The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-10

pie at q tax not to exceed 2 per cent. per
Annum to be provided as set forth In the
Sub-tressuEy plan Of the farmers ALI
AnCe, or some better system; also by pay
ments in the discharge Of It's obligations
for public Improvements.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the legal
raio Of 16 to /.
We demand that the amount of clculat-
ing medium be speedily increased to not
less than $50 per capita.
We demand a graduated income tax.
We believe that the money Of the
country should be kept as much aS posSl-
BILE in the hands of the people, and hence
we demand that all state andnRtional
revenues shall be limited to the necessary
expenses of the government, economically
and honestly 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 exchange and public me-
cesslty, the government should own and
operate the railroads In the interest Of
the people.
The telegraph and telephone, like the
pOstOfice system, being a necessity for
the transportation Of news, should be
owned and operated be the government
In the interest Of the people.
Land - Land. including all natural
sources of wealth, is the heritage Of the
people, and should not be monopollzed
for speculative purposes, and the alien
ownership Of land should be prohibited
All land now held by railroad and other
corporations, In excess Of their actual
needs, should be reclaimed by the gov.
ernment and held for actual settlers only
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, Other questions having beer
presented for our consideration, we hereby
suDmit the following, not as part Of the
platform Of the Peoples party but as res
olutions expressive Of the sentiment Of this
convention:
Resolved, That we demand free ballot
and fair count in all elections, and pledge
ourselves to secure it to every legal voter,
without federal Intervention, through the
adontion by the states of the unperverted
Australian or secret ballot system.
Resolved, That the revenue received from
a graduated income tax should be applied
to the reduction of the burden Of taxation
now resting upon the domestic industries of
the country.
Resolved, That we pledge our support TO
fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union SOL
diers and sailors.
Resolved, That we condemn the fallacy
Of protecting American labor under the
present system, which opens our ports to
the pauper and criminal classes Of the world
and crowds out our wage earners, and we
denounce the present ineffective laws in re-
gard TO contract labor, and demand the
further restriction Of undesirable imme-
grafton.
Resolved, That We cordially Sympathize
with the efforts Of organized workingmen
TO shorten the hours Of labor, and demand
q rigid enforcement Of the existing eight
hour law on government work, and ask that
q penalty clause be added to the said law.
Resolved, That We regard the mainte-
nance Of the large standing army Of mer-
cenaries known as the Pinkerton system, "a
menace to our liberties, and We demand
its abolition, and we condemn the recent
invasion of the territory Of Wyoming By the
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