Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-01
lRD PARTY IDEAS.
eople's Convention Leaders Give
Out Their Platform
TIME TO HAVE 1T DIGESTED.
iples of the Old Organizations De-
nounced Roundly.
PLANS PRESENTED TO VOTERS

are already beginning to arrive an
are indications that the natal da
ne Republic-the Fourth of July-wil
LESS the birth of q great political party
'hich is to be menace to the old organizs
ions which have SO long striven for suprem
acy in the nation. There is not tn
slightest evidence of discord in any direc
ion, and there seems q general resolve al
round to make this convention a harmon
Jus gathering, at which is to be irml,
emented into one symmetrical whole al
ie heterogeneous elements that go to max
those various political and industria
ders and associations that have heretofor
nsed to assimilste into any great politi
rganization.
tthe first days session the only bust
% be transacted will be the perfectins
temporary organization and the an
cement of the committees. The riva
tical organizations who have hoped thai
'eople's party would divide over ques
of principle and not be able to agree
common platform of declarations
be surprised to know that the Peoples
v platform is already practically agreed
Principles of Old Parties Denounced.
le leaders have been in constant cor
oondence for months past, and it is
tly agreed that the ST. Louis platform
February % shall be taken as basis,
ID that the only extraneous matter to re-
i've consideration will be the denunciation
the force bill, the demand for broader
ciprocity than is offered by the party of
,publicanism, and the condemnation of
recent State bank plank adopted at the
ational Democratic Convention.
The platform which Chairman Taubeneck,
the National Executive Committee, has
his pocket this evening, and which Mr..
eaver, Ignatius Donnellv, Congressman
atson, Jerry Simpson and the other lead
spirits of the party agree shall be
opted as the war cry Of the coming cam
ign, is as follows:
'irst-We demand a national currency,
e, sound and flexible, issued by the gen.
II Government only, full legal tender
thout the use of banking corporations,
st. equitable and efficient means of distri-
ton direct 20 the people. at a
not exceeding per cent be
easury plan of the Farmers Alliance or
ne better system; also, by payments in
charge of It's obligations for public i'm
)vements. We demand free and unlimit-
coinage of silver. We demand that the
ount of circulating. medium be speedily
reased to not less than $50 per capita. We
land graduated income tax. We believe
the money of the country should be
It as much as possible In the hands of the
ple, and hence We demand that all State
national revenue shall be limited to the
sary expenses of the Government
mically and honestly administered.
emand that postal savings banks be
ished by the Government for the safe
it OF the earnings of the people and to
ate exchange.
Sainst Alien Land Ownership.
d-The land including all the natural
e of wealth, is the heritage of all the
should not be monopolized for
We purposes, and alien ownership
should be prohibited. All land now
railroads and other corporations in
oi'their actual needs and all lands
wn-9 by aliens should be claimed by
oyernment and held for actual settlers
'd-Transportation being means of
nge ana public necessity, the
.nment should own and operate the
ads in the interest of the people.
The telegraph and the telephone,
ne postofflce system, being necessity
transmission OF news, should be owned
OF the people.
addition to the above there will be a
which is expected to frustrate the
lean efforts that are being exerted by
Democratic leaders of the South to re-
their fellows from the Peoples party
S This plank will be denunciation
le Republican force bill, and it will be
nging and emphatic as the arraignment
he Democratic National Convention a
ago.
The Force Bill to Be Denounced.
leaders of the Independent party
given this subject most careful consid-
VI, have weighed its effect in all its de-
and they announce tonight that the |
cast, that the force bill of the Repub- |
party will be denounced as an unwar-
ted, dangerous and unconstitutional in |
ference in State elections.
The announcement of Chairman Tauben-
q, of the National Committee, that be |
vors such plank is regarded as prac-
ally settling the matter, as Taubeneck, |
ing Northern man and of past Repub-
an affiliations, would be naturally expect
to oppose the declaration, if opposition
re to be encountered. But Mr.. Tauben-
< is one of the warmest advocates of the
hhhs ouA od ~ uiCdus Vic clcClOTdl NOLeS
i've Southern States for the Peoples
rty's Presidential candidate this fall.
e fear OF the force bill is the last bug
ar by means of which the Democrats of
: South are striving to frighten the Peo-
IS party men back into the Democratic
lks. He does not fear any injurious
ect in the North from an arraignment of
: force bill, because he says the Western
ates, where the Peoples party is the
ongest in the North, have always been
posed to the force bill.
IN addition to condemning the force bill,
, platform will indorse the Australian
lot law as needed reform in all the
ties. -
No Badges to Be Conspicuous
Ielf a dozen prominent leaders of the
al Independent movement are freely dis
sed, but not one has vet arrived upon
ground and none is making the slightest
Vt for that great honor which any man
yht covet
here will be no headquarters for the re-
'tion of uncommitted or unpledged dele
es, and the badges which were so con-
cuous at the recent Republican and
mocratlc conventions as expressing
atty to the personal candidate of the j
egate will be unknown in this great in
'endent convention. The only emblem
t adorns the breasts of the delegates is
lie metal badge worn in the button-hole
bearing the inscription: ''The Peoples ;
-tv."
he selection of a candidate is to be the
work of the convention, and the choice
o be made after calm and mature medita-
l. The magic of but one name is sui
ent to take this convention by storm,
that name will never be mentioned
hin the precincts of the Coliseum if the
hes OF this great popular. American are
be respected. Walter @. Gresham, of
lana, could have the nomination by the
est signal of assent, but he has forbid
his friends to allow his name to be
IN this connection, and his friends are I