Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-31
STRONGLY ENDORSED.
The Labor Convention at Rush Hill
Ratiiies the Platform Adopted
nj st. Louis.

RUSH HILL, MO, Marta 90
The mass meeting called for the rat
ification of the platform recently
adopted at st. Louis was held Sat
urday. The house was packed. J..
W. Mccormick was elected chair
man. The platform as adopted in
st. Louis on Feb. % was read by
w. Middleton, as follows:
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES.
/. Money-We demand a nation
al currency, safe, sound and iexi-
BILE, issued by the general govern
mcnt only, a full legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and that
without the use of banking corpora
tons a Just, equitable and efficient
means of distribution direct to the
people at not to exceed 2 per cent.
interest, be devised as set forth in
the s~ub-treasury plan of the Far
mers' Alliance, or some better sys-
tenn; also by payments in discharge
of its obligations for public i'm
provements
demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
We demand that the amount oil
the circulating medium be speedily
increased to not less than $50 pei
capita.
We demand a graduated income
tax.
We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as
possible in the hands of the people.
and we demand that all state and
acknowledgements shall be limited tt
the necessary expenses of the gov
eminent economically and honestly
administered.
We demand that postal saving:
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit of thu
earnings Of the people and to facili
tate exchange.
II. Land-The land, includin:
all the natural sources of wealth, /
the heritage of all the people ant
should not be monopolized TO
speculative purposes, and aliel
ownership of land should be prohib
tied. All lands now held by rail
roads and other corporations in ex
cess of their actual needs, and al
land now owned by aliens shoul'
be reclaimed by the government
and held for actual settlers only.
III. Observation-Disclosures
ton being a means of exchange ant
q public necessity, the government
should own and operate the railroad
in the interest of the people. TIL
telegraph and the telephone, lik
the postal system, being a necesslt,
for the transmission of news, shoul'
be owned and operated by tn
government in the interest of tn
people.
Resolved, That we hail this con
ference as the consummation OF
perfect union of hearts and hand
of all sections of our common cour
try. The men who wore the gra
and the men who wore the blu
meet here to extinguish the las
smoldering embers of civil war il
the tears of Joy of a united an
happy people, aud we agree to carr
the stars and stripes forward foreve
to the highest point of nation;
greatness.
!, The first speaker was l j. Sim:
who held the strict attention of th
J, house not less than two hours. Nj
Sims said: Il am accused of be
ing a third party man. | emphat
cally deny the charge. l sha
stand by the platform adopted {
:, st. Louis under all circumstance
in whatever party it may /
:, found. II the Democratic part
sees fit to adopt our principles an
t demands, l Jam with them and tn
same with the Republicans, but
neither OF the old parties adopt thel
: will vote for the party that does
: whether it be the first, second, third
, fourth, fifth or sixth, but under a
circumstances will | stand by OF
principles"
The next speaker vas Rober
, Cauthorn. who made a short bt
pointed talk. He was followed b
S. O. Wright, who made a rousin
speech, composed of stern, col
facts concerning the position of til
; masses to-day in America. tt
J house then voted on the platform
t and the entire audience, whic
consisted of many old Democrat
and Republicans, voted for til
platform, with only one opposed
which individual favored all II
planks in the platform but one.
+ w. H.
SOLD on THE BLOCK.