Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-21
Up. m. The committee on resolutions
was still at work at the time of recess.
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Up. m. The committee on resolutions
was still at work at the time of recess.
MORE STORMY SCENES.
When the convention reassembled a
letter from L. L. Polk, which was read,
advising the conference to issue an adj
dress and defer action on third party
until 1892, caused breeze, and when
motion to refer it to the committee on
resolutions was declared carried there
was loud demand that the negative be
put more forcibly by the chair. The de-
mand was renewed and continued from
time to time.
Ignatius Donnelly, chairman Of the
committee on resolutions, climbed up on
the rostrum at this juncture, and almost
his first words caused whirlTSnd~et
excitement. The declaration from Dom
nelly which set the convention wild, was
to the effect that he was there to report
that the committee on platform was
unit for the organization of third party.
Two alternatives were presented. he
said, either to ignore the third party, or
divide the friends of reform.
He gave way to Robert Schilling, OF
Wisconsin, the secretary of the COM
mittee, who read the platform, which is
as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
First. That in view of the great So
cial, industrial and economical revolu-
tion now dawning upon the civilized
world, and the new and living issues
confronting the American people, we
believe the time has arrived for the
capitalization of the political reform
forces of our country, and the formation
of what should be known as the Peoples
party of the United States of America.
Second. That we most heartily en-
dorse the demands of the platforms
Fla, in 1890, and Omaha in 1891, by the
industrial organizations there represent
ed. summarized as follows:
The right to make and issue money is
a sovereign power, to be maintained by
hence we demand the abolition of ma
tional banks, as banks of issue; and
as substitute for national bank notes
we demand that legal tender treasury
notes be issued in sufficient volume to
transact the business OF the country on
cash basis without damage or especial
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
perishable products, as indicated in sub
treasury plan, and also upon real estate
with proper limitation upon the guam
tity of land and amount of money.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
We demand the passage of laws pro-
hibiting the alien ownership of land,
and that congress take prompt action to
devise some plan to obtain all lands now
owned by alieE 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.
Believing the doctrine CT the equality
of rights to all and special privileges to
none, we demand that taxation, ma
tional, state or municipal, shall not be
used to build up one interest or class at
the expense of another.
We demand that all revenues, ma
tional, state or county shall be limited
to the necessary expense of government
economically and honestly administered.
We demand just and equitable sys-
tenn of graduated tax on income.
We demand 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 remove the abuses
now existing, we demand government
ownership of such means of communi-
cation and transportation.
We demand the election of the presi-
dent, vice-president and United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
We urge the united action of all pro-
gressive organizations in attending the
conference called for February %, 1892,
by the six leading reform organizations
that national central committee be ap-
pointed by this conference to be COM
represented, to be named by each state
delegation; that this central committee
shall represent this body, attend the
national conference February %, 1892,
and if possible unite with that and all
other reform organizations there assem-
bled. If no satisfactory arrangement
can be effected. this committee shall
call a national convention not later than
June /, 1892, for the purpose of nomin-
ating candidates for president and vice.
president; that the members of the
central committee for each state, where
there is no Independent political organ
ization, conduct an active system OF po-
litical agitation in their respective
states