The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-07-09
THE THIRD PARTY.
Here Ia tho Platform That WIN ne Adopted
by Thcln In ThnIr Convention ut Omnhn.

by Thorn In Their Convention nt Omaha.
OMAHA, July 1.-The peoples party
will meet in national convention ut 10
o'clock Saturday morning. The dele
gates are already beginning to arrive,
and there are indications that the natal
day of the republic, the Fourth of July,
will witness the birth of great polit-
ical party which is to be menace to
tho old organizations which have so
long striven for supremacy in the ma
tion.
The rival political organizations who
have hoped that the peoples party
would divide over questions of principle,
and not be able to agree upon com.
mon platform of declarations, will be
surprised to know that the peoples
party platform is already practically
agreed upon. The leaders have been in
correspondence for months past, and it is
tacitly agreed that the st. Louis plat
form of February % shall be taken as a
basis, and that the only eXtraneous
matter TO receive consideration will be
the denunciation of the force bill; the
demand for broader reciprocity than
is offered by the party of republicanism,
and the condemnation of the recent
state bank plank adopted at the national
democratic convention.
The platform which Chairman Tau
benecll, of the national executive COM
mittce, has in his pocket and which
| Mr.. Weaver, Ignatius Donnelly, Con-
! gressman Watson, Jerry Simpson and
the other leading spirits of the party
agree shall be adopted as the war cry
Of the coming campaign, is as follows:
"Flrst--Wc dcmanu national currency, safe,
/ sound and flexible, issued by the general gov.
| crnment only, n full legal tender for all debts
| public and private, and that without the use OF
! banking corporations, just, equitable and eff.
| fccnt means Of distribution direct to the peo
| pie, at tax not exceeding two per cent, be
! provided rs set forth in the sub-treasury plan
| Of the Farmers alliance, or some better sys
| TEN; also, by payments in discharge Of its obli
cations for public improvements.
/ 1--WE demand free and unlimited coinage Of
silver
"We demand that the amount Of circulating
! medium be speedily increased TO not less thar
$50 per capita.
I'VE demand graduated income tax.
"Wc believe that The money Of the country
should be kept as much as possible in the hand:
of the people, and hence we demand that al
state and national revenue shall be limited Il
the necessary expenses of the government eco
nomically and honestly administered.
1--WE demand that postal savings banks bt
established by the government for the safe de
posit of the earnings of the people, and to facili
tate exchange
"ssecond--The land, including all the natura
resources of wealth, IS the heritage of all thu
people, and should not be monopolzed fo
speculative purposes, and alien ownership o
land should be prohibited. All land now helC
by railroads and other corporations in excess o
!
aliens should be claimed by the government ant
hold for actual settlers only.
"'rhird-Transportaton being means of ex
change and public necessity, the governmen
should own and operate the railroads in the in
tcrest of the people.
"(A)--The telegraph and telephone, like th
post office system, being necessity for trans
mission of news, should be owned and oper
cted by the government in the interest of tn
people"
In addition to the above there will b.
plank which is expected to frustrat
the herculean efforts that are being eX
erted by the democratic leaders of tn,
south to reclaim their fellows from tn,
peoples party ranks. This plank will
be denunciation of the republican
force bill, and will be as ringing ant
complete as the arraignment by demo
cratic national convention.
The leaders of the Independent part,
have given this subject most careful
consideration, have weighed its efrec
in all its details, and they announc
tonight that the die is cast that tn
force bill of the republican party viii
be denounced as an unwarranted, dan
gerous and unconstitutional interfer
ence in state elections.