The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-10-11
Platform.

Your Committee on Resolutions and Platform,
having attended to the duty assigned them, beg
leave to make the following report;
WHEREAS 1t has been demonstrated by the
history of the asst two years-pregnant with bonds
and bankruptcy at home, corruption and cowardice
in foreign relations, disaster and death, starvation,
strikes and general stagnation of all business
enterpriss,-that 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
RESOLVED: That we endorse the declarations
and platform of the Peoples Party adopted at
Omaha on the 4th oi July, A. d. 1892, as follows:
PEOPLES PARTY PLATFORM
Adopted at the National Convention July 4, 1882
We declare-l. 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.
2. Wealth belongs to him who creates 1t. and
every dollar taken from industry without an
equivalent is robbery. eff any will not work,
| neither shall he eat" The interests Of rural and
civic labor are the same their interests are identi
cal.
3. We believe that the time has come when the
ralro I'd 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 all railroads, we should favor
an amendment to the constitution by which all
persons engaged in the government service shall
be placed under o civil service regulation of the
most rigid character, as to prevent the increase
Of the power of the national administration by the
use of such additional governn ent employees.
l. We demand national currency, safe, sound,
and flexible, issued By the general government
only a full legal tender for all debts. public and
private, and that without the use OF banking cor,
porations q Just, equitable and efficient means of
distribution direct to the people, at tax not ex-
ceedipg two per centum per annum, be provided,
as set forth in the sub-treasury plan OF the
Farmers Alliance or some better system also by
payments in discharge of its obligations public
improvements,
s, We demand the FREQ and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold al the present legal ratio OF IL
to |.
: 6. We demand that the amount Of the circulat
ing medium be increased to not less than $50 pei
capita.
l. We demand graduated income tax.
g. We believe that the money CT the country
should be kept as much as possible in the handi
OF the people and hence we demand that all 81 att
and national revenue shall be limited to tn
nt cessary expenses Of the government, economl
cally and honestly administered.
0 We demand that postal savings banks b.
established by the government for the safe deposi
Of the earnings of the people and TO facitate e1
change.
10. Transportation being means OF exchange
and public necessity, the government should owl
and operate the railroads In the interests OF tn
people.
IL. The telegraph and the telephone, like tn
IT postoffice SYSTEM being necessity for TRANSMITS
ion of news, should be owned and operated by tn
government in the interests OF the people.
l2 The land, includirg all the natural source
Of wealth, is the heritage Of oil the people, an
should not be monopolized for speculative pu
poses ana alien ownership OF land should DO PR
hibted All lands now held by railroads an
other corporations in excess of their actual need
and all lands now owned by aliens should DO r
claimed by the government and held ior actu
- settlers only
collusion between tho leaders OF the so called II
publican and Democratic parties. In order to In
l INe people into fancied security to change admil