Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-06-03

president of the National Farmers AL
lance, giving his views as to the action
OF the conference. Referred to COM
mittee on resolutions.
a handsome badge on behalf of the
local ladies' committee was presented
to Chairman PETER.
Capt. Power read a letter from the
Union Labor party of Pennsylvania,
party and suggesting as the best name
The Union Party" This also went to
the committee on resolutions.
The secretary read telegram from
Washington signed by Charlotte Smith,
president of the woman's national In
dustrial league. She sent greetings,
and requested s'on behalf of the wom-
en- of the north and south, east and
west, that the plank in the platform be
made broad enough to hold 5, 900, 900
self-supporting Industrious women,
bread-winners, and 1000, 900 farmers
wives as political factors, for upon their
hearty cooperation will depend the
success of your party
The committee on resolutions made
the following report which was adopted
by the Conference.
THE PLATFORM
l. In view of the great social, indus
trial and economical revolution now
dawning upon the civilized world and
the new and living issues confronting
the American people, we believe that
the time has now arrived for a crystal
Ization of political reform forces of our
country and the formation of what
should be known as the Peoples party
of the United States of America.
2. That we most heartily indorse the
demands of the platforms as adopted
at st. Louis, Mo-, in 1889; Ocala, Fla,
in 1890, and Omaha, Neb., in 1891, and
industrial organizations there repre-
sented, summarized as follows:
A-The right to make and issue mon
ey in a sovereign power to be main
tanned by the people for the common
benefit, hence we demand the
abolition of national banks as
banks of issue, and, as a substitute
for national bank notes, we demand
that legal-tender treasury notes be
issued IN sufficient volume to contract
the business of the country on a cash
basis, wi hout damage or especial ad-
vantage to any class or calling, such
notes to be legal tender in payment of
all debts, public and private, and such
notes when demanded by the people
shall he loaned to them at not more
than two per cent. per annum upon
imperishable 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 unlimit-
ed coinage of silver.
C-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 owned by alien and foreign syndi-
Gates, and that ali land he%a by railroads
and other corporations in excess of such
as is cally used and needed by them
be reclaimed by the government and
held for actual settlers only.
D-Believing the doctrine of equal
rights 70 all and special privileges to
none, we demand that taxation-na-
tional, state or municipal not be
used to build up one interest or class at
the expense of another
Eve demand that all revenues-na-
tional, state, or county-shall be limit
ed to the necessary expenses of the
government, economically and honestly
administered.
Eve demand just and equitable
system of graduated tax on income.
GIVE demand the most rigid, honest
and just national control and supervis-
ion of the means of public communica-
ton and transportation, and if this con-
troll and supervision does not remove
the abuses now existing, we demand
the government ownership of such
means of communication and transport
alton
Hive demand the election of presi-
dent vice president and U. s. senators
by direct vote of the people.
3. That we urge united action of all
progressive organizations IN attending
the conference called for February o.
1892, by six of the leading reform or
ganizations.
f. That a national central committee
be appointed by this conference, to be
composed of a chairman, to be elected
by this body, and of three members
from each state represented "a be
named by each state delegation
s. That this central committee shall
represent this body, attend the national
conference on February %, 1892, and, if
possible, unite with that and all other
reform organizations there assembled.
If no satisfactory arrangement can be
of f{oa c1 ,.Jl
tional convention not later than June
1, 1892, for the purpose of nominating
cazdidates for president and vice-presi-
dent.
= 6. 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.
Resolved, That the question of uni
versal suffrage be recommended to the
states and territories.
Resolved, That while the party in
power Ia 1889 pledged the faith of the
mason to pays debt in coin that had
been contracted on deprecated cur
rency basis and payable in currency,
thus adding nearly one billion dollars to
the burdens OF the people, which meant
gold for the bondholders and depreciat-
ed currency for the soldier, and holding
that the men who imperiled their lives
to save the life of a nation should have
been paid in money as good as that paid
to the bondholder, we demand the issue
of legal-tender treasury notes in suff-
cient amount to make the pay of the
soldiers equal to par with coin, or such
other legislation as shall do equal and
exact justice TO the union soldiers of
this country.
Resolved. That as eight hours con-
stitute legal days work for govern
ment employees IN mechanical depart
ments ye believe this principle should
be farther extended so as to apply to all
corporations employing labor IN the diff
.ferent states of the Union