for the common benefit; hence we
demand the abolition of national banks of
issue. and as substitute for national bank
notes we demand that legal tender treas
ury notes be issued in sufficient volume to
transact the business of the country on a
cash basis; without damage or especial al
vantage to any class calling, such notes
to be legal tender in the payment of all
debts, public and private, and such notes
when demanded by the people shall be
loaned to them at not more than per cent
per annuln on non perishable products, AS
Indicated in the sub treasury plan, and also
upon real estate with proper limitation
upon the quantity of land and amount of
money.
B. We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
G. We demand the passage of laws pro-
hibiting alien ownership of lands. and that
congress take prompt action to devise some
means to obtain all lands owned by alien
and foreign syndicates, and that all lana
held by railroads and other corporations in
excess of such as is actually used and needed
by them be claimed by the government and
held for actual settlers only.
ID. Believing in the doctrine of equal rights
to all and special privileges to none, we de-
mand that taxation-national, state or
municipal-Shall not be used to build up one
interest OF class at the expense of another.
f. We demand that oil Recommendations
al, state or county-shall be limited to the
necessary expenses OF the government,
economically and honestly administered.
F. We demand just and equitable sys-
tenn of graduated tax on income.
G. We demand the most rigid, honest and
just national control and supervision of
means of public communication and trans
portation and if this control and supervis-
ion does not remove the abuses now exist
ing, we demand the government ownership
of such means of communication and trans
pOrtation.
H We demand the election of president,
vice president and United States senators
by a direct vote of the people.
Resolved, That we urge united action of all
nrnDrpSStCa N attending
conference called for February %, 1862, Dy
six of the leading reform organizations.
ReS0lred, That a national central commit
tee be appointed by this conference, to be
composed of a chairman to be elected by
this body and of the three members from
state delegation.
Reso7red That this central committee shall
represent this body, attend the national
conference on February ~, 1892, and, if pos
sble, unite with that and all other reform
organizations there assembled. If no salts
factory arrangement can be effected this
committee shall call national convention
not latter than June /, 1892, for the purpose
OF nominating candidates for president and
vice president.
Resolced, That the members of the central
committee for each state where there is no
independent political organization, conduct
an active. system of political agitation in
their respective states.
Additional resolutions: were adopted
as follows.
Resolred, That the question of universal
suffrage be recommended to the favorable
consideration of the various states and ter
ritories.
Resolved, That while the party In power in
1889 pledged the faith of the nation to pay a
debt in coin that had been contracted on a
deprecated currency basis and payable in
currency, thus adding nearly one billion dol
lars to the burdens of the people, which
meant gold for the bondholders and depre-
ciated currency for the soldier, and holding
that the men who imperied their lives to
save the life of nation should have been
paid in money good as that paid to the
bondholder demand the issue of Legal
tender treasury notes in sufficient amount to
make the pay of the soldier equal to par
with coin, or such other legislation as shall
do equal and exact justice to the Union
soldiers of this country.
Resolred, That eight hours constitutes q
legal days work for government employees
in mechanical departments, we believe this
principle should be further extended so as
to apply to all corporations employing la
Dor in the different states of the union.
Resolred, That this conference condemns
in unmeasured terms the action of the di-
rectors of the Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton, May 10, in refusing the minimum
rate of wages asked for by the labor organi.
cations of Chicago.
Resolred, That the attorney general submit
the act of March 2, 1889, providing for the
opening of Oklahoma to homestead settle
ment, to the supreme court of the United
States at the earliest possible moment, that
the unhappy settlers of that afflicted terri
tory may understand the lawful and cOnsti-
tutional meaning of said act, and thus put a
stop to much litigation and expense.