The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-07-12

stock, the demonstration OF silver ana the
expressing OF the usurers may be lost
sight Of They propose to sacrifice ouI
homes, lives and children on the altar Of
Mammon; to destroy the multitude In
order to secure corruption from the million
aires.
Assembled on the anniversary Of the
birthday Of the nation, and filled with the
spirit Of the grand generation who estab.
Eshed our Independence, we seek to restore
the government Of the republic to the hands
ct The plain people" with whose class /
originated. We assert our purposes to be
identical with the purposes OF the national
constitution; TO form a moro perfect union,
establish justice. insure domestic tranquil
~, provide for the common defense, pro-
mote the general welfare and secure the
blessings Of liberty for ourselves and our
posterity.
We declare that this republic can only
endure as free government while built
Upon the love Of the whole people for each
other and for the nation; that it cannot be
pinned together BY the bayonet; that the
civil war is over and that every passion
and resentment which grew out Of It must
die with it and that we must in fact as We
are in name, be one united brotherhood OF
freemeu.
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conditions for which there is no precedent
in this world; our annual agricultural pro-
auctions amount TO billions Of dollars in
value, which must within a few weeks or
months be exchanged for billions Of
dollars Of commodities consumed in
their production; the existing cur
rency supply is wholly inadequate TO make
this exchange; the results are failing
prices. the formation Of combines and
rings fh, i'm rnvariS INFANT ~ thu vrodur.
ing class. We pledge ourselves that il
given the power, We will labor to correct
these evils by wise and reasonable legisla-
ton, in accordance with the terms OF our
platform.
We believe that the powers Of govern
ment-in other words, Of the people
should be expanded las in the case Of the
postal servicel as rapidly and as far as the
good sense of an intelligent people and the
teachings of their experience shall justify,
to the end that oppression, injustice and
poverty shall eventually cease in the land.
While our sympathies as a party of reform
are naturally upon the side of every propo-
sition which will tend to make men intel
igent, virtuous and temperate, we never.
theless regard these questions, important
as they are, as secondary to the great IS
sues now pressing for solution, and upon
which not only our individual prosperity,
but the very existence Of free institu-
tons depend; and we ask all men to first
help US TO determine whether we are to
have a republic to administer before We
differ as to the conditions upon which 1t Is
to be administered; believing that the
forces of reform this day organized will
wrong is remedied and equal rights and
equal privileges securely established for
al men and women of this country.
The Declaration.
We declare therefore
Eirst-That the union Of the labor forces
Of the United States this day consumated
shall be permanent and perpetual; may its
spirit come into all hearts for the salvation
of mankind.
Second-Wealth belongs to him who
creates it, and every dollar taken from in
dustry. without an equivalent is robbery.
IF any viii not work, neither shall he
eat" The interests Of rural and civic Ia
Dor are the same; their enemies are iden.
teal.
Third We believe that the time has
come when the railroad corporations will
either own the people or the people must
own the railroads, and should the govern.
ment enter upon the work Of owning and
managing any or all railroads, We should
favor an amendment to the constitution by
which all persons engaged in the govern
ment service shall b placed under civil
service regulation of the character, so as
to prevent the increase Of the power Of the
national administration by the use Of such
additional government employees.
Finance.
We demand q national currency, safe,
sound and flexible, issued by the general
government only. full legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and that the use
OF banking corporations. just, equitable
and efficient means of distribution direct to
the people, tax not to exceed per cent
per annum. to be provided as set forth In
the sub-treasury plan Of the Farmers ALI
ance, or q better system; also by payments
in discharge Of its obligations for public
improvements.
We demand free and unlimited coinage
Of silver and gold at the present legal ratio
of Is toll
We demand that the amount Of circula-
ton medium be speedily increased to not
less than so per capita.
We demand graduated income tax.
We believe that the money Of the coun.
try should be kept as much as possible in
the hands Of the people, and hence we de-
mand that all state and national revenues
of the government economically and hon
estly administered.
We demand that postal savings banks be
established by the government for the safe
deposit of the earnings of the people and
to facilitate exchange.
Transportation.
Transportation being a method Of ex.
change and public necessity, the govern
ment should own and operate the railrods
in the interest of the people.
The telegraph and telephone, like the
pos:office system. being necessity for the
transmission OF news. should be owned and
operated by the government in the interest
OF the people.
The land. including all the natural re-
sources of wealth. is the heritage of tho
people and should not be monopolized for
speculative purposes, and alien ownership
of land should be prohibited. All land now
held by railroads and other corporations in
excess OF their actual needs. and all lands
now owned by aliens, should be reclaimed
BY the government and held for actual set
tiers only.
At once, on the
adoption of the
N platform, the con-
vention broke over
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