The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-08-12
A TICKET NAMED.
Candidates Of the Peoples Party
in the Buckeye State.
The Platform which They Stand Upon
Demands Free silver Coinage, Univer-
sai Suffrage and Currency Instead
Of National Bank Notes.
THE pEopLE's PARTY.

SpRINeFIELD, o., Aug. I-When the
convention Of the peoples party as
lsembled Thursday Chairman Cava
naugh called for the report Of the COM
mittee on resolutions. The following
is q summary:
We hold that labor Is the basis OF all wealth
and should be protected by law. The instabil-
ity OF the municipal governments OF the state
has led TO the creation Of enormous municipal
debts which are burdensome TO all the people,
and we, therefore, demand that the constitu'
ton OF the state be SO amended that IL viii
be impossible 10 change the forms OF munich
pal governments TO meet the changing for
tunes OF politicians, and that no change OF
forms OF municipal governments be permitted
without the consent OF the people. We de-
mand the enactment and rigid enforcement
Of law for the suppression OF oil forms Of
gambling In futures on all agricultural and me.
chanicai products; favor the election OF United
States senators by popular vote OF the people
Of the state; demand the rigid en-
forcement OF laws against adulteration
or connterfeiting Of food; demand free
school books for our public school
system and compulsory education; de.
nland the prohibition Of child labor under four.
teen years Of age; demand the abolition OF
COuIruct DTlhOl lUDOI, DbhoNihb ~ hhO
OF equal rights and special privileges 10 none;
demand that taxation, national, state or
municipal, shall not be used TO build up one
interest al the expense Of another; favor gov.
ernment loans directly 10 the people on real
estate or other ample security at q
rate Of interest not exceeding per cent I;
demand free AMI unlimited coinage OF Sill
YER; oppose extravaganza that collects OF the
people each year 1000oo.oO0 for national ex-
penses in time Of peace; demand the passage
Of laws prohibiting alien ownership OF lands
and that congress take prompt action 70
devise some plan 10 obtain all lands now
owned by alien and foreign syndicates;
| demand Just and suitable system OF graou'
| ated tax on incomes believe In universal suf'
fraae. and favor liberal pensions 10 all honorabiy
| discharged union soldiers Of the late civil war
| ana generous care for their widows and orphans.
The liquor question, which caused
trouble in the platform committee, was
gotten over by q resolution appended
TO the platform recommending to the
national convention that the solution
of the traffic lies in abolishing the ele.
ment Of profit and demanding that the
exclusive importation, expectation
manufacture and sale Of all spirituous
LIQUORS shall be conducted by the gov
ernment or state at cost through
agencies and salaried officials The
ticket nominated is as follows:
Governor, John Seitz, of Senecs
county; lieutenant governor. Franl
Rist, Of Hamilton county; auditor o.
state, D. M Cooper, of Athens county
attorney general, R. NJ Smith, Sum
init county; treasurer Of state, Henr,
Wolf, Cleveland; supreme judge, Judg'
Alfred Yaple, Hamilton county; schoo
commissioner, ]. &. Peterson. Greel
county; board Of public works, j. 6
Borror, Franklin county; dairy an'
food commissioner, W. J. Weaver, Port
age county.
iMr. eeitf Is 90 years sld and was electe
as a democrat 70 the state legislature In 10
l | He was elected 10 the state senate In is7s an
1874. In 1880 he was nominated for congress
4. the greenbach ticket. for governor on the Rreel
, back ticket in 1881. and In 1887 for governor
the union labor ticketl