The Butler weekly times., 1892-03-02

5. We demand that the amount Of
circulating medium be speedily ir.
creased to not less than s5Up.r cap
ita.
6. We demand graduated income
tax.
I. We believe that the money of
the country should be kept as much
as possible in the hands Of the peo-
pie, aud hence We demand that all
national and state revenues shall be
limited to the necessary expenses of
the government economically AMI
hsuestIy administered.
8. We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit Of the earn
ings OF the people and to facilitate
exchange.
.. Your subcommittee Oh land
plank beg to submit to yourapIlov-
al the following: The land. including
all the natural resources # wealth,
is til" heritage Of AL the people aud
should not be nonopolized for spec
ulative purposes, aud alien owner
ship of land should be prohibited.
All lauls now held by railroads AL d
other corporations i'll excess of their
actual neels and al lands now own
ed by aliens should be reclaimed bv
the government and held for actuai
settlers only.
10. Transportation being II Inca =
of exchange and public necessity
the government should own and op
crate the railroads III the Interest Of
the people.
II. The telegraph uut teleph ne
like i.se postotfice system, being a
nec-s -ty for the transmission Of
news, ~nou,d be owned and operated
by til government i'll the interest Of
the pa. ir
II. We demand that the govern
m-nt l-su.. legal tender notes and
pay the Uu.oIl soldier the difference
between the price Of the deprecated
mon..y in which he was paid III gold.
r. >olved, That we hail this con
ference as the consummation of the
perfect union of hearts aud hands Of
all sections of our common country;
the u.n who wore the gray and the
men VINO wore the blue meet here
to extinguish the last cmbers of Il
civil war in the tears of Joy in unit
ed and happy people, aud We agree
to carry the stars and stripes for
ward forever to the highest point of
national greatness.
A "vANpIRE DRAGGED FROM THE HALL
The widest excitement followed
the reading of the platform. One
OF tue suspected ''ratnpires # tie
corporations rn the floor attempted
t edge N II motioa amending the
document and almost instantly th-re
WAS riot.
Ths unfortunate individual was
siezei by II hundred angry delegates.
shaken by the collar and yelled at to
show credentials if he could. In-
steal,he fought desperately to shake
off his captors, meanwhile hissing 9
through his c.enchel teeth that his
! deuOuncers we've CLAIMED thieves
| themselves. 1t looked as If the man
would literally be torn limb from
limb, when Chairman Polk poundt d
upon the desk ike a malnan and
finally made himself heard in the CIV.
clone.
In the name Of American decencv
and manhood" shouted the chair
man. Il call upon this person, if Ee
be not delegate. to retire from the
hall
Il was requested by a delegate tc
make that motion" stubbornly re.
turned the captive, glaring at those
about him as prisoner would who
was about to be burned at the stake.
Put him out. put him out rose
a mighty chorus, and the man, who
proved to be Fred Swayne, an ex
member of the Missouri legislature.
was dragged in front of the stage,
down through the mass of strug
CLING, yelling delegates, pushed al
cuffed numerically the entire dis
tancp the majority of the deleuafes