St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-28
INDIANA PEOPLES PARTY.
Radical Temperance Men Sat on
Financial Plank.

Radical Temperance Men Sat on
Financial Plank.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.,, May 27.-The
state convention of the Peoples party
attracted more attention from the old
parties today than did the Prohibition
convention yesterday. This was largely
due to the fact that most of the dele
gates are recent deserters of the old
parties. The convention numbered
about 800. 1t was stated about the
lobby that the committee had pretty
hard time in getting a platform to-
gether, for the reason that the Prohibit
tionists had largely infringed on their
ideas.
Several prominent Democratic poiti.
clans were mingiing with the reformers
when they were called to order at 1880.
The proceedings were opened with
prayer. Samuel W. Williams. of Knox
vile, was elected permanent chairman,
and in his speech said the Peoples
party was born of the hour, and pre-
dicted long life and usefulness. The
Peoples party agreed with the Demo-
cratic party that the tariff is tax, but
there were three questions on which the
Peoples party did not agree with either
of the old parties. These were: Ri
nance, without regard to the tariff, trans
portation and land. The party, he said,
wanted the per capita circulation i'll
creased to $50, and wanted the tree and
unlimited. coinage of silver; the party
wasopposed te banks of issue. He Op-
posed the national banks, and declare d
tnat if Andrew jackson were alive he
would be delegate to this convention.
When the report of the committee on
resolutions waSfead a Randolph county
delegate read a minority report on the
temperance question, which threw the
convention into an uproar. The chair
man of the committee on resolutions
stated that nine members of the COM
mittee had opposed the prohibition
plank and four had favored it. He
urged the Peoples party to be leaders
and not followers. By an immense ma
jority the temperance plank was eX-
cluded from the platform. Following is
the financial plank:
We demand a national currency safe.
sound and reliable. issued by the general
government only full legal tender for all
debts, public and private. and that without
the use of banking corporations; just
equitable and efficient means of distribution
direct to the people, as a tax not to exceed
9 per cent to he provided as set forth in the
Sub-treasury plan of the Farmers Alliance.
or some other system; also by payments in
discharge of It's obligations for public i'm
prOvements.
We demand the free and unlimited coinage
OF silver. and condemn President Harrison
for calling the international monetary con-
ference and inviting other nations to assist
us in fixing value of our silver. We regard
it as all effort to demonetize the silver dollar
by national agreement.
We demand that the amount of the circu
lating medium be speedily increased to not
less than $50 per capita. We demand grad
mated income tax. We believe that the
money of the country should be kept as
much as possible in the hands of the people,
and hence we demand that all national and
state revenues shall be limited to the neces-
sary expenses of the government eoonomi
cally and honestly administered.
Lery Templeton, of Benton county,
was nominated for governor; j. A.
HOuser, of indianapolis, for lieutenant
governor; }. l.. Hobson, Wabash
county. secretary of state; Townsend
Cope, Genning county, treasurer of
state; ID. A. Fernandez, Madison, at
torney general; j. ii. Allen. VigO
county, superintendent of public in
struction; G. ii. Bliss, Howard, state
StatjStician