The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-20
Platform.

Your Committee 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 aBt 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
enter prise,-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 OF 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 consummated.
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 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
cal.
3. 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 owni ng
and managing any or all railroads, we should favor
an amendment to the constitution by which all
persons engaged 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 ad dminstration by the
use of such additional governm ent employees.
| 4. 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 cor.
porations, just, equitable and efficient means of
distribution direct to the people, at tax not ex-
ceeding 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 for public
| improvements.
s. We demand the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 1d
to l.
6. We demand that the amount of ths circulat-
ing medium be increased to not less than $50 per
capita.
Z. We demand graduated income tax
8. We believe that the money CT the country
should be kept as much possible in the hands
of the people, and hence we demand that all sta
and national revenue shall be limited to the
| mt cessary expenses of the government economi.
cally and honestly administered.
g. We demand that postal savings banks be
established by the government for the safe deposit
of the earnings of the people and to facilitate ex
change.
10. Transportation being means Of exchange
and public necessity, the government should own
and operate the railroads in the interests Of the
people.
II. The telegraph and the telephone, like tn,
postofice system, being a necessity for transmits
ion of news should be owned and operated by th'
government in the interests Of the people.
IL. The land, includiI all the natural sources
of wealth, is the heritage of all the people, ant
should not be monopolized for speculative pur
poses, and alien ownership OF land should be pro
hibited. All lands now held by railroads AM
other corporations, In of their actual need
and all lands now owned by aliens should be re
claimed by the government and held for actua
settlers only.
And WHEREAS: 1t is apparent that there is
collusion between tho leaders of the 30 called Re
publican and Democratic parties, in order to lul
the people into fancied security to change admin
istrations, in name only, that they may the bette
serve their foreign masters, as has been the cas-
for the last twenty-five years, and
WHEREAS: 1t is necessary, in order to conque
the common enemy, to unite under commo
national banner, and not fritter our time an
strength away in fostering local parties Of dlereI
names Therefore be it further
REsoLvED That, in our opinion, the Silve
Party of this State should drop its local name an
fall into line with the National Peoples Party,
order to accomplish the reform which 1t seeks
1 being organized for the great national conflict
1896 And
WHEREAS: We recognize the fact that thot
who are not for us are against ua, and that fuso
with enemies or luke warm friends is always
source OF weakness to those who are struggling I,
justice. Therefore be ii further
RESOLVED: That our delegates to the People
? day Of September 1894, be- and they hereby are, Il
party whatever, and that If they give proxies
others, that they instruct their proxies to Il
5 same effect.
O. II. PATCHEN, Chairman,
ALEX. vEITCH, ROBT. LEROY.