The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-05-29

cla advantage 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 be loaned to them at not more
than per cent per annum upon non-imperlsha-
BILE products, as indicated in the sub-treasury
plan, and also upon real estate with proper linn
itation upon the quantity of land and amount of
money
! (b) We demand the free and unlimited coinage
of silver
! (c) We demand the passage OF laws prohibiting
alien ownership ofland, and that Congress take
prompt action to devise some plan to obtain all
lands owned by alien and foreign syndicates, and
that all land held byrailrOads and other corpora
tons in excess of such as is actually used and
needed by them be reclaimed by the Government
and held for actual settlers only.
(d) Believing in the doctrine of equal rights to
all and special privileges to none, we demand
that taXation-national, State, or municipal
shall not be used to build upone interest or class
at the expense of another
(e) We demand that all reyenues-n national,
State, orcOunty-shall or be limited to the necessary
expenses of the Government economically and
honestly administered
~ We demand a just and equitable system of
graduated tax on income.
(g) We demand the mostrigd, honest, and Just
national control and supervision of the means of
public communication and transportation; and
if this control and supervision does not remove
the abuses now existing we demand the Govern
ment ownership of such means of communication
and transportation,
(D We demand the election of President Vice
President, and United States Senators by direct
vote of the people.
(9) That we urge united action of all
progressive organizations in attending the
conference called for February %, 1892,
by six of the leading reform organizations
a. That national central committee
be appointed by this conference, to be
composed OF chairman to be elected by
this body and of three members from
each State represented, to be named by
each State delegation.
(5) That this central committee shall
: represent this body, attend the national
conference on February %, 1892, and, if
, possible, unite with that and all other re-
form organizations there assembled. II
no satisfactory arrangement can be effect
ed this committee shall call national
convention not later than June ], 1892
| for the purpose of nominating candidates
: for President and Vice President.
g. That the members of the ceutra
, committee for each State where there is
= no independent political organization con
L duct an active system Of political agita
1 ton in their respective States.
+ Resolved, That the question of univers
al suffrage be recommended to the favor
able consideration OF the various States
- and Territories.
e Resolved, That while the party in pow
e er in 1869 pledged tiie faith of the nation
f to pay debt in coin that had been con
tracted en- deprecated currency basi
and payable in currency, thus addin
= nearly one billion dollars to the burden
u of the people, which meant gold for tn
IS bond-holder and deprecated currency 70
e the soldier and holding that the men VIII
n imperiled their lives to save the life OF
: nation should be paid in money as goo
" as that paid to the bond-holder, we dc
'U mand the issue of legal-tender treasur
e notes in sufficient amounts to make tn
20 pay of the soldiers equal to par with coir
# or such other legislation as shall do equa
and exact Justice to the Union soldiers {
this country.
$ Resolved, That as eight hours const
$ tute legal days work for Governmer
IS employees in mechanical departments, W
70 believe this principle should be farthe
"a extended 50 as to apply to all corporation
employing labor in the different States {
- the Union.
80 Resolved, That this conference cor
TO demns in unmeasured terms the action {
70 the directors OF the Worlds Columbia
! Exposition on May 10 in refusing the mir
imum rate of wages asked for 10y the labC
4. organizations of Chicago.
Ot Resolved, That the Attorney-Generi
0, of the United States should make immt
,e diate provision 10 submit the act OF Marc
>, 1889, providing for the opening of Okla
homa to homestead settlement, to tn
United States Supreme Court so that tn
n expensive and dilatory litigation no
w pending there be ended.
ne The platform was compromise
ne There were three Presidential car
us @ didates in the convention, and a
he the questions Of general issue re
be volved around them. The thre
Of big guns were Ignatius Donnell.
of Minnesota, James B. Weaver, {
"s Iowa, and A. J. Streeter, of Ill
Eoo;s Donpallv ond Waavar xval