The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-07
PEOPLES PARTY PLATFORM
Results Of the Great Conven-
tion at Omaha.
The Third Party Now
Fully Launched.

We demand national currency,
safe, sound and flexible, issued by
the general government only, full le-
gal tender for all debts, public and
private, and that without the use of
banking corporations; just, equit-
able efficient means of distribution to
the people at tax not to exceed 2
per cent per per annum, to be pro-
vined as set forth in the sub treasury
plan of the Farmers Alliance or some
better system, also by payments in
discharge of its obligations for public
Improvements.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the pres
ent legal ratio of IL to /.
We demand the amount of the cir
culating medium be Immediately in
creased to not less than $50 per cap
ita.
We demand a graduated income
tax.
We believe the money of the coun
try should be kept as much 40 pos
sible in the hands of the people, and
hence we demand all state and ma
tional revenue shall be limited to the
necessary expenses of the govern
ment economically and honestly ad-
ministered.
We demand postal savings banks
be established by the government for
the safe deposits of the earnings of
the people,
Transportation being a means of
exchange aud public necessity, the
government should own and operate
the railroads in the interest Of the
peotl lie.
, The telegraph and telephone, like
post Office system, being necessity
for the transmission of news, should
be operated and owned by the gov
ernment in the interests OF the people.
Land, including all natural sour
e ces of wealth, is the heritage of the
"a people, and should not be monopo-
lized for speculative purposes, and
!, alien ownership of land should be
J prohibited. All land now held by
railroads and corporations in excess
1 of their actual needs, and all lanC
4 now owned by aliens, should be re
!, claimed by the government and helC
" for actual settlers only.
c We demand free ballot and fai
count in all elections and pledge on
selves to secure it to every legal vote
without federal intervention, throug
i :, the adoption by the states of the un
u perverted Australian or secret ballc
70 system.
y Revenue derived from a graduate
= income tax should be applied to
\ reduction of the burden OF taxatio
:, now levied upon the domestic indus
1 tries of the country.
We pledge ourselves to suppoi
n fair and liberal pensions to ex-unio
# soldiers and sailors.
> We condemn the fallacy of pro
tecting American labor under tn
10 present system which opens our port
is to the pauper and criminal classes c
the world and crowds out our wag
at earners; and we denounce the pre-.
= ent ineffective laws against contraC
labor and demand further restrictio
III of undesirable immigration.
We cordially sympathize with ii
I'd efforts of organized workingmen
shorten the hours of labor and deman
rigid enforcement of the existin
80 eight hour law on government wor
re and ask that penalty clause
added to said law.
m We regard the maintenance of IL
% large standing army of mercenari,
:, known as the Pinkerton system as
~ menace to our liberties and demau
ed its abolition and we condemn ii
ss recent invasion of the territory (
ii. Wyoming by hired assassins
If plutocracy assisted by federal officer
We commend to the thought
VI consideration of the people and Il
reform press the Legislative syste
on known as the initiative and 7
ferendum.
- We favor a constitutional provisi'
:, limiting the Office of president al
ho vice president to one term and pr
es viding for the election Of senator's
the United States by direct vote
ID. the people.
~ We oppose any subsidy or nation
v" aid to any private corporation
any purpose.
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