The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-07-08


shall be permanent and perpetual may its
spirit enter into all hearts for the salvation
of the republic and The uplifting of mankind.
Second-Weallh belongs to him who ere.
ates it, and every dollar taken from industry
without an equivalent is robbery. "If any
will not work, neither shall he eat" The
interests OF rural and civic labor are the
| same their enemies are identical.
Third-We believe the time has come
when the railroad corporations will either
own the people or the people must own the
railroads, and should the government enter
upon the work of owning and managing all
railroads, we should favor an amendment 10
the constitution by which all persons en-.
gagged in the government service shall be
placed under civil service regulation OF
| the most rigid character, SO as to prevent
the increase Of the power of the national
administration by the use of such additional
government employees.
FINANCE.
We demand national currency, safe,
sound and flexible, issued by the general
government only, full legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and that without
the use of banking corporations. a just'
equitable and efficient means Of distribution
direct to the people, at tax not to exceed 2
per cent per annum, to be provided as set
forth in the sub.treasury plan of the
Farmers Alliance, or better system: also,
by payments in discharge of its obligations
for public improvements.
| A. We demand free and unlimited coin.
age of silver and gold at the present legal
ratio of 16 TO l..
B. We demand that the amount of cir
culation medium be speedily increased to
not less than $50 per capita.
G. We demand graduated income tax
D. We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as possible
in the hands of the people and hence we de-
mand that all State and national revenues
shall be limited to the necessary expenses OF
he government, economically and honestly
administered.
E. We demand that postal savings banks
be established by the government for the
safe deposit of the earnings of the PEG.
pie and to facilitate exchange.
TRANSPORTATION.
Transportation being means of exchange
and public necessity, the government
should own and operate the railroads in the
interest of the people.
A. The telegraph, the telephone, like the
postoffice system, being necessity for the
Transmission of news, should be owned and
operated by the government in the interest
of the people.
LAND.
The land, including all the natural
sources of wealth, Is the heritage of the
people. and should not be monopolized fol-
speculative purposes, and alien ownership
of land should be prohibited. All land
now held by the railroads and other cor
porations in excess of their actual needs, and
all lands now owned by aliens should be
reclaimed by the government and held for
actual settlers only.
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY.
Mr.. Branch, of Georgia, read the plat.
form proper. The strong sentences, picturing
graphically the ruin of the county unless
there we're a reform, were we'll received and
met appreciation, but when the sentences
relating TO government ownership Of trans.
portation in the peoples interest was reach
ed there was demonstration which inter-
rupted progress. Old ex-senator Van
Wyck, in the front of the hall, leading the
Nebraska delegation and the convention.
The reading OF nearly every plank of the
platform proper was received with some
applause. The free silver plank was en-
Enthusiastically greeted with cheers and
waving of hats, and the government owner.
ship of the railroads plank again got a
tumultuous greeting, in which it was
noticeable that Nebraska, Georgia, Kansas
and Texas led. Applause and cries OF amen
from all parts of the house was the reception
accorded the paragraph favoring govern.
ment control of the telephone and telegraph
lines. A regular camp meeting chorus
greeted the land plank.
The conclusion of the reading of platform
was warmly greeted. It's adoption was
Instantly moved, and, though a Missouri
delegate was striving for some unknown
purpose 10 get recognition, it was put
through by unanimous consent, the whole
convention rising in advance of the chair
and adopting the platform almost before
he could move its adoption.
AN oUTBURsT OF JOY.
: At once on the adoption of the platform
the convention broke over all restraint and
went wild in demonstration that had q
likeness TO descriptions of enthusiastic
Bastile demonstrations in France. The
whole convention, audience and delegates,
rose to their feet, and the first platform oil
the peoples party was ushered into the
world with a scene of enthusiasm that in
intensity and earnestness, though not in
absolute length, almost equaled the cyclonic
ovation which greeted the mention of the
name Of James g. Blaine at Minneapolis.
That scene lasted 81 minutes and this scene
between 20 and % minutes.
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