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the COMMITTEES. who read the platform
a. follows.
Year mmit on resolutions bers TO
suhmtt the fulluw
~Flrst-Thaf IN view q the great social. IN.
dustrisl and economical revolution nov
~dawuinH upon the civiiixed world and the
nuw aud tEvluE issues confronting IN. Amer.
lean peeple. - believe that the time has ar
rived Tor . equalization Of the political
reform forces u our country and the fnrma.
ton 81 shat should be known - the peoples
party Of the Uniied states q America
Neuuud-That Ne most heartily iudurse the
demands u the platforms as adopted ~ 81
Iauis. No IN issa Ocaia. Pa, tn iso. and
Omaha. Neb IN issl By tie Industrial organ
l~zatiuns there represented. summarized a.
/ fnlluwa
A-The right to make and issue money ss
a sovereign power To- be maintained BY the
people Tor the common benefit Hence Ne
demand the abolition Of national banks as
banks Of issue. and a. a substitute for
National bank notes We demand that legal
tender treasury notes be issued In sufficient
volume Go transact the business Of the
country on q cash basis without damage or
especial advantage TO any class or calling.
such notes 10 be- legal tender In 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 Hnnum upon non. tmperlshable
products as indicated In the sub-treasury
plan aud also upon real estate with proper
limitation upon the quantity of land and
amount Of money.
Rive demand the FREQ and unlimited
coiuare OF silver.
Give demand the passage of laws pro-
htbitlnE alien ownership of land and that
congress take prompt action 90 devise some
plan To- obtain all lands nov owned by alien
and foreign syndicates and that all land
held by railroads and other corporations in
excess Of such as Is actually used and needed
by them be reclaimed by the government
and held for actual settlers only.
D-Beiioving the doctrine of equal rights
to al and special privileges 60 none we de.
maud that mathematician. state or mum
lclpai-shall not be used Go build up one In.
terest or class at the expense OF another.
i've demand that all unconventional.
state or ~couuty-shail be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government eco
nomically and honestly administered
FIVE demand u Just and equitable system
of graduated tax on income.
GIVE demand the most rigid. honest and
Just national control and supervision of the
means of public communication and trans
portation. and If this control and super
vision does not remove the abuses now ex.
lsting we demand the government owner.
ship of such means of communication and
transportation.
live demand the election Of president.
vice president and United states senators
by direct vote of the people.
Third-That we urge the united action Of
all progressive organizations In attending
the conference called Tor February Y isaa.
by six OF the leading reform organizations
Fourth-That national central committee
be appointed by this conference, to be com.
posed of a chairman to be elected by this
/ NaN.a .VN - NEE.. asNha FR1FN. aWaNs aNuN.
represented, to be named by each state del
egation
Fifth-That this central committee shall
/ represent this body, attend the national
conference on February q, is9l, and, II pos
slblc, unite with that and all other reform
organizations there assembled. If no salts
factory arrangement can be effected thi,
| committee shall call a national convention
not later than June /, 1872, for the purpos,
OF nominating candidates for president ant
vice. president
sixth-That the members of the centra
committee for each state where there IL n,
: independent political organization cuuduc
an active system of political agitation II
their respective states.
Additional resolutions not parts o
the platform were presented. The,
recommended favorable consideration
of universal suffrage, demanded treas
, ury notes to pay soldiers equivalent Il
coin, favors eight hours n day and con
dennis the action of the worlds fai
!, commission with reference TO wages.
: ADOPTED AMID CHEERS.
; CINCINNATI, May 2l.-When the nam'
of the new party. the peoples part,
! of the United States" was read by tn,
; committee on resolutions secretary
: the words ELECTED a magnificent out
I burst of applause, and as each planl
was read the cheering was renewed ST
: frequently that the great hall scenes
q to r~everberate continuously.
A plank recommended universal suf
I frage to favorable consideration an
! another demanded the payment of pen
! sions on a gold basis. The former me
: with a rather chilly reception, but tn
. latter was ~roundly cheered.
: At this juncture n delegate objecte,
: that the platform was one-sided for tn
!, Farmers Alliance, but he met wit
a little encouragement, and Schilling dc
: clared that the convention was here fo
Z harmony and the new declaration of ir
n dependence" Unanswered that the per
= sion plank was left to the soldier men
u Der on the committee with an inquir
whether 1t was satisfactory, and on h
acquiescence it was adopted unan
mously.
l. Davis, of Texas, a lank six-footer !
a a light suit who had electrified the col
v%ention after Donnelly's speech by
l. long, weird whoop of exultation, wa
y conducted to the platform and to tn
u intense delight of the convention, n
n peated the unearthly, Indian-like vel
n Then he announced himself as an G:
p confederate and declared himself fl
10 the platform-every plank and ever
lie resolution.
ID An extraordinary spectacle followe'
Wadsworth, of Indiana, an ex-unio
9 soldier, rushed up TO ex-Confederat