The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-01
PEOPLES PARRY .PIANKs,
a FoRECAaT OF TffEs PLATFORM
JUST FRAhlED ar soAIAHA.

An increase In the Anappnts OF Money
in Circulation DemA sae6 sgbisction
to Foreign Concerns Corning over
aud Buying Land in. This Country.
1naForce Bill llDepounceda -
OMAHA, NEE, June 80 Delegates to the
Pe0pSe's party convention are already
gathering. The platform, which Chsirman,
Taubeneck cf the national executive COM
mittee hasin his pocket this evening, aud
which Isasius Donnelly, gCongressman
Watson. Jerry simpson ahdgothef leading
spirits, OF the party agree shali be- adspted
as the war cry OF the coming esnpaign, is
as follows: E& NJ ~ IS esx =
/, We demand 9 NATIONAL currency, safe and
sound and flexible issued by the gsherAI gov-
ernment only fun legal tender for ali debts.
public and private: and That withoutt the iiso
OF banking corporati ionss just. equitable and
eff1cient means OF distrinAtiun direct ID this,
people at a tax not exceeding per cent. be
provided as set forth In tie sub treasury pIara
of the farmers alliance or-sonIe better system,
also by payments in disehaTsp Of its obligations
silver. 90 r,s5gs -
We demand that the amount Of the eirculac-
ing medium shall be speedily Increased tono6
less than S59 per capita. fsss&
We demand graduated income tax &s
We believe that the money;gtl the country
OF the people, and hence we defDend that all
state and national revenue shall BID Hrnited To
the necessary use of the 'Roxernnent, econom-
ically and honestly adnlinistered. @sr. F.st.s
We demand that postal savings banks be es-
tAblished ny the government for this safe de-
posit Of earnings OF people aud 70 facilitate ex
change. -7s&ss
@ The land including all It's natural re-.
sources Of wealth. is the heritage OF all the peo-
pie, and should not be monopolised.for specu-
lattva purposes, and alien ownership at land
should prohibited. All lands now held by rail-,
roads and other corporations in excess oftheir
actual needs, and all lands now owned by aliens
for actual settlers only. 4g
8, Transportation being meansof exchange
and public necessity, the government should
own and operate the railroads in the iuteresa
of the people; the telegraph and telephone
like the postoffice system, being necessity for
the trapsmssion Of news. should be owned and
operated by the government in the interest OF
the people
In addition TO the above there will be-
plank which is expected to Illustrate the
herculean efforts that are being exerted by
the democratic leaders of the south 90 re-
claim their follows from the Peoples party
ranks. This plank will be denuncation
Of the republican force bill, aud it will be
as ringing and as emphatic as the arraigns
meht by the democratic national convention
a week ago. ~ q
The leaders of tho independent party.
having given this subject most careful con-
sideration, have weighed It's effects In all its
details; and they announce tonight that
the die is cast, that the force bill Of the Re-
publican party will be denounced as an UNI
warranted. dangerous and unconsti-s
tutional interference in state elections.
The announcement made by the chair
man Of the national committee that he
favors such plank ia regarded as praotic-
ally settling the matter, as Mr. Taubeneck,
being a northern man and of fast repub-
lican affiliations, would be expected 10 op-
pose the declaration if opposition were to
be encountered, but he is one Of the warm
est advocates Of the plank, and says it means
the electoral votes Of five southern state for
the Peoples party's presidential candidatey