The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-02-07

tons was formally named and
adopted a list of demands, and will |
now proceed in the work of edu-
eating the laboring masses in the
principles of political economy as
they are understood by the Farm
ers' Alliance, white and colored;
the Farmers Mutual Benefit As
ISOLATION, the Knights of Labor
and the Citizens Alliance, the
organizations which up to this
time are ir the confederation. The
meeting was held in one of the
parlors of the Kenmore House, in
Washington, and delegates from
all the organizations above named
were present. T. L. Can't, the
secretary, had been suddenly called
home, and J. J. Rogers, Of the
colored Alliance, took his place.
Colonel L. F. Livingston, from the
committee on business, made re-
port suggesting that the first thing
to be done was the adoption of q
list of demands, and this was done
with the following result:
First-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 transact the
business of the country without
damage or especial advantage to
any class or calling, such notes to
be legal tender in payment Of all
debts public or private; and such
notes, when demanded by the peo-
pie, shall be loaned to them at not
more than two per cent per annum
upon non-perishable products as
indicated in the snb-treasury plan,
and also upon real estate with
proper limitation upon the quantity
of land and amount of money.
Second We demand free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
Third-We demand the passage
of laws prohibiting alien owuer-
ship of land, and that Congress
take prompt action to devise some
plan to obtain all lands now owned
lby aliens and foreign syndicates,
and all lands held by railroads and
other corporations in excess of such
as are actually used and needed by
them be reclaimed by the govern.
ment and held for actual settlers
only.
| Fourth Believing in the doc.
Urine of equal rights to ell and
special privileges to none, we de
mand that taxation - national
State, or municipal-shall not b.
used to build up one class at the
expense of another.
Fifth-We demand all revenues
-Dational, State, or county-shal
be limited to the necessary expenses
! of the government, economically
and honestly administered
Sixth-We demand just ant
equitable system of graduated tax
alton on incomes.
Seventh We demand thu
!. most rigid, honest and just Stat
and national control and super
; vision Of the means of public com
munication and transportation, ant
I if this control and supervision doe
: not remove the abuses now exist
ing, we demand the government
ownership of such means of com
munication and transportation.
!, Eighth-We demand that tn
Congress of the United States sub
NIT an amendment to the constitu
t ton providing for the election G
D United States Senators by tn
t direct vote Of the people of eac
State; also the President and Vic
President by a popular vote.
Il Ninth-We demand that in eac
State system shall be provide
and faithfully executed which wi
g. insure an honest and accurate regii
j. tration of all voters; a free, fai
: secret and official ballot and a
honest, public count; and deman
that each State Legislature sha
make it a felony for any imprope
= interference with the exercise {
: the registration, ballot or count
After adopting the platform th
!, committee proceeded to name til
s new Organization the Confederate
Of Industrial Organizations" an
elected Ben Terrell, of the Farm
3 ers' Alliance, president, and job
. w. Hayes, general secretary-trea
urer of the knights of Labor, seer