The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-05-28

At this juncture Gen. J. B. Weaver re
| lieved Chairman PETER, who was worn GU
with his lruitless efforts 10 preserve or'ier
| and had besides to catch train for Wash
ington;; A resolution against trusts wa
choked off by point o. order raised b,
Schilling of Wisconsin, that all resolution
| should be referred 10 the committee on res
olutions without being read. Then tn
convention got down to business again ant
| the matter of choosing national commit
| tee was taken up. Chairman Weaver de
clared a welcome recess to enable the over
heated, exhausted delegates to select mem
bers of the national committee from thei
| respective states.
After the selection Of the committee ther,
were a few moments of confused preparation
for adjournment sine die. then the chair
mans gavel tell and the first convention O
the Peoples party OF the United States haC
passed into history.
THE PLATFORM.
Following is the platform in full as pre-
sented to the conventions:
That in view OF the great social industrla
and economical revolution now dawning upor
the civilized world, and the new and living issues
confronting the American people we believe thai
the time has arrived for "A capitalization OF the
political reform forces OF our country, and the
formation OF what should be known as the Peo
pies party OF the United States OF America
That we most heartily endorse the demands
OF the platforms as adopted at St. Louis, Mo-
in 1889, Ocala, Fla, in 1890 and Omaha Neb
IN 1891, by Industrial organizations there repre-
sented, summarized as follows:
The right to make and issue money is a sov
ereign power TO be maintained by the people toI
the common benefit, hence we demand the abo
lition OF national banks as banks of ISSUE and
as II substitute for national bank notes we de-
mand that legal tender treasury notes be issued
IN sufficient volume to transact the business oil
the country on a cash basis, without damage OF
especial advantage to any class or calling such
notes to be legal tender i'll payment OF all debts
public and private and such notes, when de-
manded by the people, shall be loaned to them
at not more than per cent per annum upon
non-perishable products as indicated in the
subtreasury Plan, and also upon real estate,
with proper limitation upon the quantity OF
land aid amount of money.
silver. -
We demand the passage of laws prohibiting
alien ownership OF land, aud that Congress take
prompt action to devise some plan to obtain all
lands now owned by aliens and fomaSan syndi-
Gates, and that all lands now held by railroads
aud other corporations in excess of such as
actually used and needed by them be reclaimed
by the government, and held for actual settlers
only,
Believing the doctrine of equal rights to all
and special privilege to none, we demand that
taxation, NATIONAL state or municipal, shall not
be used to build up one interest or class at the
expense OF another.
We demand that all revenues, national state
or county, shall be limited to the necessary ex-
penses OF the government, economically and
honestly administers d,
We demand q Just and equitable system of
graduated tax on income.
We demand the most rigid. honest and just
national control and supervision of the means
of public communication and transportation,
and If this control and supervision does not re-
move the abuses now existing, we demand the
government ownership OF such means of com
munication and transportation.
We demand the election of president vice
president and United States senators by di-
rect vote OF the people,
That Wa mi ita6o of oil
organizations in attending the conference called
Tor Feb. p, 1892, by six of the leading reform
organizations
That national central committee be ap-
pointed by this conference. to be composed OF II
chairman, to be elected by this body, and Of
three members from each state represented, to
be named by each state delegation.
That this central committee shall represent
this body, atten1 the national conference on
Feb. ~, 1892. and if possible unite with that
and all other reform organizations there assem!
pied. II no satisfactory arrangement can be ef-
fected, this committee shall call a national con-
vention, not later than June 1, 1892 for the
purpose OF nominating candidates f0r president
That the members of the central committee
for each state where there is no independents no.
ntlcai organization conduct an active system OF
pontlcal agitation in their respective states.
NOT IN THE PLATFORM.
Following are resolutions submitted for
consideration, and not contained in the
platform:
Resolved, That the question of universal
suffrage be recommended to the favorable con-
sideration OF the various states and territories.
That while the party IN power in 1869 pledged
the faith OF the nation to pay debt in coin
that had been contracted on Il deprecated cur
rency basis and payable in currency, thus add
ing nearly 81 900, 900 900 to the burdens of the
people, which meant gold for the bondholders
and deprecated currency for the soldier and
holding that the men who imperlled their lives
to save the life of q nation should have been
PAID IN moneyas good as that paid to the bond.
hH9ider: 1{9 we demand The issie At legal teRdef
pay Of the soldiers equal to par with coin, or
such other iegis alton as shall do equal and ex-
act justice to the Union soldiers of this country
That, as eight hours constitute legal days
work ior government employees III mechanical
departments, We believe this principle should be
farther extended SO as to apply to all corpora
tions employing labor i'll the different states OF
tie Union.
That this conference condemns in unmeasured
terms the action OF the directors OF the Worlds
Columbian Exposition. on May 10, in refusing
the minimum rate OF wages asked for by the la
Dor organizations of Chicago.
That the attorney general of the United States
should make immediate provision to submit the
act OF March 2, 1889, providing for the opening
OF Oklahoma to homestead settlement, TO the
United States supreme court, so that the ex-
pensive and dilatory litigation now pending there
be ended.
The following resolution introduced by
Mason A. Green OF Massachusetts, in behalf
of the Nationalist was re e1red to the
various reform b0di9s for their adoption:
Thai when in the course OF business consolida-
tions i'll the form of trusts or private syndicates
it becomes evident that any branch of commerce
Is used for the pehoof and lrptit OF q low men at
the expense of the general public we believe that
the people Should assume charge of such com.
merge through their national. state or municipal
administration,