Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-06-09
PEOPLES PARTY CONVENTION
THE STATE MEETING AT DIES
MONIES ON JUNE 7.
Platform, Proceedings and Dele
gates to the National Con-
vention.

party met at Des MONIES on the 7th.
Chairman Scott called the convention
to order at 10 q. m. and the Hon. J.
Bellangee of Polk county was made
temporary chairman and delivered an
address, after which Aft Wooster was
elected secretary and G. +. Davis read
lug secretary The convention then
adjourned In the afternoon the
standing committees We're announced,
and while the committees were debat-
ing j. L. Whlets, National lecturer of
the +. A. 4 |. Y. addressed the eonyen-
tion. The permanent organization re.
ported was rs follows: President, s.
T. Roe, of Woodbury.; secretary, j, ID.
La Chapelle, of Sac; reading secretary,
C. f. DAVIS Chairman Roc addressed
the convention tcrsely, after which
the committee on resolutions reported
the following platform of principles,
which was unanimously adopted:
We demand National currency, safe,
sound and flexible, issued by the general
government only, full legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and without the
use of banking corporations just, equit-
able and efficient means OF distribution di-
rect to the people at tax not to exceed ,
per cent be devised as set forth IN the sub
treasury plan of the Farmers Alliance, or
some better system; also by payments In
the discharge of its obligations for III bile
improvements
We demand the free and unlimited coin
age of silver.
We demand that tho amount of circulat
ing medium be speedily increased to not
less than $50 per capita.
We demand graduated income tax.
We believe that the money OF the coun-
try should be kept as much as possible In
the hands Of the people, and we demand
that all state and National revenues shall
be Unite to the necessary expenses of the
government economically and honestly ad-
minstered
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.
ces of wealth, is the heritage of all the peo-
pie and should not be monopolized for spec.
| ulative purposes, and alien ownership of
land should be prohibited. All lands now
| held by railroads and other corporations in
excess of their actual needs, and all lands
now owned by aliens should be reclaimed
by the government and held for actual set.
tiers only.
Transportation being a means Of ex-
change and public necessity the govern
ment should own and operate the railroads
in the interest of the people. The telegraph
and the telephone, like the postal system,
being a necessity for the transmission of
news, should be owned and operated by the
government in the interest of the people.
The following resolutions were passed
as an expression of the sentiments OF
| your committee:
Resolved That we condemn the nine
| members of congress who elected on OK
pressed and implied pledges to secure to
our people the free and unlimited coinage
of silver, basely betrayed the trust reposed
in them and violated their pledges by their
votes. And that we condemn President
Harrison and his administration for calling
an international monetary conference and
| inviting other nations to assist us In fixing
a value on our silver. We regard this as an
effort TO demonetize the silver dollar by
and with the aid of the enemies OF our flag
| and our free institutions.
| Resolved, BY the Peoples party of Iowa
In state convention assembled, that we
| take delight in saying to the Omaha con
vention, that we have in Iowa u man, UNI
der whose leadership her citizens would de-
! light to go forth to battle in the coming
| struggle for industrial emancipation: a
man whom we believe the whole country
would delight to honor, namely, General
James b. Weaver and while we thus de-
| clare ourselves as his supporters for the ex-
allied position, we as unhesitatlngly yield
| to the wisdom of the National convention
and as firmly pledge ourselves to the nom
| inee of its choice.
| Convention then proceeded to the
selection of delegates to attend the ma
! tional convention at Omaha, July 4,
and the following were named:
! el First district--L. c. Inning, G. X.
Brown, W. l.. Duke, q. w. Davis; al
ternates-M. Armstrong, Ed. II. Nor
| veoll, II. b. Fraze, j. w. Thomson.
!
ham, ii. Johnson, C. +. Lindsey; alter
nates--A. S. Bausernan, ii. B. Keith,
Frank Smith, Stephen Haskins,
Third-Will Elliott, A. II. Moore,
Isaac High, II. l.. Walters; alternates--
j. Durkee, S. r. Spangler, NJ. Gillett.
| Fourth-Ed. Haroldson, l.. II. Miller,
nates-N. ID. Bonnell, s. q. White, j.
! Weber, S. b. Pickles.
| Fifth s. Wood, w. Ii. Calhoun,
nates-S. ID. II. Lewis, j. ID. Roundy,
! S. NJ. Moon, ID. w. Fisher.
Sixth-Crawford Davis, +. S. Owens,
DIR. Ramsey, II. C. Buswell alter
nates-J. II. Serard, L. Dudgeon, A.
Brown, David Noller.
Seventh-Mrs M. j. Coggeshall, +.
Blame; Alternates-Mrs. Lucy Briggs,
d. Il. Rogers, Lyle Hammock, Andrew
Hasty.'
Ninth-F. Revsimer, G.. Dennis, Il.
W. Myer, Daniel Stanley; Alternates--
f. De Ford, ID. 5. Eatington, ID. Il.
Morris, Geo. l.. Boyer.
Tenth-H. NJ. Benson, X. Sutton, A.
r. Stowalt, j. III. Strom; Alternates-
Ben Spear, o. T. Tyson, II. o. Moore,
ID. Miller.
ELEVENTH.. j. Westfall, Il. G. Hill
dreth, II. C. Wilson, Richard Olney;
Alternate-M. w. LinnaD, A. II. Stow
ell, VIM. p. Stephenson, w. r. Reeves.
The following were made members
of the State Central Committee Il. c.
Ellsworth. Van Buren,; e. c. Dutton,
Clinton; l.. r. Ward Buchanan; John
Mahara, Floyd; l.. S. Wood, Linn; A.
j. Blakely, Grinnell j. Bellangee,
Polk; j. A. Ray, Decatur; j. Il. La
Chapelle, Glenwood; James 1spell,
Crawford; c. w. Leekley, Plymouth.
Chicago Board of Trade.
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