The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-08-15
THE PEE---PEES.
The Peoples Party Hold a Mass
Convention and Put a Ticket
In the Field.
They Draft a Platform and Place
Themselves SquareIy on It
For a Political Fight,
AND THEY WILL GET IT.

AND THEY WILL GET IT.
A mass convention of the People &
Party met at the Courthouse in Har-
dinsburg, Ky, on August 18th, 1894.
Meeting called to order by chairman
Coomes. On motion and second S T..
Waggoner was elected temporary chair
man and A NJ. Hardin temporary secre-
tary.
Chairman Waggoner then explained
the object of the meeting as being to
nominate candidates for the various
county offices, and to transact any other
business that might come before the
convention The convention then pro-
ceeded to make nominations, which
were as follows: (All nominations were
Unanimously For County Judge, S. r.
Waggoner; for County Clerk, A. NJ.
Hardin; for County Assessor, G. A.
Penc for County Surveyor, II. c. Jolly;
for Jaier Jno. hewitt for Coroner, VIM.
Crews. After nominations were made
the following resolutions were presented
and their adoption was unanimous.
The Peoples Party, of Breckenridge
county in convention assembled, would
reassert its faith in the principles of the
Omaha platform, believing that SUISSE
quent events have fully indicated the
correctness of ev,ry Inference of said
platform and we further resolve:
LIST. We believe that the money of
the country should be national currency,
provided by the free and unlimited coin
age of both gold and silver at the legal
ratio of IL to l supplemented by the
direct issue by the national government
only, Of such treasury notes as may be
necessary to supply the needed circula-
ton, which should not be less than $50
per capita. and that money should not
be issued by banks nor by any other
agency than the national government
We demand the abolition of national
banks as banks of issue.
2nd. We favor a graduated income
tax.
3rd. We are opposed to the issue Of
interest bearing bonds by the national
government for any purpose, and de-
mand that when revenues fall short of
the needs of the government, the def
cheney should be supplied by non-interest
bearing treasury notes, receivable for all
taxes and all dues both public and pri-
vate.
4th. That the events of the past few
weeks have demonstrated the necessity
of the government owenrship or control
of railroads tclegraphand telephone lines
for their operation i'm the interests of the
whole people.
5th. The land including all the natur-
al sources of wealth is the heritage of
the people, and its monopoly should not
be permitted.
9th. That the dominant political par
ties of the country are responsible for
the baleful financial and economical
policies which have brought the indus
tries of the country to such distress con-
centrating the bulk of the nations wealth
into the hands Of the few, and which is
still crowding the industrial classes closer
and closer to the wall, and they are
largely responsible for the present de-
plorable contest between labor and Or
ganized corporations.
9TH. We heartily endorse the cause Of
the Populists in both houses Of the con-
gress of the United States and pledge
our earnest support to Capt. Russell for
congress, and the county ticket nomi-
mated to-day, August It'll 1894.
A. M. HARDIN, Sec.
S. +. WAGGoNER, Ch'rm'n.