The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-02

beg to submit to your approval the following:
The land, including all the natural resources of
wealth. 10 the heritage OF all the people and
should not be monopolized for speculative
purposes, and alien ownership of land should be
prohibited. All land 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 Tor actual settlers only.
10. Transportation being means of exchange
and public necessity, the government should
own and operate the railroads in the interest of
the people.
IL. The telegraph and telephone, like the
postofhce system, being a necessity for the
transmission of news, should be owned ana
operated by the government in the interest of
the people.
II. We demand that the government issue
legal tender notes and pay the union soldiers
the difference between the price of the de-
preciated money in which be was paid and
gold.
Resolved, That we hail this conference as
the contamination of the perfect union of the
hearts and hands of all sections OF our common
country; the men who wore the gray and the
men who wore the blue meet here to extinRuish
the last smouldering embeTs OF civil war IN
the tears OF joy of united and happy people,
and we agree to carry the stars and stripes for
ward forever to the highest point of national
greatness.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 25.-The joint committee,
in whose charge the matter was placed by
the industrial conference just ended here,
met this morning, and after an all-day
session, selected Omaha, Neb., as the
place 10 hold the nominating convention
of the newborn third party. July 4 was
last night selected as the date. and that
action was reaflirmed. a formal call was
issued in the following terms:
To the People OF the United States:
The national committee of the peoples party
OF the United States, acting in conjunction with
the following, c. III. Van Wyck OF Nebraska
c. w. Macune of Texas, NJ. J. Branch of GeOr-
gia, J. II. Powers of Nebraska, r. NJ. Humphry
OF Texas, L. d. Tauntent of Louisiana
Marion Cannon of California, #. III.
Mcguire of New York. ]. II. Williams Of
Kansas. L. J.. Polk of New York. Pierce
Hackett OF Missouri. NJ. n. Garrett of Illinois,
John Stitz of Ohio. Mary f. Lease of Kansas
Anna J.. Diggs, District of Columbia, Anna
Debbs of Texas, A. z. Parksen of Florida. and
Ben Terrell OF Texas, representatives. Of a
certain meeting OF members of the various or
CARNATIONS OF this country. held the city of
St. Louis, Mo-, Feb. "a. 1892 respectfully sub
NIT to the people OF the United States the fol.
loving preamble and platform of conference of
said labor organizations of our nation, held
Feb. %, % and "A. 1892 in the city of st. Louis:
Here follow the preamble and platform es
telegrapheG yesterday.
We urge that all citizens who support these
uemanOs snail meet on the last Saturday IN
March next in their respective towns and viii
lagos and hold public meetings and ratify
these demands, and take steps to organize
preparatory TO electing delegates to q national
convention, and we call upon ell duly qualified
voters of the United States who are in favor of
these principles and of nominating candidates
for president and vice-president on the above
platform TO send delegates to a convention of
the peoples party to be held in Omaha Neb.
Jnly 4, 1892, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
The executive committees of the peoples
party in each state are charged with the duty
of promulgating this call and of fixing the
time, place and method by which the said del
egates shall be chosen. The basis of represent
tatiOn should be four delegates from each con-
gressional district and eight delegates from
each state at large, making the total number
1,776.
We call upon ell citizens of the United States
TO help make our principles triumphant
We believe that If the voters neglect
their duty this year it may be impossi-
BILE in any future canvass to protect the
rights OF the people and save the free institutions
of our country. The voters must protect them
selves; they can expect no one else to defend
them. In the name of the rights of the peo-
pie, the homes of the land and welfare of all
future generations we call upon all honest
men 20 come to our support in this great con-
test. IL. l.. TAUBENECK,
Chairman;
ROBERT SCHIILIEG,
Secretary,
National Committee Peoples Party.
For th. committee aDnointed nv the mass