The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-01-30

series of nine demands that may play an
important part in future national political
campaigns, of which the following is a
condensed synopsis: l. Abolition of nat
ional bank notes and the. substitution OF a
sufficient volume of legal tender treasury
notes, which notes shall, upon demand, be
loaned to the people upon non-perishable
products and real estate, at a rate OF inter
est not to exceed 2 per cent per annum. =.
Free and unlimited sill yer coinage. 3. Laws
against alien land ownership and against
| railroads and other corporations owning
more land thar is actually used by them.
A.. That taxation shall not be used to build
up one interest or class at the expense OF
another. 5. That revenue shall be limited
to the necessary expenses of the Govern
ment, economically and honestly admin
istered. 6. 4 graduated income tax. Z.
| State and national control of the means OF
public communication and transportation,
and if present abuses are not thereby cor
rected, abso. ute Government ownership.
s. The Submission of a Constitutional
amendment providing for the election of
U. S. Senators by direct vote of the people
and for the election of President and Vice
| President by a popular vote. O. That each
| state provide a system that will insure an
honest and accurate registration of all
voters, a free, fair, secret and official ballot
and an honest public count.
The convention elected Benjamin Terrell,
of Texas, President, and J.. W. Hayes, of
Pennsylvania, secretary and treasurer.
Probably the most important work of the
convention has been that transacted in
secret session. but enough of it has leaked
out to warrant the statement that no third
party movement is contemplated for the
present. This year is to be spentin perfecting
the organization, Sd that if neither Of the
old parties show a disposition to recognize
the demands of the confederation it will be
better prepared to play a lone hand when
the proper time comes. Some of its
demands are endorsed by both parties, or
rather by large numbers of the members
Of both parties, and some of them are
opposed by the leaders of both parties. AT
the present it looks as if the Democrats
would go the farthest i'll their national
platform towards meeting these demands,
but a year and a half may bring great
| political changes, and it would be foolish
to attempt at this time TO predict the ont
COME of the new movement.
The election bill continues to monopo-
lie the attention of Congress in both
branches, with no immediate prospect of a
change. The results of the past week have
been, IN the whole, favorable to the Re-
publicans; in the Senate Mr.. Morton has
made rulings which enabled his party to
succeed in taking up Mr.. Aldrich's closing
resolution, which must necessarily be
adopted before the election bill can be
passed, and it is believed, by Democrats
and Republicans, hat it will be adopted
during the present week; in the House
Speaker Reed has broken down. to certain
extent, the Democrat policy redistribution,
and some progress is being made in the
disposition Of the regular appropriation
bills. But the ultimate fate Of the Elec-
ton bill is still in doubt, and the action of
the legislatures of a number of Southern
States in declining to provide for their
States taking part in the Worlds Fair
while that measure is pending, may prove
an Important factor in the matter. Some
| DpmppratS claim that tha hill will he
defeated when voted upon in the Senate.
but it is evident that Senator German,
whose opposition to the bill has been a very
able and brilliant piece of parliamentary
work. does not believe that way, or he
would long ago have allowed tue bill to be
voted upon. If the bill ever reaches a vote
in the Senate it " i'll pass.
Since bringing out the fact that Senator
bullion, the House committee which is
investigating the charge Of congressional sill
yer pools, hasn't discovered anything start
ling, and it is whispered around the Capt.
because of know ledge of the guilt of GER
tain men high in the councils Of both
parties that has unofficialiy come to its
members. These things are hard to be-
l%ieve, but they will be believed unless
the committee adopts more energetic
methods than it has yet done. No honest
man would object in stating under oath
whether he had engaged in speculation in
silver; therefore it seems % me that the
best way to clear the innocent and show
up the guilty would be to examine every
Senator and Representative, not forgetting
the members of the committee.
WESTON.
Laura Jean Libbey's Fest.
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