The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-03-31
THE PEOPLES PARTY
IF TRAVIS COUNTY MEET AND DULY
RESoLUTE.
Full Proceedings of a Mass Meeting Of the
Peoples Party and What Government
al Reforms They Want-Will Put
Out a Full Ticket


ton of the county executive committee
of the Peoples party of Travis county,
large and enthusiastic meeting was
held at Union hall, corner Congress
avenue and 9th street, on Saturday,
26, at 2 o'clock p M.
The meeting was called to order by
f. A. Butler, chairman of the tempo
rary organization, who explained the
object of the meeting, and declared
the first business in order, the perma-
nent organization of the meeting,
which resulted in the unanimous
choice of Mr.. j. b. Oatman of Creed
more, chairman, and Jas. B. Cassidy
of Austin, secretary.
On motion, the secretary proceeded
to read the national platform OF the
Peoples party, which was ratified
without dissenting voice.
1t was announced that the next
business in order was the election of a
chairman and secretary of the county
executive committee. After con-
siderable discussion in refer
ence to the executive COM
mittee, it was finally agreed that the
executive committee should be select
ed, one member from each polling pre-
cinct in the county, and that the
chairman should be from the country
and the secretary from the town; it
was further agreed that the chairman
and secretary of the meeting should
be the chairman and secretary of the
county executive committee, and they
were accordingly so elected unani-
mously for the next twelve months.
1t was then adopted that the chair
man appoint committee of five on
resolutions, and the following gentle
men were appointed: Messrs. G. d..
Martin, H. Childress, E. B Reich, A.
S. Leak and j. B. Cassidy. The chair
man was added to the committee and
the meeting took recess OF twenty
minutes and the committee retired.
The committee having returned the
meeting was again called to order and
the secretary read the report of the
committee, which is as follows:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON REsoLU-
TIoNS.
The Peoples Party of Travis county
in mass meeting assembled, declare
their answering devotion to the great
and immutable principles of their
ancestors in their heroic struggle for
civil and religious liberty, and de.
clare and pledge their fidelity to the
principles set forth in the National
platform of the Peoples party of the
United States of America at the city
of st. Louis, and earnestly endorse
the same, and promi SO their individual
support to it !; and in addition de-
clare:
Ei1. That we are opposed to American
Industries being owned or operated by
foreign capital.
2. That we cond emn, as contrary to
the spirit of our government, all
legislation tending to di Jest American
citizenship of its constitutional rights
and privileges, or that seeks to merge
individual liberty in the aggregations
of corporate power, thereby destroy
ing the very fundamental principles
upon which our republic is founded.
8. Believing that education is the
greatest safeguard that can be thrown
around the liberGies of free people,
we therefore declare for free popular
education.
4. That we favor the passage of a
law prohibiting aliens from holding
or owning lands in the State.
5. That we favor the present rail
road commission as an alternative,
but we believe the true theory is that
the State shonld operate the railroads;
and we further believe that it is the
only safe and correct solution of this
vexed question.
6. That we favor the passage of a
law to the effect that the holders of
notes, mortgages, deeds of trust and
all negotiable paper against real
estate, be required to pay taxes on the
full value of said paper, and that said
paper shall not be valid for collection
unless it contains the tax collectors
seal showing that the taxes for each
year have been paid since the execu-
tion of said paper, and that the holder
of property conveyed by said paper be
eXem pt from taxes to the amount COW
cred by said paper.
Z. That we favor a prompt and
thorough organization of the Peoples
party in this state and county, and
the nomination of a regular state and
county ticket and the sending of dele
gates to the state and national con-
ventions.
The report of the committee was
unanimously adopted.
A motion was then adopted that in
case Of vacancy in the county exec
utive committee the committee shall
be empowered to fill all such vacan-
cies.
a motion was then made and unan.
imously adopted that a meeting of the
Peoples party for the purpose of send
ing delegates to the state convention
be held in the city of Austin on Sat
urday, the 18th day Of April, 1892, at
10o'clock q. u.
On motion the secretary was in
structed to send the proceedings of this
meeting to the newspapers of Austin
and the Southern Mercury at Dallas
for publication, and also to have the
proceedings printed in circular form.
On motion committee of three was
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