The Forrest City times., 1892-06-10
Third Party Dom anos.
s,. Louis Republic.

ir0trlriess concerning the lhiro Psity nlatfOrm adopted at the February con ventjon in St. Louis tha, We can answer them by reprinting the demanus ot the plutf.,rm itself. The section demand, {ux tlsat all who enlisted m the iederai armies during the civil war be p;,ld the dIRrrsuce between the gold aud green, back rate of tlsxt period ss anectea wxers and tso,snties ie tno tMsntu - E the platform. To make th's adherence ,s~oi to survivors ai q to the heirs of de- . ,srd soldiers would require between s.sn .Opo .Ou and aI ,vVJ.OW. The ann is too vast, and the drain on the laisr of the county would be too lm- u,snse i'm ifs possibilities. to admit os nm srnct estimate. Thse who made she demand had no id, . of its mean tng. o,,.r planks of tie platform, which are sun ply result of yielding to the ciamorous demxnd of a cranky minority. Biit while this is the case, tlie platform in .ll its practjczl and common seilSiDIe rprts ia identical with the Democratic nartv. In considering 1t. 1t will be well I'd cs,nsider thoss pOTtiU,s uf It which are drawn from deinOcratic platforms or arr not sntagOnistic to democratic urincinIes. in cDnnectiOu with other sor1irs,a drsWu from socialistic or re- ss,liican eo,lrc6s. To facilitate this. = Five the demands entire. italicizinR the updemOcratic and xnti-democratic
 n We declare the union of the labor fOrces of the United States, this day aCcomplislsed. permanent and !erpetr ual. Nay it's spirit enter into all .'saris for tlpe salvation of the repuDlic ana the uplifting of mankind.
 2. Wealth belongs tO him who creates Il. Essry dollar taken from industry withO0t n equivalent IS robbery. IT any win nUt work, neither shai! ne eat.n Tho interests of the rural and UT. bon labor are the game; their enemies nre Identical.
 safe, sound and flexible, issued by the general government only, run IeRai tender fur all debts, public and prIyate, and that without the use ot oanking corporations, . just, equitable means 0f circulation, at q tdr noi tc e1ceed z Per ceu. as set forth im tho. subtreasusy ptoa sfIe Ft,rpsers' Aliaatf, or sOme better cvst.m. slsO by payments In discharge of its obligations for public improve ments.
 |. We demand tl free and unlimited
 1. We demand that the amount Of circulating medium be speedily in- creased to not less hdn $50 per capita.
 6. We demand a graduated income tax.
 .. We believe the money of the cnun- try should be kept as much as possible ju the hands Of the people, and hence ,ge siemaud that all national sud state Yevenues shall be limited to the neces- gary expenses of the government, eco nomics.lly and honestly admii,istered
 6. We demond tt0t postat saUsngs banks Je established by the gorcrnn,cnt Jor fhe safc depOsn 0f the edrninys 0f tN peO- ple. ,Gsd to facilitate e1chdnye.
 g. The land, including the natural yeaources cf wealth. Is the the heritage Of inc people, and should not be mo- popOlized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be pro hihitsd. All lands now held by rail rOads and other corporations. in excess Of their actual needs, and alt tands n0ar e,rned bv alic,,s, should he redeemed by ahe government and held for actual set'
 10. Transportation being means Of exchange and . public necessity, Me gogvraDsent skoNld oscN and operate fhs rpjlr0als in the interest Qf the people.
 n. The telegraph and telephone, like e1se p0stoflce system. being necessity fur tho transmission of news, should oe ownsd aud operated by the 9orernnent in the interest of the peOple.
 10 NC demdad thaf the gorernmeM ts- ~ Iegal tender notes and pdy fhe 1nson s01slier (ke dUe1acc 6sfreen fhs prsce g Appreciated nOasy ia schich he 'cds pd'd
 T6st we hxil this conference as the co0summation of the perfect union of the hearts and hands Of an sections ot sur common country. The men who wore the gray and the men who wore the blue meet here to extinguish the Fast sm0uldering embers of civil war in the tears of joy Of united and happy people, and we agree to carry the stars and stripes forward forever to the high est point of national greatness.
 Wedenaad that the question of ursi%r- sal ss6rags be s,sLmitted 10 the legislafures of the differat stdtcs aud territories tOr tarorable action.
 Leaving what is democratic in these 6eWands to speak for itself. we will summxrixe as briefly as possible the reasons democrats have for condemn ing thOse portions of the demxndi printed In italics.
 me italics of the third section de mxy,d either taxation on the people t< raise money tO loan at 2 per cent to the favored few who can give security, Ol else they demand the issuance of money shat does not represent labor alread] done. that b neither \ certificate of val ue nor . promise to pay. There Is nt E diderence In principal between thii method and the method of the counter leit, whuse notes neither represent val ue nor secure it's future payment. Ih' yecnQnitiOn of this by the convention 1. made manifest by the saving clause 70 some better system, showing the resul sf an attempt to compromise crankines and common sense. Democrats are un sompromisingly In favor of the "som' better system"
 The demand of the eleventh section fer the ''speedy nincrease of the none. n ciTuiati0n to mot less than $50, head of population 6 undelnocratic because 1t is simply wild. Perhaps circulation of 50 head would be al excellent thing as result of nxtura growth. We think 1t would. Ut an rate. But to double the amount o uD0ney in circulation speedily" wOul' be to reduMe by One-half with eQua speed the present value of all the in vestments 0f the country. Such pro ceeding would utterly denoralize an country in the world.
 Tho italics of the eighth tenth an