The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-10-25
Platform.

Your Committee on Resolutions and Platform,
having attended to the duty assigned them, beg
leave to make the following report;
WHEREAS: II has been demonstrated by the
history of the ast two years-pregnant with bonds
and bankruptcy at home, corruption and cowardice
in foreign lations disaster and death, starvation
strikes and general stagnation of all business
enterprise the Peoples Party was formed
none too soon to avert the complete destruction OF
our form of government and the liberties OF our
people. Therefore be 1t
and platform of the Peoples Party adopted at
Omaha on the 4th OF July, A. d. 1892. as follows:
PEOPLES PARTY PLATFORM.
Adopted at the National Convention July L. 1882.
We declsre-1 That the union Of the labor
forces of the United states, this day contaminated
shall be permanent and perpetual. May its spirit
enter into all hearts for the salvation OF the re-
| public and the uplifting Of mankind.
O. Wealth belongs to him who Creates 1t, and
| every dollar taken from industry without an
equivalent is robbery "lf any i'll not WORK
neither shall he eat" The interests OF rurai ana
civic labor are the same their interests are ident
| cal. -
8, We believe that 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 any or all railroads, we should favor
an amendment to the constitution by which al
persons engaged in the government service shal
be placed under q civil service regulation OF tht
most rigid ch rarter, as to prevent the increas
OF the power of the national administration by th
use of such additional governu ent employees.
4 We demand national currency, safe. sound
and flexible, Issued by the general government
only full legal tender for all debts, public an'
private, and that withou. the use OF backing cor
porations, Just, equitable and efficient means o
distribution direct to the people, ut q tax not eS
ceedipR two per centum per annum, be provided
az set forth in the sub.treasury plan OF th
b. Farmers alliance, or some botter system; also .
payments in discharge of its obligations for publ
y improvements.
l.. s. We dem and the free and unlimited coinag
. of silver and gold at the present legal ratio OF
tol -
=. ing medium be increased to not less Than 800 p
capita. ,
I. We demand q graduated income tax.
g. We believe that the money CT the count
should be kept as much as possible In the han'
OF the people and hence we demand that all sta
and national revenue shall be limited to Il
nj cessary expenses Of the government, econom
cally aud honestly administered.
Q We demand that postal savings banks
established by the government for the safe depo
of the earnings of the people and to facilitate
} change.
10 Transportation being means OF exchanI
and tublic necessity, the government should oy
and operate the railroads in the interests OF
people IN,
II The Telegraph and the telephone, like !
or postofire system, being necessity Tor transml
ion OF news. should be owned and operated by
government in the interests OF the people.
I2 The land, includiI all the natural sourt
of wealth. ia the heritage of all the people, q
sbould not be monopolized for speculative p
poses, ana alien ownership Of land should be p
hibited. All lands now held oy railroads
other corporations. In excess OF their actual me-
. and ali lands now owned by aliens should be
claimed by the government and held for act
settlers only.
And WHEREAS: It is apparent that there
colluaion between tho leaders Of the 30 called
publican and Democratic parties. In order to
the people into fsncied security TO change adm