The Dickinson press., 1892-07-09

etization OF silver and the oppress!ous of the
usurers US may all be lost sight OF: They propose
altar OF Mammon: to destroy the multitude in
order to secure corruption tunas IRON the mill.
tOuaires.
FOURTH OF JULY GRAFTON.
Assembled on the anniversary oil the birthday
OF the nation and filed with the spirit o, the
grand generation who established our imde-
penoelce. We seek to restore the government OF
the republic to the hands OF "the plain people,"
with whose class it originated. We assert our
purpose to be identical with the purposes OF the
national constitution, to form II more perfect
Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tran
Quillity. provided for the common defense, pro.
mote the general welfare and secure the blessings
Q. liberty ior ourselves and our posterty. We
free government while built upon the love OF tho
whole people for each other and for the nation;
that th It eamnot be pinned together by bayonets;
and resentment which grew out OF it must die
with it. and that we must be i'll TACT. rs we are
In name. one united brotherhood OF free men.
Our country finds itself confronted by con.
dltlons for which there precedent i'll the
history OF the world our annual agricultural
productions amount to billions of dollars. which
nna,,s must WITHIN mn & q lew weeks or months be ex.
consumed III their production. The existing
currency supply is wholly inadequate to make
this exchange. The results are fninc prices he
formation OF combines and rings. the impover-
ishment OF the producing class. We pledge our
selves that il given power we will labor to correct
these evils by Wise and reasonable legislation III
accordance with the terms OF our platform.
We believe that the power of government-in
other words OF the peorle-shoud be expanded
las i'll the case OF the postal service) as rapidly
peorle aud the teachings OF experience shall
Justify, to the eud that oppression. injustice und
poverty shall eventually cease in the land.
No PROHIBITION rLANR.
While our Sympnthies as u party OF reform
are naturallyupon the shie of every proposition
whichw Will tend omake men intelligent ,virtuous
and temperate. we nevertheless regard these
questions-importnnt as they areas second
nry to the great issues now prcss Z for solution,
sand upon which not only our individual pros.
perity but the very existence of free institutions
depend; and we ask all men to first help us 10
determine whether we are to have II republic to
administer, before we differ AS to the conditions
upon which 1t is TO be administered: believing
that the forces OF reform this duv orsan,z I'd will
is remedied. and equal rights and equal rrivil.
eyes securely established for nll the men aud
women OF this country. We declare, therefore.
fi,s;-'rhat the union of the labor forces OF
be permanent andperp.,uai: mnyits spirit enter
into all hearts for the salvation OF the republic
and the uplifting OF mankind.
Secoud-Wcnltn belongs to him who creates
IT. and every dollar taken from industry with.
ont an equivalent in return is robbery. Ill any
will not work neither shall he eat The inter.
eSts OF rural and civic ub bor are the same; their
enemies are Identical.
Third We believe that the time has come
When tte r;i:iroad corporations Will either own
the people or h. peon,e must own he railroads,
and should thcgovrrument enter upon the work
ot owning and managing all roads we should
favor an amendment to the constitution by
Whlch all persons engaged i'll the government
service shall lie placed under civil service reg
ulatlon oil the III st rigid character no as I o pre-
vent the Increase OF the power OF the national
administration by the Use of such additional
government employees.
FINANCE.
We demand n national currency, safe. sound
and flexible. issued by tine general government
only, iull legal tender for all debts public and
private. and that without the use OF banking
corporations. IL Just. equitable aud efficient
means OF distribution direct to the people, mt 1,
tax not TO exceed per cent per ;,nnum to be
provided az set forth in forth in the suhtreasury
plan OF the Farmers Alliance. or IL better sys-
TEN; also by payments in discharge OF its obli-
cations Tor pubic imp ovelnrnts
We demand free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer and gold at the present legal ration OF l0
to /.
We demand that the amount OF circulating
$50 per capita.
We demand graduated income tax.
We believe that the money OF the country
OF the people and hence we demand that all
state and national revenues shall he limited to
the necessary expenses of the government eco
nomically administered.
We demand that postal savings banks be es.
tablished by the government Tor the safe deposit
ot the earnings OF :he people and to facilitate
exchange.
TRANSPORTATION AND LAND.
Transportation being II means OF exchange
and public III cessity. the government should
own and oEerate the railroads iii the interest Of
The people.
The telegraph ami :elep one like the postotlice
system, being u necessity for the transmission
OF news should be owned and operated by the
government III the interest OF the people.
The land, including all the natural sources OF
wealth is the heritage OF the people, and should
not be monopoizch for speculative purposes,
and alien ownership Of and should be prohibit
ed. All land now he'd by railroads and other
corporations in excess OF their actual needs,
and all lands not owned by aliens should be re-
claimed by the government and held for actual
settlers only.
The platform was unanimously adopted.
The CONVENTION then adjoincd till Sp. IN.
LvENING SESSION.
The first business of the evening session
was the report from the resolutions COM
mittcc OF supplement to the platform as
follows:
Your committee OH platform and resolutions
beg leave unanimously to report the following:
Whereas. other questions have been presented
tor our consideration, we hereby submit the iol.
lowing. not AS as part OF the platform OF the
People party. but as resolutions expressive OF
the sentiment OF this convention:
Resolved. That we demand q free ballot and q
lair count in all elections, and pledge ourselves
to secure it to every legal voter without federal
intervention through the adoption ythe states
OF the unperverted Australian or secret ballot
systen.
That the revenue derived from a graduated
OF the burden OF taxation now levied upon the
domestic industries OF this country.
That we pledge our support to fair and liberal
pensions to ex-GniOn soldiers and sailors.
That we condemn the fallacy of protecting
American labor under the present system,
which opens our ports to the pauper and Grim
inal classes OF the world and crowds out our
wage earllers and we denoGnce the present in
effective laws against contract labor. and de-
mand the further restriction oi undesirable i'm
migration.
that we cordially sympathize with the ei-
forts OF organized workngmcn to shorten the
hours OF labor, and demand h rigid enforce
ment OF the existing eicht-honr law OIL govern
ment work, and ask that a penalty clause be
added to the said law.
That we regard the maintenance OF q large
standing army of mercenares. known as the
Pinkerton system, as q menace to our liberties,
and we demand its abolition: and We condemn
the recent invasion OF the Territory OF Wyom-
ing by the hired assassins OF plutocracy, as
That we commend to the thoughtful consider
alton OF the people. and the reform press, the
legislative system known as the initiative and
referendum.
That we favor a constitutonal provision lin
ting the office OF president and vice president to
one term, and providing for the election OF SEN
ators OF the United States by direct vote Of
the people.
That we oppose any subsidy or national aid
to any private corporation for any purpose.
Mr.. Branch introduced Hugh Cava-
naugh of Ohio, secretary of the resolutions
committee, who read the following resolu-
ton. unanimously adopted by the COM
mittee:
That this convention sympat!izes with the
Knights OF Labor i'll their righteous contest
with the tyrannical combine ol clothing manu-
facturers OF Rochester. and declares 1t to be the
duty OF all who hate tyranny and oppression
to refuse to purchase the goods made by the
said manufacturers or to patronize any mer-
chants who sell such goods.
Peters OF Texas moved to table the reso-
luton, and Dean OF New York to divide it.
The first part, expressing sympathy, he
wanted to vote for. but not for the boycott.
Delegate Gator of California earnestly sup
ported the resolution as presented. "Cy-
clone Davis of Texas was for til. boycott.
Ignatius Donnel!y declared that the reso-
luton was i'll keeping with the spirit of the
preamble to the plat orm adopted with so
much unanimlty earlier in the day.
The Rochester clothing manufacturers have
a mn ret IN porb-